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Handball at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games

Handball competition at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games are scheduled to be held from 24 June to 7 July 2023.[1] The venue for the competition is the Multigimnasio Don Bosco located in Soyapango.

Handball
at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games
Handball pictogram
VenueMultigimnasio Don Bosco
LocationSoyapango
Dates24 June – 7 July 2023
Competitors224
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A total of eight men's and eight women's teams (each consisting up to 14 athletes) will compete in each tournament. This means a total of 224 athletes are scheduled to compete.[2]

The winner and runner-up of each competition will qualify for the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile. The third place teams will play against the third-placed teams of the 2022 South American Games playoffs.

Qualification

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Eight men's teams and eight women's teams will qualify to compete at the games in each tournament. The host nation (El Salvador) received automatic qualification in both tournaments, along with seven other teams. For both genders five places for Caribbean were planned bot only four teams per gender participated at the Caribbean Handball Cup. Therefor one spot is still not awarded.[3] Central America has two spots per gender.

Men

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Event Dates Location Vacancies Qualified
Host nation — — 1   El Salvador
2023 Caribbean Handball Cup 3 – 9 October 2022   Santo Domingo 4   Cuba
  Dominican Republic
  Mexico
  Puerto Rico
2023 Central American Championship 21 – 25 February 2023   Managua 2   Costa Rica[4]
  Nicaragua[5]
Wild card 1   Venezuela[6]
Total 8

Women

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Event Dates Location Vacancies Qualified
Host nation — — 1   El Salvador
2023 Caribbean Handball Cup 2 – 8 October 2022   Santo Domingo 4   Cuba
  Dominican Republic
  Mexico
  Puerto Rico
2023 Central American Championship 28 February – 4 March 2023   Managua 2   Costa Rica[7]
  Nicaragua
Wild card 1   Colombia
Total 8

Participating nations

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The following countries qualified handball teams. The numbers of participants qualified are in parentheses.

Medal summary

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Medal table

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  *   Host nation (El Salvador)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Cuba (CUB)2002
2  Dominican Republic (DOM)0112
3  Puerto Rico (PUR)0101
4  Mexico (MEX)0011
Totals (4 entries)2226

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament[8]   Cuba
Mario Perez
Jorge Pren
Daril Gonzalez
Ronaldo Almeida
Lidier Vergara
Edmanuel Diaz
Christopher Martinez
Mario Sainz
Frank Cordies
Magnol Suarez
Adonis Garcia
Omar Toledano
Dariel Garcia
Hanser Rodriguez 		  Dominican Republic
Adonis Gonzalez
Alionky Mota
Dioris Mateo
Erick Montero
Francis De La Cruz
Franklin Fernandez
Heriberto Merino
Jorge Soto
Julio Alcantara
Luiggy Lopez
Luis Alfredo
Luis Angel
Maykol Beras
Willibert De La Rosa 		  Mexico
Luis Avalos
Ricardo Zarco
Sayyed Morales
Luis Ortiz
Hector Perez
Sergio Sanchez
Jesus Ramirez
Jesus Rivera
Fernando Rodriguez
Benito Hernandez
Francisco Muniz
Jesus Sandoval
Jesus Loya
Daniel Marquez
Women's tournament
   Cuba
Niurkis Mora
Dianny González
Maria Veranes
Gleinys Reyes
Diancy González
Nahomis Mustelier
Odalys Escalona
Danielys Herranz
Angela Amoros
Yamileidis Alcantara
Yennifer Toledo
Yarumy Céspedes
Rosa Leal
Melissa chala
   Puerto Rico
Kitsa Escobar
Adriana Cabrera
Nathalys Ceballos
Sheila Hiraldo
Jackeline Gonzalez
Joane Vergara
Alanis Benitez
Roxanaly Carrasquillo
Erika Graciani
Ciris García
Zuleika Fuentes
Lizabeth Rodriguez
Robeliz Ortiz
Ashanti Calderon
   Dominican Republic
Yojaver Brito
Crisleidy Hernández
Mabelin Wattley
Annerys Cabrera
Johanna Pimentel
Nancy Peña
Mariela Andino
Carina Lorenzo
Florquidia Puello
Suleidy Suárez
Carolina López
Débora Torreira
Diandra Pie
Yacaira Tejeda

Women's tournament

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Preliminary round

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Dominican Republic 3 3 0 0 92 65 +27 6 Semi final
2   Mexico 3 2 0 1 102 62 +40 4
3   Costa Rica 3 1 0 2 67 75 −8 2
4   El Salvador (H) 3 0 0 3 49 108 −59 0
Source: [citation needed]
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

All times are local (UTC−06:00).

24 June 2023
15:00 		Mexico   31–19   Costa Rica Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango
Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga (CUB)
Govea 6 (13–8) Araya 4
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24 June 2023
19:00 		Dominican Republic   31–23   El Salvador Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango
Referees: Estrada, Pineda (COL)
Peña 7 (15–14) Muñoz, Reyes 6
 2×  1×  Report  2× 
25 June 2023
13:00 		Dominican Republic   31–14   Costa Rica Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango
Referees: Estrada, Pineda (COL)
Peña 8 (15–6) Calvo 4
 5×  Report  6× 
25 June 2023
19:00 		Mexico   43–13   El Salvador Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango
Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga (CUB)
Govea 6 (22–2) Muñoz, Sandoval 3
 2×  Report  3× 
26 June 2023
15:00 		Dominican Republic   30–28   Mexico Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango
Referees: Conberse, Correa (ARG)
Hernandez, Puello 6 (14–14) Leal, Jaramillo 4
1×  3×  Report  5× 
26 June 2023
19:00 		El Salvador   13–34   Costa Rica Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango
Referees: Agramonte, De Jesus (DOM)
Muñoz 3 (4–17) Araya 11
 1×  Report  2×  1× 

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Puerto Rico 3 3 0 0 120 78 +42 6 Semi final
2   Cuba 3 2 0 1 111 67 +44 4
3   Colombia 3 1 0 2 82 101 −19 2
4   Nicaragua 3 0 0 3 67 134 −67 0
Source: [citation needed]
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.
24 June 2023
13:00 		Puerto Rico   34–25   Colombia Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango
Referees: Conberse, Correa (ARG)
Three players 5 (18–9) Arcila 6
1×  2×  Report 1×  3× 
24 June 2023
17:00 		Cuba   46–12   Nicaragua Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango
Referees: Belmonte, Coba (MEX)
Veranes 10 (22–6) Tercero 3
 3×  1×  Report  2× 
25 June 2023
15:00 		Cuba   37–20   Colombia Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango
Referees: Belmonte, Coba (CUB)
González, Mustelier 6 (14–11) Vargas 4
 2×  Report 1×  2× 
25 June 2023
17:00 		Puerto Rico   51–25   Nicaragua Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango
Referees: Agramonte, De Jesus (DOM)
Fuentes 13 (24–10) Ortega, Gutiérrez 5
 4×  Report  2× 
26 June 2023
13:00 		Colombia   37–30   Nicaragua Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango
Referees: Ramos, Sosa (ESA)
Arcila 10 (20–16) Ortega 7
 3×  Report 1×  3× 
26 June 2023
17:00 		Puerto Rico   35–28   Cuba Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango
Referees: Estrada, Pineda (COL)
Fuentes 8 (21–13) Veranes 7
2×  6×  Report  3×  1× 

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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SemifinalsGold medal
 
      
 
28 June
 
 
  Puerto Rico26
 
29 June
 
  Mexico25
 
  Puerto Rico28
 
28 June
 
  Cuba29
 
  Dominican Republic27
 
 
  Cuba33
 
Bronze medal
 
 
29 June
 
 
  Mexico27
 
 
  Dominican Republic29
 
5–8th place semifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
28 June
 
 
  Colombia39
 
29 June
 
  El Salvador19
 
  Colombia44
 
28 June
 
  Nicaragua29
 
  Costa Rica28
 
 
  Nicaragua29
 
Seventh place
 
 
29 June
 
 
  El Salvador13
 
 
  Costa Rica29

Semifinals

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28 June 2023
17:00 		Puerto Rico   26–25   Mexico Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango
Referees: Estrada, Pineda (COL)
Ceballos 9 (13–12) Leal 9
2×  5×  Report  4×  1× 
28 June 2023
19:30 		Dominican Republic   27–33   Cuba Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango
Referees: Conberse, Correa (ARG)
Brito 9 (10–19) Reyes 12
 3×  Report 2×  6× 

5th to 8th semifinals

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28 June 2023
12:00 		Colombia   39–19   El Salvador Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango
Referees: Agramonte, De Jesus (DOM)
Castaño 9 (20–11) Sandoval 7
 3×  Report  5× 
28 June 2023
14:30 		Costa Rica   28–29   Nicaragua Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango
Referees: Belmonte, Coba (MEX)
Corrales 8 (15–13) Terceiro 7
 5×  1×  Report 1×  4× 

Gold medal

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29 June 2023
19:30 		Puerto Rico   28–29   Cuba Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango
Referees: Conberse, Correa (ARG)
Hiraldo 7 (14–12) Reyes 15
 5×  1×  Report 1×  8× 

Bronze medal

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29 June 2023
17:00 		Mexico   27–29   Dominican Republic Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango
Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga (CUB)
Leal 6 (15–14) Peña, Andino 6
1×  5×  Report  3× 

5th place

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29 June 2023
14:30 		Colombia   44–29   Nicaragua Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango
Referees: Belmonte, Coba (MEX)
Arcila 11 (21–15) Cardenas 9
 4×  Report  1× 

7th place

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29 June 2023
12:00 		El Salvador   13–29   Costa Rica Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango
Referees: Agramonte, De Jesus (DOM)
Zavala 4 (3–17) Loaiza 6
 3×  Report  2×  1× 

Final standings

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Rank Team
    Cuba
    Puerto Rico
    Dominican Republic
4   Mexico
5   Colombia
6   Nicaragua
7   Costa Rica
8   El Salvador
Qualified for the 2023 Pan American Games
Qualified for the Last chance qualification tournament for the 2023 Pan American Games

Men's tournament

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Preliminary round

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Mexico 3 3 0 0 123 74 +49 6 Semi final
2   Puerto Rico 3 2 0 1 114 83 +31 4
3   Nicaragua 3 1 0 2 91 117 −26 2
4   El Salvador (H) 3 0 0 3 63 112 −49 0
Source: Summary
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

All times are local (UTC−06:00).

2 July 2023
15:00 		Mexico   50–27   Nicaragua Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango
Referees: Agramonte, De Jesus (DOM)
Perez 8 (26–16) Gonzalez 7
 1×  Report  2× 
2 July 2023
19:00 		Puerto Rico   40–18   El Salvador Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango
Referees: Estrada, Pineda (COL)
Ceballos 8 (21–11) Escalante 5
2×  3×  1×  Report  2× 
3 July 2023
13:00 		Puerto Rico   45–29   Nicaragua Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango
Referees: Belmonte, Coba (MEX)
Monge 9 (21–15) Garay 8
1×  1×  Report  7×  1× 
3 July 2023
19:00 		Mexico   37–18   El Salvador Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango
Referees: Agramonte, De Jesus (DOM)
Sanchez 7 (21–7) A. Hernandez 7
3×  3×  Report 1×  1×  1× 
4 July 2023
15:00 		Puerto Rico   29–36   Mexico Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango
Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga (CUB)
Ramos 5 (16–17) Rodriguez 9
 2×  1×  Report  2× 
4 July 2023
19:00 		El Salvador   27–35   Nicaragua Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango
Referees: Belmonte, Coba (MEX)
Hernandez 13 (15–14) Gonzalez 12
1×  4×  Report  5× 

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Cuba 3 3 0 0 98 62 +36 6 Semi final
2   Dominican Republic 3 2 0 1 85 76 +9 4
3   Venezuela 3 0 1 2 78 97 −19 1
4   Costa Rica 3 0 1 2 74 100 −26 1
Source: Summary
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.
2 July 2023
13:00 		Cuba   30–20   Venezuela Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango
Referees: Belmonre, Coba (MEX)
Almeida 7 (9–9) Noel 5
 3×  Report  2× 
2 July 2023
17:00 		Dominican Republic   28–22   Costa Rica Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango
Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga (CUB)
Soto 6 (14–7) Jimenez 6
 4×  1×  Report  2× 
3 July 2023
15:00 		Dominican Republic   35–26   Venezuela Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango
Referees: Estrada, Pineda (COL)
Beras 10 (17–10) Peñaloza 9
 5×  Report  4×  1× 
3 July 2023
17:00 		Cuba   40–20   Costa Rica Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango
Referees: Conberse, Correa (ARG)
Pérez 7 (20–11) Jimenez 4
2×  3×  Report  3× 
4 July 2023
13:00 		Venezuela   32–32   Costa Rica Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango
Referees: Conberse, Correa (ARG)
Noel 6 (19–13) Molina 6
Montoya 6
 7×  1×  Report 1×  3× 
4 July 2023
17:00 		Cuba   28–22   Dominican Republic Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango
Referees: Estrada, Pineda (COL)
Almeida 8 (14–16) Beras 5
1×  2×  Report  7×  1× 

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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SemifinalsGold medal
 
      
 
6 July
 
 
  Mexico20
 
7 July
 
  Dominican Republic26
 
  Dominican Republic29
 
6 July
 
  Cuba30
 
  Puerto Rico18
 
 
  Cuba24
 
Bronze medal
 
 
7 July
 
 
  Mexico32
 
 
  Puerto Rico29
 
5–8th place semifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
6 July
 
 
  Nicaragua29
 
7 July
 
  Costa Rica34
 
  Costa Rica29
 
6 July
 
  Venezuela32
 
  El Salvador27
 
 
  Venezuela38
 
Seventh place
 
 
7 July
 
 
  Nicaragua37
 
 
  El Salvador33

Semifinals

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6 July 2023
17:00 		Mexico   20–26   Dominican Republic Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango
Referees: Conberse, Correa (ARG)
Sanchez 7 (8–11) de la Cruz 8
1×  1×  1×  Report 1×  2×  1× 
6 July 2023
19:30 		Cuba   24–18   Puerto Rico Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango
Referees: Estrada, Pineda (COL)
García 7 (9–9) Monge 6
1×  3×  Report  1×  1× 

5th to 8th semifinals

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6 July 2023
12:00 		Nicaragua   29–34   Costa Rica Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango
Referees: Ramos, Martinez (ESA)
Gonzalez 7 (15–10) Marchena 7
1×  4×  Report  4× 
6 July 2023
20:00 		Venezuela   38–27   El Salvador Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango
Referees: Agramonte, De Jesus (DOM)
Noel 9 (18–12) Espinoza 7
 4×  Report  3× 

Gold medal

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7 July 2023
19:30 		Cuba   30–29   Dominican Republic Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango
Referees: Conberse, Correa (ARG)
Toledano 8 (14–10) Soto 8
2×  7×  2×  Report 1×  6× 

Bronze medal

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7 July 2023
17:00 		Puerto Rico   29–32   Mexico
Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga (CUB)
Gonzalez 7 (14–15) Morales, Perez 7
 2×  Report  5×  1× 

5th place

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7 July 2023
14:30 		Venezuela   32–29   Costa Rica
Referees: Belmonte, Coba (MEX)
Seijas 6 (19–13) Montoya 8
 3×  Report 1×  3× 

7th place

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7 July 2023
12:00 		El Salvador   33–37   Nicaragua
Referees: Agramonte, De Jesus (DOM)
Escalante, Hernandez 7 (18–21) Garay, Cano 7
 3×  Report  4× 

Final standings

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Rank Team
    Cuba
    Dominican Republic
    Mexico
4   Puerto Rico
5   Venezuela
6   Costa Rica
7   Nicaragua
8   El Salvador
Qualified for the 2023 Pan American Games
Qualified for the Last chance qualification tournament for the 2023 Pan American Games

References

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  1. ^ Gutiérrez, Omar (21 March 2023). "Balonmano busca el repechaje a los Panamericanos en los Juegos de San Salvador". El Mundo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 13 April 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Manual Handball" (PDF). sansalvador2023. 3 February 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 March 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Balonmano cubano estará presente en San Salvador-2023". Granma (in Spanish). 4 October 2022. Archived from the original on 11 October 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Selección de balonmano clasifica a Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe San Salvador 2023". Delinfo (in Spanish). 28 February 2023. Archived from the original on 13 April 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  5. ^ García, José (26 February 2023). "Selección de Balonmano clasifica a juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe". La Nueva Radio YA (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 13 April 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Results San Salvador 2023 Selección de Balonmano clasifica a juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe". 26 May 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  7. ^ Rodríguez Campos, Juan Pablo (3 March 2023). "Balonmano femenino sufre contra El Salvador, pero amarra cupo a Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe". Semanario Universidad (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 13 April 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
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