Handball competitions at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, were held from July 24 (two days before the opening ceremony) to August 5.[1] The venue for the competition is the Sports Centre Hall 1 located at the Videna cluster. The venue also hosted judo. A total of eight men's and eight women's teams (each consisting of up to 14 athletes) competed in each tournament. This means a total of 224 athletes are competed.[2]
| Handball at the 2019 Pan American Games | |
|---|---|
 Handball pictogram | |
| Venue | Sports Centre Hall 1 |
| Dates | July 24 – August 5, 2019 |
| Competitors | 224 from 10 nations |
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The winner of each competition qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[3]
Competition schedule
editThe following is the competition schedule for the handball competitions:
| P | Preliminaries | ½ | Semifinals | B | Bronze medal game | F | Final |
| Event ↓ / Date → | Wed 24 | Thu 25 | Fri 26 | Sat 27 | Sun 28 | Mon 29 | Tue 30 | Wed 31 | Thu 1 | Fri 2 | Sat 3 | Sun 4 | Mon 5 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | P | P | P | ½ | B | F | |||||||||
| Women | P | P | P | ½ | B | F | |||||||||
Medal table
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Argentina | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 |  Brazil | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 |  Chile | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 |  Cuba | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Medalists
editParticipating nations
editA total of 10 countries have qualified athletes. The number of athletes a nation has entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.
Argentina (28)
Brazil (28)
Canada (14)
Chile (14)
Cuba (28)
Dominican Republic (14)
Mexico (14)
Peru (28)
Puerto Rico (28)
United States (28)
Qualification
editA total of eight men's teams and eight women's teams qualified to compete at the games in each tournament. The host nation (Peru) qualified in each tournament, along with seven other teams in various qualifying tournaments.[2]
Men
edit| Event | Dates | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host Nation | — | — | 1 |  Peru
|
| 2018 South American Games | 2–6 June |  Cochabamba
|
2 | Brazil Argentina
|
| 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games | 27 July – 1 August |  Barranquilla
|
3 |  Cuba Puerto Rico Mexico
|
| North Zone Qualifying (Canada vs. United States)[4] | 2–5 September |  Auburn Montreal
|
1 | United States
|
| Last chance qualification tournament[5][6] | 12–13 April |  Santiago
|
1 | Chile
|
| Total | 8 | |||
- Chile (3rd-placed finisher at the South American Games) and Colombia (5th at the Central American and Caribbean Games) competed in the last chance tournament.
Women
edit| Event | Dates | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host Nation | — | — | 1 | Peru
|
| 2018 South American Games | 27–31 May | Cochabamba
|
2 | Brazil Argentina
|
| 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games | 20–25 July | Barranquilla
|
3 |  Dominican Republic Puerto Rico Cuba
|
| North Zone Qualifying (Canada vs. United States)[4] | 2–5 September | Auburn Montreal
|
1 | United States
|
| Last chance qualification tournament[7] | 26–28 March | Mexico City
|
1 | Canada
|
| Total | 8 | |||
- 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 in the last chance tournament.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Pan American Schedule" (PDF). www.lima2019.pe. Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). 13 June 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ^ a b "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
- ^ "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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 May 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
- ^ a b "USA men and women through to Lima 2019". IHF. 6 September 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
- ^ "Last chance for Pan American Games". IHF. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ^ "Chile book final 2019 Pan American Games place". IHF. 16 April 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
- ^ "Canada claim final place at 2019 Pan American Games". International Handball Federation (IHF). 29 March 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2019.