Pan American Women's Handball Championship 2013

Pan American Women's Handball Championship 2013
Number of nations	10
America champions	Brazil (8th title)
venue	Dominican Republic
Opening game	1st June 2013
Endgame	June 8, 2013
Games	29
Top scorer	Fernanda da Silva (55 goals)
Best player	Alexandra do Nascimento

The 2013 Pan American Women's Handball Championship took place from June 1 to June 8, 2013 in the Dominican Republic . The organizer was the Pan-American Team Handball Federation (PATHF). The top four teams qualified for the 2013 World Cup in Serbia .

Attendees

Group A	Group B
Brazil	Argentina
Dominican Republic	Uruguay
Mexico	Venezuela
United States	Canada
Costa Rica	Paraguay

venue

• Santo Domingo

Preliminary round

In the preliminary round, the ten teams played in two groups, each consisting of five teams. Within a group, each team competed once against each other team. The two best teams in each group qualified for the semi-finals.

Group A

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Brazil	4th	4th	0	0	188: 057	8th
2	Dominican Republic	4th	3	0	1	115: 089	6th
3	Mexico	4th	2	0	2	109: 114	4th
4th	United States	4th	1	0	3	074: 114	2
5	Costa Rica	4th	0	0	4th	051: 163	0

1st June 2013
15:00	Brazil	-	United States	44:10 (21: 03)
17:00	Mexico	-	Costa Rica	35:16 (18: 07)
2nd June 2013
15:15	United States	-	Dominican Republic	11:27 ( 06:16)
21:00	Costa Rica	-	Brazil	07:59 ( 02:31)
3rd June 2013
17:00	Dominican Republic	-	Mexico	27:26 (11:11)
19:00	United States	-	Costa Rica	30:13 (14: 07)
4th June 2013
17:00	Costa Rica	-	Dominican Republic	15:39 ( 0?: 0?)
19:00	Mexico	-	Brazil	18:48 (11:24)
5th June 2013
15:00	Mexico	-	United States	30:23 (15:13)
17:00	Brazil	-	Dominican Republic	37:22 (21:13)

Group B

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Argentina	4th	4th	0	0	136: 063	8th
2	Paraguay	4th	3	0	1	097: 108	6th
3	Uruguay	4th	2	0	2	109: 112	4th
4th	Venezuela	4th	1	0	3	115: 136	2
5	Canada	4th	0	0	4th	089: 127	0

1st June 2013
13:00	Venezuela	-	Paraguay	30:35 (13:19)
19:00	Argentina	-	Canada	37:14 (17: 06)
2nd June 2013
12:30	Canada	-	Uruguay	25:31 (12:14)
17:00	Paraguay	-	Argentina	10:32 ( 05:18)
3rd June 2013
13:00	Canada	-	Paraguay	23:28 (13:16)
15:00	Uruguay	-	Venezuela	36:34 (19:15)
4th June 2013
13:00	Paraguay	-	Uruguay	24:23 (11:13)
15:00	Venezuela	-	Argentina	20:38 ( 09:17)
5th June 2013
13:00	Venezuela	-	Canada	31:27 ( 0?: 0?)
19:00	Argentina	-	Uruguay	29:19 (16: 06)

Placement games and final round

In addition to the best two teams in each group that contested the semi-finals, the other teams played placement games.

Play for 9th place

June 7, 2013
9:00	Costa Rica	-	Canada	13:34 ( 06:17)

Semi-finals for places 5 to 8

June 7, 2013
11:00	Mexico	-	Venezuela	32:25 (11:13)
13:00	Uruguay	-	United States	30:17 (14:12)

Game for 7th place

June 8, 2013
12:00	Venezuela	-	United States	36:29 (18:17)

Play for 5th place

June 8, 2013
14:00	Mexico	-	Uruguay	24:27 (14:15)

Semifinals

June 7, 2013
15:00	Brazil	-	Paraguay	43:17 (23: 08)
17:00	Argentina	-	Dominican Republic	27:17 (15:10)

3rd place match

June 8, 2013
16:00	Paraguay	-	Dominican Republic	19:28 ( 0?: 0?)

final

June 8, 2013
18:00	Brazil	-	Argentina	38:15 (19: 08)

Final score

Pl.	team
1.	Brazil
2.	Argentina
3.	Dominican Republic
4th	Paraguay
5.	Uruguay
6th	Mexico
7th	Venezuela
8th.	United States
9.	Canada
10.	Costa Rica

Awards

• Most Valuable Player (MVP): Alexandra do Nascimento

All-Star Team

Nancy Peña		Mayssa Pessoa		Alexandra do Nascimento
	Irina Pop		Luciana Mendoza
		Magdalena Decilio
		Ana Paula Rodrigues

Web links

• Association website PATHF