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

Handball – Men's tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games
Handball – Men's tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games
Venue	Exhibition Centre – Hall B
Dates	July 17 – July 25
Competitors	120 from 8 nations
Medalists
	Brazil
	Argentina
	Chile
	«2011 2019»

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]

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	—	—	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
Total			8

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
	3× 6× 1×	Report	3× 3×

March 14	Uruguay	28 – 20	United States	Polideportivo, Montevideo Attendance: 1200 Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA)
	Velazco, Fabra 5	(14–12)	Inahara 4
	1× 3×	Report	2× 8× 1×

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
Brazil Argentina	Chile Dominican Republic	Canada Cuba	Puerto Rico Uruguay

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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Brazil	3	3	0	120	53	+67	6	Qualified for the semifinals
Uruguay	3	2	1	77	78	−1	4	Qualified for the semifinals
Canada	3	1	2	62	85	−23	2
Dominican Republic	3	0	3	66	109	−43	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

July 17 11:30	Brazil	34–17	Canada	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Ziñiga, Reyes (CUB)
	Pacheco 5	(20–8)	Walder 5
	2× 2×	report	1× 3×

July 17 13:30	Dominican Republic	23–33	Uruguay	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Mateo 6	(12–13)	Fabra 5
	2× 8×	report	2× 4×

July 19 11:30	Uruguay	18–38	Brazil	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Guzman, Perez (PUR)
	Morandeira 5	(11–16)	Pozzer, Chiuffa 5
	3× 2×	report	2× 2×

July 19 13:30	Canada	28–25	Dominican Republic	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA)
	Bessette 11	(12–14)	Mateo 9
	2× 5×	report	4× 6×

July 21 11:30	Canada	17–26	Uruguay	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Sartisson 4	(7–13)	Mendez 7
	1× 4×	Report	4× 3×

July 21 13:30	Brazil	48–18	Dominican Republic	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Guzman, Perez (PUR)
	Chiuffa 10	(30–7)	Mateo 7
	2× 2×	Report	2× 1×

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Argentina	3	3	0	0	103	63	+40	6	Qualified for the Semifinals
Chile	3	1	1	1	87	84	+3	3	Qualified for the Semifinals
Cuba	3	1	1	1	87	89	−2	3
Puerto Rico	3	0	0	3	68	109	−41	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

July 17 18:30	Argentina	35–18	Cuba	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA)
	Fernandez, Pizarro 8	(19–10)	Balazquez 7
	3× 5×	report	2× 6×

July 17 20:30	Chile	33–23	Puerto Rico	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Minore, Marina (ARG)
	Araya 8	(18–7)	Nazario 9
	3× 2× 1×	report	3× 7×

July 19 18:30	Puerto Rico	22–38	Argentina	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
	Mercado 7	(8–18)	Fernandez 8
	2× 4×	report	4× 3×

July 19 20:30	Cuba	31–31	Chile	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Robles 8	(14–13)	R. Salinas 12
	2× 7×	Report	3× 8×

July 21 18:30	Cuba	38–23	Puerto Rico	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
	Toledano 13	(22–13)	Hiraldo 7
	1× 6×	report	4× 5×

July 21 20:30	Argentina	30–23	Chile	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA)
	Fernandez, Vieyra 8	(20–12)	Araya 7
	3× 6× 2×	report	3× 4× 1×

Classification round

Semi-finals		Fifth Place

July 23 — Toronto

Canada	24
		July 25 — Toronto
Puerto Rico	29
		Puerto Rico	39
July 23 — Toronto
		Cuba	38
Dominican Republic	24

Cuba	40
		Seventh Place

		July 25 — Toronto

		Canada	27

		Dominican Republic	23

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
	3× 3×	report	3× 2×

July 23 18:00	Dominican Republic	24–40	Cuba	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Minore, Marina (ARG)
	Mateo 6	(12–20)	Hernandez 9
	3× 6×	report	3× 3×

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
	3× 4×	report	1× 5×

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
	3× 3×	report	3× 4× 2×
	FT: 33–33 ET: 6–5

Medal round

Semi-finals		Final

July 23 — Toronto

Brazil	34
		July 25 — Toronto
Chile	24
		Brazil	29
July 23 — Toronto
		Argentina	27
Uruguay	12

Argentina	20
		Third Place

		July 25 — Toronto

		Chile	23

		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
	2× 5×	report	3× 4× 1×

July 23 20:30	Uruguay	12–20	Argentina	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Zuñiga, Reyes (CUB)
	Gamiz 3	(7–7)	Simonet 10
	2× 6×	report	3× 3×

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
	2× 2×	report	2× 4×

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
	3× 5× 1×	report	2× 2×
	FT: 24–24 ET: 5–3

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Brazil
	Argentina
	Chile
4	Uruguay
5	Puerto Rico
6	Cuba
7	Canada
8	Dominican Republic

	Qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics
	Qualified for the Olympic Qualification Tournament

2015 Pan American Games winners
Brazil 3rd title

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Goals
1	Hector Hiraldo	44
2	Angel Hernandez	43
3	Federico Fernandez	36
3	Dioris Mateo	36
5	Jorge Nazario	28

Top goalkeepers

Rank	Player	Saves	%
1	Matías Schulz	61	48
2	Maik Santos	49	44
3	Manuel Adler	63	40

References

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^ "South American Games: Overtime thriller sees Brazil narrowly top Argentina". www.handball-world.com. Handball World. 17 March 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
^ "Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic advance to gold medal match in Central American & Caribbean Games". www.handball-world.com. Handball World. 26 November 2014. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
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[1] "Pan Am Games Detailed Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 15 September 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2014.

[2] "Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Rio 2016 Handball" (PDF). corporate.olympics.com.au. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 7 November 2014.

[3] "2016 Olympic Qualification". www.teamhandballnews.com/. Team handball news. December 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2014.

[4] "Toronto (CAN) 2015 - the playoffs Adult Male and Female were drawn". panamhandballblog.blogspot.ca/. panamhandballblog. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2014.

[5] "South American Games: Overtime thriller sees Brazil narrowly top Argentina". www.handball-world.com. Handball World. 17 March 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2015.

[6] "Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic advance to gold medal match in Central American & Caribbean Games". www.handball-world.com. Handball World. 26 November 2014. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2015.

[uruguay-7] "URU qualifies for Toronto 2015 in men and women". panamhandball.org/. Pan-American Team Handball Federation (PATHF). 15 March 2015. Archived from the original on 12 May 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.

[manual-8] "Sport Technical Manual Handball". scribd.com. TO2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.

[9] "Groups Drawn for Toronto 2015 and PanAm Ch". Pan-American Team Handball Federation. 15 March 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.

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