2003 Pan American Women's Handball Championship

2003 Pan American Women's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Brazil
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates29 April – 4 May
Teams7 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (4th title)
Runner-up Argentina
Third place Uruguay
Fourth place United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored676 (45.07 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Alinea da Silva
(29 goals)
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The 2003 Pan American Women's Handball Championship was the seventh edition of the Pan American Women's Handball Championship, held in Brazil from 29 April to 4 May 2003. It acted as the American qualifying tournament for the 2003 World Women's Handball Championship.

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC−3).

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil (H) 3 3 0 0 116 30 +86 6
 United States 3 2 0 1 62 62 0 4
 Dominican Republic 3 1 0 2 64 87 −23 2
 Guatemala 3 0 0 3 37 100 −63 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
29 April 2003
16:00 		United States  24–17  Dominican Republic
(10–10)
29 April 2003
20:20 		Brazil  42–3  Guatemala
(19–2)
30 April 2003
16:00 		Dominican Republic  28–20  Guatemala
(15–11)
30 April 2003
20:20 		Brazil  31–8  United States
(18–1)
1 May 2003
16:00 		United States  30–14  Guatemala
(13–7)
1 May 2003
20:20 		Brazil  43–19  Dominican Republic
(22–7)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Argentina 2 1 0 1 38 31 +7 2
 Uruguay 2 1 0 1 36 37 −1 2
 Canada 2 1 0 1 37 43 −6 2
Source: [citation needed]
29 April 2003
17:30 		Argentina  24–14  Canada
(9–8)
30 April 2003
18:00 		Canada  23–19  Uruguay
(9–7)
1 May 2003
18:00 		Uruguay  17–14  Argentina
(8–6)

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Brazil44
 
 
 
 Uruguay18
 
 Brazil39
 
 
 
 Argentina12
 
 United States15
 
 
 Argentina21
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
 Uruguay21
 
 
 United States14

Semifinals

2 May 2003
18:00 		Argentina  21–15  United States
(9–7)
2 May 2003
20:20 		Brazil  44–18  Uruguay
(27–7)

Seventh place game

2 May 2003
16:00 		Canada  40–11  Guatemala
(24–4)

Fifth place game

3 May 2003
13:00 		Canada  31–20  Dominican Republic
(14–9)

Third place game

3 May 2003
15:00 		Uruguay  21–14  United States
(12–5)

Final

4 May 2003
12:15 		Brazil  39–12  Argentina
Da Silva 10 (19–4) Sanguinetti 7

Final ranking

Qualified for the 2003 World Championship
Rank Team
 Brazil
 Argentina
 Uruguay
4  United States
5  Canada
6  Dominican Republic
7  Guatemala