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Tournament details | |
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Host country | Brazil |
City | Americana |
Dates | 31 January 2014 – 2 February 2014 |
Teams | 3 |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Brazil (1st title) |
Runners-up | Colombia |
Third place | Mexico |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 4 |
Goals scored | 138 (34.5 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Daniel Ferreia (20 Goals) |
The First Pan-American Korfball Championship [1] was held in Brazil from January 31 to February 2, with 3 national teams in competition. Originally 4 national teams were to compete until the withdrawal of Argentina (for financial reasons), so spare match fixtures were played against a second Brazil team, who played their matches out of the competition.
The tournament also served as an American qualifier for the 2015 Korfball World Championship, with the top nation qualifying for the world championship.
The Group stage was held on January 31 and February 1.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Brazil | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 20 | +34 | 5 | 1st place Match |
2 | Colombia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 21 | +17 | 4 | |
3 | Mexico | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 65 | −49 | 0 | 3rd place |
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Brazil | 40 − 7 | Mexico |
Colombia | 13 − 14G | Brazil |
Mexico | 9 − 25 | Colombia |
Key:G denotes win by golden goal.
The Final was played on the 2nd of February.
Rank | Team |
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Brazil | |
Colombia | |
Mexico |
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