Handball at the 2015 Pan American Games

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Handball at the 2015 Pan American Games
Handball-picto.png
Handball pictogram for the games
Venue Exhibition Centre – Hall B
DatesJuly 16–25
No. of events2 (1 men, 1 women)
Competitors239 from 9 nations
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Handball competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto will be held from July 16 to 25 at the Direct Energy Centre (Exhibition Centre in Hall B). [1] Due to naming rights the arena will be known as the latter for the duration of the games. [2] A total of eight men's and women's teams will compete in each respective tournament. [3]

Contents

The winners of the two tournaments will qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. If the host nation, Brazil wins either tournament, the runner up will qualify instead. [4]

Competition schedule

The Direct Energy Centre Hall B (Exhibition Centre), was the venue for the handball competitions Handball 2015 Pan Am Games.jpg
The Direct Energy Centre Hall B (Exhibition Centre), was the venue for the handball competitions

The following is the competition schedule for the handball competitions: [5]

PPreliminaries½SemifinalsB3rd place play-offFFinal
Event↓/Date →Thu 16Fri 17Sat 18Sun 19Mon 20Tue 21Wed 22Thu 23Fri 24Sat 25
Men PPP½BF
Women PPP½BF

Medal summary

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2002
2Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 0202
3Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 0011
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 0011
Totals (4 entries)2226

Medalists

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's tournament
details
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Maik Santos
Henrique Teixeira
Fernando Pacheco Filho
Bruno Santana
Raul Nantes
Lucas Cândido
Diogo Hubner
Thiagus dos Santos
Alexandro Pozzer
Felipe Ribeiro
Fábio Chiuffa
Vinícius Teixeira
Oswaldo Guimarães
André Soares
César Almeida
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Matías Schulz
Federico Fernández
Federico Pizarro
Sebastián Simonet
Pablo Sebastián Portela
Diego Simonet
Pablo Simonet
Leonardo Facundo Querín
Federico Matías Vieyra
Fernando Gabriel García
Juan Pablo Fernández
Gonzalo Carou
Damián Migueles
Adrián Portela
Sergio Crevatin
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Felipe Barrientos
Sebastián Ceballos
Alfredo Valenzuela
Pablo Baeza
Nicolás Jofre
Diego Reyes
Erik Caniu
Javier Frelijj
Cristián Moll Ramírez
Felipe Maurin
Guillermo Araya
Esteban Salinas
René Oliva
Rodrigo Salinas Muñoz
Marco Oneto
Women's tournament
details
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Alexandra do Nascimento
Samira Rocha
Daniela Piedade
Amanda de Andrade
Tamires Morena Lima
Fernanda da Silva
Ana Paula Rodrigues
Jéssica Quintino
Bárbara Arenhart
Francielle da Rocha
Mayssa Pessoa
Elaine Gomes
Jaqueline Anastácio
Célia Coppi
Deonise Cavaleiro
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Marisol Carratu
Lucía Haro
Manuela Pizzo
Luciana Salvado
Rocio Campigli
Amelia Belotti
Luciana Mendoza
Victoria Crivelli
Antonella Gambino
Valentina Kogan
Valeria Bianchi
Antonela Mena
Macarena Sans
Macarena Gandulfo
Elke Karsten
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Patricia Ré
Paola Santos
Paula Fynn
Soledad Faedo
Alejandra Scarrone
Daniela Scarrone
Alejandra Ferrari
Camila Barreiro
Martina Barreiro
Eliana Falco
Federica Cura
Leticia Schinca
Camila Vázquez
Viviana Ferrari
Iara Grosso

Qualification

A total of eight men's teams and eight women's team will qualify to compete at the games. The top three teams at the South American and Central American and Caribbean Games will qualify for each respective tournament. The host nation (Canada) automatically qualifies teams in both events. [6] The United States and Uruguay competed against one another in a home/away playoff for the last spot in each tournament. The fourth placed team in the Central American and Caribbean Games both declined to compete in the respective tournaments. [7] Each team can consist of up to 15 athletes. [8]

Men

EventDateLocationVacanciesQualified
Host Nation1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
2014 South American Games [9] March 8–14 Flag of Chile.svg Santiago 3Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
2014 Central American and Caribbean Games [10] November 16–24 Flag of Mexico.svg Veracruz 3Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Last chance qualification tournament [11] March 7/14, 2015 Flag of the United States.svg Auburn
Flag of Uruguay.svg Montevideo
1Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Total8

Women

EventDateLocationVacanciesQualified
Host Nation1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
2014 South American Games [12] March 7–15 Flag of Chile.svg Santiago 3Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
2014 Central American and Caribbean Games [13] November 15–23 Flag of Mexico.svg Veracruz 3Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Last chance qualification tournament [11] March 7/14, 2015 Flag of the United States.svg Auburn
Flag of Uruguay.svg Montevideo
1Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Total8

Participating nations

A total of 9 countries have qualified athletes. The number of athletes a nation has entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.

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