Handball at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's tournament

The women's tournament of handball at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico will take place from 15 October to 23 October, All games were held at the San Rafael Gymnasium. The defending champions are Brazil, who won the title on home court.[1] The winner of the competition will qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain.[2]

Women's handball
at the XVI Pan American Games
Tournament details
Host country Mexico
Dates15–23 October
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (4th title)
Runner-up Argentina
Third place Dominican Republic
Fourth place Mexico
Tournament statistics
Matches20
Goals scored1049 (52.45 per match)
Top scorer(s) Fernanda da Silva
(35 goals)
Next

Teams

Qualification

A National Olympic Committee may enter one women's team for the handball competition. Mexico, the host nation along with seven other countries qualified through regional competitions.[1]

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation 1  Mexico
2010 South American Games 20–24 March 2010 Medellín 3  Argentina
 Brazil
 Uruguay
2010 Central American and Caribbean Games 18–25 July 2010 Mayagüez 2  Dominican Republic
 Puerto Rico
Canada Versus United States series winner 21–23 December 2010[3] Lake Placid
La Prairie
1  United States
Last Chance Qualifying Tournament Santiago 1  Chile*
TOTAL8
Canada Versus United States series
December 21
4:00
United States  18–23  Canada Lake Placid Olympic Training Center, Lake Placid
Attendance: 250
Referees: Perez (PUR), Guzman (PUR)
Borg 5

December 23
5:30
Canada  21–26  United States La Magdeleine School, La Prairie
Attendance: 400
Referees: Perez (PUR), Guzman (PUR)
Larouche 6 Borg 10
Last chance qualifying tournament
  • Chile will play in the Pan American Games in Guadalajara because Canada, Costa Rica and El Salvador withdrew from participating in the playoff that gave the last ticket to the competition.[4]

Squads

At the start of tournament, all eight participating countries had 15 players on their rosters. Final squads for the tournament were due on September 14, 2011, a month before the start of 2011 Pan American Games.[1]

Format

  • Eight teams are split into 2 preliminary round groups of 4 teams each. The top 2 teams from each group qualify for the knockout stage.
  • The third and fourth placed teams will play the fifth to eight bracket.
  • In the semifinals, the matchups are as follows: A1 vs. B2 and B1 vs. A2
  • The winning teams from the semifinals play for the gold medal. The losing teams compete for the bronze medal.

Ties are broken via the following the criteria, with the first option used first, all the way down to the last option:

  1. Head to head results.
  2. Goal difference in the matches between the teams concerned.
  3. Greater number of plus goals in the matches between the teams concerned.[1]

Draw

The draw for the tournament was held at the offices of the Organising Committee (COPAG) for the Games in Guadalajara on July 21 at 16:00 local time.[5]

The competing are drawn to each group by couples. The first team selected randomly in the draw goes to group A and the second to Group B.[5] The pots are based on the performance of national teams in both previous games and their standings in their respective regional competitions.[5]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC-5).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Argentina 3 3 0 0 87 60 +27 6 Semifinals
2  Mexico (H) 3 2 0 1 55 63 8 4
3  Puerto Rico 3 1 0 2 76 84 8 2 5th–8th place semifinals
4  Chile 3 0 0 3 63 74 11 0
Source: Guadalajara 2011
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.
15 October
15:00
Argentina  35–26  Puerto Rico San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: De Souza, Paz (BRA)
Decilio 7 (18–8) Ceballos 7
  Report  10×

15 October
20:00
Mexico  18–17  Chile San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Meneses, Pinto (BRA)
Saavedra 7 (8–7) Feuchtmann, Musalem 4
  Report  

17 October
15:00
Chile  20–28  Argentina San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: De Souza, Paz (BRA)
Feuchtmann 7 (8–20) Decilio, Ferrea 6
  Report  

17 October
18:00
Puerto Rico  22–23  Mexico San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: González, Prieto (URU)
García 8 (15–13) Rivera 4
  Report  

19 October
15:00
Puerto Rico  28–26  Chile San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Pinto, Meneses (BRA)
García, Hiraldo 7 (17–15) Canessa, Feuchtmann 5
  Report   

19 October
20:00
Argentina  24–14  Mexico San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: González, Prieto (URU)
Decilio 7 (8–7) Flores 4
  Report  

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 3 3 0 0 125 43 +82 6 Semifinals
2  Dominican Republic 3 1 1 1 75 82 7 3
3  Uruguay 3 1 1 1 75 91 16 3 5th–8th place semifinals
4  United States 3 0 0 3 60 119 59 0
Source: Guadalajara 2011
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.
15 October
13:00
Brazil  50–10  United States San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Durán, Guzmán (MEX)
Da Silva 10 (23–6) Sayer 3
  Report  

15 October
18:00
Dominican Republic  24–24  Uruguay San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Marina, Minroe (ARG)
Andino, Granado 6 (10–14) Fynn 7
  Report  

17 October
13:00
United States  26–33  Dominican Republic San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Pellerin, Martin (CAN)
Borg 10 (16–11) Granado 10
   Report   

17 October
20:00
Uruguay  15–43  Brazil San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Pérez, Guzmán (PUR)
Castro, Fynn 3 (5–20) Da Silva 6
   Report  

19 October
13:00
Brazil  32–18  Dominican Republic San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Pellerin, Martin (CAN)
Da Silva 8 (19–11) Granado 6
  Report  

19 October
18:00
United States  24–36  Uruguay San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Pérez, Guzmán (PUR)
three players 5 (12–17) Castro 10
   Report  

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
21 October
 
 
 Brazil43
 
23 October
 
 Mexico12
 
 Brazil33
 
21 October
 
 Argentina15
 
 Argentina19
 
 
 Dominican Republic18
 
Third place
 
 
23 October
 
 
 Mexico31
 
 
 Dominican Republic (OT)33
 
5–8th place semifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
21 October
 
 
 Puerto Rico29
 
23 October
 
 United States27
 
 Puerto Rico27
 
21 October
 
 Chile31
 
 Uruguay30
 
 
 Chile32
 
Seventh place
 
 
23 October
 
 
 United States23
 
 
 Uruguay30

5th–8th place semifinals

21 October
10:00
Puerto Rico  29–27  United States San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: González, Prieto (URU)
Hiraldo 10 (17–15) Darling 6
  Report   

21 October
17:30
Uruguay  30–32  Chile San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: De Souza, Paz (BRA)
Castro 10 (18–15) Feuchtmann 8
  Report  

Semifinals

21 October
12:30
Brazil  43–12  Mexico San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Pellerin, Martin (CAN)
Da Silva, Piedade 6 (20–5) Jaramillo 3
  Report  

21 October
20:00
Argentina  19–18  Dominican Republic San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
Tagliavini 3 (11–11) Granado 8
  Report   

Seventh place match

23 October
10:00
United States  23–30  Uruguay San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Martin, Pellerin (CAN)
Borg 6 (11–12) Palla 9
Report

Fifth place match

23 October
12:30
Puerto Rico  27–31  Chile San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Duran, Guzman (MEX)
García 7 (14–17) Cajas, Musalem 6
Report

Bronze medal match

23 October
17:30
Mexico  31–33 (ET)  Dominican Republic San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Pinto, Meneses (BRA)
Flores 7 (14–15) Peña 10
Report

FT: 28–28 ET: 3–5

Gold medal match

23 October
20:00
Brazil  33–15  Argentina San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Pérez, Guzmán (PUR)
Do Nascimento 8 (15–5) Decilio, Mendoza 4
   Report  

Ranking and statistics

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Women  Brazil (BRA)
Eduarda Amorim
Barbara Arenhart
Moniky Bancilon
Francine Cararo
Deonise Cavaleiro
Fernanda Da Silva
Fabiana Diniz
Alexandra Do Nascimento
Mayara Moura
Daniela Piedade
Silvia Pinheiro
Jessica Quintino
Samira Rocha
Ana Paula Rodrigues
Chana Masson
 Argentina (ARG)
Maria Belotti
Valeria Bianchi
Maria Decilio
Bibiana Ferrea
Lucia Haro
Valentina Kogan
Antonela Mena
Luciana Mendoza
Manuela Pizzo
Maria Romero
Noelia Sala
Luciana Salvado
Silvina Schlesinger
Solange Tagliavini
Silvana Totolo
 Dominican Republic (DOM)
Mariela Andino
Mariela Cespedes
Mari Colón
Cari Dominguez
Mileidys García
Judith Granado
Crisleydy Hernandez
Carolina López
Yndiana Mateo
Nancy Peña
Johanna Pimentel
Jessica Sierra
Suleidi Suarez
Yacaira Tejada
Debora Torreira

References

  1. "Handball technical manual" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-25. Retrieved 2011-07-21.
  2. 2012 Olympic Qualifying Handball
  3. Pan American Games Qualifier vs. Canada (Men and Women)
  4. Sorteo grupos para Guadalajara 2011 Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
  5. "Sorteo grupos para Guadalajara 2011". Americas Federation of Handball. July 21, 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved July 21, 2011.
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