2017 Pan American Women's Handball Championship

2017 Pan American Women's Handball Championship
Number of nations	10
America champions	Brazil (10th title)
venue	Argentina
Opening game	18th June 2017
Endgame	June 25, 2017
Games	29
Top scorer	Sabrina Fiore (34 goals)
Best player	Samira Rocha

The 2017 Pan American Women's Handball Championship took place in Argentina from June 18 to June 25, 2017 . The organizer was the Pan-American Team Handball Federation (PATHF). The top three teams qualified for the 2017 World Cup in Germany . Brazil defended its title.

Attendees

Group A	Group B
Brazil	Argentina
Puerto Rico	Uruguay
Paraguay	Chile
United States	Guatemala
Colombia	Dominican Republic

venue

• Buenos Aires

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.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Brazil	04th	04th	00	00	0157: 5200	+105	08th
02.	Paraguay	04th	03	00	01	0107: 9500	+12	06th
03.	Puerto Rico	04th	02	00	02	0098: 1140	−16	04th
04th	United States	04th	01	00	03	0091: 1170	−26	02
05.	Colombia	04th	00	00	04th	0067: 1420	−75	00

18th June 2017
12:00	Paraguay	-	Colombia	35:17
19:15	Brazil	-	United States	42:10
19th June 2017
13:30	United States	-	Puerto Rico	25:29
20:00	Colombia	-	Brazil	12:46
20th June 2017
3:30 p.m.	Colombia	-	Puerto Rico	21:30
20:00	Paraguay	-	Brazil	15:29
June 21, 2017
15:00	United States	-	Colombia	31:17
17:00	Paraguay	-	Puerto Rico	28:24
22nd June 2017
16:30	Paraguay	-	United States	29:25
19:00	Brazil	-	Puerto Rico	40:15

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Argentina	04th	04th	00	00	0141: 5900	+82	08th
02.	Uruguay	04th	03	00	01	0114: 8100	+33	06th
03.	Chile	04th	02	00	02	0100: 8800	+12	04th
04th	Dominican Republic	04th	01	00	03	0074: 1240	−50	02
05.	Guatemala	04th	00	00	04th	0068: 1450	−77	00

18th June 2017
14:00	Chile	-	Dominican Republic	33:11
17:15	Argentina	-	Guatemala	43:14
19th June 2017
3:30 p.m.	Guatemala	-	Uruguay	12:40
18:00	Dominican Republic	-	Argentina	09:43
20th June 2017
13:30	Uruguay	-	Dominican Republic	31:23
18:00	Chile	-	Argentina	19:26
June 21, 2017
13:00	Dominican Republic	-	Guatemala	31:17
19:00	Uruguay	-	Chile	26:17
22nd June 2017
14:30	Chile	-	Guatemala	31:25
21:00	Argentina	-	Uruguay	29:17

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 24, 2017
10:00	Colombia	-	Guatemala	28:23

Semi-finals for places 5 to 8

June 24, 2017
12:00	Chile	-	United States	20:27
14:00	Puerto Rico	-	Dominican Republic	34:23

Game for 7th place

June 25, 2017
09:30	Chile	-	Dominican Republic	26:20

Play for 5th place

June 25, 2017
11:30	United States	-	Puerto Rico	27:26

Semifinals

June 24, 2017
16:00	Brazil	-	Uruguay	42:23
18:00	Argentina	-	Paraguay	29:19

3rd place match

June 25, 2017
14:00	Uruguay	-	Paraguay	22:24

final

June 25, 2017
16:15	Brazil	-	Argentina	38:20

Final score

Pl.	team
1.	Brazil
2.	Argentina
3.	Paraguay
4th	Uruguay
5.	United States
6th	Puerto Rico
7th	Chile
8th.	Dominican Republic
9.	Colombia
10.	Guatemala

Awards

• Best Player (Most Valuable Player, MVP): Samira Rocha

All-Star Team

Samira Rocha		Bárbara Arenhart		Jéssica Quintino
	Manuela Pizzo		Eduarda Amorim
		Antonela Mena
		Marizza Faría

Web links

• Association website PATHF

Individual evidence

1. ↑ handball-planet.com: Brazil takes over America for the tenth time! dated June 27, 2017, accessed June 30, 2017