2018 IHF South and Central American Emerging Nations Championship

The 2018 IHF South and Central American Emerging Nations Championship was the 1st edition of this Handball event organized by the International Handball Federation. It was held in Palmira, Colombia at the Pabellon Blanco, from 22 to 28 October.[2][3]

2018 IHF South and Central American Emerging Nations Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Colombia
Dates	22–28 October
Teams	11 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Colombia[1] (1st title)
Runner-up	Paraguay
Third place	Peru
Fourth place	Guatemala
Tournament statistics
Matches	30
Top scorer(s)	Gerdy Litardo (48 goals)

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Costa Rica	2	2	0	0	98	44	+54	4	Quarterfinals
2	Paraguay	2	1	0	1	82	53	+29	2
3	Panama	2	0	0	2	30	113	−83	0	Consolation round

Source: IHF
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.

All times are local (UTC–5).

22 October 2018 11:30	Panama	12–63	Costa Rica	Pabellon Blanco, Palmira Attendance: 250 Referees: Paolantoni, Garcia (ARG)
	Vergara 3	(5–27)	Hidalgo 11
	6× 1×	Report	2×

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23 October 2018 18:00	Paraguay	50–18	Panama	Pabellon Blanco, Palmira Attendance: 130 Referees: Paguaga, Zambrano (HON)
	Garcete 10	(24–7)	Jaramillo 7
	2× 4×	Report	11×

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24 October 2018 12:00	Paraguay	32–35	Costa Rica	Pabellon Blanco, Palmira Attendance: 250 Referees: Magalhaes, Silva (BRA)
	Garcete 7	(15–18)	Obando 8
	3× 10×	Report	2× 1×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Colombia	3	3	0	0	113	50	+63	6	Quarterfinals
2	Ecuador	3	2	0	1	109	90	+19	4
3	Honduras	3	1	0	2	72	102	−30	2
4	El Salvador	3	0	0	3	65	117	−52	0	Consolation round

Source: IHF
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.

22 October 2018 13:30	Ecuador	41–30	El Salvador	Pabellon Blanco, Palmira Attendance: 400 Referees: Moraga, Zavalla (CHI)
	Three players 8	(19–17)	Espinoza 10
	1× 7×	Report	8×

22 October 2018 16:30	Colombia	36–13	Honduras	Pabellon Blanco, Palmira Attendance: 350 Referees: Araujo, Perdomo (URU)
	Gallego 7	(21–5)	García 5
	2× 5×	Report	5×

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23 October 2018 10:00	Honduras	25–44	Ecuador	Pabellon Blanco, Palmira Attendance: 150 Referees: Valverde, Segura (CRC)
	García 5	(21–21)	Murillo 9
	1× 8× 1×	Report	4×

23 October 2018 16:00	El Salvador	13–42	Colombia	Pabellon Blanco, Palmira Attendance: 220 Referees: Paolantoni, Garcia (ARG)
	Ramos 4	(10–19)	Ramirez 11
	5×	Report	3× 3×

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24 October 2018 10:00	El Salvador	22–34	Honduras	Pabellon Blanco, Palmira Attendance: 120 Referees: Estrada, Pineda (COL)
	Ramos 6	(8–13)	Cantor 6
	1× 4× 1×	Report	2× 4× 1×

24 October 2018 16:00	Colombia	35–24	Ecuador	Pabellon Blanco, Palmira Attendance: 500 Referees: Araujo, Perdomo (URU)
	Mayo 7	(20–16)	Lutardo 11
	3× 6×	Report	1× 7× 1×

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	French Guiana	3	3	0	0	90	58	+32	6	Quarterfinals
2	Peru	3	2	0	1	74	72	+2	4
3	Guatemala	3	1	0	2	82	65	+17	2
4	Bolivia	3	0	0	3	52	103	−51	0	Consolation round

Source: IHF
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.

22 October 2018 18:30	Guatemala	35–10	Bolivia	Pabellon Blanco, Palmira Referees: Estrada, Pineda (COL)
	Herrera 10	(16–5)	Lisidro 4
	2× 7×	Report	1× 2×

22 October 2018 20:30	Peru	16–25	French Guiana	Pabellon Blanco, Palmira Attendance: 450 Referees: Magalhaes, Silva (BRA)
	Zerillo 6	(9–13)	Merille 6
	2× 3×	Report	1× 4×

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23 October 2018 12:00	French Guiana	28–21	Guatemala	Pabellon Blanco, Palmira Attendance: 400 Referees: Moraga, Zavalla (CHI)
	Cippe 8	(12–10)	Herrera 7
	1× 5×	Report	2× 4×

23 October 2018 14:00	Bolivia	21–31	Peru	Pabellon Blanco, Palmira Attendance: 350 Referees: Amarilla, Rodriguez (PAN)
	Canaza 7	(5–17)	Lopez, Trelles 5
	6×	Report	2× 7×

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24 October 2018 14:00	French Guiana	37–21	Bolivia	Pabellon Blanco, Palmira Attendance: 400 Referees: Zambrano, Paguaga (HON)
	Eli 7	(18–7)	Serrudo 8
	2× 6×	Report	2× 2×

24 October 2018 18:00	Guatemala	26–27	Peru	Pabellon Blanco, Palmira Attendance: 100 Referees: Paolantoni, Garcia (ARG)
	Martinez 8	(11–11)	Gutelius 6
	1× 7×	Report	3× 7×

Consolation round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	El Salvador	2	2	0	0	64	57	+7	4
10	Bolivia	2	1	0	1	67	54	+13	2
11	Panama	2	0	0	2	49	69	−20	0

Source: IHF
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.

26 October 2018 10:00	El Salvador	33–29	Bolivia	Pabellon Blanco, Palmira Attendance: 500 Referees: Amarilla, Rodriguez (PAR)
	Ramos 11	(13–13)	Crespo 8
	8×	Report	1× 5×

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27 October 2018 10:00	Panama	28–31	El Salvador	Pabellon Blanco, Palmira Attendance: 200 Referees: Segura, Valverde (CRC)
	Jaramillo, Arrocha 8	(16–11)	Sosa 7
	1× 5× 1×	Report	1× 1×

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28 October 2018 10:00	Panama	21–38	Bolivia	Pabellon Blanco, Palmira Attendance: 100 Referees: Moraga, Zavalla (CHI)
	Jaramillo 6	(11–19)	Lisidro 9
	1× 8×	Report	1× 3×

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	26 October
	Colombia	45
					27 October
	Honduras	17
					Colombia	25
	26 October
					Peru	21
	Ecuador	31
									28 October
	Peru	32
									Colombia	36
	26 October
									Paraguay	25
	French Guiana	26
					27 October
	Guatemala	28
					Guatemala	20
	26 October
					Paraguay	25			Third place
	Costa Rica	22
									28 October
	Paraguay	33
									Peru	29
									Guatemala	24

5th place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	27 October
	Honduras	30
					28 October
	Ecuador	39
					Ecuador	24
	27 October
					Costa Rica	35
	French Guiana	23
	Costa Rica	24
					Seventh place
					28 October
					Honduras	23
					French Guiana	40

Quarterfinals

26 October 2018 16:00	Colombia	45–17	Honduras	Pabellon Blanco, Palmira Attendance: 300 Referees: Moraga, Zavalla (CHI)
	Bedoya 14	(20–9)	García 5
	1× 3×	Report	1× 10×

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26 October 2018 14:00	Ecuador	31–32	Peru	Pabellon Blanco, Palmira Attendance: 350 Referees: Paolantoni, Garcia (ARG)
	Lutardo 7	(15–15)	Buitron 8
	1× 6×	Report	3× 6×

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26 October 2018 12:00	French Guiana	26–28	Guatemala	Pabellon Blanco, Palmira Attendance: 120 Referees: Magalhaes, Silva (BRA)
	Deveau 6	(12–15)	Martinez 12
	1× 3×	Report	2× 3×

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26 October 2018 18:00	Costa Rica	22–33	Paraguay	Pabellon Blanco, Palmira Attendance: 300 Referees: Pineda, Estrada (COL)
	Marchena, Gutierrez 5	(8–13)	Melgarejo, Benitez 7
	5×	Report	3× 5×

5–8th place semifinals

27 October 2018 12:00	Honduras	30–39	Ecuador	Pabellon Blanco, Palmira Referees: Amarilla, Rodriguez (PAR)
	García 7	(18–18)	Litardo 11
	8×	Report	1× 5×

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27 October 2018 14:00	French Guiana	23–24	Costa Rica	Pabellon Blanco, Palmira Attendance: 200 Referees: Estrada, Pineda (COL)
	Three players 5	(12–9)	Gutierrez 6
	3× 8× 1×	Report	5×

Semifinals

27 October 2018 16:00	Colombia	25–21	Peru	Pabellon Blanco, Palmira Attendance: 420 Referees: Araujo, Perdomo (URU)
	Mosquera 6	(12–10)	Gutelius 5
	3× 5× 1×	Report	7×

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27 October 2018 18:00	Guatemala	20–25	Paraguay	Pabellon Blanco, Palmira Attendance: 200 Referees: Magalhaes, Silva (BRA)
	Juarez 6	(11–10)	Garcete 7
	1× 1×	Report	1× 2×

Seventh place game

28 October 2018 12:00	Honduras	23–40	French Guiana	Pabellon Blanco, Palmira Attendance: 280 Referees: Perdomo, Araujo (URU)
	Cantor 6	(10–19)	Merille 10
	1× 5×	Report	2× 4×

Fifth place game

28 October 2018 14:00	Ecuador	24–35	Costa Rica	Pabellon Blanco, Palmira Attendance: 400 Referees: Amarilla, Rodriguez (PAR)
	Litardo 8	(13–14)	Hidalgo 8
	3× 2× 1×	Report	2× 5×

Third place game

28 October 2018 16:00	Peru	29–24	Guatemala	Pabellon Blanco, Palmira Attendance: 500 Referees: Paolantoni, Garcia (ARG)
	Zerillo 6	(14–13)	Juarez 8
	2× 3×	Report	2× 4× 1×

Final

28 October 2018 18:00	Colombia	36–25	Paraguay	Pabellon Blanco, Palmira Attendance: 1500 Referees: Magalhaes, Silva (BRA)
	Gonzalez 10	(16–11)	Benitez 7
	1× 3×	Report	3× 5×

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Colombia
	Paraguay
	Peru
4	Guatemala
5	Costa Rica
6	Ecuador
7	French Guiana
8	Honduras
9	El Salvador
10	Bolivia
11	Panama

Team qualified to the 2019 IHF Emerging Nations Championship

References

1. "Título en balonmano y bronce de Martha Bayona". www.elcolombiano.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 October 2018.
2. "Campeonato Continental de Balonmano inicia este lunes en Palmira". www.elpais.com.co (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 October 2018.
3. "Campeonato Internacional Centro y suramericano de Balonmano Masculino en Palmira". hsbnoticias.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 October 2018.

External links

• IHF website
• Colombian Handball Federation website