Handball at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

The men's handball tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, was held at the Exhibition Centre (in Hall B) from July 17 to 25.[1]

Handball – Men's tournament at the XVII Pan American Games
VenueExhibition Centre – Hall B
DatesJuly 17 – July 25
Competitors120 from 8 nations
Medalists
 
 
 
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For these Games, the men competed 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 advanced to a single elimination bracket.

Argentina were the defending champions from the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, defeating Brazil, 26–23 in the final. The two teams faced each other again in the 2015 final, this time with Brazil the victor, 29-27 in extra time.

The tournament determined one direct qualifier for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and one entrant in the Olympic Qualification Tournament. Because the Olympic host nation, Brazil, won, the runner up (Argentina) qualified directly for the Olympics and the third-place team (Chile) earned a spot in the Olympic Qualification Tournament.[2]

Qualification

A total of eight men's teams qualified to compete at the games. The top three teams at the South American and Central American and Caribbean Games qualified, along with the host nation Canada.[3] The United States and Uruguay competed against one another in a home/away playoff for the last spot in the tournament. The fourth placed team in the Central American and Caribbean Games both declined to compete in the respective tournaments.[4]

Summary

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation N/A N/A 1  Canada
2014 South American Games[5] March 8–14 Santiago 3  Brazil
 Argentina
 Chile
2014 Central American and Caribbean Games[6] November 16–24 Veracruz 3  Puerto Rico
 Dominican Republic
 Cuba
Last chance qualification tournament[7] March 7/14, 2015 Auburn
Montevideo
1  Uruguay
Total8

Last chance qualification tournament

March 07 United States  25 – 21  Uruguay Beard–Eaves–Memorial Coliseum, Auburn
Attendance: 900
Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
Hines 7 (10–12) Morandeira 5
   Report  

March 14 Uruguay  28 – 20  United States Polideportivo, Montevideo
Attendance: 1200
Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA)
Velazco, Fabra 5 (14–12) Inahara 4
  Report   


Rosters

At the start of tournament, all eight participating countries had up to 15 players on their rosters.[8]


Draw

The draw for the competition took place on March 15, 2015 in Montevideo, Uruguay.[9]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Results

The official detailed schedule was revealed on April 26, 2015.[10]

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)

Preliminary round

The conclusion of the Canada versus Brazil match

Group A

Team
PLD W D L GF GA GD Points
 Brazil330012053+676
 Uruguay32017778–14
 Canada31026285–232
 Dominican Republic300366109–430
Qualified for the Semifinals
July 17
11:30
Brazil  34–17  Canada Exhibition Centre – Hall B
Referees: Ziñiga, Reyes (CUB)
Pacheco 5 (20–8) Walder 5
  report  

July 17
13:30
Dominican Republic  23–33  Uruguay Exhibition Centre – Hall B
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Mateo 6 (12–13) Fabra 5
  report  

July 19
11:30
Uruguay  18–38  Brazil Exhibition Centre – Hall B
Referees: Guzman, Perez (PUR)
Morandeira 5 (11–16) Pozzer, Chiuffa 5
  report  

July 19
13:30
Canada  28–25  Dominican Republic Exhibition Centre – Hall B
Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA)
Bessette 11 (12–14) Mateo 9
  report  

July 21
11:30
Canada  17–26  Uruguay Exhibition Centre – Hall B
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Sartisson 4 (7–13) Mendez 7
  Report  

July 21
13:30
Brazil  48–18  Dominican Republic Exhibition Centre – Hall B
Referees: Guzman, Perez (PUR)
Chiuffa 10 (30–7) Mateo 7
  Report  

Group B

Team
PLD W D L GF GA GD Points
 Argentina330010363+406
 Chile31118784+33
 Cuba31118789–23
 Puerto Rico300368109–410
Qualified for the Semifinals
July 17
18:30
Argentina  35–18  Cuba Exhibition Centre – Hall B
Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA)
Fernandez, Pizarro 8 (19–10) Balazquez 7
  report  

July 17
20:30
Chile  33–23  Puerto Rico Exhibition Centre – Hall B
Referees: Minore, Marina (ARG)
Araya 8 (18–7) Nazario 9
   report  

July 19
18:30
Puerto Rico  22–38  Argentina Exhibition Centre – Hall B
Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
Mercado 7 (8–18) Fernandez 8
  report  

July 19
20:30
Cuba  31–31  Chile Exhibition Centre – Hall B
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Robles 8 (14–13) R. Salinas 12
  Report  

July 21
18:30
Cuba  38–23  Puerto Rico Exhibition Centre – Hall B
Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
Toledano 13 (22–13) Hiraldo 7
  report  

July 21
20:30
Argentina  30–23  Chile Exhibition Centre – Hall B
Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA)
Fernandez, Vieyra 8 (20–12) Araya 7
   report   

Classification round

 
Semi-finalsFifth Place
 
      
 
July 23 — Toronto
 
 
 Canada24
 
July 25 — Toronto
 
 Puerto Rico29
 
 Puerto Rico39
 
July 23 — Toronto
 
 Cuba38
 
 Dominican Republic24
 
 
 Cuba40
 
Seventh Place
 
 
July 25 — Toronto
 
 
 Canada27
 
 
 Dominican Republic23

Semi-finals

July 23
11:00
Canada  24–29  Puerto Rico Exhibition Centre – Hall B
Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
Walder 7 (10–14) Hiraldo 15
  report  

July 23
18:00
Dominican Republic  24–40  Cuba Exhibition Centre – Hall B
Referees: Minore, Marina (ARG)
Mateo 6 (12–20) Hernandez 9
  report  

Seventh place match

July 25
10:30
Canada  27–23  Dominican Republic Exhibition Centre – Hall B
Referees: Guzman, Perez (PUR)
Touzel 6 (16–12) Mateo 8
  report  

Fifth place match

July 25
13:00
Puerto Rico  39–38 (ET)  Cuba Exhibition Centre – Hall B
Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
Hiraldo 13 (17–15) Hernandez 15
  report   

FT: 33–33 ET: 6–5

Medal round

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
July 23 — Toronto
 
 
 Brazil34
 
July 25 — Toronto
 
 Chile24
 
 Brazil29
 
July 23 — Toronto
 
 Argentina 27
 
 Uruguay12
 
 
 Argentina20
 
Third Place
 
 
July 25 — Toronto
 
 
 Chile23
 
 
 Uruguay 17

Semi-finals

July 23
13:30
Brazil  34–24  Chile Exhibition Centre – Hall B
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Guimarães 5 (15–12) Salinas 10
  report   

July 23
20:30
Uruguay  12–20  Argentina Exhibition Centre – Hall B
Referees: Zuñiga, Reyes (CUB)
Gamiz 3 (7–7) Simonet 10
  report  

Bronze medal match

July 25
17:30
Chile  23–17 Uruguay  Exhibition Centre – Hall B
Referees: Minore, Marina (ARG)
Salinas 6 (10–9) Fabra 4
  report  

Gold medal match

July 25
20:00
Brazil  29–27 (ET)  Argentina Exhibition Centre – Hall B
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Hubner, Santos 6 (9–11) Fernandez 8
   report  

FT: 24–24 ET: 5–3

Final ranking

Statistics

References

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