# Handball at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's tournament

The women's handball tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada was held at the Exhibition Centre (in Hall B) from July 16 to 24.
For these Games, the women competed in an 8-team tournament. The teams were grouped into two pools of four teams each for a round-robin preliminary round. The top two teams in each group advanced to a single elimination bracket.
Brazil were the defending champions from the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, defeating Argentina, 33–15 in the final.
The winner of the tournament were to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, while the 2nd and the 3rd place (due to the continental rankings at the World Championship) qualified for the Olympic Qualification Tournament. As the host nation Brazil won, the runner up qualified instead, in accordance with the regulations.

## Qualification

A total of eight women's teams qualified to compete at the games. The top three teams at the South American and Central American and Caribbean Games qualified, along with the host nation Canada. The United States and Uruguay competed against one another in a home/away playoff for the last spot in the tournament. The fourth placed team in the Central American and Caribbean Games both declined to compete in the respective tournaments.

### Summary

| Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host Nation | — | — | 1 | Canada |
| 2014 South American Games | March 7–15 | Santiago | 3 | Brazil Argentina Chile |
| 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games | November 15–23 | Veracruz | 3 | Cuba Puerto Rico Mexico |
| Last chance qualification tournament | March 7/14, 2015 | Auburn Montevideo | 1 | Uruguay |
| Total | | | 8 | |

### Last chance qualification tournament

| March 07 | United States | 25 – 30 | Uruguay | Beard–Eaves–Memorial Coliseum, Auburn Attendance: 900 Referees: Perez, Guzman (PUR) |
| March 07 | Gascon, Darling 7 | (16–15) | Scarrone 8 | Beard–Eaves–Memorial Coliseum, Auburn Attendance: 900 Referees: Perez, Guzman (PUR) |
| March 07 | 3× 7× 1× | Report | 2× 3× | Beard–Eaves–Memorial Coliseum, Auburn Attendance: 900 Referees: Perez, Guzman (PUR) |
| March 14 | Uruguay | 24 – 22 | United States | Polideportivo, Montevideo Attendance: 1200 Referees: Minore, Marina (ARG) |
| March 14 | Barreiro 5 | (13–8) | Darling 7 | Polideportivo, Montevideo Attendance: 1200 Referees: Minore, Marina (ARG) |
| March 14 | 3× 5× | Report | 3× 7× 1× | Polideportivo, Montevideo Attendance: 1200 Referees: Minore, Marina (ARG) |

## Rosters

At the start of tournament, all eight participating countries had up to 15 players on their rosters.
* Argentina
* Brazil
* Canada
* Chile
* Cuba
* Mexico
* Puerto Rico
* Uruguay

## Draw

The draw for the competition took place on March 15, 2015 in Montevideo, Uruguay.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| Brazil  Argentina | Chile  Mexico | Puerto Rico  Uruguay | Canada  Cuba |

## Results

The official detailed schedule was revealed on April 26, 2015.
All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)

### Preliminary round
#### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 52 | +68 | 6 | Qualified for the Semifinals |
| Mexico | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 86 | −3 | 4 | Qualified for the Semifinals |
| Puerto Rico | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 72 | 98 | −26 | 1 | |
| Canada | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 55 | 94 | −39 | 1 | |
| July 16 11:30 | Brazil | 38–21 | Puerto Rico | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Paolantoni, Zanikian (ARG) |
| July 16 11:30 | Nascimento, Silva 7 | (15–10) | Ceballos 7 | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Paolantoni, Zanikian (ARG) |
| July 16 11:30 | 3× 2× | Report | 2× 5× | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Paolantoni, Zanikian (ARG) |
| July 16 13:30 | Mexico | 25–22 | Canada | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU) |
| July 16 13:30 | Aguirre, Saavedra 4 | (14–10) | Lochet 5 | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU) |
| July 16 13:30 | 3× 4× | Report | 2× 4× | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU) |
| July 18 11:30 | Canada | 12–48 | Brazil | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Zuñiga, Reyes (CUB) |
| July 18 11:30 | Routhier 6 | (5–26) | Nascimento 9 | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Zuñiga, Reyes (CUB) |
| July 18 11:30 | 2× 2× | Report | 2× 3× | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Zuñiga, Reyes (CUB) |
| July 18 13:30 | Puerto Rico | 30–39 | Mexico | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Minore, Marina (ARG) |
| July 18 13:30 | Cabrera, Ceballos 6 | (17–14) | Rocha 6 | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Minore, Marina (ARG) |
| July 18 13:30 | 3× 9× 1× | Report | 3× 3× | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Minore, Marina (ARG) |
| July 20 11:30 | Puerto Rico | 21–21 | Canada | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Paolantoni, Zanikian (ARG) |
| July 20 11:30 | Ceballos 7 | (10–7) | Perry 7 | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Paolantoni, Zanikian (ARG) |
| July 20 11:30 | 2× 3× | report | 2× 5× | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Paolantoni, Zanikian (ARG) |
| July 20 13:30 | Brazil | 34–19 | Mexico | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU) |
| July 20 13:30 | Nascimento 8 | (19–12) | Jaramillo 3 | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU) |
| July 20 13:30 | 3× 1× | Report | 3× 1× | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU) |

#### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 75 | 60 | +15 | 4 | Qualified for the Semifinals |
| Uruguay | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 80 | 74 | +6 | 4 | Qualified for the Semifinals |
| Cuba | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 83 | 0 | 4 | |
| Chile | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 69 | 90 | −21 | 0 | |
| July 16 18:30 | Argentina | 20–15 | Uruguay | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA) |
| July 16 18:30 | Mendoza 6 | (13–7) | Barreiro 9 | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA) |
| July 16 18:30 | 3× 2× | report | 3× 5× | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA) |
| July 16 20:30 | Chile | 25–28 | Cuba | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Guzman, Perez (PUR) |
| July 16 20:30 | Feuchtmann, Torres 5 | (11–14) | Lusson 10 | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Guzman, Perez (PUR) |
| July 16 20:30 | 2× 5× | report | 1× 7× 1× | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Guzman, Perez (PUR) |
| July 18 18:30 | Cuba | 27–25 | Argentina | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Martin Gjeding, Mads Hansen (DEN) |
| July 18 18:30 | Lusson 14 | (14–13) | Mendoza 9 | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Martin Gjeding, Mads Hansen (DEN) |
| July 18 18:30 | 1× 8× | Report | 3× 2× | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Martin Gjeding, Mads Hansen (DEN) |
| July 18 20:30 | Uruguay | 32–26 | Chile | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Ines Paolantoni, Florencia Zanikian (ARG) |
| July 18 20:30 | three players 5 | (15–10) | Flores 5 | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Ines Paolantoni, Florencia Zanikian (ARG) |
| July 18 20:30 | 3× 4× | Report | 2× 7× | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Ines Paolantoni, Florencia Zanikian (ARG) |
| July 20 18:30 | Uruguay | 33–28 | Cuba | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Minore, Marina (ARG) |
| July 20 18:30 | Barreiro 10 | (13–12) | Lusson 9 | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Minore, Marina (ARG) |
| July 20 18:30 | 4× 4× | report | 2× 5× | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Minore, Marina (ARG) |
| July 20 20:30 | Argentina | 30–18 | Chile | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Zuñiga, Reyes (CUB) |
| July 20 20:30 | Mendoza 6 | (15–10) | three players 3 | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Zuñiga, Reyes (CUB) |
| July 20 20:30 | 3× 1× | report | 4× 3× | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Zuñiga, Reyes (CUB) |

### Classification round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| July 22 — Toronto | July 22 — Toronto |
| Puerto Rico | 36 |
| Puerto Rico | 36 | July 24 — Toronto | July 24 — Toronto |
| Chile | 34 | July 24 — Toronto | July 24 — Toronto |
| Chile | 34 | Puerto Rico | 27 |
| July 22 — Toronto | July 22 — Toronto | | Puerto Rico | 27 |
| July 22 — Toronto | July 22 — Toronto | Cuba | 40 |
| Canada | 20 | Cuba | 40 |
| Cuba | 30 | | |
| Cuba | 30 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | July 24 — Toronto | July 24 — Toronto |
| | | Chile | 20 |
| | | Canada | 27 |

#### Semifinals

| July 22 11:00 | Puerto Rico | 36–34 | Chile | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Paoloantoni, Zanikian (ARG) |
| July 22 11:00 | Ceballos 11 | (21–18) | Feuchtmann 6 | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Paoloantoni, Zanikian (ARG) |
| July 22 11:00 | 2× | report | 2× 3× | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Paoloantoni, Zanikian (ARG) |
| July 22 18:00 | Canada | 20–30 | Cuba | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU) |
| July 22 18:00 | Routhier 5 | (7–18) | Lusson 9 | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU) |
| July 22 18:00 | 3× 2× | report | 4× 5× | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU) |

#### Seventh place match

| July 24 10:30 | Chile | 20–27 | Canada | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Paolantoni, Zanikian (ARG) |
| July 24 10:30 | Miño 5 | (10–14) | Lochet, Laplante 4 | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Paolantoni, Zanikian (ARG) |
| July 24 10:30 | 3× 3× | report | 2× 3× | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Paolantoni, Zanikian (ARG) |

#### Fifth place match

| July 24 13:00 | Puerto Rico | 27–40 | Cuba | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA) |
| July 24 13:00 | three players 5 | (14–20) | Reyes, Barrio 7 | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA) |
| July 24 13:00 | 2× 2× | report | 1× 6× | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA) |

### Medal round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| July 22 — Toronto | July 22 — Toronto |
| Brazil | 40 |
| Brazil | 40 | July 24 — Toronto | July 24 — Toronto |
| Uruguay | 22 | July 24 — Toronto | July 24 — Toronto |
| Uruguay | 22 | Brazil | 25 |
| July 22 — Toronto | July 22 — Toronto | | Brazil | 25 |
| July 22 — Toronto | July 22 — Toronto | Argentina | 20 |
| Mexico | 16 | Argentina | 20 |
| Argentina | 27 | | |
| Argentina | 27 | Third place | Third place |
| | | July 24 — Toronto | July 24 — Toronto |
| | | Uruguay | 29 |
| | | Mexico | 21 |

#### Semifinals

| July 22 13:30 | Brazil | 40–22 | Uruguay | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Guzman, Perez (PUR) |
| July 22 13:30 | Silva 8 | (18–11) | Scarrone 8 | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Guzman, Perez (PUR) |
| July 22 13:30 | 3× 5× | report | 3× 2× | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Guzman, Perez (PUR) |
| July 22 20:30 | Mexico | 16–27 | Argentina | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN) |
| July 22 20:30 | Jaramillo, Sifuentes 4 | (6–11) | Pizzo 7 | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN) |
| July 22 20:30 | 3× 3× | report | 3× 5× | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN) |

#### Bronze medal match

| July 24 17:30 | Uruguay | 29–21 | Mexico | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Zuñiga, Reyes (CUB) |
| July 24 17:30 | Barreiro 11 | (11–8) | Saavedra 7 | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Zuñiga, Reyes (CUB) |
| July 24 17:30 | 3× 2× | Report | 2× 6× | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Zuñiga, Reyes (CUB) |

#### Gold medal match

| July 24 20:00 | Brazil | 25–20 | Argentina | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU) |
| July 24 20:00 | Nascimento 6 | (12–12) | Mendoza, Karsten 5 | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU) |
| July 24 20:00 | 3× 5× | report | 3× 2× | Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU) |

## Final ranking

| Rank | Team |
| | Brazil |
| | Argentina |
| | Uruguay |
| 4 | Mexico |
| 5 | Cuba |
| 6 | Puerto Rico |
| 7 | Canada |
| 8 | Chile |
* Qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics
* Qualified for the Olympic Qualification Tournament
* 2015 Pan American Games winners
* Brazil 5th title