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)
Dates	24–29 October
Teams	8 (from 2 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (7th title)
Runner-up	Argentina
Third place	Paraguay
Fourth place	Chile
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	931 (46.55 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Adriana Castro; (33 goals)
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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	Quarter-finals	½	Semi-finals	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	Cali	1	Argentina
2022 South American Games	6–10 October 2022	Asuncion	2	Brazil^[3]^[4] Paraguay
USA–CAN Qualifying Round^[5]	10 & 13 November 2022	Lansing Montreal	1	Canada
2023 Central American and Caribbean Games	24–29 June 2023	San Salvador	2	Cuba Puerto Rico
Last chance qualification tournament	25–27 August 2023	Santo Domingo	1	Uruguay
Total			8

Results

All times are in Chile Time (UTC−3).

Preliminary round

Group A

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

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
	2×	Report	5× 1×

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
	6× 1×	Report	1× 3×

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
	2×	Report	1× 4×

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
	1×	Report	2×

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
	1×	Report	6×

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
	1× 1× 1×	Report	1× 1×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	104	35	+69	6	Semifinals
2	Paraguay	3	1	2	68	76	−8	2^[a]	Semifinals
3	Cuba	3	1	2	62	101	−39	2^[a]	5–8th place semifinals
4	Uruguay	3	1	2	53	75	−22	2^[a]	5–8th place semifinals

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:

^ ^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
	7×	Report	2×

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
	1× 4×	Report	2×

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
	2×	Report	2×

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
	1× 1×	Report	2×

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
	5× 1×	Report	3×

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
	4×	Report	3×

Classification round

5–8th place semifinals		Fifth place

28 October — Viña del Mar

Cuba	26
		29 October — Viña del Mar
Canada	20
		Cuba	29
28 October — Viña del Mar
		Puerto Rico	31
Puerto Rico	30

Uruguay	23
		Seventh place

		29 October — Viña del Mar

		Canada	19

		Uruguay	22

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
	3×	Report	1× 5×

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
	1× 4×	Report	3×

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
	1× 8× 1×	Report	2×

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
	1× 5×	Report	2×

Medal round

Semifinals		Final

28 October — Viña del Mar

Argentina	28
		29 October — Viña del Mar
Paraguay	18
		Argentina	18
28 October — Viña del Mar
		Brazil	30
Brazil	30

Chile	10
		Third place

		29 October — Viña del Mar

		Paraguay	23

		Chile	20

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
	3×	Report	5× 1×

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
	1× 2×	Report	1× 1×

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
	1× 3× 1×	Report	1× 1×

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
	1× 3× 1×	Report	1× 5×

Ranking and statistics

Rank	Team
	Brazil
	Argentina
	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

Top scorers

Rank	Name	Goals	Shots	%
1	Adriana Castro	33	48	69
2	Fernanda Insfrán	32	45	71
3	María Paula Fernández	29	47	62
4	Elke Karsten	25	34	74
4	Valeska Lovera	25	43	58

Source: Santiago 2023

Top goalkeepers

Rank	Name	%	Saves	Shots
1	Gabriela Dias Moreschi	46	37	80
2	Renata Arruda	45	15	33
3	Fátima Rosalez	41	31	76
4	Roxanaly Carrasquillo	33	41	123
4	Marisol Carratú	33	22	66

Source: Santiago 2023

References

^ "Handball Competition Schedule". Santiago 2023 Organizing Committee. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
^ "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 11 April 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "PANAM Games Qualification (North America – Women)". NACHC. 10 November 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2022.

[table_hth_PAR0.093325007750338-6] Paraguay 2 Pts, +4 GD; Cuba 2 Pts, –1 GD; Uruguay 2 Pts, –3 GD

[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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