2017 Pan American Women's Handball Championship

The 2017 Pan American Women's Handball Championship was the 14th edition of the Pan American Women's Handball Championship, held in at the Sociedad Alemana de Gimnasia de Villa Ballester, in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina from 18 to 25 June 2017. It acted as American qualifying tournament for the 2017 World Women's Handball Championship.[1] The event was originally set to be held in Toronto, Canada[2] but the Canadian Handball Federation withdrew, citing lack of funds.[3]

2017 Pan American Women's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Argentina
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates18–25 June
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (10th title)
Runner-up Argentina
Third place Paraguay
Fourth place Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played29
Goals scored1,482 (51.1 per match)
Top scorer(s)Paraguay Sabrina Fiore
(34 goals)
Best playerBrazil Samira Rocha

Brazil defeated Argentina 38–20 to capture their 10th title.[4]

Qualified teams

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Competition Dates Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 1   Argentina
Secured places 5   Brazil
  Chile
  Colombia
  Paraguay
  Uruguay
2016 Central American Women's Handball Championship[5] 22–26 November 2016 1   Guatemala
2017 Nor.Ca. Women's Handball Championship[6] 30 March–3 April 2017 3   Dominican Republic
  Puerto Rico
  United States

Preliminary round

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The schedule was announced on 16 May 2017,[7] with the exact throw-off times being published on 2 June 2017.[8]

All times are local (UTC−3).

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Brazil 4 4 0 0 157 52 +105 8 Semifinals
2   Paraguay 4 3 0 1 107 95 +12 6
3   Puerto Rico 4 2 0 2 98 114 −16 4
4   United States 4 1 0 3 91 117 −26 2
5   Colombia 4 0 0 4 67 142 −75 0
Source: Panamhandball
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.
18 June 2017
12:00
Paraguay   35–17   Colombia Estadio Mundialista, Villa Ballester
Fiore 8 (18–11) Córdoba, Estrada 5
 2×  Report   6× 
18 June 2017
19:15
Brazil   42–10   United States Estadio Mundialista, Villa Ballester
M. Costa, T. Costa 7 (17–7) Andersen 3
  2×  Report   6× 

19 June 2017
13:30
United States   25–29   Puerto Rico Estadio Mundialista, Villa Ballester
Andersen 6 (10–14) Hiraldo 8
  6×  Report   4× 
19 June 2017
20:00
Colombia   12–46   Brazil Estadio Mundialista, Villa Ballester
Córdoba 4 (7–20) M. Costa 8
  2×  Report   1× 

20 June 2017
15:30
Colombia   21–30   Puerto Rico Estadio Mundialista, Villa Ballester
Córdoba 5 (12–13) Fuentes 10
  7×  Report   2× 
20 June 2017
20:00
Paraguay   15–29   Brazil Estadio Mundialista, Villa Ballester
Fiore 5 (12–13) Quintino 8
  4×  Report   8× 

21 June 2017
15:00
United States   31–17   Colombia Estadio Mundialista, Villa Ballester
Taylor, Darling 6 (14–8) Pérez 5
  4×  Report   8× 
21 June 2017
17:00
Paraguay   28–24   Puerto Rico Estadio Mundialista, Villa Ballester
Fernández, F. Acuña 6 (12–11) García 9
  7×  Report   5×  1× 

22 June 2017
14:30
Paraguay   29–25   United States Estadio Mundialista, Villa Ballester
Fiore 9 (15–11) Darling 7
  2×  Report   1× 
22 June 2017
19:00
Brazil   40–15   Puerto Rico Estadio Mundialista, Villa Ballester
M. Costa 7 (17–5) García 4
  2×  Report  2× 

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Argentina (H) 4 4 0 0 141 59 +82 8 Semifinals
2   Uruguay 4 3 0 1 114 81 +33 6
3   Chile 4 2 0 2 100 88 +12 4
4   Dominican Republic 4 1 0 3 74 124 −50 2
5   Guatemala 4 0 0 4 68 145 −77 0
Source: Panamhandball
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) Hosts
18 June 2017
14:00
Chile   33–11   Dominican Republic Estadio Mundialista, Villa Ballester
Parra 6 (16–4) López 3
  3×  Report   5× 
18 June 2017
17:15
Argentina   43–14   Guatemala Estadio Mundialista, Villa Ballester
Bonazzola 7 (22–10) Lavarreda 8
  1×  Report   4× 

19 June 2017
15:30
Guatemala   12–39   Uruguay Estadio Mundialista, Villa Ballester
Lavarreda 6 (5–25) Schinca 6
  2×  Report  
19 June 2017
18:00
Dominican Republic   9–43   Argentina Estadio Mundialista, Villa Ballester
three players 2 (4–21) Bonazzola 7
 5×  Report  

20 June 2017
13:30
Uruguay   31–23   Dominican Republic Estadio Mundialista, Villa Ballester
López 7 (16–9) López 7
  4×  Report   8×  1× 
20 June 2017
18:00
Chile   19–26   Argentina Estadio Mundialista, Villa Ballester
Lovera 4 (9–13) Karsten 5
  4×  Report   1× 

21 June 2017
13:00
Dominican Republic   31–17   Guatemala Estadio Mundialista, Villa Ballester
López 8 (17–6) Herrera 7
  5×  Report   5× 
21 June 2017
19:00
Uruguay   26–17   Chile Estadio Mundialista, Villa Ballester
Fynn 7 (14–8) Torres 6
  6×  Report  6×  1× 

22 June 2017
16:30
Chile   31–25   Guatemala Estadio Mundialista, Villa Ballester
Canessa, Lovera 5 (18–14) Lavarreda 8
  2×  Report   4× 
22 June 2017
21:00
Argentina   29–17   Uruguay Estadio Mundialista, Villa Ballester
Salvadó 8 (11–7) Scarrone 4
  1×  Report   6× 

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Brazil42
 
 
 
  Uruguay23
 
  Brazil38
 
 
 
  Argentina20
 
  Argentina29
 
 
  Paraguay19
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
  Uruguay22
 
 
  Paraguay24
5–8th place bracket
 
5–8th place semifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Puerto Rico34
 
 
 
  Dominican Republic23
 
  Puerto Rico26
 
 
 
  United States27
 
  Chile20
 
 
  United States27
 
Seventh place
 
 
 
 
 
  Dominican Republic20
 
 
  Chile26

5–8th place semifinals

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24 June 2017
12:00
Chile   20–27   United States Estadio Mundialista, Villa Ballester
Torres 6 (10–13) Darling 7
  2×  Report   2× 

24 June 2017
14:00
Puerto Rico   34–23   Dominican Republic Estadio Mundialista, Villa Ballester
García 7 (13–14) Puello 7
  2×  Report   4× 

Semifinals

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24 June 2017
16:00
Brazil   42–23   Uruguay Estadio Mundialista, Villa Ballester
Rocha 10 (25–8) Charlo 6
 3×  Report   6× 

24 June 2017
18:00
Argentina   29–19   Paraguay Estadio Mundialista, Villa Ballester
Campigli 9 (15–9) three players 4
  2×  Report   1× 

Ninth place game

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24 June 2017
10:00
Colombia   28–23   Guatemala Estadio Mundialista, Villa Ballester
Córdoba 6 (14–12) seven players 3
  8×  1×  Report   1× 

Seventh place game

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25 June 2017
09:30
Chile   26–20   Dominican Republic Estadio Mundialista, Villa Ballester
three players 4 (14–10) López 6
  2×  Report   3× 

Fifth place game

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25 June 2017
11:30
United States   27–26   Puerto Rico Estadio Mundialista, Villa Ballester
Darling 8 (10–15) Ceballos 7
  5×  Report   5× 

Third place game

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25 June 2017
14:00
Uruguay   22–24   Paraguay Estadio Mundialista, Villa Ballester
Fynn, Scarrone 5 (13–15) F. Acuña 7
  6×  Report   4× 

Final

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25 June 2017
16:15
Brazil   38–20   Argentina Estadio Mundialista, Villa Ballester
Amorim 7 (18–8) Campigli, Urban 3
  2×  Report   2× 

Final ranking

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Rank Team
    Brazil
    Argentina
    Paraguay
4   Uruguay
5   United States
6   Puerto Rico
7   Chile
8   Dominican Republic
9   Colombia
10   Guatemala
Team qualified to the 2017 World Women's Handball Championship

Awards

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All-star team

References

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  1. ^ "El Panamericano Adulto Femenino Buenos Aires 2017 se disputará en Villa Ballester". panamhandball.org (in Spanish). 6 May 2017.
  2. ^ "El Panamericano Adulto Femenino 2017 se jugará en junio en Toronto". panamhandball.org (in Spanish). 21 December 2016.
  3. ^ "El Panamericano Adulto Femenino se disputará en Argentina". panamhandball.org (in Spanish). 6 May 2017.
  4. ^ "¡Brasil se consagró campeón en el Panamericano Buenos Aires 2017!". panamhandball.org (in Spanish). 26 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Guatemala es campeón Centroamericano de Balonmano Femenino 2016". guatemala.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  6. ^ "Puerto Rico se lleva la medalla de oro en balonmano femenino". elnuevodia.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  7. ^ "Cronograma de partidos del Panamericano Adulto Femenino Buenos Aires 2017". panamhandball.org. 16 May 2017.
  8. ^ "Fixture y venta de entradas en el Panamericano Buenos Aires 2017". panamhandball.org. 2 June 2017.
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