2009 Pan American Women's Handball Championship

The 2009 Pan American Women's Handball Championship was the tenth edition of the Pan American Women's Handball Championship, which took place in Santiago from 23 to 27 June. It acted as the Pan American qualifying tournament for the 2009 World Women's Handball Championship.

2009 Pan American Handball Women's Championships
Tournament details
Host country Chile
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates23–27 June
Teams7 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Argentina (1st title)
Runner-up Brazil
Third place Chile
Fourth place Dominican Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored749 (49.93 per match)
Top scorer(s) Fabiana Aluan (PAR)
(34 goals)
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Participating teams edit

Qualification edit

Chile, Mexico, Puerto Rico and the United States played a qualification tournament at Mexico, to determine the last 2 participating nations.

Standings edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Mexico 3 3 0 0 84 68 +16 6
  Chile 3 2 0 1 95 62 +33 4
  Puerto Rico 3 1 0 2 71 94 −23 2
  United States 3 0 0 3 64 90 −26 0
Source: [citation needed]
22 November 2008
16:30
Chile   27–17   United States Mexico City
(15–8)
22 November 2008
18:30
Mexico   27–20   Puerto Rico Mexico City
(13–9)

23 November 2008
16:30
Puerto Rico   32–24   United States Mexico City
(18–11)
23 November 2008
18:30
Mexico   26–25   Chile Mexico City
(13–12)

24 November 2008
16:30
Chile   43–19   Puerto Rico Mexico City
(18–6)
24 November 2008
18:30
Mexico   31–23   United States Mexico City
(19–9)

Semifinals edit

25 November 2008
16:30
Mexico   33–14   United States Mexico City
(16–8)

25 November 2008
18:30
Chile   36–23   Puerto Rico Mexico City
(17–16)

Bronze medal match edit

26 November 2008
16:30
Puerto Rico   26–21   United States Mexico City
(9–12)

Gold medal match edit

26 November 2008
18:30
Mexico   22–20   Chile Mexico City
(12–10)

Teams edit

Group A Group B

  Brazil
  Chile
  Mexico
  Paraguay

  Argentina
  Dominican Republic
  Uruguay

Preliminary round edit

All times are local (UTC−3).

Group A edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Brazil 3 3 0 0 110 46 +64 6
  Chile (H) 3 2 0 1 83 93 −10 4
  Mexico 3 1 0 2 58 72 −14 2
  Paraguay 3 0 0 3 56 96 −40 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
23 June 2009
15:00
Brazil   30–13   Mexico Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago
(17–7)
23 June 2009
20:15
Chile   34–30   Paraguay Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago
(17–12)

24 June 2009
16:00
Brazil   36–11   Paraguay Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago
(18–5)
24 June 2009
20:00
Chile   27–19   Mexico Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago
(13–10)

25 June 2009
16:00
Mexico   26–15   Paraguay Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago
(14–7)
25 June 2009
20:00
Chile   22–44   Brazil Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago
(10–25)

Group B edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Argentina 2 2 0 0 53 38 +15 4
  Dominican Republic 2 0 1 1 38 45 −7 1
  Uruguay 2 0 1 1 42 50 −8 1
Source: [citation needed]
23 June 2009
17:00
Dominican Republic   21–21   Uruguay Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago
(10–12)

24 June 2009
18:00
Argentina   29–21   Uruguay Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago
(14–7)

25 June 2009
18:00
Dominican Republic   17–24   Argentina Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago
(7–14)

Placement round edit

Points from the preliminary round against teams that advanced as well were carried over.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
5   Mexico 2 2 0 0 49 37 +12 4
6   Uruguay 2 1 0 1 50 47 +3 2
7   Paraguay 2 0 0 2 39 54 −15 0
Source: Todor66
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
26 June 2009
16:00
Paraguay   24–28   Uruguay Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago
(9–14)

27 June 2009
15:45
Mexico   23–23   Uruguay Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago
(10–11)

Final round edit

 
SemifinalFinal
 
      
 
26 June – Santiago
 
 
  Brazil38
 
27 June – Santiago
 
  Dominican Republic12
 
  Brazil25
 
26 June – Santiago
 
  Argentina26OT
 
  Chile11
 
 
  Argentina34
 
Third place
 
 
27 June – Santiago
 
 
  Dominican Republic30
 
 
  Chile34OT

Semifinals edit

26 June 2009
18:00
Brazil   38–12   Dominican Republic Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago
(15–10)

26 June 2009
20:00
Chile   11–34   Argentina Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago
(6–20)

Bronze medal match edit

27 June 2009
17:45
Dominican Republic   30–34 (ET)   Chile Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago
(11–13)

FT: 23–23 ET: 4–4, 3–7

Gold medal match edit

27 June 2009
19:45
Brazil   25–26 (ET)   Argentina Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago
(9–12)

FT: 23–23 ET: 2–3

Final standing edit

Rank Team
    Argentina
    Brazil
    Chile
4   Dominican Republic
5   Mexico
6   Uruguay
7   Paraguay
Team advanced to the 2009 World Women's Handball Championship

Best team edit

References edit