Handball at the 2007 Pan American Games

Handball at the XV Pan American Games
Venue Riocentro Sports Complex
Dates July 14–21, 2007
Competitors 240 from 10 nations
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The Handball Competitions at the 2007 Pan American Games took place at the Riocentro Sports Complex in a temporary facility. There are two competitions, one each for men and women, each with eight national teams competing. Brazil is the defending champion for both the men's and women's competitions.

The teams compete in a multi-stage tournament. In each competition, the teams are divided into two four-team groups. In each group, each team plays against all others once, and the two best in each group advance to the semifinals to compete in the knockout tournament. The two teams in each group that do not make the semifinals play in 5th to 8th classification matches. The winning sides of both the men’s and women’s tournament will directly qualify for the 2008 Olympic Handball Tournaments.

Medal winners

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men  Brazil
Maik Santos
Fernando Pacheco Filho
Carlos Ertel
Danilo Silva
Renato Rui
Bruno Souza
Leonardo Bortolini
Hélio Justino
Jaqson Kojoroski
Alexandre Vasconcelos
Silvio Laureano
Felipe Ribeiro
Bruno Santana
Jardel Pizzinatto
Guilherme Oliveira
 Argentina
Matías Schulz
Sergio Crevatin
Federico Pizarro
Matías Martín Lima
Mariano Castro
Maximiliano Ferro
Alejo Carrara
Leonardo Querin
Bruno Civelli
Facundo Torres
Fernando García
Emiliano la Rosa
Gonzalo Carou
Germán Pardales
Damián Migueles
 Cuba
Alfredo Quintana
Raifer Turino
Guillermo Corzo
Edgard Marti
Randy Díaz
Denip Fonseca
Denis Fernández
Rafael da Costa
Jorge Paván
Ariel Paz
Misael Iglesias
Frankis Carol
Yinkelly Tomacen
Daymaro Amador
Eurelbis Valdes
Women  Brazil
Chana Masson
Fabiana Diniz
Alexandra do Nascimento
Fabiana Gripa
Deonise Cavaleiro
Daniela Piedade
Aline Rosas
Viviane Jacques
Lucila Silva
Juceli Rosa
Idalina Mesquita
Aline Santos
Eduarda Amorim
Millene Figueiredo
Darly de Paula
 Cuba
Maydelis Sardinas
Caridad Vizcay
Virgen Murillo
Ayling Martínez
Yasnay Torres
Arassay Durán
Ariagne Cuesta
Suleiky Gómez
Aida Despaigne
Lisandra Lusson
Neivys Mederos
Yohania Marti
Imara Valdéz
Nadezza Valera
Eneleidys Guevara
 Argentina
Silvina Schlesinger
Valentina Kogan
María del Carmen Alejandre
Cinthya Basile
Georgina Costantino
Bibiana Ferrea
Antonela Mena
Magdalena Decilio
Lucia Haro
María Emilia Acosta
Sonia Meyer
Silvana Totolo
Lucia Fernández
Mariana Sanguinetti
Solange Tagliavini

Men's competition

Brazil won the gold medal

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Argentina 9330010857+51
 Uruguay 632017682-6
 Dominican Republic 331028788-1
 Mexico 0300363107-44



Argentina 40 16 Mexico


Argentina 35 16 Uruguay

Uruguay 31 21 Mexico

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Brazil 93300995841
 Cuba 63201997326
 Chile 331026793-26
 Canada 030035293-41


Brazil 33 20 Chile

Cuba 33 20 Canada

Brazil 31 12 Canada

Cuba 40 18 Chile

Canada 20 29 Chile

Brazil 35 26 Cuba

Semifinals


Brazil 28 16 Uruguay

Argentina 30 29 Cuba

Classification 5-8


Chile 28 27 Mexico

Finals

Classification 7-8


Mexico 32 34 Canada

Classification 5-6


Bronze Medal Match


Uruguay 23 24 Cuba

Gold Medal Match


Brazil 30 22 Argentina

Final Classification

PlaceTeamScore
 Brazil (BRA)30-22
 Argentina (ARG)
 Cuba (CUB)24-23
4 Uruguay (URU)
5 Chile (CHI)28-27
6 Dominican Republic (DOM)
7 Canada (CAN)34-32
8 Mexico (MEX)

Women's competition

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Argentina 933008452+32
 Dominican Republic 632018377+6
 Paraguay 331028488-4
 Puerto Rico 030036194-33




Argentina 29 23 Paraguay



Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Brazil 9330010753+54
 Cuba 632019772+25
 Mexico 331025389-36
 Canada 030035598-43


Brazil 38 15 Mexico

Cuba 38 25 Canada

Brazil 37 10 Canada

Cuba 31 15 Mexico

Canada 20 23 Mexico

Brazil 32 28 Cuba

Semifinals



Cuba 37 25 Argentina

Classification 5-8


Mexico 21 20 Puerto Rico

Canada 26 22 Paraguay

Finals

Classification 7-8


Classification 5-6


Canada 36 37 Mexico

Bronze Medal Match


Gold Medal Match


Cuba 17 30 Brazil

Final Classification

PlaceTeamScore
 Brazil (BRA)30-17
 Cuba (CUB)
 Argentina (ARG)23-22
4 Dominican Republic (DOM)
5 Mexico (MEX)37-36
6 Canada (CAN)
7 Paraguay (PAR)22-21
8 Puerto Rico (PUR)

References

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