2013 Pan American Women's Handball Championship

2013 Pan American Handball Women's Championships
Tournament details
Host country	Dominican Republic
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	1–8 June
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (8th title)
Runner-up	Argentina
Third place	Dominican Republic
Fourth place	Paraguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played	29
Goals scored	1,560 (53.79 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Fernanda da Silva; (55 goals)
Best player	Alexandra do Nascimento
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The 2013 Pan American Women's Handball Championship was the twelfth edition of the Pan American Women's Handball Championship, which took place in the Dominican Republic from 1 to 8 June 2013. It acted as the American qualifying tournament for the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship to be held in Serbia from December 7 to 22. It was organized by the Pan-American Team Handball Federation. This was the second time that this tournament was held in the Dominican Republic after the 2007 Pan American Women's Handball Championship.

Teams

Group A	Group B
Brazil Dominican Republic Mexico United States Costa Rica	Argentina Uruguay Venezuela Canada Paraguay

Preliminary round

All times local (UTC−4).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Brazil	4	4	0	188	57	+131	8
2	Dominican Republic (H)	4	3	1	115	89	+26	6
3	Mexico	4	2	2	109	114	−5	4
4	United States	4	1	3	74	114	−40	2
5	Costa Rica	4	0	4	51	163	−112	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

1 June 2013 13:00	Mexico	35–16	Costa Rica	Santo Domingo Referees: Lenci, Grillo (ARG)
	Sifuentes 5	(18–7)	Blanco 5
	2× 3×	Report

1 June 2013 15:00	Brazil	44–10	United States	Santo Domingo Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA)
	da Silva 10	(21–3)	Hesser, Lewis 3
	3× 2×	Report	2× 1×

2 June 2013 15:15	United States	11–27	Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo Referees: Marina, Minora (ARG)
	Hesser, Darling 2	(6–16)	Pop 7
	3× 3×	Report	3×

2 June 2013 19:00	Costa Rica	7–59	Brazil	Santo Domingo Referees: Pérez, Guzmán (PUR)
	Fallas 3	(2–31)	da Silva 14
	3× 5×	Report	3× 2×

3 June 2013 17:00	Dominican Republic	27–26	Mexico	Santo Domingo Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG)
	Peña 7	(11–11)	Saavedra 6
	2× 5×	Report	2× 1×

3 June 2013 19:00	United States	30–13	Costa Rica	Santo Domingo Referees: González, Prieto (URU)
	Hesser 9	(14–7)	Fallas 3
	2× 5×	Report	3× 4×

4 June 2013 17:00	Costa Rica	15–39	Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo Referees: Pérez, Guzmán (PUR)
	Camacho 4	(7–19)	Peña 7
	3× 6× 1×	Report	1× 1×

4 June 2013 19:00	Mexico	18–48	Brazil	Santo Domingo Referees: Lenci, Grillo (ARG)
	Navarro 4	(11–24)	da Silva 10
	2× 2×	Report	3× 1×

5 June 2013 15:00	Mexico	30–23	United States	Santo Domingo Referees: González, Prieto (URU)
	Saavedra 6	(15–13)	Hesser 6
	3× 5×	Report	3× 6×

5 June 2013 17:00	Brazil	37–22	Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA)
	Rocha, Rodrigues 7	(21–13)	Pop 5
	3× 4×	Report	3× 3×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Argentina	4	4	0	136	63	+73	8
2	Paraguay	4	3	1	97	108	−11	6
3	Uruguay	4	2	2	109	112	−3	4
4	Venezuela	4	1	3	125	136	−11	2
5	Canada	4	0	4	89	127	−38	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

1 June 2013 15:00	Argentina	37–14	Canada	Santo Domingo Referees: Pérez, Guzmán (PUR)
	Decilio 6	(17–6)	Barette 4
	3× 3×	Report	2× 3×

1 June 2013 19:00	Venezuela	30–35	Paraguay	Santo Domingo Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA)
	Barinas 9	(13–19)	F. Aluan 14
	3× 6×	Report	3× 5×

2 June 2013 12:30	Canada	25–31	Uruguay	Santo Domingo
		(12–14)
		Report

2 June 2013 17:00	Paraguay	10–32	Argentina	Santo Domingo Referees: González, Prieto (URU)
	Acuña 7	(5–18)	Decilio 6
	3×	Report	3× 1×

3 June 2013 13:00	Canada	23–28	Paraguay	Santo Domingo Referees: Pérez, Gusmán (PUR)
	Barette 4	(13–16)	F. Aluan 8
	3× 1×	Report	3× 2×

3 June 2013 15:00	Uruguay	36–34	Venezuela	Santo Domingo Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA)
	N. Scarrone 11	(19–15)	Barinas 12
	3× 7×	Report	2× 6×

4 June 2013 13:00	Paraguay	24–23	Uruguay	Santo Domingo Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA)
	C. Aluan 10	(11–13)	Fynn 6
	3× 4×	Report	3× 2×

4 June 2013 15:00	Venezuela	20–38	Argentina	Santo Domingo Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA)
	Barinas 6	(9–17)	Decilio 8
	2× 7×	Report	2× 6×

5 June 2013 13:00	Venezuela	31–27	Canada	Santo Domingo
		Report

5 June 2013 19:00	Argentina	29–19	Uruguay	Santo Domingo Referees: Pérez, Guzmán (PUR)
	Mendoza 6	(16–6)	Faedo 5
	2× 5×	Report	3× 2×

Knockout stage

Ninth place game

7 June 2013 09:00	Costa Rica	13–34	Canada	Santo Domingo Referees: González, Prieto (URU)
	Blanco 5	(6–17)	Laplante 8
	3× 5×	Report	2× 4×

5–8th place bracket

5–8th Semifinals		Fifth place

7 June – Santo Domingo

Mexico	32
		8 June – Santo Domingo
Venezuela	25
		Mexico	24
7 June – Santo Domingo
		Uruguay	27
United States	17

Uruguay	30
		Seventh place

		8 June – Santo Domingo

		Venezuela	36

		United States	29

5–8th place Semifinals

7 June 2013 11:00	Mexico	32–25	Venezuela	Santo Domingo Referees: Pérez, Guzmán (PUR)
	Saavedra 8	(11–13)	Barinas 7
	3× 1×	Report	3× 5×

7 June 2013 13:00	Uruguay	30–17	United States	Santo Domingo Referees: Marina, Minora (ARG)
	three players 4	(14–12)	Hesser 5
	1× 1×	Report	1× 2×

Seventh place game

8 June 2013 12:00	Venezuela	36–29	United States	Santo Domingo Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA)
	three players 7	(18–17)	Barinas 11
	4× 1×	Report	3× 4×

Fifth place game

8 June 2013 14:00	Mexico	24–27	Uruguay	Santo Domingo Referees: Lenci, Grillo (ARG)
	Iglesias 6	(14–15)	Fynn 6
	3× 3×	Report	3× 5× 1×

Final round

Semifinals		Final

7 June – Santo Domingo

Brazil	43
		8 June – Santo Domingo
Paraguay	17
		Brazil	38
7 June – Santo Domingo
		Argentina	15
Dominican Republic	17

Argentina	27
		Third place

		8 June – Santo Domingo

		Paraguay	19

		Dominican Republic	28

Semifinals

7 June 2013 15:00	Brazil	43–17	Paraguay	Santo Domingo Referees: Lenci, Grillo (ARG)
	da Silva 10	(23–8)	three players 3
	3× 1×	Report	3×

7 June 2013 17:00	Argentina	27–17	Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA)
	Mendoza 7	(15–10)	Pop 6
	3× 4×	Report	4× 2× 1×

Third place game

8 June 2013 16:00	Paraguay	19–28	Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo
		Report

Final

8 June 2013 18:00	Brazil	38–15	Argentina	Santo Domingo Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA)
	do Nascimento 9	(19–8)	Elke 5
	2× 3×	Report	2× 3×

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Brazil
	Argentina
	Dominican Republic
4	Paraguay
5	Uruguay
6	Mexico
7	Venezuela
8	United States
9	Canada
10	Costa Rica

	Team advanced to the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship

Awards

Best player Alexandra do Nascimento

All-star team

Goalkeeper Mayssa Pessoa
Left Wing Nancy Peña
Left Back Irina Pop
Playmaker Ana Paula Rodrigues
Right Back Luciana Mendoza
Right Wing Alexandra do Nascimento
Pivot Magdalena Decilio