Handball at the 2019 Pan American Games – Women's tournament

Women's handball
at the XVIII Pan American Games
Tournament details
Host country	Peru
Dates	24–30 July
Teams	8 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (6th title)
Runner-up	Argentina
Third place	Cuba
Fourth place	United States
Tournament statistics
Matches	20
Goals scored	968 (48 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Elke Karsten ; (28 goals)
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Last updated January 30, 2023

The handball women's tournament at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru was held between 24 and 30 July 2019. Eight nations participated.^[1] Brazil won its sixth straight title, directly qualifying to the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Qualification

A total eight women's teams qualified to compete at the games in each tournament. The host nation (Peru) qualified in each tournament, along with seven other teams in various qualifying tournaments.^[2]

Summary

Event	Dates	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	—	—	1	Peru
2018 South American Games	27–31 May	Cochabamba	2	Brazil Argentina
2018 Central American and Caribbean Games	20–25 July	Barranquilla	3	Dominican Republic Puerto Rico Cuba
North Zone Qualifying (Canada vs. United States)^[3]	2–5 September	Auburn Montreal	1	United States
Repechage qualification tournament^[4]	26–28 March	Mexico City	1	Canada
Total			8

Chile (3rd placed finisher at the South American Games), Mexico and Guatemala (4th and 5th at the Central American and Caribbean Games) and Canada (loser of the North Zone Qualifying) competed in the Repechage tournament.

North Zone Qualifying

2 September 2018	United States	22–20	Canada	Beard–Eaves–Memorial Coliseum, Auburn
		(12–11)

5 September 2018	Canada	16–26	United States	Montreal
		(6–14)

United States won 48–36 on aggregate.

Repechage qualification tournament

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	2	1	74	62	+12	4^{[lower-alpha 1]}	2019 Pan American Games
2	Mexico (H)	3	2	1	97	67	+30	4^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	Chile	3	2	1	75	71	+4	4^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Guatemala	3	0	3	51	97	−46	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
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) Host
Notes:

1 2 3 Canada 2 Pts, +3 GD; Mexico 2 Pts, +1 GD; Chile 2 Pts, −4 GD

26 March 2019	Chile	30–22	Guatemala	Centro Deportivo Olímpico Mexicano, Mexico City
		(16–10)

26 March 2019	Mexico	29–26	Canada	Centro Deportivo Olímpico Mexicano, Mexico City
		(15–11)

27 March 2019	Canada	22–16	Chile	Centro Deportivo Olímpico Mexicano, Mexico City
		(10–10)

27 March 2019	Guatemala	12–41	Mexico	Centro Deportivo Olímpico Mexicano, Mexico City
		(6–20)

28 March 2019	Canada	26–17	Guatemala	Centro Deportivo Olímpico Mexicano, Mexico City
		(13–6)

28 March 2019	Mexico	27–29	Chile	Centro Deportivo Olímpico Mexicano, Mexico City
		(12–13)

Results

All times are in Peru Time (UTC−5).

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	110	48	+62	6	Semifinals
2	Cuba	3	2	1	75	68	+7	4	Semifinals
3	Puerto Rico	3	1	2	63	76	−13	2	5–8th place semifinals
4	Canada	3	0	3	36	92	−56	0	5–8th place semifinals

Source: Lima 2019
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.

24 July 2019 13:00	Puerto Rico	23−9	Canada	Villa Deportiva Nacional Referees: Paolantoni, García (ARG)
	Ceballos 6	(12−4)	three players 2
	1× 1×	Report	1× 3×

24 July 2019 20:30	Brazil	29−20	Cuba	Villa Deportiva Nacional Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
	De Paula 6	(13−9)	Rizo 4
	1× 4×	Report	1× 4×

25 July 2019 15:30	Cuba	27−24	Puerto Rico	Villa Deportiva Nacional Referees: Lenci, López (ARG)
	three players 4	(14−13)	Ceballos 6
	4×	Report	2× 3× 1×

25 July 2019 20:30	Canada	12−41	Brazil	Villa Deportiva Nacional Referees: Pineda, Estrada (COL)
	four players 2	(5−20)	Castro 10
	2× 4×	Report	1× 1×

27 July 2019 13:00	Cuba	28–15	Canada	Villa Deportiva Nacional Referees: Paolantoni, García (ARG)
	Rosabal, Téllez 6	(11–7)	Benhacine, Routhier 3
	3× 4×	Report	1× 6×

27 July 2019 18:00	Brazil	40–16	Puerto Rico	Villa Deportiva Nacional Referees: Sosa, Lemes (URU)
	Belo 8	(20–10)	Ceballos, García 4
	1× 5×	Report	1× 3× 1×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	3	3	0	105	39	+66	6	Semifinals
2	United States	3	2	1	70	59	+11	4	Semifinals
3	Dominican Republic	3	1	2	85	69	+16	2	5–8th place semifinals
4	Peru (H)	3	0	3	34	127	−93	0	5–8th place semifinals

Source: Lima 2019
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) Host

24 July 2019 15:30	Dominican Republic	46−16	Peru	Villa Deportiva Nacional Referees: Pineda, Estrada (COL)
	Andino 13	(22−7)	Cruz 8
	1× 5×	Report	1× 7× 1×

24 July 2019 18:00	Argentina	26−15	United States	Villa Deportiva Nacional Referees: Zuñiga, Reyes (CUB)
	Karsten 5	(13−8)	Andersen, Rhoads 5
	1× 3×	Report	2× 6×

25 July 2019 13:00	United States	26−22	Dominican Republic	Villa Deportiva Nacional Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA)
	Rhoads, Taylor, 7	(11−10)	three players 4
	2× 4×	Report	3× 5×

25 July 2019 18:00	Peru	7−52	Argentina	Villa Deportiva Nacional Referees: Sosa, Lemes (URU)
	Cruz 4	(2−25)	Karsten 10
	1× 6×	Report	1× 1×

27 July 2019 15:30	United States	29–11	Peru	Villa Deportiva Nacional Referees: Zuñiga, Reyes (CUB)
	Butler, Taylor 5	(16–8)	Cruz, Servat 4
	3× 3×	Report	1×

27 July 2019 20:30	Argentina	27–17	Dominican Republic	Villa Deportiva Nacional Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA)
	Pizzo 6	(13–6)	Cabrera 4
	1× 6×	Report	1× 8× 1×

Classification round

5–8th place semifinals		Fifth place

29 July — Lima

Dominican Republic	24
		30 July — Lima
Canada	23
		Dominican Republic	26
29 July — Lima
		Puerto Rico	24
Puerto Rico	43

Peru	14
		Seventh place

		30 July — Lima

		Canada	31

		Peru	12

5–8th place semifinals

29 July 2019 10:00	Dominican Republic	24–23	Canada	Villa Deportiva Nacional Referees: Sosa, Lemes (URU)
	Brito, Lorenzo 5	(9–14)	Benhacine 8
	2× 4× 1×	Report	2× 3×

29 July 2019 12:00	Puerto Rico	43–14	Peru	Villa Deportiva Nacional Referees: Lenci, López (ARG)
	Fuentes 8	(24–7)	Cruz 4
		Report	3×

Seventh place match

30 July 2019 10:00	Canada	31–12	Peru	Villa Deportiva Nacional Referees: Pineda, Estrada (COL)
	Routhier 8	(17–6)	Delgado 5
	1× 2×	Report	1× 2×

Fifth place match

30 July 2019 12:00	Dominican Republic	26–24	Puerto Rico	Villa Deportiva Nacional Referees: Zuñiga, Reyes (CUB)
	Nova 6	(13–14)	four players 4
	3× 2×	Report	2× 1× 1×

Medal round

Semifinals		Final

29 July — Lima

Argentina	31
		30 July — Lima
Cuba	21
		Argentina	21
29 July — Lima
		Brazil	30
Brazil	34

United States	9
		Third place

		30 July — Lima

		Cuba	24

		United States	23

Semifinals

29 July 2019 18:00	Argentina	31–21	Cuba	Villa Deportiva Nacional Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
	Karsten 6	(17–7)	Rizo 8
	2× 3×	Report	2× 3× 1×

29 July 2019 20:30	Brazil	34–9	United States	Villa Deportiva Nacional Referees: Pineda, Estrada (COL)
	Castro 8	(15–3)	Rhoads 5
	1× 2×	Report	1× 2×

Bronze medal match

30 July 2019 18:00	Cuba	24–23	United States	Villa Deportiva Nacional Referees: Paolantoni, García (ARG)
	Rizo 6	(13–12)	Andersen 8
	2× 4×	Report	3×

Gold medal match

30 July 2019 20:30	Argentina	21–30	Brazil	Villa Deportiva Nacional Referees: Sosa, Lemes (URU)
	Karsten 4	(12–12)	Amorim, Fachinello 5
	1× 1×	Report	4× 5×

Ranking and statistics

Rank	Team
	Brazil
	Argentina
	Cuba
4	United States
5	Dominican Republic
6	Puerto Rico
7	Canada
8	Peru

	Qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics
	Qualified for the Olympic Qualification Tournament

2019 Pan American Games winners
Brazil Sixth title

Top scorers

Rank	Name	Goals	Shots	%
1	Elke Karsten	28	56	50
2	Adriana Cardoso de Castro	27	36	75
3	Mariela Andino	24	32	75
4	Manuela Pizzo		36	67
5	Jence Ann Rhoads		40	60

Source: Lima 2019 Archived 2019-07-31 at the Wayback Machine

Top goalkeepers

Rank	Name	%	Saves	Shots
1	Renata Arruda	51	35	69
2	Nadia Bordon	51	21	41
3	Marisol Carratu	41	48	118
4	Cari Domínguez	38	47	124
5	Bárbara Arenhart	37	25	68

Source: Lima 2019 Archived 2019-07-31 at the Wayback Machine

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