2021 Nor.Ca. Women's Handball Championship

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2021 Nor.Ca. Women's Handball Championship
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Tournament details
Host country United States
Dates22–25 August
Teams4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Puerto Rico (2nd title)
Runner-up Greenland
Third place Mexico
Fourth place United States
Tournament statistics
Matches8
Goals scored402 (50.25 per match)
Attendance0 (0 per match)
Top scorer(s)Puerto Rico Nathalys Ceballos
(24 goals)
Best playerPuerto Rico Sheila Hiraldo
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‌The 2021 Nor.Ca. Women's Handball Championship was the fourth edition of the championship, held from 22 to 27 August 2021 at Elgin, United States under the aegis of North America and Caribbean Handball Confederation. It was the first time in history that the championship is organised by the USA Team Handball. It also acted as the qualification tournament for the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship, with the top team from the championship directly qualifying for the event to be held in Spain.[1] The tournament was held behind closed doors, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Puerto Rico won the final 34–24 against Greeland, to capture their second title.[2]

Teams[]

Four teams participated.[3]

Referees[]

The following four referee pairs were selected.[4]

Referees
 France Yann Carmaux
Julien Mursch
 Greenland Enok Petersen
Erni Johansen
 Mexico Juan Castro
Omar García
 United States Rafael Marques
Kevin Poulet

Squads[]

Main article: 2021 Nor.Ca. Women's Handball Championship squads

Preliminary round[]

Standings[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Greenland 3 3 0 0 87 68 +19 6 Final
2  Puerto Rico 3 2 0 1 80 70 +10 4
3  Mexico 3 1 0 2 76 83 −7 2 Third place game
4  United States (H) 3 0 0 3 59 81 −22 0
Source: TeamUSA
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) Host

Fixtures[]

22 August 2021
17:00 		Puerto Rico  28–20  United States , Elgin
Referees: Carmaux, Mursch (FRA)
6 (14–8) , 4
22 August 2021
19:00 		Greenland  33–27  Mexico , Elgin
Referees: Marques, Poulet (USA)
7 (17–12) 8
23 August 2021
17:00 		Mexico  24–29  Puerto Rico , Elgin
Referees: Petersen, Johansen (GRL)
5 (10–15) Fuentes 7
23 August 2021
19:00 		United States  18–28  Greenland , Elgin
Referees: Castro, García (MEX)
5 (10–11) Hansen 9
24 August 2021
17:00 		Greenland  26–23  Puerto Rico , Elgin
Referees: Castro, García (MEX)
7 (10–8) Fuentes, Hiraldo 4
24 August 2021
19:00 		United States  21–25  Mexico , Elgin
Referees: Carmaux, Mursch (FRA)
, 4 (12–14) 6

Knockout stage[]

Third place game[]

25 August 2021
17:00 		Mexico  28–14  United States , Elgin
Referees: Petersen, Johansen (GRL)
6 (13–5) 4

Final[]

25 August 2021
19:00 		Greenland  24–34  Puerto Rico , Elgin
Referees: Carmaux, Mursch (FRA)
7 (10–18) Ceballos 10

Final standing[]

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Puerto Rico
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Greenland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Mexico
4  United States
Team qualified for the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship

All Star Team[]

The all-star team was announced on 25 August 2021.[2]

Position Player
Goalkeeper United States Sophie Fasold
Right wing Puerto Rico Jailene Maldonado
Right back Greenland
Centre back Puerto Rico
Left back Greenland Lykke Frank Hansen
Left wing Puerto Rico Zuleika Fuentes
Pivot Puerto Rico
MVP Puerto Rico Sheila Hiraldo

References[]

  1. ^ "USA to host NACHC Women's Championship, Spain 2021 qualification". IHF. 8 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Puerto Rico win NACHC Women's Championship; book ticket to Spain 2021". IHF. 26 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  3. ^ "First-ever NACHC Congress, an unmitigated success". IHF. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  4. ^ "2021 NACHC Women's Championships Officiating Pairs". www.teamusa.org. 21 August 2021.

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