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

The men's tournament of handball at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, began on October 16 and ended on October 24. All games were held at the San Rafael Gymnasium. The defending champions were Brazil, who won the title on home court.[1] Argentina, the winner of the competition, qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain.[2]

Men's handball tournament at the XVI Pan American Games
VenueSan Rafael Gymnasium
DatesOctober 16 – October 24
Competitors120 from 8 nations
Medalists
   Argentina
   Brazil
   Chile
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Teams

Qualification

A National Olympic Committee may enter one men'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 March 20–30, 2010 Medellín 3  Brazil
 Argentina
 Chile
2010 Central American and Caribbean Games July 18–25, 2010 Mayagüez 2  Dominican Republic
 Venezuela
Canada versus United States Series December 21, 23, 2010 [3] Lake Placid
La Prairie
1  Canada
Last Chance Qualifying Tournament June 3–5, 2011 Guatemala City[4] 1  United States
TOTAL8
Canada versus United States Series
December 21
6:00
United States  25–21  Canada Lake Placid Olympic Training Center, Lake Placid
Attendance: 250
Referees: Perez (PUR), Guzman (PUR)
Key 5 Bertrand 6

December 23
7:30
Canada  30–23
(ET)
 United States La Magdeleine School, La Prairie
Attendance: 400
Referees: Perez (PUR), Guzman (PUR)
Etter 8 Hines 9

Canada won 51–48 on aggregate and qualified for the games.

  • The second game at the end of regulation was a 25–21 advantage for Canada, thus the game went to overtime.
Last chance qualifying tournament
June 3 Guatemala  12–20  Uruguay Domo Polideportivo, Guatemala City

June 4 United States  23–23  Uruguay Domo Polideportivo, Guatemala City

June 5 United States  38–24  Guatemala Domo Polideportivo, Guatemala City
  • USA advance to the Pan American Games with a better goal differential. Puerto Rico withdrew from participating in the tournament.[5]

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.[6]

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.[6] The pots are based on the performance of national teams in both previous games and their standings in their respective regional competitions.[6]

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  Brazil 3 3 0 0 119 54 +65 6 Semifinals
2  Chile 3 2 0 1 101 89 +12 4
3  Canada 3 1 0 2 70 113 43 2 5th–8th place semifinals
4  Venezuela 3 0 0 3 68 102 34 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.
October 16
13:00
Brazil  46–17  Canada San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: González, Prieto (URU)
Ruy, V. Teixeira 7 (19–7) Godin 4
  Report  

October 16
15:00
Chile  37–28  Venezuela San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Pérez, Guzmán (PUR)
Em. Feuchtmann 8 (19–12) Peñaloza 6
  Report   

October 18
13:00
Canada  25–42  Chile San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG)
Bertrand, Bessette 5 (11–19) Em. Feuchtmann, R. Salinas 8
   Report  

October 18
20:00
Venezuela  15–37  Brazil San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
Godoy, Peñaloza 3 (8–19) Ruy 7
  Report  

October 20
13:00
Brazil  36–22  Chile San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: González, Prieto (URU)
Borges 10 (15–9) Em. Feuchtmann, R. Salinas 5
  Report  

October 20
15:00
Canada  28–25  Venezuela San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: De Souza, Paz (BRA)
Etter 10 (12–10) Pérez 6
Report

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Argentina 3 3 0 0 95 55 +40 6 Semifinals
2  Dominican Republic 3 2 0 1 77 79 2 4
3  Mexico (H) 3 1 0 2 78 93 15 2 5th–8th place semifinals
4  United States 3 0 0 3 73 96 23 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.
October 16
18:00
Dominican Republic  27–22  United States San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Pellerin, Martin (CAN)
K. de León, Mirabal 7 (11–11) Clemons Axelsson 8
  Report  

October 16
20:00
Argentina  31–16  Mexico San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
Carou, F. Fernández 6 (16–5) Acuña 6
   Report  

October 18
15:00
United States  19–36  Argentina San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Durán, Guzmán (MEX)
Hines 6 (9–12) Pizarro 8
  Report  

October 18
18:00
Mexico  29–30  Dominican Republic San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Pinto, Meneses (BRA)
Villalobos 7 (15–15) K. de León 10
  Report  

October 20
18:00
Argentina  28–20  Dominican Republic San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
F. Fernández, Pizarro 6 (13–11) Mirabal 6
Report

October 20
20:00
Mexico  33–32  United States San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG)
Bermúdez 9 (21–18) Hines 9
Report

Elimination stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
October 22
 
 
 Brazil41
 
October 24
 
 Dominican Republic17
 
 Brazil23
 
October 22
 
 Argentina26
 
 Argentina26
 
 
 Chile25
 
Third place
 
 
October 24
 
 
 Dominican Republic24
 
 
 Chile27

Semifinals

October 22
10:00
Brazil  41–17  Dominican Republic San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG)
Chiuffa 6 (18–8) four players 3
  Report  

October 22
17:30
Argentina  26–25  Chile San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Pinto, Meneses (BRA)
F. Fernández 8 (15–10) R. Salinas 7
  Report  

5th–8th place semifinals

October 22
12:30
Canada  26–25  United States San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Pérez, Guzmán (PUR)
Walder 5 (13–14) El-Zoghby 5
  Report

October 22
20:00
Mexico  30–25  Venezuela San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: De Souza, Paz (BRA)
Bermúdez 8 (15–10) Godoy, Peñaloza 5
  Report  

Seventh place match

October 24
10:00
United States  39–35  Venezuela San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Paz, De Souza (BRA)
El-Zoghby 7 (18–16) Silva 9
   Report  

Fifth place match

October 24
12:30
Canada  26–23  Mexico San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: González, Prieto (URU)
Bessette 9 (11–12) Bermúdez 5
  Report  

Bronze medal match

October 24
17:30
Dominican Republic  24–27  Chile San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG)
Mirabal 8 (10–12) Araya, Martínez 5
  Report   

Gold medal match

October 24
20:00
Brazil  23–26  Argentina San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
Borges 6 (14–15) F. Fernández 6
  Report  


 2011 Pan American Games Winners 

Argentina
1st title

Final standings

Rank Team Record
 Argentina5 – 0 – 0
 Brazil4 – 0 – 1
 Chile3 – 0 – 2
4  Dominican Republic2 – 0 – 3
5  Canada3 – 0 – 2
6  Mexico2 – 0 – 3
7  United States1 – 0 – 4
8  Venezuela0 – 0 – 5

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's  Argentina (ARG)
Gonzalo Carou
Federico Fernandez
Fernando Garcia
Juan Fernandez
Andrés Kogovsek
Damián Migueles
Federico Pizarro
Cristian Plati
Pablo Portela
Leonardo Querin
Matías Schulz
Diego Simonet
Sebastián Simonet
Juan Vidal
Federico Vieyra
 Brazil (BRA)
Leonardo Bortolini
Gustavo Cardoso
Fabio Chiuffa
Bruno De Santana
Marcos Dos Santos
Thiagus dos Santos
Jaqson Kojoroski
Fernando Filho
Gil Pires
Felipe Ribeiro
Renato Rui
Maik Santos
Ales Silva
Henrique Teixeira
Vinicius Teixeira
 Chile (CHI)
Guillermo Araya
Felipe Barrientos
Rodolfo Cornejo
Rodrigo Diaz
Emil Feuchtmann
Erwin Feuchtmann
Harald Feuchtmann
Nicolas Jofre
Patricio Martinez
Felipe Maurin
Rene Oliva
Marco Oneto
Esteban Salinas
Rodrigo Salinas
Alfredo Valenzuela

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. "USA Team Handball fighting USOC for more funding". Archived from the original on 2012-08-29. Retrieved 2011-07-21.
  5. USA Men qualify for Pan American Games for first time since 2003
  6. "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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