Handball at the 2015 Pan American Games

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Handball at the XVII Pan American Games
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Handball pictogram for the games
VenueExhibition Centre – Hall B
DatesJuly 16–25
No. of events2 (1 men, 1 women)
Competitors239 from 9 nations
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Handball competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto will be held from July 16 to 25 at the Direct Energy Centre (Exhibition Centre in Hall B).[1] Due to naming rights the arena will be known as the latter for the duration of the games.[2] A total of eight men's and women's teams will compete in each respective tournament.[3]

The winners of the two tournaments will qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. If the host nation, Brazil wins either tournament, the runner up will qualify instead.[4]

Competition schedule[]

The Direct Energy Centre Hall B (Exhibition Centre), was the venue for the handball competitions

The following is the competition schedule for the handball competitions:[5]

P Preliminaries ½ Semifinals B 3rd place play-off F Final
Event↓/Date → Thu 16 Fri 17 Sat 18 Sun 19 Mon 20 Tue 21 Wed 22 Thu 23 Fri 24 Sat 25
Men P P P ½ B F
Women P P P ½ B F

Medal summary[]

Medal table[]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Brazil2002
2 Argentina0202
3 Chile0011
 Uruguay0011
Totals (4 nations)2226

Medalists[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament
details 		 Brazil
Maik Santos
Henrique Teixeira
Fernando Pacheco Filho
Bruno Santana
Raul Nantes
Lucas Cândido
Diogo Hubner
Thiagus dos Santos
Alexandro Pozzer
Felipe Ribeiro
Fábio Chiuffa
Vinícius Teixeira
Oswaldo Guimarães
André Soares
César Almeida 		 Argentina
Matías Schulz
Federico Fernández
Federico Pizarro
Sebastián Simonet
Pablo Sebastián Portela
Diego Simonet
Pablo Simonet
Leonardo Facundo Querín
Federico Matías Vieyra
Fernando Gabriel García
Juan Pablo Fernández
Gonzalo Carou
Damián Migueles
Adrián Portela
Sergio Crevatin 		 Chile
Felipe Barrientos
Sebastián Ceballos

Pablo Baeza
Nicolás Jofre
Diego Reyes
Erik Caniu
Javier Frelijj
Cristián Moll Ramírez

Guillermo Araya
Esteban Salinas
René Oliva
Rodrigo Salinas Muñoz
Marco Oneto
Women's tournament
details 		 Brazil
Alexandra do Nascimento
Samira Rocha
Daniela Piedade
Amanda de Andrade
Tamires Morena Lima
Fernanda da Silva
Ana Paula Rodrigues
Jéssica Quintino
Bárbara Arenhart
Francielle da Rocha
Mayssa Pessoa
Elaine Gomes
Jaqueline Anastácio
Célia Coppi
Deonise Cavaleiro 		 Argentina
Marisol Carratu
Lucía Haro
Manuela Pizzo
Luciana Salvado
Rocio Campigli
Amelia Belotti
Luciana Mendoza
Victoria Crivelli
Antonella Gambino
Valentina Kogan
Valeria Bianchi
Antonela Mena
Macarena Sans
Macarena Gandulfo
Elke Karsten 		 Uruguay


Paula Fynn
Soledad Faedo


Alejandra Ferrari


Eliana Falco



Viviana Ferrari

Qualification[]

A total of eight men's teams and eight women's team will qualify to compete at the games. The top three teams at the South American and Central American and Caribbean Games will qualify for each respective tournament. The host nation (Canada) automatically qualifies teams in both events.[6] The United States and Uruguay competed against one another in a home/away playoff for the last spot in each tournament. The fourth placed team in the Central American and Caribbean Games both declined to compete in the respective tournaments.[7] Each team can consist of up to 15 athletes.[8]

Men[]

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation N/A N/A 1  Canada
2014 South American Games[9] March 8–14 Chile Santiago 3  Brazil
 Argentina
 Chile
2014 Central American and Caribbean Games[10] November 16–24 Mexico Veracruz 3  Puerto Rico
 Dominican Republic
 Cuba
Last chance qualification tournament[11] March 7/14, 2015 United States Auburn
Uruguay Montevideo 		1  Uruguay
Total 8

Women[]

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation N/A N/A 1  Canada
2014 South American Games[12] March 7–15 Chile Santiago 3  Brazil
 Argentina
 Chile
2014 Central American and Caribbean Games[13] November 15–23 Mexico Veracruz 3  Cuba
 Puerto Rico
 Mexico
Last chance qualification tournament[11] March 7/14, 2015 United States Auburn
Uruguay Montevideo 		1  Uruguay
Total 8

Participating nations[]

A total of 9 countries have qualified athletes. The number of athletes a nation has entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.

References[]

  1. ^ "Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 18 August 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Exhibition Centre". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Handball". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  4. ^ "Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Rio 2016 Handball" (PDF). corporate.olympics.com.au. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  5. ^ "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  6. ^ "2016 Olympic Qualification". www.teamhandballnews.com/. Team handball news. December 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  7. ^ "Toronto (CAN) 2015 - the playoffs Adult Male and Female were drawn". panamhandballblog.blogspot.ca/. panamhandballblog. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  8. ^ "Sport Technical Manual Handball". scribd.com. TO2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  9. ^ "South American Games: Overtime thriller sees Brazil narrowly top Argentina". www.handball-world.com. Handball World. 17 March 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  10. ^ "Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic advance to gold medal match in Central American & Caribbean Games". www.handball-world.com. Handball World. 26 November 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  11. ^ a b "URU qualifies for Toronto 2015 in men and women". panamhandball.org/. Pan-American Team Handball Federation (PATHF). 15 March 2015. Archived from the original on 12 May 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  12. ^ "South American Games: Brazil, Argentina and Chile earn spots to next year's Pan-American Games". www.handball-world.com. Handball World. 16 March 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  13. ^ "Toronto bound: Puerto Rico, Cuba clinch Pan Am Games tickets after narrow wins". www.handball-world.com. Handball World. 20 November 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
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