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Handball – Women's tournament at the 2019 Pan American Games
VenueSports Centre Hall 1
DatesJuly 24 — July 30
Competitors112 from 8 nations
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The women's handball tournament at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru is scheduled to be held at the Sports Centre Hall 1 from July 24 to August 30.[1]

For these Games, the women are to compete in an 8-team tournament. The teams were grouped into two pools of four teams each for a round-robin preliminary round. The top two teams in each group are to advance to a single elimination bracket.

Brazil are the defending champions from the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, defeating Argentina 25–20 in the final.

The winner of the tournament is to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[2]

Qualification[edit]

A total of eight women's teams qualified to compete at the games. The top three teams at the Central American and Caribbean Games, the top two teams at the South American Games, and the winner of the North Zone Qualifying round qualified, along with the host nation Peru.[3] Chile (3rd placed finisher at the South American Games), Mexico and Guatemala (4th and 5th at the Central American and Caribbean Games) and Canada (loser of the North Zone Qualifying) competed for the last spot in the tournament.

Summary[edit]

Event Dates Location Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation 1  Peru
2018 South American Games 27–31 May Bolivia Cochabamba 2  Brazil
 Argentina
2018 Central American and Caribbean Games 20–25 July Colombia Barranquilla 3  Dominican Republic
 Puerto Rico
 Cuba
North Zone Qualifying (Canada vs. United States)[4] 2–5 September United States Auburn
Canada Montreal
1  United States
Last chance qualification tournament[5] 26–28 March Mexico Mexico City 1  Canada
Total 8

Rosters[edit]

Results[edit]

All times are local, PET (UTC−5).[1]

Preliminary round[edit]

Group A[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 3 3 0 0 110 48 +62 6 Semifinals
2  Cuba 3 2 0 1 75 68 +7 4
3  Puerto Rico 3 1 0 2 63 76 −13 2 5–8th place semifinals
4  Canada 3 0 0 3 36 92 −56 0
Source: Lima 2019
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.

[6]

  1. ^ a b "Cronograma en balonmano femenino" (PDF). lima2019.s3.amazonaws.com/. Lima 2019. 24 June 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Tokyo 2020 International Handball Federation (IHF)" (PDF). www.cdn.dosb.de/. International Handball Federation (IHF). 15 March 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  4. ^ "USA men and women through to Lima 2019". IHF. 6 September 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Canada claim final place at 2019 Pan American Games". International Handball Federation (IHF). 29 March 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  6. ^ https://www.lima2019.pe/en/news/first-official-drawing-of-competitions-for-Lima-2019-Games