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

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.

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 (48.4 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Elke Karsten (28 goals)
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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	N/A	N/A	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)

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

Source:
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. 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)

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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)

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

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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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

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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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

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

References

1. "Handball – Women – Competition Schedule" (PDF). COPAL. 23 July 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
2. "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
3. "USA men and women through to Lima 2019". IHF. 6 September 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
4. "Canada claim final place at 2019 Pan American Games". International Handball Federation (IHF). 29 March 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2019.