Handball – Women's tournament at the XVII Pan American Games | |||||||
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Venue | Exhibition Centre – Hall B | ||||||
Dates | July 16 – July 24 | ||||||
Competitors | 120 from 8 nations | ||||||
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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]
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]
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]
Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
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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 |
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 | ||
3× 7× 1× | Report | 2× 3× |
March 14 | Uruguay | 24 – 22 | United States | Polideportivo, Montevideo Attendance: 1200 Referees: Minore, Marina (ARG) |
Barreiro 5 | (13–8) | Darling 7 | ||
3× 5× | Report | 3× 7× 1× |
At the start of tournament, all eight participating countries had up to 15 players on their rosters. [8]
The draw for the competition took place on March 15, 2015 in Montevideo, Uruguay. [9]
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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The official detailed schedule was revealed on April 26, 2015. [10]
All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 | ||
3× 2× | Report | 2× 5× |
July 16 13:30 | Mexico | 25–22 | Canada | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU) |
Aguirre, Saavedra 4 | (14–10) | Lochet 5 | ||
3× 4× | Report | 2× 4× |
July 18 11:30 | Canada | 12–48 | Brazil | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Zuñiga, Reyes (CUB) |
Routhier 6 | (5–26) | Nascimento 9 | ||
2× 2× | Report | 2× 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 | ||
3× 9× 1× | Report | 3× 3× |
July 20 11:30 | Puerto Rico | 21–21 | Canada | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Paolantoni, Zanikian (ARG) |
Ceballos 7 | (10–7) | Perry 7 | ||
2× 3× | report | 2× 5× |
July 20 13:30 | Brazil | 34–19 | Mexico | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU) |
Nascimento 8 | (19–12) | Jaramillo 3 | ||
3× 1× | Report | 3× 1× |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 | ||
3× 2× | report | 3× 5× |
July 16 20:30 | Chile | 25–28 | Cuba | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Guzman, Perez (PUR) |
Feuchtmann, Torres 5 | (11–14) | Lusson 10 | ||
2× 5× | report | 1× 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 | ||
1× 8× | Report | 3× 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 | ||
3× 4× | Report | 2× 7× |
July 20 18:30 | Uruguay | 33–28 | Cuba | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Minore, Marina (ARG) |
Barreiro 10 | (13–12) | Lusson 9 | ||
4× 4× | report | 2× 5× |
July 20 20:30 | Argentina | 30–18 | Chile | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Zuñiga, Reyes (CUB) |
Mendoza 6 | (15–10) | three players 3 | ||
3× 1× | report | 4× 3× |
Semifinals | Fifth place | |||||
July 22 — Toronto | ||||||
Puerto Rico | 36 | |||||
July 24 — Toronto | ||||||
Chile | 34 | |||||
Puerto Rico | 27 | |||||
July 22 — Toronto | ||||||
Cuba | 40 | |||||
Canada | 20 | |||||
Cuba | 30 | |||||
Seventh place | ||||||
July 24 — Toronto | ||||||
Chile | 20 | |||||
Canada | 27 |
July 22 11:00 | Puerto Rico | 36–34 | Chile | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Paoloantoni, Zanikian (ARG) |
Ceballos 11 | (21–18) | Feuchtmann 6 | ||
2× | report | 2× 3× |
July 22 18:00 | Canada | 20–30 | Cuba | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU) |
Routhier 5 | (7–18) | Lusson 9 | ||
3× 2× | report | 4× 5× |
July 24 10:30 | Chile | 20–27 | Canada | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Paolantoni, Zanikian (ARG) |
Miño 5 | (10–14) | Lochet, Laplante 4 | ||
3× 3× | report | 2× 3× |
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× 2× | report | 1× 6× |
Semifinals | Final | |||||
July 22 — Toronto | ||||||
Brazil | 40 | |||||
July 24 — Toronto | ||||||
Uruguay | 22 | |||||
Brazil | 25 | |||||
July 22 — Toronto | ||||||
Argentina | 20 | |||||
Mexico | 16 | |||||
Argentina | 27 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
July 24 — Toronto | ||||||
Uruguay | 29 | |||||
Mexico | 21 |
July 22 13:30 | Brazil | 40–22 | Uruguay | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Guzman, Perez (PUR) |
Silva 8 | (18–11) | Scarrone 8 | ||
3× 5× | report | 3× 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× 3× | report | 3× 5× |
July 24 17:30 | Uruguay | 29–21 | Mexico | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Zuñiga, Reyes (CUB) |
Barreiro 11 | (11–8) | Saavedra 7 | ||
3× 2× | Report | 2× 6× |
July 24 20:00 | Brazil | 25–20 | Argentina | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU) |
Nascimento 6 | (12–12) | Mendoza, Karsten 5 | ||
3× 5× | report | 3× 2× |
Note: As Brazil were already qualified for the olympics as hosts, the qualification slot went to Argentina instead and Mexico qualified for the Olympic Qualification Tournament instead of Argentina. |
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Brazil competed in 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada from July 10 to 26, 2015. The Brazilian Olympic Committee selected a team of 590 athletes, 314 men and 276 women. This is the 17th appearance of the country in the Pan American Games. The goal of the Brazilian Olympic Committee is to finish among top 3 countries on total medals, as part of preparations for the 2016 Summer Olympics, in Rio de Janeiro, and to surpass the number of medals of Guadalajara (141). Women's field hockey, baseball, racquetball and speed skating competitions will be the only sports without Brazilian representation at these games.
Argentina competed at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, from July 10 to 26, 2015. On June 1, 2015, track cyclist and former Olympic gold medalist Walter Pérez was named as the country's flagbearer during the opening ceremony.
Chile competed in the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, from July 10 to 26, 2015.
Cuba competed at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, from July 10 to 26, 2015.
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