Handball at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's tournament

Handball – Women's tournament at the XVII Pan American Games
Handball – Women's tournament at the XVII Pan American Games
Venue	Exhibition Centre – Hall B
Dates	July 16 – July 24
Competitors	120 from 8 nations
Medalists
	Brazil
	Argentina
	Uruguay
	«2011 2019»

The women's handball tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada was held at the Exhibition Centre (in Hall B) from July 16 to 24.^[1]

For these Games, the women competed in an 8-team tournament. The teams were grouped into two pools of four teams each for a round-robin preliminary round. The top two teams in each group advanced to a single elimination bracket.

Brazil were the defending champions from the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, defeating Argentina, 33–15 in the final.

The winner of the tournament were to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, while the 2nd and the 3rd place (due to the continental rankings at the World Championship) qualified for the Olympic Qualification Tournament. As the host nation Brazil won, the runner up qualified instead, in accordance with the regulations.^[2]

Qualification[]

A total of eight women's teams qualified to compete at the games. The top three teams at the South American and Central American and Caribbean Games qualified, along with the host nation Canada.^[3] The United States and Uruguay competed against one another in a home/away playoff for the last spot in the tournament. The fourth placed team in the Central American and Caribbean Games both declined to compete in the respective tournaments.^[4]

Summary[]

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	N/A	N/A	1	Canada
2014 South American Games^[5]	March 7–15	Santiago	3	Brazil Argentina Chile
2014 Central American and Caribbean Games^[6]	November 15–23	Veracruz	3	Cuba Puerto Rico Mexico
Last chance qualification tournament^[7]	March 7/14, 2015	Auburn Montevideo	1	Uruguay
Total			8

Last chance qualification tournament[]

March 07	United States	25 – 30	Uruguay	Beard–Eaves–Memorial Coliseum, Auburn Attendance: 900 Referees: , (PUR)
	, 7	(16–15)	8
	3× 7× 1×	Report	2× 3×

March 14	Uruguay	24 – 22	United States	, Montevideo Attendance: 1200 Referees: , (ARG)
	5	(13–8)	7
	3× 5×	Report	3× 7× 1×

Rosters[]

At the start of tournament, all eight participating countries had up to 15 players on their rosters.^[8]

Draw[]

The draw for the competition took place on March 15, 2015 in Montevideo, Uruguay.^[9]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Brazil Argentina	Chile Mexico	Puerto Rico Uruguay	Canada Cuba

Results[]

The official detailed schedule was revealed on April 26, 2015.^[10]

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)

Preliminary round[]

The Direct Energy Centre (Exhibition Centre), was the venue for the women's handball competition

Group A[]

Team v	PLD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
Brazil	3	3	0	0	120	52	68	6
Mexico	3	2	0	1	83	86	-3	4
Puerto Rico	3	0	1	2	72	98	-26	1
Canada	3	0	1	2	55	94	-39	1

	Qualified for the Semifinals

July 16 11:30 v	Brazil	38–21	Puerto Rico	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Paolantoni, Zanikian (ARG)
	Nascimento, Silva 7	(15–10)	Ceballos 7
	3× 2×	Report	2× 5×

July 16 13:30 v	Mexico	25–22	Canada	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
	, 4	(14–10)	5
	3× 4×	Report	2× 4×

July 18 11:30 v	Canada	12–48	Brazil	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Zuñiga, Reyes (CUB)
	6	(5–26)	Nascimento 9
	2× 2×	Report	2× 3×

July 18 13:30 v	Puerto Rico	30–39	Mexico	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Minore, Marina (ARG)
	Cabrera, Ceballos 6	(17–14)	6
	3× 9× 1×	Report	3× 3×

July 20 11:30 v	Puerto Rico	21–21	Canada	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Paolantoni, Zanikian (ARG)
	Ceballos 7	(10–7)	7
	2× 3×	report	2× 5×

July 20 13:30 v	Brazil	34–19	Mexico	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
	Nascimento 8	(19–12)	3
	3× 1×	Report	3× 1×

Group B[]

Team v	PLD	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
Argentina	3	2	1	75	60	15	4
Uruguay	3	2	1	80	74	6	4
Cuba	3	2	1	83	83	0	4
Chile	3	0	3	69	90	-21	0

	Qualified for the Semifinals

July 16 18:30 v	Argentina	20–15	Uruguay	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA)
	Mendoza 6	(13–7)	9
	3× 2×	report	3× 5×

July 16 20:30 v	Chile	25–28	Cuba	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Guzman, Perez (PUR)
	, 5	(11–14)	Lusson 10
	2× 5×	report	1× 7× 1×

July 18 18:30 v	Cuba	27–25	Argentina	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Martin Gjeding, Mads Hansen (DEN)
	Lusson 14	(14–13)	Mendoza 9
	1× 8×	Report	3× 2×

July 18 20:30 v	Uruguay	32–26	Chile	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Ines Paolantoni, Florencia Zanikian (ARG)
	three players 5	(15–10)	5
	3× 4×	Report	2× 7×

July 20 18:30 v	Uruguay	33–28	Cuba	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Minore, Marina (ARG)
	10	(13–12)	Lusson 9
	4× 4×	report	2× 5×

July 20 20:30 v	Argentina	30–18	Chile	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Zuñiga, Reyes (CUB)
	Mendoza 6	(15–10)	three players 3
	3× 1×	report	4× 3×

Classification round[]

Semifinals		Fifth place

July 22 — Toronto

Puerto Rico	36
		July 24 — Toronto
Chile	34
		Puerto Rico	27
July 22 — Toronto
		Cuba	40
Canada	20

Cuba	30
		Seventh place

		July 24 — Toronto

		Chile	20

		Canada	27

Semifinals[]

July 22 11:00 v	Puerto Rico	36–34	Chile	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Paoloantoni, Zanikian (ARG)
	Ceballos 11	(21–18)	6
	2×	report	2× 3×

July 22 18:00 v	Canada	20–30	Cuba	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
	5	(7–18)	Lusson 9
	3× 2×	report	4× 5×

Seventh place match[]

July 24 10:30 v	Chile	20–27	Canada	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Paolantoni, Zanikian (ARG)
	5	(10–14)	, Laplante 4
	3× 3×	report	2× 3×

Fifth place match[]

July 24 13:00 v	Puerto Rico	27–40	Cuba	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA)
	three players 5	(14–20)	Reyes, Barrio 7
	2× 2×	report	1× 6×

Medal round[]

Semifinals		Final

July 22 — Toronto

Brazil	40
		July 24 — Toronto
Uruguay	22
		Brazil	25
July 22 — Toronto
		Argentina	20
Mexico	16

Argentina	27
		Third place

		July 24 — Toronto

		Uruguay	29

		Mexico	21

Semifinals[]

July 22 13:30 v	Brazil	40–22	Uruguay	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Guzman, Perez (PUR)
	Silva 8	(18–11)	8
	3× 5×	report	3× 2×

July 22 20:30 v	Mexico	16–27	Argentina	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	, 4	(6–11)	Pizzo 7
	3× 3×	report	3× 5×

Bronze medal match[]

July 24 17:30 v	Uruguay	29–21	Mexico	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Zuñiga, Reyes (CUB)
	11	(11–8)	7
	3× 2×	Report	2× 6×

Gold medal match[]

July 24 20:00 v	Brazil	25–20	Argentina	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
	Nascimento 6	(12–12)	Mendoza, Karsten 5
	3× 5×	report	3× 2×

Final ranking[]

Rank	Team
	Brazil
	Argentina
	Uruguay
4	Mexico
5	Cuba
6	Puerto Rico
7	Canada
8	Chile

	Qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics
	Qualified for the Olympic Qualification Tournament

Note: As Brazil were already qualified for the olympics as hosts, the qualification slot went to Argentina instead and Mexico qualified for the Olympic Qualification Tournament instead of Argentina.

2015 Pan American Games Winners
Brazil 5th title

Statistics[]

Top Scorers[]

Rank	Player	Goals
1	Lisandra Lusson	48
2		39
3	Alexandra Nascimento	34
3	Nathalys Ceballos	34
5	Fernanda da Silva	32

Top Goalkeepers[]

Rank	Player	Saves	%
1	Valentina Kogan	49	43
2	Marisol Carratu	26	42
3	Mayssa Pessoa	31	39

References[]

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[1] "Pan Am Games Detailed Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 15 September 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2014.

[2] "Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Rio 2016 Handball" (PDF). corporate.olympics.com.au. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 7 November 2014.

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[4] "Toronto (CAN) 2015 - the playoffs Adult Male and Female were drawn". panamhandballblog.blogspot.ca/. panamhandballblog. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2014.

[5] "South American Games: Brazil, Argentina and Chile earn spots to next year's Pan-American Games". handball-world.com. Handball World. 16 March 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2015.

[6] "Toronto bound: Puerto Rico, Cuba clinch Pan Am Games tickets after narrow wins". handball-world.com. Handball World. 20 November 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2015.

[uruguay-7] "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.

[manual-8] "Sport Technical Manual Handball". scribd.com. TO2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.

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