2012 Pan American Women's Junior Handball Championship

2012 Pan American Women's Junior Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Dominican Republic
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
DatesMarch 15–19
Teams8
Final positions
Champions Brazil
Runner-up Uruguay
Third place Argentina
Fourth place Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored1,099 (54.95 per match)
Top scorer(s) Carolina López (DOM)
Best player Deborah Nunes (BRA)
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The 2012 Pan American Women's Junior Handball Championship took place in Santo Domingo from March 15 to March 19. It acts as the Pan American qualifying tournament for the 2012 Women's Junior World Handball Championship.

Teams

Group A Group B

 Brazil
 Puerto Rico
 Uruguay
 Chile

 Argentina
 Dominican Republic
 Canada
 United States

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 3 3 0 0 117 51 +66 6
 Uruguay 3 2 0 1 112 65 +47 4
 Chile 3 1 0 2 63 95 -32 2
 Puerto Rico 3 0 0 3 53 134 -81 0
March 15
13:00 		Brazil  26 – 25  Uruguay Santo Domingo
(13–12)
March 15
20:00 		Puerto Rico  21 – 30  Chile Santo Domingo
(8–16)
March 16
13:00 		Chile  13 – 37  Brazil Santo Domingo
(8–16)
March 16
15:00 		Uruguay  50 – 19  Puerto Rico Santo Domingo
(20–11)
March 17
13:00 		Brazil  54 – 13  Puerto Rico Santo Domingo
(24–4)
March 17
15:00 		Uruguay  37 – 20  Chile Santo Domingo
(21–8)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Argentina 3 3 0 0 88 55 +33 6
 Canada 3 2 0 1 74 78 -4 4
 Dominican Republic 3 1 0 2 79 71 +8 2
 United States 3 0 0 3 42 79 -37 0
March 15
16:00 		Dominican Republic  30 – 11  United States Santo Domingo
(13–5)
March 15
18:00 		Argentina  34 – 19  Canada Santo Domingo
(16–6)
March 16
17:00 		United States  14 – 30  Argentina Santo Domingo
(5–12)
March 16
19:00 		Canada  36 – 27  Dominican Republic Santo Domingo
(18–13)
March 17
17:00 		Canada  19 – 17  United States Santo Domingo
(11–9)
March 17
19:00 		Argentina  24 – 22  Dominican Republic Santo Domingo
(14–8)

Placement 5th–8th

March 18
9:00 		Chile  33 – 24  United States Santo Domingo
(15–10)
March 18
11:00 		Dominican Republic  29 – 28  Puerto Rico Santo Domingo
(16–15)

7th/8th

March 19
9:00 		United States  26 – 29  Puerto Rico Santo Domingo
(14–20)

5th/6th

March 19
11:00 		Chile  33 – 35 OT  Dominican Republic Santo Domingo
(11–9, 23–23, 30–30)

Final round

 
SemifinalFinal
 
      
 
March 18 – Santo Domingo
 
 
 Brazil42
 
March 19 – Santo Domingo
 
 Canada16
 
 Brazil37
 
March 18 – Santo Domingo
 
 Uruguay33
 
 Uruguay29
 
 
 Argentina26
 
Third place
 
 
March 19 – Santo Domingo
 
 
 Canada21
 
 
 Argentina30

Semifinals

March 18
16:00 		Brazil  42 – 16  Canada Santo Domingo
(21–10)
March 18
18:00 		Argentina  26 – 29  Uruguay Santo Domingo
(13–10)

Bronze medal match

March 19
16:00 		Canada  21 – 30  Argentina Santo Domingo
(10–18)

Gold medal match

March 19
18:00 		Brazil  37 – 33  Uruguay Santo Domingo
(19–16)

Final standing

Rank Team
 Brazil
 Uruguay
 Argentina
4  Canada
5  Dominican Republic
6  Chile
7  Puerto Rico
8  United States
Team advanced to the 2012 Women's Junior World Handball Championship