Handball at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games

Handball at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games
Handball pictogram
Venue	Multigimnasio Don Bosco
Location	Soyapango
Dates	24 June – 7 July 2023
Competitors	224
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Handball competition at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games are scheduled to be held from 24 June to 7 July 2023. ^[1] The venue for the competition is the Multigimnasio Don Bosco located in Soyapango.

A total of eight men's and eight women's teams (each consisting up to 14 athletes) will compete in each tournament. This means a total of 224 athletes are scheduled to compete. ^[2]

The winner and runner-up of each competition will qualify for the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile. The third place teams will play against the third-placed teams of the 2022 South American Games playoffs.

Qualification

Eight men's teams and eight women's teams will qualify to compete at the games in each tournament. The host nation (El Salvador) received automatic qualification in both tournaments, along with seven other teams. For both genders five places for Caribbean were planned bot only four teams per gender participated at the Caribbean Handball Cup. Therefor one spot is still not awarded. ^[3] Central America has two spots per gender.

Men

Event	Dates	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	—	—	1	El Salvador
2023 Caribbean Handball Cup	3 – 9 October 2022	Santo Domingo	4	Cuba   Dominican Republic   Mexico   Puerto Rico
2023 Central American Championship	21 – 25 February 2023	Managua	2	Costa Rica [4]   Nicaragua [5]
Wild card			1	Venezuela [6]
Total			8

Women

Event	Dates	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	—	—	1	El Salvador
2023 Caribbean Handball Cup	2 – 8 October 2022	Santo Domingo	4	Cuba   Dominican Republic   Mexico   Puerto Rico
2023 Central American Championship	28 February – 4 March 2023	Managua	2	Costa Rica [7]   Nicaragua
Wild card			1	Colombia
Total			8

Participating nations

The following countries qualified handball teams. The numbers of participants qualified are in parentheses.

•   Colombia  (14)
•   Costa Rica  (28)
•   Cuba  (28)
•   Dominican Republic  (28)
•   El Salvador  (28) (host)
•   Mexico  (28)
•   Nicaragua  (28)
•   Puerto Rico  (28)
•   Venezuela  (14)

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (El Salvador)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba  (CUB)	2	0	0	2
2	Dominican Republic  (DOM)	0	1	1	2
3	Puerto Rico  (PUR)	0	1	0	1
4	Mexico  (MEX)	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 entries)		2	2	2	6

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's tournament [8]	Cuba Mario Perez Jorge Pren Daril Gonzalez Ronaldo Almeida Lidier Vergara Edmanuel Diaz Christopher Martinez Mario Sainz Frank Cordies Magnol Suarez Adonis Garcia Omar Toledano Dariel Garcia Hanser Rodriguez	Dominican Republic Adonis Gonzalez Alionky Mota Dioris Mateo Erick Montero Francis De La Cruz Franklin Fernandez Heriberto Merino Jorge Soto Julio Alcantara Luiggy Lopez Luis Alfredo Luis Angel Maykol Beras Willibert De La Rosa	Mexico Luis Avalos Ricardo Zarco Sayyed Morales Luis Ortiz Hector Perez Sergio Sanchez Jesus Ramirez Jesus Rivera Fernando Rodriguez Benito Hernandez Francisco Muniz Jesus Sandoval Jesus Loya Daniel Marquez
Women's tournament	Cuba Niurkis Mora Dianny González Maria Veranes Gleinys Reyes Diancy González Nahomis Mustelier Odalys Escalona Danielys Herranz Angela Amoros Yamileidis Alcantara Yennifer Toledo Yarumy Céspedes Rosa Leal Melissa chala	Puerto Rico Kitsa Escobar Adriana Cabrera Nathalys Ceballos Sheila Hiraldo Jackeline Gonzalez Joane Vergara Alanis Benitez Roxanaly Carrasquillo Erika Graciani Ciris García Zuleika Fuentes Lizabeth Rodriguez Robeliz Ortiz Ashanti Calderon	Dominican Republic Yojaver Brito Crisleidy Hernández Mabelin Wattley Annerys Cabrera Johanna Pimentel Nancy Peña Mariela Andino Carina Lorenzo Florquidia Puello Suleidy Suárez Carolina López Débora Torreira Diandra Pie Yacaira Tejeda

Women's tournament

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Dominican Republic	3	3	0	0	92	65	+27	6	Semi final
2	Mexico	3	2	0	1	102	62	+40	4
3	Costa Rica	3	1	0	2	67	75	−8	2
4	El Salvador (H)	3	0	0	3	49	108	−59	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts

All times are local (UTC−06:00).

24 June 2023 15:00	Mexico	31–19	Costa Rica	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga (CUB)
	Govea 6	(13–8)	Araya 4
	4×	Report	5×

24 June 2023 19:00	Dominican Republic	31–23	El Salvador	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Estrada, Pineda (COL)
	Peña 7	(15–14)	Muñoz, Reyes 6
	2× 1×	Report	2×

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25 June 2023 13:00	Dominican Republic	31–14	Costa Rica	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Estrada, Pineda (COL)
	Peña 8	(15–6)	Calvo 4
	5×	Report	6×

25 June 2023 19:00	Mexico	43–13	El Salvador	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga (CUB)
	Govea 6	(22–2)	Muñoz, Sandoval 3
	2×	Report	3×

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26 June 2023 15:00	Dominican Republic	30–28	Mexico	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Conberse, Correa (ARG)
	Hernandez, Puello 6	(14–14)	Leal, Jaramillo 4
	1× 3×	Report	5×

26 June 2023 19:00	El Salvador	13–34	Costa Rica	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Agramonte, De Jesus (DOM)
	Muñoz 3	(4–17)	Araya 11
	1×	Report	2× 1×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Puerto Rico	3	3	0	0	120	78	+42	6	Semi final
2	Cuba	3	2	0	1	111	67	+44	4
3	Colombia	3	1	0	2	82	101	−19	2
4	Nicaragua	3	0	0	3	67	134	−67	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

24 June 2023 13:00	Puerto Rico	34–25	Colombia	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Conberse, Correa (ARG)
	Three players 5	(18–9)	Arcila 6
	1× 2×	Report	1× 3×

24 June 2023 17:00	Cuba	46–12	Nicaragua	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Belmonte, Coba (MEX)
	Veranes 10	(22–6)	Tercero 3
	3× 1×	Report	2×

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25 June 2023 15:00	Cuba	37–20	Colombia	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Belmonte, Coba (CUB)
	González, Mustelier 6	(14–11)	Vargas 4
	2×	Report	1× 2×

25 June 2023 17:00	Puerto Rico	51–25	Nicaragua	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Agramonte, De Jesus (DOM)
	Fuentes 13	(24–10)	Ortega, Gutiérrez 5
	4×	Report	2×

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26 June 2023 13:00	Colombia	37–30	Nicaragua	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Ramos, Sosa (ESA)
	Arcila 10	(20–16)	Ortega 7
	3×	Report	1× 3×

26 June 2023 17:00	Puerto Rico	35–28	Cuba	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Estrada, Pineda (COL)
	Fuentes 8	(21–13)	Veranes 7
	2× 6×	Report	3× 1×

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semifinals				Gold medal
	28 June
	Puerto Rico	26
					29 June
	Mexico	25
					Puerto Rico	28
	28 June
					Cuba	29
	Dominican Republic	27
	Cuba	33
					Bronze medal
					29 June
					Mexico	27
					Dominican Republic	29

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	28 June
	Colombia	39
					29 June
	El Salvador	19
					Colombia	44
	28 June
					Nicaragua	29
	Costa Rica	28
	Nicaragua	29
					Seventh place
					29 June
					El Salvador	13
					Costa Rica	29

Semifinals

28 June 2023 17:00	Puerto Rico	26–25	Mexico	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Estrada, Pineda (COL)
	Ceballos 9	(13–12)	Leal 9
	2× 5×	Report	4× 1×

28 June 2023 19:30	Dominican Republic	27–33	Cuba	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Conberse, Correa (ARG)
	Brito 9	(10–19)	Reyes 12
	3×	Report	2× 6×

5th to 8th semifinals

28 June 2023 12:00	Colombia	39–19	El Salvador	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Agramonte, De Jesus (DOM)
	Castaño 9	(20–11)	Sandoval 7
	3×	Report	5×

28 June 2023 14:30	Costa Rica	28–29	Nicaragua	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Belmonte, Coba (MEX)
	Corrales 8	(15–13)	Terceiro 7
	5× 1×	Report	1× 4×

Gold medal

29 June 2023 19:30	Puerto Rico	28–29	Cuba	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Conberse, Correa (ARG)
	Hiraldo 7	(14–12)	Reyes 15
	5× 1×	Report	1× 8×

Bronze medal

29 June 2023 17:00	Mexico	27–29	Dominican Republic	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga (CUB)
	Leal 6	(15–14)	Peña, Andino 6
	1× 5×	Report	3×

5th place

29 June 2023 14:30	Colombia	44–29	Nicaragua	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Belmonte, Coba (MEX)
	Arcila 11	(21–15)	Cardenas 9
	4×	Report	1×

7th place

29 June 2023 12:00	El Salvador	13–29	Costa Rica	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Agramonte, De Jesus (DOM)
	Zavala 4	(3–17)	Loaiza 6
	3×	Report	2× 1×

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Cuba
	Puerto Rico
	Dominican Republic
4	Mexico
5	Colombia
6	Nicaragua
7	Costa Rica
8	El Salvador

	Qualified for the 2023 Pan American Games
	Qualified for the Last chance qualification tournament for the 2023 Pan American Games

Men's tournament

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico	3	3	0	0	123	74	+49	6	Semi final
2	Puerto Rico	3	2	0	1	114	83	+31	4
3	Nicaragua	3	1	0	2	91	117	−26	2
4	El Salvador (H)	3	0	0	3	63	112	−49	0

Source: Summary
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts

All times are local (UTC−06:00).

2 July 2023 15:00	Mexico	50–27	Nicaragua	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Agramonte, De Jesus (DOM)
	Perez 8	(26–16)	Gonzalez 7
	1×	Report	2×

2 July 2023 19:00	Puerto Rico	40–18	El Salvador	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Estrada, Pineda (COL)
	Ceballos 8	(21–11)	Escalante 5
	2× 3× 1×	Report	2×

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3 July 2023 13:00	Puerto Rico	45–29	Nicaragua	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Belmonte, Coba (MEX)
	Monge 9	(21–15)	Garay 8
	1× 1×	Report	7× 1×

3 July 2023 19:00	Mexico	37–18	El Salvador	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Agramonte, De Jesus (DOM)
	Sanchez 7	(21–7)	A. Hernandez 7
	3× 3×	Report	1× 1× 1×

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4 July 2023 15:00	Puerto Rico	29–36	Mexico	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga (CUB)
	Ramos 5	(16–17)	Rodriguez 9
	2× 1×	Report	2×

4 July 2023 19:00	El Salvador	27–35	Nicaragua	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Belmonte, Coba (MEX)
	Hernandez 13	(15–14)	Gonzalez 12
	1× 4×	Report	5×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cuba	3	3	0	0	98	62	+36	6	Semi final
2	Dominican Republic	3	2	0	1	85	76	+9	4
3	Venezuela	3	0	1	2	78	97	−19	1
4	Costa Rica	3	0	1	2	74	100	−26	1

Source: Summary
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

2 July 2023 13:00	Cuba	30–20	Venezuela	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Belmonre, Coba (MEX)
	Almeida 7	(9–9)	Noel 5
	3×	Report	2×

2 July 2023 17:00	Dominican Republic	28–22	Costa Rica	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga (CUB)
	Soto 6	(14–7)	Jimenez 6
	4× 1×	Report	2×

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3 July 2023 15:00	Dominican Republic	35–26	Venezuela	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Estrada, Pineda (COL)
	Beras 10	(17–10)	Peñaloza 9
	5×	Report	4× 1×

3 July 2023 17:00	Cuba	40–20	Costa Rica	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Conberse, Correa (ARG)
	Pérez 7	(20–11)	Jimenez 4
	2× 3×	Report	3×

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4 July 2023 13:00	Venezuela	32–32	Costa Rica	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Conberse, Correa (ARG)
	Noel 6	(19–13)	Molina 6 Montoya 6
	7× 1×	Report	1× 3×

4 July 2023 17:00	Cuba	28–22	Dominican Republic	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Estrada, Pineda (COL)
	Almeida 8	(14–16)	Beras 5
	1× 2×	Report	7× 1×

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semifinals				Gold medal
	6 July
	Mexico	20
					7 July
	Dominican Republic	26
					Dominican Republic	29
	6 July
					Cuba	30
	Puerto Rico	18
	Cuba	24
					Bronze medal
					7 July
					Mexico	32
					Puerto Rico	29

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	6 July
	Nicaragua	29
					7 July
	Costa Rica	34
					Costa Rica	29
	6 July
					Venezuela	32
	El Salvador	27
	Venezuela	38
					Seventh place
					7 July
					Nicaragua	37
					El Salvador	33

Semifinals

6 July 2023 17:00	Mexico	20–26	Dominican Republic	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Conberse, Correa (ARG)
	Sanchez 7	(8–11)	de la Cruz 8
	1× 1× 1×	Report	1× 2× 1×

6 July 2023 19:30	Cuba	24–18	Puerto Rico	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Estrada, Pineda (COL)
	García 7	(9–9)	Monge 6
	1× 3×	Report	1× 1×

5th to 8th semifinals

6 July 2023 12:00	Nicaragua	29–34	Costa Rica	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Ramos, Martinez (ESA)
	Gonzalez 7	(15–10)	Marchena 7
	1× 4×	Report	4×

6 July 2023 20:00	Venezuela	38–27	El Salvador	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Agramonte, De Jesus (DOM)
	Noel 9	(18–12)	Espinoza 7
	4×	Report	3×

Gold medal

7 July 2023 19:30	Cuba	30–29	Dominican Republic	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Conberse, Correa (ARG)
	Toledano 8	(14–10)	Soto 8
	2× 7× 2×	Report	1× 6×

Bronze medal

7 July 2023 17:00	Puerto Rico	29–32	Mexico	Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga (CUB)
	Gonzalez 7	(14–15)	Morales, Perez 7
	2×	Report	5× 1×

5th place

7 July 2023 14:30	Venezuela	32–29	Costa Rica	Referees: Belmonte, Coba (MEX)
	Seijas 6	(19–13)	Montoya 8
	3×	Report	1× 3×

7th place

7 July 2023 12:00	El Salvador	33–37	Nicaragua	Referees: Agramonte, De Jesus (DOM)
	Escalante, Hernandez 7	(18–21)	Garay, Cano 7
	3×	Report	4×

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Cuba
	Dominican Republic
	Mexico
4	Puerto Rico
5	Venezuela
6	Costa Rica
7	Nicaragua
8	El Salvador

	Qualified for the 2023 Pan American Games
	Qualified for the Last chance qualification tournament for the 2023 Pan American Games

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