2003 Pan American Women's Youth Handball Championship

2003 Pan American Handball Women's Youth Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	September 24–28
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Brazil
Runner-up	Argentina
Third place	Chile
Fourth place	Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	987 (49.35 per match)

The 2003 American Handball Women's Youth Championships took place in São José dos Pinhais and Curitiba from September 24 – 28.

Teams

Group A	Group B
Brazil Chile Greenland Puerto Rico	Argentina Canada Paraguay Uruguay

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	0	119	38	+81	6
Chile	3	2	0	1	80	66	+14	4
Puerto Rico	3	1	0	2	49	98	–49	2
Greenland	3	0	0	3	56	102	–46	0

September 24 10:00	Puerto Rico	15 – 34	Chile	Ginásio Nelson Almir de Almeida, Curitiba
		(8–21)

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September 24 16:30	Brazil	47 – 13	Greenland	Ginásio Ney Braga, São José dos Pinhais
		(23–7)

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September 25 13:00	Chile	31 – 21	Greenland	Ginásio Ney Braga, São José dos Pinhais
		(11–5)

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September 25 18:00	Brazil	42 – 10	Puerto Rico	Ginásio Nelson Almir de Almeida, Curitiba
		(22–7)

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September 26 13:30	Puerto Rico	24 – 22	Greenland	Ginásio Nelson Almir de Almeida, Curitiba
		(12–9)

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September 26 18:00	Brazil	30 – 15	Chile	Ginásio Ney Braga, São José dos Pinhais
		(11–8)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	3	3	0	0	92	54	+38	6
Uruguay	3	2	0	1	74	62	+12	4
Paraguay	3	1	0	2	62	65	–3	2
Canada	3	0	0	3	39	86	–47	0

September 24 12:00	Uruguay	24 – 19	Paraguay	Ginásio Ney Braga, São José dos Pinhais
		(8–9)

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September 24 13:00	Argentina	31 – 16	Canada	Ginásio Nelson Almir de Almeida, Curitiba
		(16–8)

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September 25 15:00	Argentina	31 – 15	Paraguay	Ginásio Nelson Almir de Almeida, Curitiba
		(11–7)

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September 25 16:30	Uruguay	27 – 13	Canada	Ginásio Ney Braga, São José dos Pinhais
		(11–7)

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September 26 12:00	Paraguay	28 – 10	Canada	Ginásio Ney Braga, São José dos Pinhais
		(14–2)

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September 26 18:00	Argentina	30 – 23	Uruguay	Ginásio Nelson Almir de Almeida, Curitiba
		(16–12)

Placement 5th–8th

September 27 13:30	Paraguay	31 – 25	Greenland	Ginásio Nelson Almir de Almeida, Curitiba
		(16–13)

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September 27 16:30	Puerto Rico	16 – 23	Canada	Ginásio Nelson Almir de Almeida, Curitiba
		(8–11)

7th/8th

September 28 9:00	Greenland	30 – 29	Puerto Rico	Ginásio Nelson Almir de Almeida, Curitiba
		(15–10)

5th/6th

September 28 10:30	Paraguay	25 – 9	Canada	Ginásio Ney Braga, São José dos Pinhais
		(12–7)

Final round

	Semifinal				Final
	September 27 – São José dos Pinhais
	Brazil	42
					September 28 – São José dos Pinhais
	Uruguay	13
					Brazil	39
	September 27 – São José dos Pinhais
					Argentina	23
	Chile	19
	Argentina	37
					Third place
					September 28 – Curitiba
					Uruguay	27
					Chile	28

Semifinals

September 27 13:30	Argentina	37 – 19	Chile	Ginásio Ney Braga, São José dos Pinhais
		(13–9)

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September 27 18:00	Brazil	42 – 13	Uruguay	Ginásio Ney Braga, São José dos Pinhais
		(20–7)

Bronze medal match

September 28 12:00	Uruguay	27 – 28	Chile	Ginásio Nelson Almir de Almeida, Curitiba
		(12–11)

Gold medal match

September 28 15:00	Brazil	39 – 23	Argentina	Ginásio Ney Braga, São José dos Pinhais
		(18–8)

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Brazil
	Argentina
	Chile
4	Uruguay
5	Paraguay
6	Canada
7	Greenland
8	Puerto Rico

References

• brasilhandebol.com.br Archived 2012-07-11 at the Wayback Machine