2013 Pan American Women's Handball Championship

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.

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

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

Source:
(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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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

Source:

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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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

External links

• Results & Standings
• Pan american handball site
• Results at todor66