# 2017 Nor.Ca. Women's Handball Championship

The 2017 Nor.Ca. Women's Handball Championship was the second edition of the Nor.Ca. Women's Handball Championship. The tournament took place in Río Grande, Puerto Rico from 30 March to 3 April. It acts as the North American and Caribbean qualifying tournament for the 2017 Pan American Women's Handball Championship.

## Participating teams

* Dominican Republic
* Greenland
* Puerto Rico
* United States

## Preliminary round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 62 | 17 | 6 |
| 2 | Puerto Rico | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 81 | 78 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Dominican Republic | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 61 | 71 | −10 | 3 |
| 4 | Greenland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 72 | 82 | −10 | 0 |
All times are local (UTC−04:00).
| 30 March 2017 17:30 | Greenland | 22–25 | Dominican Republic | Cancha Néstor Milete, Rio Grande |
| 30 March 2017 17:30 | Andreassen 5 | (11–12) | Lopéz 7 | Cancha Néstor Milete, Rio Grande |
| 30 March 2017 17:30 | 3× 5× 1× | Report | 3× 6× | Cancha Néstor Milete, Rio Grande |
| 30 March 2017 20:00 | Puerto Rico | 26–28 | United States | Cancha Néstor Milete, Rio Grande |
| 30 March 2017 20:00 | Ceballos 7 | (17–11) | Darling 7 | Cancha Néstor Milete, Rio Grande |
| 30 March 2017 20:00 | 2× 4× | Report | 2× 1× | Cancha Néstor Milete, Rio Grande |
| 31 March 2017 17:30 | United States | 25–23 | Greenland | Cancha Néstor Milete, Rio Grande Attendance: 200 |
| 31 March 2017 17:30 | Darling 7 | (14–10) | Lyberth 7 | Cancha Néstor Milete, Rio Grande Attendance: 200 |
| 31 March 2017 17:30 | 1× 2× | Report | 1× 2× | Cancha Néstor Milete, Rio Grande Attendance: 200 |
| 31 March 2017 19:30 | Dominican Republic | 23–23 | Puerto Rico | Cancha Néstor Milete, Rio Grande Attendance: 500 |
| 31 March 2017 19:30 | López 6 | (10–11) | García 9 | Cancha Néstor Milete, Rio Grande Attendance: 500 |
| 31 March 2017 19:30 | 2× 5× | Report | 2× 2× | Cancha Néstor Milete, Rio Grande Attendance: 500 |
| 1 April 2017 17:30 | United States | 26–13 | Dominican Republic | Cancha Néstor Milete, Rio Grande Attendance: 100 |
| 1 April 2017 17:30 | Butler 7 | (13–5) | López, Lorenzo 4 | Cancha Néstor Milete, Rio Grande Attendance: 100 |
| 1 April 2017 17:30 | 3× 2× | Report | 2× 3× | Cancha Néstor Milete, Rio Grande Attendance: 100 |
| 1 April 2017 19:30 | Puerto Rico | 32–27 | Greenland | Cancha Néstor Milete, Rio Grande Attendance: 500 |
| 1 April 2017 19:30 | García 8 | (16–12) | Salso 6 | Cancha Néstor Milete, Rio Grande Attendance: 500 |
| 1 April 2017 19:30 | 3× 2× | Report | 2× 1× 1× | Cancha Néstor Milete, Rio Grande Attendance: 500 |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 2 April | 2 April |
| United States | 20 |
| United States | 20 | 3 April | 3 April |
| Greenland | 18 | 3 April | 3 April |
| Greenland | 18 | United States | 27 |
| 2 April | 2 April | | United States | 27 |
| 2 April | 2 April | Puerto Rico | 28 |
| Puerto Rico | 32 | Puerto Rico | 28 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | | |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 3 April | 3 April |
| | | Greenland | 27 |
| | | Dominican Republic | 32 |

### Semifinals

| 2 April 2017 17:30 | United States | 20–18 | Greenland | Cancha Néstor Milete, Rio Grande Attendance: 200 |
| 2 April 2017 17:30 | Lombard 4 | (10–9) | Rasmussen 4 | Cancha Néstor Milete, Rio Grande Attendance: 200 |
| 2 April 2017 17:30 | 1× 3× | Report | 3× 3× 1× | Cancha Néstor Milete, Rio Grande Attendance: 200 |
| 2 April 2017 19:30 | Puerto Rico | 32–23 | Dominican Republic | Cancha Néstor Milete, Rio Grande Attendance: 600 |
| 2 April 2017 19:30 | Fuentes 9 | (16–8) | Hernández 7 | Cancha Néstor Milete, Rio Grande Attendance: 600 |
| 2 April 2017 19:30 | 2× 2× | Report | 3× 6× | Cancha Néstor Milete, Rio Grande Attendance: 600 |

### Third place game

| 3 April 2017 17:30 | Greenland | 27–32 | Dominican Republic | Cancha Néstor Milete, Rio Grande Attendance: 250 |
| 3 April 2017 17:30 | Frank 6 | (11–13) | Hernández 8 | Cancha Néstor Milete, Rio Grande Attendance: 250 |
| 3 April 2017 17:30 | 1× 3× | Report | 1× 5× | Cancha Néstor Milete, Rio Grande Attendance: 250 |

### Final

| 3 April 2017 19:30 | United States | 27–28 | Puerto Rico | Cancha Néstor Milete, Rio Grande Attendance: 800 |
| 3 April 2017 19:30 | Darling 7 | (14–16) | Ceballos 6 | Cancha Néstor Milete, Rio Grande Attendance: 800 |
| 3 April 2017 19:30 | 2× 3× 1× | Report | 2× 1× 1× | Cancha Néstor Milete, Rio Grande Attendance: 800 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Puerto Rico |
| | United States |
| | Dominican Republic |
| 4 | Greenland |
* Team qualified to the 2017 Pan American Women's Handball Championship

## Awards
### All-star team

* Goalkeeper: Sophie Fasold
* Right Wing: Yojaver Brito
* Right Back: Johanna Pimentel
* Center Back: Nathalys Ceballos
* Left Back: Lykke Hensen
* Left Wing: Zuleika Fuentes
* Pivot: Ciris García