Handball at the 2015 Pan American Games explained

Event:Handball
Games:2015
Venue:Exhibition Centre – Hall B
Dates:July 16–25
Competitors:239
Nations:9
Num Events:2 (1 men, 1 women)
Next:2019

Handball competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto will be held from July 16 to 25 at the Direct Energy Centre (Exhibition Centre in Hall B).[1] Due to naming rights the arena will be known as the latter for the duration of the games.[2] A total of eight men's and women's teams will compete in each respective tournament.[3]

The winners of the two tournaments will qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. If the host nation, Brazil wins either tournament, the runner up will qualify instead.[4]

Competition schedule

The following is the competition schedule for the handball competitions:[5]

Event↓/Date → Thu 16 Fri 17 Sat 18 Sun 19 Mon 20 Tue 21 Wed 22 Thu 23 Fri 24 Sat 25
P P P½ B F
P P P ½ B F

Medal summary

Medalists

Men's tournament

Maik Santos
Henrique Teixeira
Fernando Pacheco Filho
Bruno Santana
Raul Nantes
Lucas Cândido
Diogo Hubner
Thiagus dos Santos
Alexandro Pozzer
Felipe Ribeiro
Fábio Chiuffa
Vinícius Teixeira
Oswaldo Guimarães
André Soares
César Almeida

Matías Schulz
Federico Fernández
Federico Pizarro
Sebastián Simonet
Pablo Sebastián Portela
Diego Simonet
Pablo Simonet
Leonardo Facundo Querín
Federico Matías Vieyra
Fernando Gabriel García
Juan Pablo Fernández
Gonzalo Carou
Damián Migueles
Adrián Portela
Sergio Crevatin

Felipe Barrientos
Sebastián Ceballos
Alfredo Valenzuela
Pablo Baeza
Nicolás Jofre
Diego Reyes
Erik Caniu
Javier Frelijj
Cristián Moll Ramírez
Felipe Maurin
Guillermo Araya
Esteban Salinas
René Oliva
Rodrigo Salinas Muñoz
Marco Oneto


Alexandra do Nascimento
Samira Rocha
Daniela Piedade
Amanda de Andrade
Tamires Morena Lima
Fernanda da Silva
Ana Paula Rodrigues
Jéssica Quintino
Bárbara Arenhart
Francielle da Rocha
Mayssa Pessoa
Elaine Gomes
Jaqueline Anastácio
Célia Coppi
Deonise Cavaleiro

Marisol Carratu
Lucía Haro
Manuela Pizzo
Luciana Salvado
Rocio Campigli
Amelia Belotti
Luciana Mendoza
Victoria Crivelli
Antonella Gambino
Valentina Kogan
Valeria Bianchi
Antonela Mena
Macarena Sans
Macarena Gandulfo
Elke Karsten

Patricia Ré
Paola Santos
Paula Fynn
Soledad Faedo
Alejandra Scarrone
Daniela Scarrone
Alejandra Ferrari
Camila Barreiro
Martina Barreiro
Eliana Falco
Federica Cura
Leticia Schinca
Camila Vázquez
Viviana Ferrari
Iara Grosso

Qualification

A total of eight men's teams and eight women's team will qualify to compete at the games. The top three teams at the South American and Central American and Caribbean Games will qualify for each respective tournament. The host nation (Canada) automatically qualifies teams in both events.[6] The United States and Uruguay competed against one another in a home/away playoff for the last spot in each tournament. The fourth placed team in the Central American and Caribbean Games both declined to compete in the respective tournaments.[7] Each team can consist of up to 15 athletes.[8]

Men

EventDateLocationVacanciesQualified
Host Nation1
2014 South American Games[9] March 8–14 Santiago3

[10] November 16–243

Last chance qualification tournament[11] March 7/14, 2015
1
Total 8

Women

EventDateLocationVacanciesQualified
Host Nation1
2014 South American Games[12] March 7–15 Santiago3

[13] November 15–233

Last chance qualification tournamentMarch 7/14, 2015
1
Total 8

Participating nations

A total of 9 countries have qualified athletes. The number of athletes a nation has entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Competition Schedule . 18 August 2014 . toronto2015.org . . 7 September 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140903164841/http://images.toronto2015.org/system/asset_pdfs/2043/original/pan-am-games-schedule.pdf?1407975204 . 3 September 2014 . dead .
  2. Web site: Exhibition Centre . toronto2015.org . . 7 November 2014 . 4 March 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150304172429/http://www.toronto2015.org/venue/exhibition-centre . dead .
  3. Web site: Handball. toronto2015.org . . 19 January 2015.
  4. Web site: Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Rio 2016 Handball . corporate.olympics.com.au . International Handball Federation. 7 November 2014.
  5. Web site: Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide . 20 April 2015 . toronto2015.org . . 26 April 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150420184712/http://images.toronto2015.org/system/asset_pdfs/4013/original/pan-am-games-ticket-guide-042015.pdf . 20 April 2015 . dead .
  6. Web site: 2016 Olympic Qualification. December 2013 . www.teamhandballnews.com/ . Team handball news. 7 November 2014.
  7. Web site: Toronto (CAN) 2015 - the playoffs Adult Male and Female were drawn. 23 December 2014 . panamhandballblog.blogspot.ca/ . panamhandballblog . 24 December 2014.
  8. Web site: Sport Technical Manual Handball. scribd.com . . 13 June 2015.
  9. Web site: South American Games: Overtime thriller sees Brazil narrowly top Argentina . 17 March 2014 . www.handball-world.com . Handball World . 1 March 2015.
  10. Web site: Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic advance to gold medal match in Central American & Caribbean Games . 26 November 2014 . www.handball-world.com . Handball World . 1 March 2015 . 2 April 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402140829/http://www.handball-world.com/o.red.c/news-2-1-20-63886.html . dead .
  11. Web site: URU qualifies for Toronto 2015 in men and women . 15 March 2015 . panamhandball.org/ . Pan-American Team Handball Federation (PATHF) . 15 March 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150512201021/http://panamhandball.org/pathf/2015/03/15/uru-clasifica-a-toronto-2015-en-hombres-y-mujeres-uru-qualifies-for-toronto-2015-in-men-and-women/ . 12 May 2015 . dead .
  12. Web site: South American Games: Brazil, Argentina and Chile earn spots to next year’s Pan-American Games . 16 March 2014 . www.handball-world.com . Handball World . 1 March 2015.
  13. Web site: Toronto bound: Puerto Rico, Cuba clinch Pan Am Games tickets after narrow wins . 20 November 2014 . www.handball-world.com . Handball World . 1 March 2015 . 2 April 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402143226/http://www.handball-world.com/o.red.c/news-2-2-17-21887.html . dead .