Handball at the 2023 Pan American Games

Handball at the 2023 Pan American Games
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VenueGimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar
Start dateOctober 24, 2023 (2023-10-24)
End dateNovember 4, 2023 (2023-11-04)
No. of events2 (1 men, 1 women)
Competitors224 from 11 nations
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Handball competitions at the 2023 Pan American Games are scheduled to be held from October 24 to November 4, 2023. The venue for the competition is the Gimnasio Polideportivo located in Viña del Mar.

A total of eight men's and eight women's teams (each consisting up to 14 athletes) will compete in each tournament. This means a total of 224 athletes are scheduled to compete.[1]

The winner of each competition will qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[2]

Qualification

Eight men's teams and eight women's teams will qualify to compete at the games in each tournament. The host nation (Chile) received automatic qualification in both tournaments, along with seven other teams.[1]

Summary

Nation Men's Women's Athletes
 Argentina Yes Yes 28
 Brazil Yes Yes 28
 Canada Yes 14
 Chile Yes Yes 28
 Cuba Yes Yes 28
 Dominican Republic Yes 14
 Mexico Yes 14
 Paraguay Yes 14
 Puerto Rico Yes 14
 United States Yes 14
 Uruguay Yes Yes 28
Total: 11 NOCs 8 8 224

Men

Event Dates Location Quota(s) Qualified
Host Nation — — 1  Chile
2021 Junior Pan American Games 29 November – 4 December 2021 Colombia Cali 1  Brazil
2022 South American Games 11–15 October 2022 Paraguay Asuncion 2  Argentina[3]
 Uruguay
USA–CAN Qualifying Round[4] 9 & 11 March 2023 United States Colorado Springs 1  United States
2023 Central American and Caribbean Games 2–7 July 2023 El Salvador San Salvador 2  Cuba
 Dominican Republic
Last chance qualification tournament 3–5 August 2023 Paraguay Luque 1  Mexico
Total 8

Women

Event Dates Location Quota(s) Qualified
Host Nation — — 1  Chile
2021 Junior Pan American Games 23–28 November 2021 Colombia Cali 1  Argentina
2022 South American Games 6–10 October 2022 Paraguay Asuncion 2  Brazil[5][6]
 Paraguay
USA–CAN Qualifying Round[7] 10 & 13 November 2022 United States Lansing
Canada Montreal 		1  Canada
2023 Central American and Caribbean Games 24–29 June 2023 El Salvador San Salvador 2  Cuba
 Puerto Rico
Last chance qualification tournament 25–27 August 2023 Dominican Republic Santo Domingo 1  Uruguay
Total 8

Participating nations

The following countries qualified handball teams. The numbers of participants qualified are in parentheses.

Medal summary

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament
details 		 Argentina
Mariano Cánepa
Leonel Maciel
Juan Bar
Santiago Baronetto
Nicolás Bonanno
Federico Fernández
Nicolas Bono
Pedro Martínez
Gaston Mouriño
Federico Pizarro
Ignacio Pizarro
Diego Simonet
Pablo Simonet
Pablo Vainstein
James Parker 		 Brazil
João Silva
Thiagus Petrus
Leonardo Abrahão
José Toledo
Rogério Moraes
Rangel da Rosa
Matheus da Silva
Leonardo Dutra
Haniel Langaro
Leonardo Terçariol
Rudolph Hackbarth
Hugo Monte
Gustavo Rodrigues
Jean-Pierre Dupoux [fr] 		 Chile
Sebastián Ceballos
Emil Feuchtmann
Erwin Feuchtmann
Esteban Salinas
Felipe García
Benjamin Illesca
Vicente González
Rodrigo Salinas
Matias Paya
Daniel Ayala
Danilo Salgado
Cristián Moll Ramírez
Aaron Codina
Francisco Ahumada
Women's tournament
details 		 Brazil
Gabriela Moreschi
Bruna de Paula
Mariane Fernándes
Tamires Araújo
Ana Paula Rodrigues
Larissa Araújo
Adriana Cardoso
Giulia Guarieiro
Francielle da Rocha
Marcela Arounian
Jhennifer dos Santos
Patricia Matieli
Renata Arruda
Mariana Costa 		 Argentina
Marisol Carratú
Sofia Rivadeneira
Manuela Pizzo
Ayelén García
Rocio Campigli
Luciana Mendoza
Fatima Rosalez
Giuliana Gavilán
Malena Cavo
Macarena Gandulfo
Elke Karsten
Carolina Bono
Micaela Casasola
Lucia Dalle Crode 		 Paraguay
Fátima Acuña
Ada Misknisch
Fernanda Insfrán
Kamila Rolon
Karina dos Santos
Kiara Vergara
Camila Feschenko
Delyne Leiva
Fátima Ocampos
María Paula Fernández
Belinda Bobadilla
Maggie Lugo
Maria Espinoza
Jazmín Mendoza

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 11 April 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Paris 2024 International Handball Federation (IHF)" (PDF). www.olympics.com/. International Handball Federation (IHF). 1 April 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Los Gladiadores vencieron a Chile y se quedaron con la medalla de oro en Handball" [The Gladiators defeated Chile and won the gold medal in Handball]. www.telam.com.ar/ (in Spanish). Télam. 15 October 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  4. ^ "2023 PANAM Games Qualification (North America – Men)". NACHC. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Brasil bate a Argentina e conquista ouro no handebol feminino pelos Jogos Sul-Americanos de Assunção" [Brazil beats Argentina and wins gold in women's handball in Assuncion South American Games]. www.gazetaesportiva.com/ (in Portuguese). Gazeta Esportiva. 10 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Brasil vence a Argentina com facilidade e garante medalha de ouro no handebol feminino em Assunção" [Brazil beats Argentina easily and secures gold medal in women's handball in Asunción]. www.cob.org.br/ (in Portuguese). Brazilian Olympic Committee. 10 October 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  7. ^ "PANAM Games Qualification (North America – Women)". NACHC. 10 November 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2022.