Handball at the 2023 Pan American Games – Women's tournament

Women's handball
at the XIX Pan American Games
Tournament details
Host country Chile
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates24–29 October
Teams8 (from 2 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (7th title)
Runner-up Argentina
Third place Paraguay
Fourth place Chile
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored931 (46.55 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Adriana Castro
(33 goals)
Handball at the
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The women's handball tournament at the 2023 Pan American Games was the 9th edition of the handball event for women at the Pan American Games. It was held from 24 to 29 October 2023. All games were played at the Gimnasio Polideportivo in Viña del Mar, Chile.

The winner of this tournament, Brazil, qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

Schedule

The schedule is as follows.[1]

Legend
G Group stage ¼ Quarterfinals ½ Semifinals B Bronze medal match F Gold medal match
Tue 24 Wed 25 Thu 26 Fri 27 Sat 28 Sun 29
G G G ½ B F

Qualification

A total eight women's teams qualified to compete at the games in each tournament. The host nation (Chile) qualified automatically, along with seven other teams in various qualifying tournaments.[2]

Event Dates Location Quota(s) Qualified
Host Nation — — 1  Chile
2021 Junior Pan American Games 23–28 November 2021 Colombia Cali 1  Argentina
2022 South American Games 6–10 October 2022 Paraguay Asuncion 2  Brazil[3][4]
 Paraguay
USA–CAN Qualifying Round[5] 10 & 13 November 2022 United States Lansing
Canada Montreal 		1  Canada
2023 Central American and Caribbean Games 24–29 June 2023 El Salvador San Salvador 2  Cuba
 Puerto Rico
Last chance qualification tournament 25–27 August 2023 Dominican Republic Santo Domingo 1  Uruguay
Total 8

Results

All times are in Chile Time (UTC−3).

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Argentina 3 3 0 0 105 42 +63 6 Semifinals
2  Chile (H) 3 2 0 1 61 57 +4 4
3  Puerto Rico 3 1 0 2 57 89 −32 2 5–8th place semifinals
4  Canada 3 0 0 3 44 79 −35 0
Source: Santiago 2023
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) Hosts


24 October 2023
17:30 		Argentina  46–17  Puerto Rico Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar
Referees: Corrêa, Corrêa (BRA)
Dalle Crode, Karsten 7 (21–9) three players 3
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24 October 2023
20:00 		Canada  14–23  Chile Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar
Referees: Correa, Converse (ARG)
Lacasse, Laplante 3 (11–11) Lovera 7
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25 October 2023
17:30 		Chile  15–28  Argentina Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar
Referees: Sosa, Lemes (URU)
Lovera 5 (9–16) Karsten 7
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25 October 2023
20:00 		Puerto Rico  25–20  Canada Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar
Referees: Corrêa, Corrêa (BRA)
Cabrera, Hiraldo 6 (15–7) Zimmer 6
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26 October 2023
17:30 		Argentina  31–10  Canada Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar
Referees: Aguilera, Gutiérrez (CHI)
Karsten 10 (15–4) Laplante 3
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26 October 2023
20:00 		Puerto Rico  15–23  Chile Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar
Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
Benítez, García 4 (12–9) three players 4
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Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 3 3 0 0 104 35 +69 6 Semifinals
2  Paraguay 3 1 0 2 68 76 −8 2[a]
3  Cuba 3 1 0 2 62 101 −39 2[a] 5–8th place semifinals
4  Uruguay 3 1 0 2 53 75 −22 2[a]
Source: Santiago 2023
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.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Paraguay 2 Pts, +4 GD; Cuba 2 Pts, –1 GD; Uruguay 2 Pts, –3 GD
24 October 2023
10:00 		Cuba  25–21  Uruguay Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar
Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
Reyes, Téllez 5 (13–6) Barreiro 5
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24 October 2023
12:30 		Brazil  27–15  Paraguay Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar
Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga (CUB)
four players 4 (15–7) Insfran 6
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25 October 2023
10:00 		Uruguay  9–28  Brazil Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar
Referees: Correa, Conberse (ARG)
Bianco 6 (5–17) Araújo 5
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25 October 2023
12:30 		Paraguay  31–26  Cuba Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar
Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
Fernández, Leiva 6 (17–13) Amorós 9
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26 October 2023
10:00 		Paraguay  22–23  Uruguay Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar
Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
Fernández 8 (9–11) Bianco 5
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26 October 2023
12:30 		Brazil  49–11  Cuba Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar
Referees: Sosa, Lemes (URU)
Castro 10 (26–6) Toledo 3
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Classification round

 
5–8th place semifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
28 October — Viña del Mar
 
 
 Cuba26
 
29 October — Viña del Mar
 
 Canada20
 
 Cuba29
 
28 October — Viña del Mar
 
 Puerto Rico31
 
 Puerto Rico30
 
 
 Uruguay23
 
Seventh place
 
 
29 October — Viña del Mar
 
 
 Canada19
 
 
 Uruguay22

5–8th place semifinals

28 October 2023
10:00 		Cuba  26–20  Canada Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar
Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
Téllez 7 (13–6) three players 4
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28 October 2023
12:30 		Puerto Rico  30–23  Uruguay Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar
Referees: Corrêa, Corrêa (BRA)
Hiraldo, Benítez 6 (14–8) Barreiro 10
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Seventh place match

29 October 2023
12:00 		Canada  19–22  Uruguay Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar
Referees: Aguilera, Gutiérrez (CHI)
Routhier 6 (11–10) Bianco 6
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Fifth place match

29 October 2023
14:30 		Cuba  29–31  Puerto Rico Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar
Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
González 7 (13–12) Ceballos 10
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Medal round

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
28 October — Viña del Mar
 
 
 Argentina28
 
29 October — Viña del Mar
 
 Paraguay18
 
 Argentina18
 
28 October — Viña del Mar
 
 Brazil30
 
 Brazil30
 
 
 Chile10
 
Third place
 
 
29 October — Viña del Mar
 
 
 Paraguay23
 
 
 Chile20

Semifinals

28 October 2023
17:30 		Argentina  28–18  Paraguay Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar
Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga (CUB)
three players 5 (10–7) Fernández 6
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28 October 2023
20:00 		Brazil  30–10  Chile Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar
Referees: Conberse, Correa (ARG)
Castro 11 (19–8) Paul 3
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Bronze medal match

29 October 2023
18:00 		Paraguay  23–20  Chile Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar
Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
Insfran 10 (14–11) Lovera 9
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Gold medal match

29 October 2023
20:30 		Argentina  18–30  Brazil Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar
Referees: Sosa, Lemes (URU)
Pizzo 6 (7–16) da Rocha 7
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Ranking and statistics

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Brazil
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Argentina
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Paraguay
4  Chile
5  Puerto Rico
6  Cuba
7  Uruguay
8  Canada
Qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics
Qualified for the 2024 Olympic Qualification Tournaments

References

  1. ^ "Handball Competition Schedule". Santiago 2023 Organizing Committee. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 11 April 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Brasil bate a Argentina e conquista ouro no handebol feminino pelos Jogos Sul-Americanos de Assunção" [Brazil beats Argentina and wins gold in women's handball in Assuncion South American Games]. www.gazetaesportiva.com/ (in Portuguese). Gazeta Esportiva. 10 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Brasil vence a Argentina com facilidade e garante medalha de ouro no handebol feminino em Assunção" [Brazil beats Argentina easily and secures gold medal in women's handball in Asunción]. www.cob.org.br/ (in Portuguese). Brazilian Olympic Committee. 10 October 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  5. ^ "PANAM Games Qualification (North America – Women)". NACHC. 10 November 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
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