Handball at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's tournament

Women's handball tournament at the XVI Pan American Games
Venue San Rafael Gymnasium
Dates October 15 – October 23
Competitors 120 from 8 nations
Medalists
 Brazil  Brazil
 Argentina  Argentina
 Dominican Republic  Dominican Republic
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The women's tournament of handball at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico will take place from October 15 to October 23, All games were held at the San Rafael Gymnasium. The defending champions are Brazil, who won the title on home court.[1] The winner of the competition will qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain.[2]

Teams

Qualification

A National Olympic Committee may enter one women's team for the handball competition. Mexico, the host nation along with seven other countries qualified through regional competitions.[1]

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation – – 1  Mexico
2010 South American Games March 20–30, 2010 Colombia Medellín 3  Argentina
 Brazil
 Uruguay
2010 Central American and Caribbean Games July 18–25, 2010 Puerto Rico Mayagüez 2  Dominican Republic
 Puerto Rico
Canada Versus United States series winner December 21, 23, 2010[3] United States Lake Placid
Canada La Prairie		 1  United States
Last Chance Qualifying Tournament – Chile Santiago 1  Chile*
TOTAL8
Canada Versus United States series
December 21
4:00		 United States  18–23  Canada Lake Placid Olympic Training Center, Lake Placid
Attendance: 250
Referees: Perez (PUR), Guzman (PUR)
Borg 5
December 23
5:30		 Canada  21–26  United States La Magdeleine School, La Prairie
Attendance: 400
Referees: Perez (PUR), Guzman (PUR)
Larouche 6 Borg 10
Last chance qualifying tournament
  • Chile will play in the Pan American Games in Guadalajara because Canada, Costa Rica and El Salvador withdrew from participating in the playoff that gave the last ticket to the competition.[4]

Squads

At the start of tournament, all eight participating countries had 15 players on their rosters. Final squads for the tournament were due on September 14, 2011, a month before the start of 2011 Pan American Games.[1]

Format

  • Eight teams are split into 2 preliminary round groups of 4 teams each. The top 2 teams from each group qualify for the knockout stage.
  • The third and fourth placed teams will play the fifth to eight bracket.
  • In the semifinals, the matchups are as follows: A1 vs. B2 and B1 vs. A2
  • The winning teams from the semifinals play for the gold medal. The losing teams compete for the bronze medal.

Ties are broken via the following the criteria, with the first option used first, all the way down to the last option:

  1. Head to head results.
  2. Goal difference in the matches between the teams concerned.
  3. Greater number of plus goals in the matches between the teams concerned.[1]

Draw

The draw for the tournament was held at the offices of the Organising Committee (COPAG) for the Games in Guadalajara on July 21 at 16:00 local time.[5]

The competing are drawn to each group by couples. The first team selected randomly in the draw goes to group A and the second to Group B.[5] The pots are based on the performance of national teams in both previous games and their standings in their respective regional competitions.[5]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Preliminary round

All times are local Central Daylight Time (UTC−5)[6]

Qualified for the quarterfinals

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Points
 Argentina33008760+276
 Mexico32015563-84
 Puerto Rico31027684-82
 Chile30036374-110
October 15
15:00		 Argentina  35–26  Puerto Rico San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: De Souza, Paz (BRA)
Decilio 7 Report Ceballo 7
October 15
20:00		 Mexico  18–17  Chile San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Meneses, Pinto (BRA)
Saavedra 7 Report 2 players 4
October 17
15:00		 Chile  20–28  Argentina San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: De Souza, Paz (BRA)
Feuchtmann, 7 Report 2 players, 6
October 17
18:00		 Puerto Rico  22–23  Mexico San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Prieto, Gonzalez (URU)
Garica, 8 Report Rivera, 4
October 19
15:00		 Puerto Rico  28–26  Chile San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Meneses, Pinto (BRA)
2 players, 7 Report 2 players, 5
October 19
20:00		 Argentina  24–14  Mexico San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Prieto, Gonzalez (URU)
Decilio, 7 Report Flores, 4

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Points
 Brazil330012543+826
 Dominican Republic31117582-73
 Uruguay31117591-163
 United States300360119-590
October 15
13:00		 Brazil  50–10  United States San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Duran, Guzman (MEX)
Da Silva 10 Report Sayer 3
October 15
18:00		 Dominican Republic  24–24  Uruguay San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Marina, Minroe (ARG)
Two players, 6 Report Fynn, 7
October 17
13:00		 United States  26–33  Dominican Republic San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Martin, Pellerin (CAN)
Borg, 10 Report Granado, 10
October 17
20:00		 Uruguay  15–43  Brazil San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Guzman, Perez (PUR)
Two players, 3 Report Da Silva, 6
October 19
13:00		 Brazil  32–18  Dominican Republic San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Martin, Pellerin (CAN)
Da Silva, 8 Report Granado Brito, 6
October 19
18:00		 United States  24–36  Uruguay San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Guzman, Perez (PUR)
Two players, 5 Report Castro, 10

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
October 21
 
 
 Brazil43
 
October 23
 
 Mexico12
 
 Brazil33
 
October 21
 
 Argentina15
 
 Argentina19
 
 
 Dominican Republic18
 
Third place
 
 
October 23
 
 
 Mexico31
 
 
 Dominican Republic33

Semifinals

October 21
12:30		 Brazil  43–12  Mexico San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Martin, Pellerin (CAN)
Two players, 6 Report Jaramillo, 3
October 21
20:00		 Argentina  19–18  Dominican Republic San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
Tagliavini, 3 Report Granado Brito, 8

Fifth-eighth place matches

October 21
10:00		 Puerto Rico  29–27  United States San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Prieto, Gonzalez (URU)
Hiraldo, 10 Report Darling, 6
October 21
17:30		 Uruguay  30–32  Chile San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: De Souza, Paz (BRA)
Castro, 10 Report Feuchtmann, 8

Seventh place match

October 23
10:00		 United States  23–30  Uruguay San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Martin, Pellerin (CAN)
Two players, 5 Report Palla, 9

Fifth place match

October 23
12:30		 Puerto Rico  27–31  Chile San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Duran, Guzman (MEX)
Garcia, 7 Report Two players, 6

Bronze medal match

October 23
17:30		 Mexico  31–33 (AET)  Dominican Republic San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Pinto, Meneses (BRA)
Flores 7 Report Peña 10

Gold medal match

October 23
20:00		 Brazil  33–15  Argentina San Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Perez, Guzman (PUR)
Do Nascimento 8 Report 2 players, 4


 2011 Pan American Games Winners 

Brazil
4th title

Final standings

Rank Team Record
 Brazil5 – 0 – 0
 Argentina4 – 0 – 1
 Dominican Republic2 – 1 – 2
4  Mexico2 – 0 – 3
5  Chile2 – 0 – 3
6  Puerto Rico2 – 0 – 3
7  Uruguay2 – 1 – 2
8  United States0 – 0 – 5

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Women  Brazil (BRA)
Eduarda Amorim
Barbara Arenhart
Moniky Bancilon
Francine Cararo
Deonise Cavaleiro
Fernanda Da Silva
Fabiana Diniz
Alexandra Do Nascimento
Mayara Moura
Daniela Piedade
Silvia Pinheiro
Jessica Quintino
Samira Rocha
Ana Paula Rodrigues
Chana Masson		  Argentina (ARG)
Maria Belotti
Valeria Bianchi
Maria Decilio
Bibiana Ferrea
Lucia Haro
Valentina Kogan
Antonela Mena
Luciana Mendoza
Manuela Pizzo
Maria Romero
Noelia Sala
Luciana Salvado
Silvina Schlesinger
Solange Tagliavini
Silvana Totolo		  Dominican Republic (DOM)
Mariela Andino
Mariela Cespedes
Mari Colón
Cari Dominguez
Mileidys García
Judith Granado
Crisleydy Hernandez
Carolina López
Yndiana Mateo
Nancy Peña
Johanna Pimentel
Jessica Sierra
Suleidi Suarez
Yacaira Tejada
Debora Torreira

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Handball technical manual
  2. ↑ 2012 Olympic Qualifying Handball
  3. ↑ Pan American Games Qualifier vs. Canada (Men and Women)
  4. ↑ Sorteo grupos para Guadalajara 2011 (in Spanish)
  5. 1 2 3 "Sorteo grupos para Guadalajara 2011". Americas Federation of Handball. July 21, 2011. Retrieved July 21, 2011.
  6. ↑ Competition summary
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