# 2013 Pan American Women's Handball Championship

The 2013 Pan American Women's Handball Championship was the twelfth edition of the Pan American Women's Handball Championship, which took place in the Dominican Republic from 1 to 8 June 2013. It acted as the American qualifying tournament for the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship to be held in Serbia from December 7 to 22. It was organized by the Pan-American Team Handball Federation. This was the second time that this tournament was held in the Dominican Republic after the 2007 Pan American Women's Handball Championship.

## Teams

| Group A | Group B |
| Brazil  Dominican Republic  Mexico  United States  Costa Rica | Argentina  Uruguay  Venezuela  Canada  Paraguay |

## Preliminary round

All times local (UTC−4).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Brazil | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 188 | 57 | +131 | 8 |
| 2 | Dominican Republic (H) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 115 | 89 | +26 | 6 |
| 3 | Mexico | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 109 | 114 | −5 | 4 |
| 4 | United States | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 74 | 114 | −40 | 2 |
| 5 | Costa Rica | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 51 | 163 | −112 | 0 |
| 1 June 2013 13:00 | Mexico | 35–16 | Costa Rica | Santo Domingo Referees: Lenci, Grillo (ARG) |
| 1 June 2013 13:00 | Sifuentes 5 | (18–7) | Blanco 5 | Santo Domingo Referees: Lenci, Grillo (ARG) |
| 1 June 2013 13:00 | 2× 3× | Report | | Santo Domingo Referees: Lenci, Grillo (ARG) |
| 1 June 2013 15:00 | Brazil | 44–10 | United States | Santo Domingo Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA) |
| 1 June 2013 15:00 | da Silva 10 | (21–3) | Hesser, Lewis 3 | Santo Domingo Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA) |
| 1 June 2013 15:00 | 3× 2× | Report | 2× 1× | Santo Domingo Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA) |
| 2 June 2013 15:15 | United States | 11–27 | Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo Referees: Marina, Minora (ARG) |
| 2 June 2013 15:15 | Hesser, Darling 2 | (6–16) | Pop 7 | Santo Domingo Referees: Marina, Minora (ARG) |
| 2 June 2013 15:15 | 3× 3× | Report | 3× | Santo Domingo Referees: Marina, Minora (ARG) |
| 2 June 2013 19:00 | Costa Rica | 7–59 | Brazil | Santo Domingo Referees: Pérez, Guzmán (PUR) |
| 2 June 2013 19:00 | Fallas 3 | (2–31) | da Silva 14 | Santo Domingo Referees: Pérez, Guzmán (PUR) |
| 2 June 2013 19:00 | 3× 5× | Report | 3× 2× | Santo Domingo Referees: Pérez, Guzmán (PUR) |
| 3 June 2013 17:00 | Dominican Republic | 27–26 | Mexico | Santo Domingo Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG) |
| 3 June 2013 17:00 | Peña 7 | (11–11) | Saavedra 6 | Santo Domingo Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG) |
| 3 June 2013 17:00 | 2× 5× | Report | 2× 1× | Santo Domingo Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG) |
| 3 June 2013 19:00 | United States | 30–13 | Costa Rica | Santo Domingo Referees: González, Prieto (URU) |
| 3 June 2013 19:00 | Hesser 9 | (14–7) | Fallas 3 | Santo Domingo Referees: González, Prieto (URU) |
| 3 June 2013 19:00 | 2× 5× | Report | 3× 4× | Santo Domingo Referees: González, Prieto (URU) |
| 4 June 2013 17:00 | Costa Rica | 15–39 | Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo Referees: Pérez, Guzmán (PUR) |
| 4 June 2013 17:00 | Camacho 4 | (7–19) | Peña 7 | Santo Domingo Referees: Pérez, Guzmán (PUR) |
| 4 June 2013 17:00 | 3× 6× 1× | Report | 1× 1× | Santo Domingo Referees: Pérez, Guzmán (PUR) |
| 4 June 2013 19:00 | Mexico | 18–48 | Brazil | Santo Domingo Referees: Lenci, Grillo (ARG) |
| 4 June 2013 19:00 | Navarro 4 | (11–24) | da Silva 10 | Santo Domingo Referees: Lenci, Grillo (ARG) |
| 4 June 2013 19:00 | 2× 2× | Report | 3× 1× | Santo Domingo Referees: Lenci, Grillo (ARG) |
| 5 June 2013 15:00 | Mexico | 30–23 | United States | Santo Domingo Referees: González, Prieto (URU) |
| 5 June 2013 15:00 | Saavedra 6 | (15–13) | Hesser 6 | Santo Domingo Referees: González, Prieto (URU) |
| 5 June 2013 15:00 | 3× 5× | Report | 3× 6× | Santo Domingo Referees: González, Prieto (URU) |
| 5 June 2013 17:00 | Brazil | 37–22 | Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA) |
| 5 June 2013 17:00 | Rocha, Rodrigues 7 | (21–13) | Pop 5 | Santo Domingo Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA) |
| 5 June 2013 17:00 | 3× 4× | Report | 3× 3× | Santo Domingo Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA) |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Argentina | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 136 | 63 | +73 | 8 |
| 2 | Paraguay | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 97 | 108 | −11 | 6 |
| 3 | Uruguay | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 109 | 112 | −3 | 4 |
| 4 | Venezuela | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 125 | 136 | −11 | 2 |
| 5 | Canada | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 89 | 127 | −38 | 0 |
| 1 June 2013 15:00 | Argentina | 37–14 | Canada | Santo Domingo Referees: Pérez, Guzmán (PUR) |
| 1 June 2013 15:00 | Decilio 6 | (17–6) | Barette 4 | Santo Domingo Referees: Pérez, Guzmán (PUR) |
| 1 June 2013 15:00 | 3× 3× | Report | 2× 3× | Santo Domingo Referees: Pérez, Guzmán (PUR) |
| 1 June 2013 19:00 | Venezuela | 30–35 | Paraguay | Santo Domingo Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA) |
| 1 June 2013 19:00 | Barinas 9 | (13–19) | F. Aluan 14 | Santo Domingo Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA) |
| 1 June 2013 19:00 | 3× 6× | Report | 3× 5× | Santo Domingo Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA) |
| 2 June 2013 12:30 | Canada | 25–31 | Uruguay | Santo Domingo |
| 2 June 2013 12:30 | | (12–14) | | Santo Domingo |
| 2 June 2013 12:30 | | Report | | Santo Domingo |
| 2 June 2013 17:00 | Paraguay | 10–32 | Argentina | Santo Domingo Referees: González, Prieto (URU) |
| 2 June 2013 17:00 | Acuña 7 | (5–18) | Decilio 6 | Santo Domingo Referees: González, Prieto (URU) |
| 2 June 2013 17:00 | 3× | Report | 3× 1× | Santo Domingo Referees: González, Prieto (URU) |
| 3 June 2013 13:00 | Canada | 23–28 | Paraguay | Santo Domingo Referees: Pérez, Gusmán (PUR) |
| 3 June 2013 13:00 | Barette 4 | (13–16) | F. Aluan 8 | Santo Domingo Referees: Pérez, Gusmán (PUR) |
| 3 June 2013 13:00 | 3× 1× | Report | 3× 2× | Santo Domingo Referees: Pérez, Gusmán (PUR) |
| 3 June 2013 15:00 | Uruguay | 36–34 | Venezuela | Santo Domingo Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA) |
| 3 June 2013 15:00 | N. Scarrone 11 | (19–15) | Barinas 12 | Santo Domingo Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA) |
| 3 June 2013 15:00 | 3× 7× | Report | 2× 6× | Santo Domingo Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA) |
| 4 June 2013 13:00 | Paraguay | 24–23 | Uruguay | Santo Domingo Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA) |
| 4 June 2013 13:00 | C. Aluan 10 | (11–13) | Fynn 6 | Santo Domingo Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA) |
| 4 June 2013 13:00 | 3× 4× | Report | 3× 2× | Santo Domingo Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA) |
| 4 June 2013 15:00 | Venezuela | 20–38 | Argentina | Santo Domingo Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA) |
| 4 June 2013 15:00 | Barinas 6 | (9–17) | Decilio 8 | Santo Domingo Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA) |
| 4 June 2013 15:00 | 2× 7× | Report | 2× 6× | Santo Domingo Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA) |
| 5 June 2013 13:00 | Venezuela | 31–27 | Canada | Santo Domingo |
| 5 June 2013 13:00 | | Report | | Santo Domingo |
| 5 June 2013 19:00 | Argentina | 29–19 | Uruguay | Santo Domingo Referees: Pérez, Guzmán (PUR) |
| 5 June 2013 19:00 | Mendoza 6 | (16–6) | Faedo 5 | Santo Domingo Referees: Pérez, Guzmán (PUR) |
| 5 June 2013 19:00 | 2× 5× | Report | 3× 2× | Santo Domingo Referees: Pérez, Guzmán (PUR) |

## Knockout stage
### Ninth place game

| 7 June 2013 09:00 | Costa Rica | 13–34 | Canada | Santo Domingo Referees: González, Prieto (URU) |
| 7 June 2013 09:00 | Blanco 5 | (6–17) | Laplante 8 | Santo Domingo Referees: González, Prieto (URU) |
| 7 June 2013 09:00 | 3× 5× | Report | 2× 4× | Santo Domingo Referees: González, Prieto (URU) |

### 5–8th place bracket

| 5–8th Semifinals | 5–8th Semifinals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 7 June – Santo Domingo | 7 June – Santo Domingo |
| Mexico | 32 |
| Mexico | 32 | 8 June – Santo Domingo | 8 June – Santo Domingo |
| Venezuela | 25 | 8 June – Santo Domingo | 8 June – Santo Domingo |
| Venezuela | 25 | Mexico | 24 |
| 7 June – Santo Domingo | 7 June – Santo Domingo | | Mexico | 24 |
| 7 June – Santo Domingo | 7 June – Santo Domingo | Uruguay | 27 |
| United States | 17 | Uruguay | 27 |
| Uruguay | 30 | | |
| Uruguay | 30 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 8 June – Santo Domingo | 8 June – Santo Domingo |
| | | Venezuela | 36 |
| | | United States | 29 |

#### 5–8th place Semifinals

| 7 June 2013 11:00 | Mexico | 32–25 | Venezuela | Santo Domingo Referees: Pérez, Guzmán (PUR) |
| 7 June 2013 11:00 | Saavedra 8 | (11–13) | Barinas 7 | Santo Domingo Referees: Pérez, Guzmán (PUR) |
| 7 June 2013 11:00 | 3× 1× | Report | 3× 5× | Santo Domingo Referees: Pérez, Guzmán (PUR) |
| 7 June 2013 13:00 | Uruguay | 30–17 | United States | Santo Domingo Referees: Marina, Minora (ARG) |
| 7 June 2013 13:00 | three players 4 | (14–12) | Hesser 5 | Santo Domingo Referees: Marina, Minora (ARG) |
| 7 June 2013 13:00 | 1× 1× | Report | 1× 2× | Santo Domingo Referees: Marina, Minora (ARG) |

#### Seventh place game

| 8 June 2013 12:00 | Venezuela | 36–29 | United States | Santo Domingo Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA) |
| 8 June 2013 12:00 | three players 7 | (18–17) | Barinas 11 | Santo Domingo Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA) |
| 8 June 2013 12:00 | 4× 1× | Report | 3× 4× | Santo Domingo Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA) |

#### Fifth place game

| 8 June 2013 14:00 | Mexico | 24–27 | Uruguay | Santo Domingo Referees: Lenci, Grillo (ARG) |
| 8 June 2013 14:00 | Iglesias 6 | (14–15) | Fynn 6 | Santo Domingo Referees: Lenci, Grillo (ARG) |
| 8 June 2013 14:00 | 3× 3× | Report | 3× 5× 1× | Santo Domingo Referees: Lenci, Grillo (ARG) |

### Final round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 7 June – Santo Domingo | 7 June – Santo Domingo |
| Brazil | 43 |
| Brazil | 43 | 8 June – Santo Domingo | 8 June – Santo Domingo |
| Paraguay | 17 | 8 June – Santo Domingo | 8 June – Santo Domingo |
| Paraguay | 17 | Brazil | 38 |
| 7 June – Santo Domingo | 7 June – Santo Domingo | | Brazil | 38 |
| 7 June – Santo Domingo | 7 June – Santo Domingo | Argentina | 15 |
| Dominican Republic | 17 | Argentina | 15 |
| Argentina | 27 | | |
| Argentina | 27 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 8 June – Santo Domingo | 8 June – Santo Domingo |
| | | Paraguay | 19 |
| | | Dominican Republic | 28 |

#### Semifinals

| 7 June 2013 15:00 | Brazil | 43–17 | Paraguay | Santo Domingo Referees: Lenci, Grillo (ARG) |
| 7 June 2013 15:00 | da Silva 10 | (23–8) | three players 3 | Santo Domingo Referees: Lenci, Grillo (ARG) |
| 7 June 2013 15:00 | 3× 1× | Report | 3× | Santo Domingo Referees: Lenci, Grillo (ARG) |
| 7 June 2013 17:00 | Argentina | 27–17 | Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA) |
| 7 June 2013 17:00 | Mendoza 7 | (15–10) | Pop 6 | Santo Domingo Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA) |
| 7 June 2013 17:00 | 3× 4× | Report | 4× 2× 1× | Santo Domingo Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA) |

#### Third place game

| 8 June 2013 16:00 | Paraguay | 19–28 | Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo |
| 8 June 2013 16:00 | | Report | | Santo Domingo |

#### Final

| 8 June 2013 18:00 | Brazil | 38–15 | Argentina | Santo Domingo Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA) |
| 8 June 2013 18:00 | do Nascimento 9 | (19–8) | Elke 5 | Santo Domingo Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA) |
| 8 June 2013 18:00 | 2× 3× | Report | 2× 3× | Santo Domingo Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA) |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Brazil |
| | Argentina |
| | Dominican Republic |
| 4 | Paraguay |
| 5 | Uruguay |
| 6 | Mexico |
| 7 | Venezuela |
| 8 | United States |
| 9 | Canada |
| 10 | Costa Rica |
* Team advanced to the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship

## Awards

* Best player Alexandra do Nascimento

### All-star team

* Goalkeeper Mayssa Pessoa
* Left Wing Nancy Peña
* Left Back Irina Pop
* Playmaker Ana Paula Rodrigues
* Right Back Luciana Mendoza
* Right Wing Alexandra do Nascimento
* Pivot Magdalena Decilio