Handball at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's tournament

The women's handball tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada was held at the Exhibition Centre (in Hall B) from July 16 to 24.[1]

Handball – Women's tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games
VenueExhibition Centre – Hall B
DatesJuly 16 – July 24
Competitors120 from 8 nations
Medalists
Gold medal 
Silver medal 
Bronze medal 
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For these Games, the women competed in an 8-team tournament. The teams were grouped into two pools of four teams each for a round-robin preliminary round. The top two teams in each group advanced to a single elimination bracket.

Brazil were the defending champions from the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, defeating Argentina, 33–15 in the final.

The winner of the tournament were to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, while the 2nd and the 3rd place (due to the continental rankings at the World Championship) qualified for the Olympic Qualification Tournament. As the host nation Brazil won, the runner up qualified instead, in accordance with the regulations.[2]

Qualification edit

A total of eight women's teams qualified to compete at the games. The top three teams at the South American and Central American and Caribbean Games qualified, along with the host nation Canada.[3] The United States and Uruguay competed against one another in a home/away playoff for the last spot in the tournament. The fourth placed team in the Central American and Caribbean Games both declined to compete in the respective tournaments.[4]

Summary edit

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation 1   Canada
2014 South American Games[5] March 7–15   Santiago 3   Brazil
  Argentina
  Chile
2014 Central American and Caribbean Games[6] November 15–23   Veracruz 3   Cuba
  Puerto Rico
  Mexico
Last chance qualification tournament[7] March 7/14, 2015   Auburn
  Montevideo
1   Uruguay
Total 8

Last chance qualification tournament edit

March 07 United States   25 – 30   Uruguay Beard–Eaves–Memorial Coliseum, Auburn
Attendance: 900
Referees: Perez, Guzman (PUR)
Gascon, Darling 7 (16–15) Scarrone 8
  7×  1×  Report   3× 

March 14 Uruguay   24 – 22   United States Polideportivo, Montevideo
Attendance: 1200
Referees: Minore, Marina (ARG)
Barreiro 5 (13–8) Darling 7
  5×  Report   7×  1× 


Rosters edit

At the start of tournament, all eight participating countries had up to 15 players on their rosters.[8]


Draw edit

The draw for the competition took place on March 15, 2015 in Montevideo, Uruguay.[9]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Results edit

The official detailed schedule was revealed on April 26, 2015.[10]

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)

Preliminary round edit

 
The Direct Energy Centre (Exhibition Centre), was the venue for the women's handball competition

Group A edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
  Brazil 3 3 0 0 120 52 +68 6 Qualified for the Semifinals
  Mexico 3 2 0 1 83 86 −3 4
  Puerto Rico 3 0 1 2 72 98 −26 1
  Canada 3 0 1 2 55 94 −39 1


July 16
11:30
Brazil   38–21   Puerto Rico Exhibition Centre – Hall B
Referees: Paolantoni, Zanikian (ARG)
Nascimento, Silva 7 (15–10) Ceballos 7
  2×  Report   5× 

July 16
13:30
Mexico   25–22   Canada Exhibition Centre – Hall B
Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
Aguirre, Saavedra 4 (14–10) Lochet 5
  4×  Report   4× 

July 18
11:30
Canada   12–48   Brazil Exhibition Centre – Hall B
Referees: Zuñiga, Reyes (CUB)
Routhier 6 (5–26) Nascimento 9
  2×  Report   3× 

July 18
13:30
Puerto Rico   30–39   Mexico Exhibition Centre – Hall B
Referees: Minore, Marina (ARG)
Cabrera, Ceballos 6 (17–14) Rocha 6
  9×  1×  Report   3× 

July 20
11:30
Puerto Rico   21–21   Canada Exhibition Centre – Hall B
Referees: Paolantoni, Zanikian (ARG)
Ceballos 7 (10–7) Perry 7
  3×  report   5× 

July 20
13:30
Brazil   34–19   Mexico Exhibition Centre – Hall B
Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
Nascimento 8 (19–12) Jaramillo 3
  1×  Report   1× 

Group B edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
  Argentina 3 2 0 1 75 60 +15 4 Qualified for the Semifinals
  Uruguay 3 2 0 1 80 74 +6 4
  Cuba 3 2 0 1 83 83 0 4
  Chile 3 0 0 3 69 90 −21 0


July 16
18:30
Argentina   20–15   Uruguay Exhibition Centre – Hall B
Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA)
Mendoza 6 (13–7) Barreiro 9
  2×  report   5× 

July 16
20:30
Chile   25–28   Cuba Exhibition Centre – Hall B
Referees: Guzman, Perez (PUR)
Feuchtmann, Torres 5 (11–14) Lusson 10
  5×  report   7×  1× 

July 18
18:30
Cuba   27–25   Argentina Exhibition Centre – Hall B
Referees: Martin Gjeding, Mads Hansen (DEN)
Lusson 14 (14–13) Mendoza 9
  8×  Report   2× 

July 18
20:30
Uruguay   32–26   Chile Exhibition Centre – Hall B
Referees: Ines Paolantoni, Florencia Zanikian (ARG)
three players 5 (15–10) Flores 5
  4×  Report   7× 

July 20
18:30
Uruguay   33–28   Cuba Exhibition Centre – Hall B
Referees: Minore, Marina (ARG)
Barreiro 10 (13–12) Lusson 9
  4×  report   5× 

July 20
20:30
Argentina   30–18   Chile Exhibition Centre – Hall B
Referees: Zuñiga, Reyes (CUB)
Mendoza 6 (15–10) three players 3
  1×  report   3× 

Classification round edit

 
SemifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
July 22 — Toronto
 
 
  Puerto Rico36
 
July 24 — Toronto
 
  Chile34
 
  Puerto Rico27
 
July 22 — Toronto
 
  Cuba40
 
  Canada 20
 
 
  Cuba30
 
Seventh place
 
 
July 24 — Toronto
 
 
  Chile20
 
 
  Canada27

Semifinals edit

July 22
11:00
Puerto Rico   36–34   Chile Exhibition Centre – Hall B
Referees: Paoloantoni, Zanikian (ARG)
Ceballos 11 (21–18) Feuchtmann 6
  report   3× 

July 22
18:00
Canada   20–30   Cuba Exhibition Centre – Hall B
Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
Routhier 5 (7–18) Lusson 9
  2×  report   5× 

Seventh place match edit

July 24
10:30
Chile   20–27   Canada Exhibition Centre – Hall B
Referees: Paolantoni, Zanikian (ARG)
Miño 5 (10–14) Lochet, Laplante 4
  3×  report   3× 

Fifth place match edit

July 24
13:00
Puerto Rico   27–40   Cuba Exhibition Centre – Hall B
Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA)
three players 5 (14–20) Reyes, Barrio 7
  2×  report   6× 

Medal round edit

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
July 22 — Toronto
 
 
  Brazil40
 
July 24 — Toronto
 
  Uruguay 22
 
  Brazil25
 
July 22 — Toronto
 
  Argentina20
 
  Mexico16
 
 
  Argentina27
 
Third place
 
 
July 24 — Toronto
 
 
  Uruguay29
 
 
  Mexico21

Semifinals edit

July 22
13:30
Brazil   40–22   Uruguay Exhibition Centre – Hall B
Referees: Guzman, Perez (PUR)
Silva 8 (18–11) Scarrone 8
  5×  report   2× 

July 22
20:30
Mexico   16–27   Argentina Exhibition Centre – Hall B
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Jaramillo, Sifuentes 4 (6–11) Pizzo 7
  3×  report   5× 

Bronze medal match edit

July 24
17:30
  Uruguay   29–21   Mexico Exhibition Centre – Hall B
Referees: Zuñiga, Reyes (CUB)
Barreiro 11 (11–8) Saavedra 7
  2×  Report   6× 

Gold medal match edit

July 24
20:00
  Brazil   25–20   Argentina   Exhibition Centre – Hall B
Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
Nascimento 6 (12–12) Mendoza, Karsten 5
  5×  report   2× 

Final ranking edit

Statistics edit

References edit

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