2017 Pan American Women's Handball Championship

2017 Pan American Women's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Argentina
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	18–25 June
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (10th title)
Runners-up	Argentina
Third place	Paraguay
Fourth place	Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played	29
Goals scored	1,482 (51.1 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sabrina Fiore ; (34 goals)
Awards
Best player	Samira Rocha
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Last updated September 19, 2025

The 2017 Pan American Women's Handball Championship was the 14th edition of the Pan American Women's Handball Championship, held in at the Sociedad Alemana de Gimnasia de Villa Ballester, in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina from 18 to 25 June 2017. It acted as American qualifying tournament for the 2017 World Women's Handball Championship.^[1] The event was originally set to be held in Toronto, Canada ^[2] but the Canadian Handball Federation withdrew, citing lack of funds.^[3]

Qualified teams

Competition	Dates	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation		1	Argentina
Secured places		5	Brazil Chile Colombia Paraguay Uruguay
2016 Central American Women's Handball Championship ^[5]	22–26 November 2016	1	Guatemala
2017 Nor.Ca. Women's Handball Championship ^[6]	30 March–3 April 2017	3	Dominican Republic Puerto Rico United States

Preliminary round

The schedule was announced on 16 May 2017,^[7] with the exact throw-off times being published on 2 June 2017.^[8]

All times are local (UTC−3).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	4	4	0	157	52	+105	8	Semifinals
2	Paraguay	4	3	1	107	95	+12	6	Semifinals
3	Puerto Rico	4	2	2	98	114	−16	4
4	United States	4	1	3	91	117	−26	2
5	Colombia	4	0	4	67	142	−75	0

Source: Panamhandball
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

18 June 2017 12:00	Paraguay	35–17	Colombia	Estadio Mundialista, Villa Ballester
	Fiore 8	(18–11)	Córdoba, Estrada 5
	2×	Report	1× 6×

18 June 2017 19:15	Brazil	42–10	United States	Estadio Mundialista, Villa Ballester
	M. Costa, T. Costa 7	(17–7)	Andersen 3
	3× 2×	Report	1× 6×

19 June 2017 13:30	United States	25–29	Puerto Rico	Estadio Mundialista, Villa Ballester
	Andersen 6	(10–14)	Hiraldo 8
	1× 6×	Report	1× 4×

19 June 2017 20:00	Colombia	12–46	Brazil	Estadio Mundialista, Villa Ballester
	Córdoba 4	(7–20)	M. Costa 8
	2× 2×	Report	1× 1×

20 June 2017 15:30	Colombia	21–30	Puerto Rico	Estadio Mundialista, Villa Ballester
	Córdoba 5	(12–13)	Fuentes 10
	3× 7×	Report	3× 2×

20 June 2017 20:00	Paraguay	15–29	Brazil	Estadio Mundialista, Villa Ballester
	Fiore 5	(12–13)	Quintino 8
	3× 4×	Report	2× 8×

21 June 2017 15:00	United States	31–17	Colombia	Estadio Mundialista, Villa Ballester
	Taylor, Darling 6	(14–8)	Pérez 5
	1× 4×	Report	2× 8×

21 June 2017 17:00	Paraguay	28–24	Puerto Rico	Estadio Mundialista, Villa Ballester
	Fernández, F. Acuña 6	(12–11)	García 9
	2× 7×	Report	2× 5× 1×

22 June 2017 14:30	Paraguay	29–25	United States	Estadio Mundialista, Villa Ballester
	Fiore 9	(15–11)	Darling 7
	1× 2×	Report	1× 1×

22 June 2017 19:00	Brazil	40–15	Puerto Rico	Estadio Mundialista, Villa Ballester
	M. Costa 7	(17–5)	García 4
	1× 2×	Report	2×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina (H)	4	4	0	141	59	+82	8	Semifinals
2	Uruguay	4	3	1	114	81	+33	6	Semifinals
3	Chile	4	2	2	100	88	+12	4
4	Dominican Republic	4	1	3	74	124	−50	2
5	Guatemala	4	0	4	68	145	−77	0

Source: Panamhandball
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Hosts

18 June 2017 14:00	Chile	33–11	Dominican Republic	Estadio Mundialista, Villa Ballester
	Parra 6	(16–4)	López 3
	1× 3×	Report	3× 5×

18 June 2017 17:15	Argentina	43–14	Guatemala	Estadio Mundialista, Villa Ballester
	Bonazzola 7	(22–10)	Lavarreda 8
	3× 1×	Report	3× 4×

19 June 2017 15:30	Guatemala	12–39	Uruguay	Estadio Mundialista, Villa Ballester
	Lavarreda 6	(5–25)	Schinca 6
	2× 2×	Report	2×

19 June 2017 18:00	Dominican Republic	9–43	Argentina	Estadio Mundialista, Villa Ballester
	three players 2	(4–21)	Bonazzola 7
	5×	Report	3×

20 June 2017 13:30	Uruguay	31–23	Dominican Republic	Estadio Mundialista, Villa Ballester
	López 7	(16–9)	López 7
	2× 4×	Report	2× 8× 1×

20 June 2017 18:00	Chile	19–26	Argentina	Estadio Mundialista, Villa Ballester
	Lovera 4	(9–13)	Karsten 5
	2× 4×	Report	2× 1×

21 June 2017 13:00	Dominican Republic	31–17	Guatemala	Estadio Mundialista, Villa Ballester
	López 8	(17–6)	Herrera 7
	1× 5×	Report	2× 5×

21 June 2017 19:00	Uruguay	26–17	Chile	Estadio Mundialista, Villa Ballester
	Fynn 7	(14–8)	Torres 6
	3× 6×	Report	6× 1×

22 June 2017 16:30	Chile	31–25	Guatemala	Estadio Mundialista, Villa Ballester
	Canessa, Lovera 5	(18–14)	Lavarreda 8
	2× 2×	Report	3× 4×

22 June 2017 21:00	Argentina	29–17	Uruguay	Estadio Mundialista, Villa Ballester
	Salvadó 8	(11–7)	Scarrone 4
	2× 1×	Report	1× 6×

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semifinals		Final



Brazil	42

Uruguay	23
		Brazil	38

		Argentina	20
Argentina	29

Paraguay	19
		Third place



		Uruguay	22

		Paraguay	24

5–8th place bracket

5–8th place semifinals		Fifth place



Puerto Rico	34

Dominican Republic	23
		Puerto Rico	26

		United States	27
Chile	20

United States	27
		Seventh place



		Dominican Republic	20

		Chile	26

5–8th place semifinals

24 June 2017 12:00	Chile	20–27	United States	Estadio Mundialista, Villa Ballester
	Torres 6	(10–13)	Darling 7
	1× 2×	Report	3× 2×

24 June 2017 14:00	Puerto Rico	34–23	Dominican Republic	Estadio Mundialista, Villa Ballester
	García 7	(13–14)	Puello 7
	2× 2×	Report	1× 4×

Semifinals

24 June 2017 16:00	Brazil	42–23	Uruguay	Estadio Mundialista, Villa Ballester
	Rocha 10	(25–8)	Charlo 6
	3×	Report	2× 6×

24 June 2017 18:00	Argentina	29–19	Paraguay	Estadio Mundialista, Villa Ballester
	Campigli 9	(15–9)	three players 4
	1× 2×	Report	2× 1×

Ninth place game

24 June 2017 10:00	Colombia	28–23	Guatemala	Estadio Mundialista, Villa Ballester
	Córdoba 6	(14–12)	seven players 3
	2× 8× 1×	Report	4× 1×

Seventh place game

25 June 2017 09:30	Chile	26–20	Dominican Republic	Estadio Mundialista, Villa Ballester
	three players 4	(14–10)	López 6
	2× 2×	Report	1× 3×

Fifth place game

25 June 2017 11:30	United States	27–26	Puerto Rico	Estadio Mundialista, Villa Ballester
	Darling 8	(10–15)	Ceballos 7
	2× 5×	Report	1× 5×

Third place game

25 June 2017 14:00	Uruguay	22–24	Paraguay	Estadio Mundialista, Villa Ballester
	Fynn, Scarrone 5	(13–15)	F. Acuña 7
	1× 6×	Report	1× 4×

Final

25 June 2017 16:15	Brazil	38–20	Argentina	Estadio Mundialista, Villa Ballester
	Amorim 7	(18–8)	Campigli, Urban 3
	2× 2×	Report	2× 2×

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Brazil
	Argentina
	Paraguay
4	Uruguay
5	United States
6	Puerto Rico
7	Chile
8	Dominican Republic
9	Colombia
10	Guatemala

	Team qualified to the 2017 World Women's Handball Championship

Awards

All-star team

Goalkeeper: Bárbara Arenhart
Right Wing: Jéssica Quintino
Right Back: Manuela Pizzo
Playmaker: Marizza Faría
Left Back: Eduarda Amorim
Left Wing: Samira Rocha
Pivot: Antonela Mena

MVP: Samira Rocha

References

↑ "El Panamericano Adulto Femenino Buenos Aires 2017 se disputará en Villa Ballester". panamhandball.org (in Spanish). 6 May 2017.
↑ "El Panamericano Adulto Femenino 2017 se jugará en junio en Toronto". panamhandball.org (in Spanish). 21 December 2016.
↑ "El Panamericano Adulto Femenino se disputará en Argentina". panamhandball.org (in Spanish). 6 May 2017.
↑ "¡Brasil se consagró campeón en el Panamericano Buenos Aires 2017!". panamhandball.org (in Spanish). 26 June 2017.
↑ "Guatemala es campeón Centroamericano de Balonmano Femenino 2016". guatemala.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 February 2017.
↑ "Puerto Rico se lleva la medalla de oro en balonmano femenino". elnuevodia.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 April 2017.
↑ "Cronograma de partidos del Panamericano Adulto Femenino Buenos Aires 2017". panamhandball.org. 16 May 2017.
↑ "Fixture y venta de entradas en el Panamericano Buenos Aires 2017". panamhandball.org. 2 June 2017.

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[1] "El Panamericano Adulto Femenino Buenos Aires 2017 se disputará en Villa Ballester". panamhandball.org (in Spanish). 6 May 2017.

[2] "El Panamericano Adulto Femenino 2017 se jugará en junio en Toronto". panamhandball.org (in Spanish). 21 December 2016.

[3] "El Panamericano Adulto Femenino se disputará en Argentina". panamhandball.org (in Spanish). 6 May 2017.

[4] "¡Brasil se consagró campeón en el Panamericano Buenos Aires 2017!". panamhandball.org (in Spanish). 26 June 2017.

[5] "Guatemala es campeón Centroamericano de Balonmano Femenino 2016". guatemala.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 February 2017.

[6] "Puerto Rico se lleva la medalla de oro en balonmano femenino". elnuevodia.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 April 2017.

[7] "Cronograma de partidos del Panamericano Adulto Femenino Buenos Aires 2017". panamhandball.org. 16 May 2017.

[8] "Fixture y venta de entradas en el Panamericano Buenos Aires 2017". panamhandball.org. 2 June 2017.

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v t e Pan American Handball Championship
Men	Mexico 1980 Argentina 1981 USA 1983 Brazil 1985 Cuba 1989 Brazil 1994 USA 1996 Cuba 1998 Brazil 2000 Argentina 2002 Chile 2004 Brazil 2006 Brazil 2008 Chile 2010 Argentina 2012 Uruguay 2014 Argentina 2016 Greenland 2018
Women	Brazil 1986 USA 1989 Brazil 1991 Brazil 1997 Argentina 1999 Brazil 2000 Brazil 2003 Brazil 2005 Dominican Republic 2007 Chile 2009 Brazil 2011 Dominican Republic 2013 Cuba 2015 Argentina 2017

v t e 2017 World Women's Handball Championship qualification
Africa	2016 African Women's Handball Championship
Asia	2017 Asian Women's Handball Championship
America	2017 Pan American Women's Handball Championship
Europe	2016 European Women's Handball Championship European qualification