2003 Pan American Women's Handball Championship

The 2003 Pan American Women's Handball Championship was the seventh edition of the Pan American Women's Handball Championship, held in Brazil from 29 April to 4 May 2003. It acted as the American qualifying tournament for the 2003 World Women's Handball Championship.

2003 Pan American Women's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Brazil
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates29 April – 4 May
Teams7 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (4th title)
Runner-up Argentina
Third place Uruguay
Fourth place United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored676 (45.07 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Alinea da Silva
(29 goals)
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Preliminary round

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All times are local (UTC−3).

Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Brazil (H) 3 3 0 0 116 30 +86 6
  United States 3 2 0 1 62 62 0 4
  Dominican Republic 3 1 0 2 64 87 −23 2
  Guatemala 3 0 0 3 37 100 −63 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
29 April 2003
16:00
United States   24–17   Dominican Republic
(10–10)
29 April 2003
20:20
Brazil   42–3   Guatemala
(19–2)

30 April 2003
16:00
Dominican Republic   28–20   Guatemala
(15–11)
30 April 2003
20:20
Brazil   31–8   United States
(18–1)

1 May 2003
16:00
United States   30–14   Guatemala
(13–7)
1 May 2003
20:20
Brazil   43–19   Dominican Republic
(22–7)

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Argentina 2 1 0 1 38 31 +7 2
  Uruguay 2 1 0 1 36 37 −1 2
  Canada 2 1 0 1 37 43 −6 2
Source: [citation needed]
29 April 2003
17:30
Argentina   24–14   Canada
(9–8)

30 April 2003
18:00
Canada   23–19   Uruguay
(9–7)

1 May 2003
18:00
Uruguay   17–14   Argentina
(8–6)

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Brazil44
 
 
 
  Uruguay18
 
  Brazil39
 
 
 
  Argentina12
 
  United States15
 
 
  Argentina21
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
  Uruguay21
 
 
  United States14

Semifinals

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2 May 2003
18:00
Argentina   21–15   United States
(9–7)

2 May 2003
20:20
Brazil   44–18   Uruguay
(27–7)

Seventh place game

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2 May 2003
16:00
Canada   40–11   Guatemala
(24–4)

Fifth place game

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3 May 2003
13:00
Canada   31–20   Dominican Republic
(14–9)

Third place game

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3 May 2003
15:00
Uruguay   21–14   United States
(12–5)

Final

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4 May 2003
12:15
Brazil   39–12   Argentina
Da Silva 10 (19–4) Sanguinetti 7

Final ranking

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Qualified for the 2003 World Championship
Rank Team
    Brazil
    Argentina
    Uruguay
4   United States
5   Canada
6   Dominican Republic
7   Guatemala
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