The women's tournament of handball at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico will take place from 15 October to 23 October, All games were held at the San Rafael Gymnasium. The defending champions are Brazil, who won the title on home court.[1] The winner of the competition will qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain.[2]
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Mexico |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Dates | 15–23 October |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Brazil (4th title) |
| Runner-up |  Argentina |
| Third place |  Dominican Republic |
| Fourth place | Mexico |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 20 |
| Goals scored | 1,049 (52.45 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Fernanda da Silva (35 goals) |
Teams edit
Qualification edit
A National Olympic Committee may enter one women's team for the handball competition. Mexico, the host nation along with seven other countries qualified through regional competitions.[1]
| Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host Nation | – | – | 1 | Mexico
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| 2010 South American Games | 20–24 March 2010 |  Medellín
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3 | Argentina Brazil Uruguay
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| 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games | 18–25 July 2010 |  Mayagüez
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2 | Dominican Republic Puerto Rico
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| Canada Versus United States series winner | 21–23 December 2010[3] |  Lake Placid La Prairie
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1 | United States
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| Last Chance Qualifying Tournament | – |  Santiago
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1 | Chile*
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| TOTAL | 8 | |||
- Canada Versus United States series
| December 21 4:00 |
United States
|
18–23 | Canada
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Lake Placid Olympic Training Center, Lake Placid Attendance: 250 Referees: Perez (PUR), Guzman (PUR) |
| Borg 5 | ||||
| December 23 5:30 |
Canada
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21–26 | United States
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La Magdeleine School, La Prairie Attendance: 400 Referees: Perez (PUR), Guzman (PUR) |
| Larouche 6 | Borg 10 | |||
- Last chance qualifying tournament
- Chile will play in the Pan American Games in Guadalajara because Canada, Costa Rica and El Salvador withdrew from participating in the playoff that gave the last ticket to the competition.[4]
Squads edit
At the start of tournament, all eight participating countries had 15 players on their rosters. Final squads for the tournament were due on September 14, 2011, a month before the start of 2011 Pan American Games.[1]
Format edit
- Eight teams are split into 2 preliminary round groups of 4 teams each. The top 2 teams from each group qualify for the knockout stage.
- The third and fourth placed teams will play the fifth to eight bracket.
- In the semifinals, the matchups are as follows: A1 vs. B2 and B1 vs. A2
- The winning teams from the semifinals play for the gold medal. The losing teams compete for the bronze medal.
Ties are broken via the following the criteria, with the first option used first, all the way down to the last option:
- Head to head results.
- Goal difference in the matches between the teams concerned.
- Greater number of plus goals in the matches between the teams concerned.[1]
Draw edit
The draw for the tournament was held at the offices of the Organising Committee (COPAG) for the Games in Guadalajara on July 21 at 16:00 local time.[5]
The competing are drawn to each group by couples. The first team selected randomly in the draw goes to group A and the second to Group B.[5] The pots are based on the performance of national teams in both previous games and their standings in their respective regional competitions.[5]
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
Preliminary round edit
All times are local (UTC-5).
Group A edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Argentina
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 60 | +27 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Mexico (H)
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 63 | −8 | 4 | |
| 3 | Puerto Rico
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 76 | 84 | −8 | 2 | 5th–8th place semifinals |
| 4 | Chile
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 63 | 74 | −11 | 0 |
Source: Guadalajara 2011
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) goals scored; 7) draw.
(H) Hosts
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) goals scored; 7) draw.
(H) Hosts
| 15 October 15:00 |
Argentina
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35–26 | Puerto Rico
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San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: De Souza, Paz (BRA) |
| Decilio 7 | (18–8) | Ceballos 7 | ||
3× 5×
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Report | 4× 10×
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| 15 October 20:00 |
Mexico
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18–17 | Chile
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San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: Meneses, Pinto (BRA) |
| Saavedra 7 | (8–7) | Feuchtmann, Musalem 4 | ||
| 3× 6×
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Report | 3× 6×
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| 17 October 15:00 |
Chile
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20–28 | Argentina
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San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: De Souza, Paz (BRA) |
| Feuchtmann 7 | (8–20) | Decilio, Ferrea 6 | ||
| 3× 7×
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Report | 3× 5×
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| 17 October 18:00 |
Puerto Rico
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22–23 | Mexico
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San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: González, Prieto (URU) |
| García 8 | (15–13) | Rivera 4 | ||
| 5× 3×
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Report | 2× 5×
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| 19 October 15:00 |
Puerto Rico
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28–26 | Chile
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San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: Pinto, Meneses (BRA) |
| García, Hiraldo 7 | (17–15) | Canessa, Feuchtmann 5 | ||
| 2× 2×
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Report | 3× 7× 1×
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| 19 October 20:00 |
Argentina
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24–14 | Mexico
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San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: González, Prieto (URU) |
| Decilio 7 | (8–7) | Flores 4 | ||
| 3× 2×
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Report | 3× 4×
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Group B edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 43 | +82 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Dominican Republic
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 75 | 82 | −7 | 3 | |
| 3 | Uruguay
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 75 | 91 | −16 | 3 | 5th–8th place semifinals |
| 4 | United States
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 60 | 119 | −59 | 0 |
Source: Guadalajara 2011
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) goals scored; 7) draw.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) goals scored; 7) draw.
| 15 October 13:00 |
Brazil
|
50–10 | United States
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San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: Durán, Guzmán (MEX) |
| Da Silva 10 | (23–6) | Sayer 3 | ||
| 2× 2×
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Report | 4× 5×
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| 15 October 18:00 |
Dominican Republic
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24–24 | Uruguay
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San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: Marina, Minroe (ARG) |
| Andino, Granado 6 | (10–14) | Fynn 7 | ||
| 3× 6×
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Report | 3× 4×
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| 17 October 13:00 |
United States
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26–33 | Dominican Republic
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San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: Pellerin, Martin (CAN) |
| Borg 10 | (16–11) | Granado 10 | ||
| 3× 4× 1×
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Report | 1× 6× 1×
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| 17 October 20:00 |
Uruguay
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15–43 | Brazil
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San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: Pérez, Guzmán (PUR) |
| Castro, Fynn 3 | (5–20) | Da Silva 6 | ||
| 3× 4× 1×
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Report | 4× 4×
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| 19 October 13:00 |
Brazil
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32–18 | Dominican Republic
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San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: Pellerin, Martin (CAN) |
| Da Silva 8 | (19–11) | Granado 6 | ||
| 3× 3×
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Report | 3× 3×
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| 19 October 18:00 |
United States
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24–36 | Uruguay
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San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: Pérez, Guzmán (PUR) |
| three players 5 | (12–17) | Castro 10 | ||
| 3× 9× 2×
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Report | 3× 7×
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Knockout stage edit
Bracket edit
| Semifinals | Final | |||||
| 21 October | ||||||
| Brazil | 43 | |||||
| 23 October | ||||||
| Mexico | 12 | |||||
| Brazil | 33 | |||||
| 21 October | ||||||
| Argentina | 15 | |||||
| Argentina | 19 | |||||
| Dominican Republic | 18 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 23 October | ||||||
| Mexico | 31 | |||||
| Dominican Republic (OT) | 33 | |||||
| 5–8th place semifinals | Fifth place | |||||
| 21 October | ||||||
| Puerto Rico | 29 | |||||
| 23 October | ||||||
| United States | 27 | |||||
| Puerto Rico | 27 | |||||
| 21 October | ||||||
| Chile | 31 | |||||
| Uruguay | 30 | |||||
| Chile | 32 | |||||
| Seventh place | ||||||
| 23 October | ||||||
| United States | 23 | |||||
| Uruguay | 30 | |||||
5th–8th place semifinals edit
| 21 October 10:00 |
Puerto Rico
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29–27 | United States
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San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: González, Prieto (URU) |
| Hiraldo 10 | (17–15) | Darling 6 | ||
| 3× 1×
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Report | 3× 5× 1×
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| 21 October 17:30 |
Uruguay
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30–32 | Chile
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San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: De Souza, Paz (BRA) |
| Castro 10 | (18–15) | Feuchtmann 8 | ||
| 3× 5×
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Report | 4× 6×
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Semifinals edit
| 21 October 12:30 |
Brazil
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43–12 | Mexico
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San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: Pellerin, Martin (CAN) |
| Da Silva, Piedade 6 | (20–5) | Jaramillo 3 | ||
| 1× 3×
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Report | 3× 3×
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| 21 October 20:00 |
Argentina
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19–18 | Dominican Republic
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San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP) |
| Tagliavini 3 | (11–11) | Granado 8 | ||
| 4× 6×
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Report | 2× 6× 1×
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Seventh place match edit
| 23 October 10:00 |
United States
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23–30 | Uruguay
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San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: Martin, Pellerin (CAN) |
| Borg 6 | (11–12) | Palla 9 | ||
| Report[dead link] |
Fifth place match edit
| 23 October 12:30 |
Puerto Rico
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27–31 | Chile
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San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: Duran, Guzman (MEX) |
| García 7 | (14–17) | Cajas, Musalem 6 | ||
| Report[dead link] |
Bronze medal match edit
| 23 October 17:30 |
Mexico
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31–33 (ET) | Dominican Republic
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San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: Pinto, Meneses (BRA) |
| Flores 7 | (14–15) | Peña 10 | ||
| Report | ||||
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FT: 28–28 ET: 3–5 | ||||
Gold medal match edit
| 23 October 20:00 |
Brazil
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33–15 | Argentina
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San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: Pérez, Guzmán (PUR) |
| Do Nascimento 8 | (15–5) | Decilio, Mendoza 4 | ||
| 3× 7× 2×
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Report | 5× 5×
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Ranking and statistics edit
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Top scorers edit
Source: Guadalajara 2011 |
Top goalkeepers edit
Source: Guadalajara 2011 |
Medalists edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d "Handball technical manual" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-25. Retrieved 2011-07-21.
- ^ 2012 Olympic Qualifying Handball
- ^ Pan American Games Qualifier vs. Canada (Men and Women)
- ^ Sorteo grupos para Guadalajara 2011 Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- ^ a b c "Sorteo grupos para Guadalajara 2011". Americas Federation of Handball. July 21, 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved July 21, 2011.