# 2021 South and Central American Women's Handball Championship

‌The 2021 South and Central American Women's Handball Championship was the second edition of the championship and held from 5 to 9 October 2021 at Asunción, Paraguay under the aegis of South and Central America Handball Confederation. It was the first time in history that the championship is organised by the Paraguay Handball Confederation. It also acted as the qualification tournament for the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship, with the top three teams qualifying.
Brazil won the tournament for the second time after a finals win over Argentina.

## Qualified teams

| Competition | Dates | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host nation | | 1 | Paraguay |
| Invited nations who confirmed presence | | 5 | Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Uruguay |
| 2021 Central American Women's Handball Championship | 5–7 August 2021 | 1 | Nicaragua |
* Because Nicaragua was not able to found enough money for the trip, they were replaced by Chile.

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| | Brazil | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 158 | 79 | +79 | 10 | 2021 World Championship |
| | Argentina | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 167 | 78 | +89 | 8 | 2021 World Championship |
| | Paraguay (H) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 152 | 128 | +24 | 5 | 2021 World Championship |
| 4 | Uruguay | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 145 | 127 | +18 | 4 | |
| 5 | Chile | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 149 | 125 | +24 | 3 | |
| 6 | Bolivia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 36 | 270 | −234 | 0 | |

## Results

All times are local (UTC−3).
| 5 October 2021 16:00 | Brazil | 39–22 | Chile | Estadio Comite Olimpico Paraguayo, Asunción Referees: Estrada, Pineda (COL) |
| 5 October 2021 16:00 | Quintino 11 | (18–9) | Lovera 5 | Estadio Comite Olimpico Paraguayo, Asunción Referees: Estrada, Pineda (COL) |
| 5 October 2021 16:00 | 1× 4× | Report | 5× | Estadio Comite Olimpico Paraguayo, Asunción Referees: Estrada, Pineda (COL) |
| 5 October 2021 18:00 | Argentina | 57–2 | Bolivia | Estadio Comite Olimpico Paraguayo, Asunción Referees: Osaldo, Cobá (MEX) |
| 5 October 2021 18:00 | Urban 13 | (32–1) | Anze, Pol 1 | Estadio Comite Olimpico Paraguayo, Asunción Referees: Osaldo, Cobá (MEX) |
| 5 October 2021 18:00 | 1× | Report | 5× | Estadio Comite Olimpico Paraguayo, Asunción Referees: Osaldo, Cobá (MEX) |
| 5 October 2021 20:00 | Paraguay | 25–25 | Uruguay | Estadio Comite Olimpico Paraguayo, Asunción Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Correa, Conberse (ARG) |
| 5 October 2021 20:00 | Acuña 7 | (11–10) | Pessina 4 | Estadio Comite Olimpico Paraguayo, Asunción Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Correa, Conberse (ARG) |
| 5 October 2021 20:00 | 1× 3× | Report | 6× | Estadio Comite Olimpico Paraguayo, Asunción Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Correa, Conberse (ARG) |
| 6 October 2021 16:00 | Bolivia | 9–71 | Paraguay | Estadio Comite Olimpico Paraguayo, Asunción Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU) |
| 6 October 2021 16:00 | Castillo 4 | (3–34) | Fleitas 19 | Estadio Comite Olimpico Paraguayo, Asunción Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU) |
| 6 October 2021 16:00 | 2× | Report | 2× 2× | Estadio Comite Olimpico Paraguayo, Asunción Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU) |
| 6 October 2021 18:00 | Uruguay | 18–36 | Brazil | Estadio Comite Olimpico Paraguayo, Asunción Referees: Pineda, Estrada (COL) |
| 6 October 2021 18:00 | Bianco 5 | (7–15) | Belo 7 | Estadio Comite Olimpico Paraguayo, Asunción Referees: Pineda, Estrada (COL) |
| 6 October 2021 18:00 | 1× 3× 1× | Report | 4× | Estadio Comite Olimpico Paraguayo, Asunción Referees: Pineda, Estrada (COL) |
| 6 October 2021 20:00 | Chile | 17–26 | Argentina | Estadio Comite Olimpico Paraguayo, Asunción Attendance: 160 Referees: Correa, Correa (BRA) |
| 6 October 2021 20:00 | Lovera 3 | (4–13) | Dalle Crode 4 | Estadio Comite Olimpico Paraguayo, Asunción Attendance: 160 Referees: Correa, Correa (BRA) |
| 6 October 2021 20:00 | 1× 3× | Report | 1× 5× | Estadio Comite Olimpico Paraguayo, Asunción Attendance: 160 Referees: Correa, Correa (BRA) |
| 7 October 2021 16:00 | Brazil | 10–0 | Bolivia | Estadio Comite Olimpico Paraguayo, Asunción Referees: Osaldo, Cobá (MEX) |
| 7 October 2021 16:00 | | Report | | Estadio Comite Olimpico Paraguayo, Asunción Referees: Osaldo, Cobá (MEX) |
| 7 October 2021 18:00 | Chile | 21–21 | Uruguay | Estadio Comite Olimpico Paraguayo, Asunción Attendance: 100 Referees: Correa, Conberse (ARG) |
| 7 October 2021 18:00 | Lovera 8 | (9–7) | Fynn 5 | Estadio Comite Olimpico Paraguayo, Asunción Attendance: 100 Referees: Correa, Conberse (ARG) |
| 7 October 2021 18:00 | 3× | Report | 6× | Estadio Comite Olimpico Paraguayo, Asunción Attendance: 100 Referees: Correa, Conberse (ARG) |
| 7 October 2021 20:00 | Argentina | 29–13 | Paraguay | Estadio Comite Olimpico Paraguayo, Asunción Attendance: 400 Referees: Araújo, Perdomo (URU) |
| 7 October 2021 20:00 | Karsten 7 | (14–5) | Acuña 6 | Estadio Comite Olimpico Paraguayo, Asunción Attendance: 400 Referees: Araújo, Perdomo (URU) |
| 7 October 2021 20:00 | 2× | Report | 5× 1× | Estadio Comite Olimpico Paraguayo, Asunción Attendance: 400 Referees: Araújo, Perdomo (URU) |
| 8 October 2021 16:00 | Bolivia | 13–66 | Chile | Estadio Comite Olimpico Paraguayo, Asunción Attendance: 50 Referees: Estrada, Pineda (COL) |
| 8 October 2021 16:00 | Castillo 6 | (4–27) | Lovera 14 | Estadio Comite Olimpico Paraguayo, Asunción Attendance: 50 Referees: Estrada, Pineda (COL) |
| 8 October 2021 16:00 | 3× | Report | 1× 1× | Estadio Comite Olimpico Paraguayo, Asunción Attendance: 50 Referees: Estrada, Pineda (COL) |
| 8 October 2021 18:00 | Argentina | 33–15 | Uruguay | Estadio Comite Olimpico Paraguayo, Asunción Attendance: 180 Referees: Correa, Correa (BRA) |
| 8 October 2021 18:00 | Karsten 9 | (14–11) | Grosso 5 | Estadio Comite Olimpico Paraguayo, Asunción Attendance: 180 Referees: Correa, Correa (BRA) |
| 8 October 2021 18:00 | 2× | Report | 6× | Estadio Comite Olimpico Paraguayo, Asunción Attendance: 180 Referees: Correa, Correa (BRA) |
| 8 October 2021 20:00 | Paraguay | 17–42 | Brazil | Estadio Comite Olimpico Paraguayo, Asunción Attendance: 350 Referees: Araújo, Perdomo (URU) |
| 8 October 2021 20:00 | Fernández 4 | (5–22) | De Castro 6 | Estadio Comite Olimpico Paraguayo, Asunción Attendance: 350 Referees: Araújo, Perdomo (URU) |
| 8 October 2021 20:00 | 2× | Report | 1× 1× 1× | Estadio Comite Olimpico Paraguayo, Asunción Attendance: 350 Referees: Araújo, Perdomo (URU) |
| 9 October 2021 16:00 | Uruguay | 66–12 | Bolivia | Estadio Comite Olimpico Paraguayo, Asunción Attendance: 250 Referees: Cobá, Osaldo (MEX) |
| 9 October 2021 16:00 | Eastman, Tournier 13 | (29–6) | Pol 4 | Estadio Comite Olimpico Paraguayo, Asunción Attendance: 250 Referees: Cobá, Osaldo (MEX) |
| 9 October 2021 16:00 | 1× | Report | 3× | Estadio Comite Olimpico Paraguayo, Asunción Attendance: 250 Referees: Cobá, Osaldo (MEX) |
| 9 October 2021 18:00 | Paraguay | 26–23 | Chile | Estadio Comite Olimpico Paraguayo, Asunción Referees: Correa, Conberse (ARG) |
| 9 October 2021 18:00 | Mendoza 7 | (14–13) | Lovera 8 | Estadio Comite Olimpico Paraguayo, Asunción Referees: Correa, Conberse (ARG) |
| 9 October 2021 18:00 | 2× 6× | Report | 1× 4× | Estadio Comite Olimpico Paraguayo, Asunción Referees: Correa, Conberse (ARG) |
| 9 October 2021 20:00 | Brazil | 31–22 | Argentina | Estadio Comite Olimpico Paraguayo, Asunción Attendance: 700 Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU) |
| 9 October 2021 20:00 | Quintino 7 | (17–8) | Cavo 5 | Estadio Comite Olimpico Paraguayo, Asunción Attendance: 700 Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU) |
| 9 October 2021 20:00 | 1× 4× | Report | 2× | Estadio Comite Olimpico Paraguayo, Asunción Attendance: 700 Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU) |

## Statistics and awards
### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Goals |
| 1 | Valeska Lovera | 38 |
| 2 | Rosario Urban | 32 |
| 3 | Jéssica Quintino | 28 |
| 4 | Romina Ramírez | 25 |
| 4 | Fátima Acuña | 25 |
| 6 | Malena Cavo | 22 |
| 6 | Jessica Fleitas | 22 |
| 8 | Elke Karsten | 19 |
| 8 | Fernanda Insfrán | 19 |
| 8 | Viviana Ferrari | 19 |
| 8 | Catalina Tournier | 19 |

### All-Star team

The All Star Team was announced on 11 October 2020.
| Position | Player |
| Goalkeeper | Renata Arruda |
| Right wing | Jéssica Quintino |
| Right back | Malena Cavo |
| Centre back | Ana Paula Belo |
| Left back | Elke Karsten |
| Left wing | Fátima Acuña |
| Pivot | Tamires Morena Lima |