2011 Pan American Women's Handball Championship

2011 Pan American Handball Women's Championships

Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	28 June – 2 July
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (7th title)
Runner-up	Argentina
Third place	Cuba
Fourth place	Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	993 (55.17 per match)
Attendance	3,961 (220 per match)

The 2011 Pan American Women's Handball Championship was the eleventh edition of the Pan American Women's Handball Championship, held from 28 June to 2 July 2011, in São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil. The tournament also served as the qualification event for the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship, with the top three teams winning the right to participate on the World Championship. However, since Pan American Championship winners Brazil already qualified as the host nation, fourth placed Uruguay was awarded the third spot, that was reserved for the zone.

Participating teams

• Argentina
• Brazil
• Chile
• Cuba
• Dominican Republic
• Mexico
• Uruguay
• Venezuela

Qualification

Cuba, Venezuela and the United States played a qualification tournament at Havana, Cuba to determine the last 2 participating nations.

Standings

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cuba	2	2	0	0	76	27	+49	4
Venezuela	2	1	0	1	49	57	−8	2
United States	2	0	0	2	31	72	−41	0

Source:

3 November 2010 14:30	Cuba	36–17	Venezuela	Havana
		(20–8)

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4 November 2010 14:30	Cuba	40–10	United States	Havana
		(20–5)

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5 November 2010 14:30	Venezuela	32–21	United States	Havana
		(11–8)

Teams

Group A	Group B
Brazil Chile Mexico Cuba	Argentina Dominican Republic Uruguay Venezuela

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC−3).

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil (H)	3	3	0	0	104	53	+51	6
Cuba	3	2	0	1	96	73	+23	4
Chile	3	1	0	2	63	99	−36	2
Mexico	3	0	0	3	54	92	−38	0

Source:
(H) Hosts

28 June 2011 16:00	Chile	21–40	Cuba	São Bernardo do Campo Attendance: 250 Referees: Lenci, Grillo (ARG)
	Flores 4	(10–19)	Marenz 12
	3× 5×	Report	3× 1×

28 June 2011 20:00	Brazil	31–16	Mexico	São Bernardo do Campo Attendance: 250 Referees: Perez, Guzman (PUR)
	Nascimento 7	(18–6)	Hernandez, Castañon 4
	2× 5× 1×	Report	3× 2× 1×

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29 June 2011 16:00	Mexico	22–26	Chile	São Bernardo do Campo Attendance: 155 Referees: De Souza, Paz (BRA)
	Chavez 6	(13–10)	Peréz 6
	3× 4×	Report	3× 4×

29 June 2011 20:00	Brazil	36–21	Cuba	São Bernardo do Campo Attendance: 350 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Pinheiro 7	(15–10)	Marenz 6
	3× 4×	Report	3× 6× 1×

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30 June 2011 16:00	Mexico	16–35	Cuba	São Bernardo do Campo Attendance: 210 Referees: Lenci, Grillo (ARG)
	Morales, Morales 3	(6–19)	Valdez, Hernondez 8
	3× 6×	Report	2× 2×

30 June 2011 20:00	Brazil	37–16	Chile	São Bernardo do Campo Attendance: 250 Referees: Gonzalez, Prieto (URU)
	Rorigues 8	(18–8)	Garcia 5
	3× 1×	Report	3× 3×

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	3	3	0	0	105	52	+53	6
Uruguay	3	1	1	1	77	68	+9	3
Dominican Republic	3	1	1	1	72	75	−3	3
Venezuela	3	0	0	3	71	130	−59	0

Source:

28 June 2011 14:00	Dominican Republic	36–22	Venezuela	São Bernardo do Campo Attendance: 150 Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA)
	Andino 7	(18–13)	Salcedo 4
	3× 3×	Report	3× 6×

28 June 2011 18:00	Argentina	21–14	Uruguay	São Bernardo do Campo Attendance: 280 Referees: Paz, Souza (BRA)
	Decilio 5	(8–7)	Castro 3
	3× 6×	Report	3× 5×

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29 June 2011 14:00	Uruguay	20–20	Dominican Republic	São Bernardo do Campo Attendance: 150 Referees: De Souza, Paz (BRA)
	Castro 7	(11–10)	Peña, Andino 5
	3× 4×	Report	3× 3×

29 June 2011 18:00	Argentina	51–22	Venezuela	São Bernardo do Campo Attendance: 100 Referees: Perez, Guzman (PUR)
	Pizzo 7	(21–10)	Mijares, Riera 4
	3× 1×	Report	2× 10× 1×

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30 June 2011 14:00	Uruguay	43–27	Venezuela	São Bernardo do Campo Attendance: 150 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Cherone 12	(14–12)	Mijares, Morales 5
	3× 1×	Report	2× 3×

30 June 2011 18:00	Argentina	33–16	Dominican Republic	São Bernardo do Campo Attendance: 150 Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA)
	Mendoza 7	(14–6)	Andino, Tejada 5
	3× 5×	Report	3× 6×

Placement matches

Seventh place game

1 July 2011 14:00	Mexico	25–23	Venezuela	São Bernardo do Campo Attendance: 89 Referees: Prieto, Gonzalez (URU)
	Morales 6	(12–14)	Marquez 6
	3× 3×	Report	3× 2× 1×

Fifth place game

1 July 2011 16:00	Chile	28–22	Dominican Republic	São Bernardo do Campo Attendance: 150 Referees: Perez, Guzman (PUR)
	Flores 6	(14–12)	Andino 9
	3× 5×	Report	3× 2×

Final round

	Semifinals				Final
	July 1 – São Bernardo do Campo
	Brazil	40
					July 2 – São Bernardo do Campo
	Uruguay	14
					Brazil	35
	July 1 – São Bernardo do Campo
					Argentina	16
	Argentina	43 (Pen.)
	Cuba	41
					Third place
					July 2 – São Bernardo do Campo
					Uruguay	27
					Cuba	37

Semifinals

1 July 2011 18:00	Argentina	43–41 (ET)	Cuba	São Bernardo do Campo Attendance: 450 Referees: De Souza, Paz (BRA)
	Mendoza 13	(13–13)	Ramires, Duron 10
	3× 6×	Report	3× 5× 1×
	FT: 28–28 ET: 5–5, 5–5 Pen: 5–3

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1 July 2011 20:00	Brazil	40–14	Uruguay	São Bernardo do Campo Attendance: 200 Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
	do Nascimento 8	(19–3)	Palla 6
	3× 1×	Report	3× 3×

Third place game

2 July 2011 15:00	Cuba	37–27	Uruguay	São Bernardo do Campo
		(17–13)

Gold medal game

2 July 2011 17:00	Argentina	16–35	Brazil	São Bernardo do Campo Attendance: 627 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Pizzo, Haro 4	(5–22)	Silva 8
	2× 3×	Report	2× 1×

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Brazil
	Argentina
	Cuba
4	Uruguay
5	Chile
6	Dominican Republic
7	Mexico
8	Venezuela

Team advanced to the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship

External links

• Results at todor66.com
• Official website
• Pan american handball site