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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Dates | 4–8 December |
| Teams | 9 (from 1 confederation) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
| Third place | |
| Fourth place | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Top scorer(s) | (29 goals) |
The handball competition of the 2017 Central American Games in Managua was held from December 4 to 8 at the Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, [3] in both the men's and women's tournament, three teams qualified for the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's tournament | |||
| Women's tournament |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 84 | 22 | 8 | |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 107 | 82 | 25 | 6 | |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 105 | 97 | 8 | 4 | |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 101 | 129 | –28 | 2 | |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 78 | 105 | –27 | 0 |
All times are local (UTC−06:00).
| 4 December 2017 16:00 | El Salvador | 18–22 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 300 Referees: Segura, Valverde | |
| Merino 6 | (11–12) | Herrera 8 | ||
| 2× | Report | 1× |
| 4 December 2017 20:00 | Honduras | 35–24 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga | |
| Garcia 9 | (16–13) | Lopéz 5 | ||
| 1× | Report | 1× |
| 5 December 2017 16:00 | Guatemala | 22–18 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: Zuñiga, Reyes | |
| Morales 7 | (9–9) | Molina 5 | ||
| 5× | Report | 1× |
| 5 December 2017 20:00 | Nicaragua | 29–27 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: Paguaga, Cruz | |
| Ruiz 6 | (14–10) | Alvarenga 6 | ||
| 2× | Report | 2× |
| 6 December 2017 16:00 | El Salvador | 14–29 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 200 Referees: Urrutea, Jímenez | |
| Merino, Portillo 3 | (8–14) | Montoya 7 | ||
| 1× | Report | 2× |
| 6 December 2017 18:00 | Costa Rica | 30–22 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga | |
| Molina, Vargas 8 | (15–8) | three players 4 | ||
| 2× | Report | 1× |
| 7 December 2017 11:30 | Guatemala | 25–22 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 300 Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga | |
| Morales 7 | (13–14) | García 6 | ||
| 1× | Report | 2× |
| 7 December 2017 15:30 | El Salvador | 19–25 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 300 Referees: Jímenez, Urrutea | |
| Merino 7 | (10–10) | Molina 8 | ||
| 1× | Report | 2× |
| 8 December 2017 16:00 | Honduras | 19–34 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga | |
| four players 3 | (9–16) | Vargas 8 | ||
| 1× | Report | 1× |
| 8 December 2017 20:00 | Nicaragua | 26–37 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: Segura, Valverde | |
| Sotomayor 5 | (14–20) | Morales 10 | ||
| 3× | Report | 2× |
| Rank | Team |
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| 4 | |
| 5 | |
| Teams qualified to the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 48 | 25 | 6 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 78 | –8 | 4 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 66 | 58 | 8 | 2 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 77 | –25 | 0 |
All times are local (UTC−06:00).
| 4 December 2017 14:00 | Costa Rica | 26–15 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 250 Referees: Urrutea, Jimenez | |
| Araya 10 | (13–10) | Cuellar 4 | ||
| 1× | Report | 4× |
| 4 December 2017 18:00 | Guatemala | 28–19 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: Cruz, Paguaga | |
| Lavarreda, Sosa 6 | (14–10) | Gutierrez 3 | ||
| 2× | Report | 3× |
| 5 December 2017 14:00 | El Salvador | 12–25 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 200 Referees: Ramirez, Gomez | |
| Navarrete 3 | (4–15) | Florián 5 | ||
| 3× | Report | 3× |
| 5 December 2017 18:00 | Nicaragua | 25–23 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: Fernandez, Gonzalez | |
| Acuña 6 | (11–9) | Camacho 7 | ||
| 1× | Report | 1× |
| 6 December 2017 12:00 | El Salvador | 25–26 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 300 Referees: Segura, Valverde | |
| Cuellar 7 | (14–11) | Acuña, Ortega 6 | ||
| 2× | Report | 3× |
| 6 December 2017 14:00 | Costa Rica | 17–20 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 300 Referees: Cruz, Paguaga | |
| Ramirez 8 | (8–12) | Lavarreda 6 | ||
| 1× | Report | 3× |
| Semifinals | Final | |||||
| December 7 | ||||||
| 20 | ||||||
| December 8 | ||||||
| 14 | ||||||
| 24 | ||||||
| December 7 | ||||||
| 21 | ||||||
| 28 | ||||||
| 31 | ||||||
| Third place | ||||||
| December 8 | ||||||
| 24 | ||||||
| 33 | ||||||
| 7 December 2017 09:30 | Guatemala | 20–14 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 250 Referees: Ramirez, Gomez | |
| Sosa 6 | (10–6) | Ayala 4 | ||
| 3× | Report | 2× |
| 7 December 2017 14:00 | Nicaragua | 28–31 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: González, Fernández | |
| Rivera 9 | (13–15) | Araya, Ramirez 9 | ||
| 2× | Report | 2× |
| 8 December 2017 14:00 | El Salvador | 24–33 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Referees: Urrutia, Jimenez | |
| Ayala, Guardado 5 | (11–17) | Rivera 7 | ||
| 4× | Report | 1× |
| 8 December 2017 18:00 | Guatemala | 24–21 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: Cruz, Paguaga | |
| Lavarreda 10 | (11–10) | Polanco 8 | ||
| 2× | Report | 3× |
| Rank | Team |
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| 4 | |
| Teams qualified to the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games |