Handball at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's tournament

Women's handball
at the XVI Pan American Games

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)
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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]

Teams

Qualification

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
2010 South American Games	20–24 March 2010	Medellín	3	Argentina   Brazil   Uruguay
2010 Central American and Caribbean Games	18–25 July 2010	Mayagüez	2	Dominican Republic   Puerto Rico
Canada Versus United States series winner	21–23 December 2010 [3]	Lake Placid La Prairie	1	United States
Last Chance Qualifying Tournament	–	Santiago	1	Chile*
TOTAL			8

Canada Versus United States series

December 21 4:00	United States	18–23	Canada	Lake Placid Olympic Training Center, Lake Placid Attendance: 250 Referees: Perez (PUR), Guzman (PUR)
	Borg 5

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December 23 5:30	Canada	21–26	United States	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

Main article: Handball at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's team rosters

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]

•   Argentina
•   Brazil
•   Chile
•   Dominican Republic
•   Mexico
•   Puerto Rico
•   United States
•   Uruguay

Format

• 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:

1. Head to head results.
2. Goal difference in the matches between the teams concerned.
3. Greater number of plus goals in the matches between the teams concerned. ^[1]

Draw

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
Brazil   Argentina	Dominican Republic   Mexico	Puerto Rico   United States	Uruguay   Chile

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC-5).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	3	3	0	0	87	60	+27	6	Semifinals
2	Mexico (H)	3	2	0	1	55	63	−8	4
3	Puerto Rico	3	1	0	2	76	84	−8	2	5th–8th place semifinals
4	Chile	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

15 October 15:00	Argentina	35–26	Puerto Rico	San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: De Souza, Paz (BRA)
	Decilio 7	(18–8)	Ceballos 7
	3× 5×	Report	4× 10×

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15 October 20:00	Mexico	18–17	Chile	San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: Meneses, Pinto (BRA)
	Saavedra 7	(8–7)	Feuchtmann, Musalem 4
	3× 6×	Report	3× 6×

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17 October 15:00	Chile	20–28	Argentina	San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: De Souza, Paz (BRA)
	Feuchtmann 7	(8–20)	Decilio, Ferrea 6
	3× 7×	Report	3× 5×

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17 October 18:00	Puerto Rico	22–23	Mexico	San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: González, Prieto (URU)
	García 8	(15–13)	Rivera 4
	5× 3×	Report	2× 5×

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19 October 15:00	Puerto Rico	28–26	Chile	San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: Pinto, Meneses (BRA)
	García, Hiraldo 7	(17–15)	Canessa, Feuchtmann 5
	2× 2×	Report	3× 7× 1×

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19 October 20:00	Argentina	24–14	Mexico	San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: González, Prieto (URU)
	Decilio 7	(8–7)	Flores 4
	3× 2×	Report	3× 4×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	0	125	43	+82	6	Semifinals
2	Dominican Republic	3	1	1	1	75	82	−7	3
3	Uruguay	3	1	1	1	75	91	−16	3	5th–8th place semifinals
4	United States	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.

15 October 13:00	Brazil	50–10	United States	San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: Durán, Guzmán (MEX)
	Da Silva 10	(23–6)	Sayer 3
	2× 2×	Report	4× 5×

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15 October 18:00	Dominican Republic	24–24	Uruguay	San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: Marina, Minroe (ARG)
	Andino, Granado 6	(10–14)	Fynn 7
	3× 6×	Report	3× 4×

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17 October 13:00	United States	26–33	Dominican Republic	San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: Pellerin, Martin (CAN)
	Borg 10	(16–11)	Granado 10
	3× 4× 1×	Report	1× 6× 1×

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17 October 20:00	Uruguay	15–43	Brazil	San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: Pérez, Guzmán (PUR)
	Castro, Fynn 3	(5–20)	Da Silva 6
	3× 4× 1×	Report	4× 4×

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19 October 13:00	Brazil	32–18	Dominican Republic	San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: Pellerin, Martin (CAN)
	Da Silva 8	(19–11)	Granado 6
	3× 3×	Report	3× 3×

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19 October 18:00	United States	24–36	Uruguay	San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: Pérez, Guzmán (PUR)
	three players 5	(12–17)	Castro 10
	3× 9× 2×	Report	3× 7×

Knockout stage

Bracket

	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

21 October 10:00	Puerto Rico	29–27	United States	San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: González, Prieto (URU)
	Hiraldo 10	(17–15)	Darling 6
	3× 1×	Report	3× 5× 1×

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21 October 17:30	Uruguay	30–32	Chile	San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: De Souza, Paz (BRA)
	Castro 10	(18–15)	Feuchtmann 8
	3× 5×	Report	4× 6×

Semifinals

21 October 12:30	Brazil	43–12	Mexico	San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: Pellerin, Martin (CAN)
	Da Silva, Piedade 6	(20–5)	Jaramillo 3
	1× 3×	Report	3× 3×

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21 October 20:00	Argentina	19–18	Dominican Republic	San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
	Tagliavini 3	(11–11)	Granado 8
	4× 6×	Report	2× 6× 1×

Seventh place match

23 October 10:00	United States	23–30	Uruguay	San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: Martin, Pellerin (CAN)
	Borg 6	(11–12)	Palla 9
		Report [ dead link ]

Fifth place match

23 October 12:30	Puerto Rico	27–31	Chile	San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: Duran, Guzman (MEX)
	García 7	(14–17)	Cajas, Musalem 6
		Report [ dead link ]

Bronze medal match

23 October 17:30	Mexico	31–33 (ET)	Dominican Republic	San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: Pinto, Meneses (BRA)
	Flores 7	(14–15)	Peña 10
		Report
	FT: 28–28  ET: 3–5

Gold medal match

23 October 20:00	Brazil	33–15	Argentina	San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: Pérez, Guzmán (PUR)
	Do Nascimento 8	(15–5)	Decilio, Mendoza 4
	3× 7× 2×	Report	5× 5×

Ranking and statistics

Rank Team   Brazil   Argentina   Puerto Rico 4   Mexico 5   Chile 6   Puerto Rico 7   Uruguay 8   United States Qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics Qualified for the Olympic Qualification Tournament

2011 Pan American Games winners  Brazil Fourth title

Top scorers Rank Name Goals Shots % 1 Fernanda da Silva 35 43 82 2 Ciris García 33 46 72 Jussara Castro 51 65 4 Judith Granado 32 65 49 5 Sheila Hiraldo 29 60 48 Source: Guadalajara 2011

Top goalkeepers Rank Name % Saves Shots 1 Chana Masson 55 47 85 2 Bárbara Arenhart 43 24 56 3 Valentina Kogan 42 42 101 4 Noelia Artigas 37 45 121 5 Silvina Schlesinger 36 29 81 Source: Guadalajara 2011

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Women	Brazil Eduarda Amorim Barbara Arenhart Moniky Bancilon Francine Cararo Deonise Cavaleiro Fernanda Da Silva Fabiana Diniz Alexandra Do Nascimento Mayara Moura Daniela Piedade Silvia Pinheiro Jessica Quintino Samira Rocha Ana Paula Rodrigues Chana Masson	Argentina Maria Belotti Valeria Bianchi Maria Decilio Bibiana Ferrea Lucia Haro Valentina Kogan Antonela Mena Luciana Mendoza Manuela Pizzo Maria Romero Noelia Sala Luciana Salvado Silvina Schlesinger Solange Tagliavini Silvana Totolo	Dominican Republic Mariela Andino Mariela Cespedes Mari Colón Cari Dominguez Mileidys García Judith Granado Crisleydy Hernandez Carolina López Yndiana Mateo Nancy Peña Johanna Pimentel Jessica Sierra Suleidi Suarez Yacaira Tejada Debora Torreira

References

1. "Handball technical manual" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-25. Retrieved 2011-07-21.
2. 2012 Olympic Qualifying Handball
3. "Pan American Games Qualifier vs. Canada (Men and Women)". Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2011-07-21.
4. Sorteo grupos para Guadalajara 2011 Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
5. "Sorteo grupos para Guadalajara 2011". Americas Federation of Handball. July 21, 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved July 21, 2011.

External links

• Schedule Archived 2011-10-08 at the Wayback Machine