# Handball at the 2017 Central American Games

The handball competition of the 2017 Central American Games in Managua was held from December 4 to 8 at the Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, in both the men's and women's tournament, three teams qualified for the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games.

## Medal summary

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's tournament | Guatemala | Costa Rica | Honduras |
| Women's tournament | Guatemala | Costa Rica | Nicaragua |

## Men's tournament

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Guatemala | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 84 | 22 | 8 |
| Costa Rica | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 107 | 82 | 25 | 6 |
| Honduras | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 105 | 97 | 8 | 4 |
| Nicaragua | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 101 | 129 | –28 | 2 |
| El Salvador | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 78 | 105 | –27 | 0 |

### Round Robin

All times are local (UTC−06:00).
| 4 December 2017 16:00 | El Salvador | 18–22 | Guatemala | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 300 Referees: Segura, Valverde |
| 4 December 2017 16:00 | Merino 6 | (11–12) | Herrera 8 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 300 Referees: Segura, Valverde |
| 4 December 2017 16:00 | 2× 2× | Report | 1× 1× | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 300 Referees: Segura, Valverde |
| 4 December 2017 20:00 | Honduras | 35–24 | Nicaragua | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga |
| 4 December 2017 20:00 | Garcia 9 | (16–13) | Lopéz 5 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga |
| 4 December 2017 20:00 | 1× 5× | Report | 1× 2× | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga |
| 5 December 2017 16:00 | Guatemala | 22–18 | Costa Rica | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: Zuñiga, Reyes |
| 5 December 2017 16:00 | Morales 7 | (9–9) | Molina 5 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: Zuñiga, Reyes |
| 5 December 2017 16:00 | 5× | Report | 1× 5× 1× | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: Zuñiga, Reyes |
| 5 December 2017 20:00 | Nicaragua | 29–27 | El Salvador | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: Paguaga, Cruz |
| 5 December 2017 20:00 | Ruiz 6 | (14–10) | Alvarenga 6 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: Paguaga, Cruz |
| 5 December 2017 20:00 | 2× | Report | 2× 6× 1× | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: Paguaga, Cruz |
| 6 December 2017 16:00 | El Salvador | 14–29 | Honduras | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 200 Referees: Urrutea, Jímenez |
| 6 December 2017 16:00 | Merino, Portillo 3 | (8–14) | Montoya 7 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 200 Referees: Urrutea, Jímenez |
| 6 December 2017 16:00 | 1× 5× | Report | 2× 4× | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 200 Referees: Urrutea, Jímenez |
| 6 December 2017 18:00 | Costa Rica | 30–22 | Nicaragua | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga |
| 6 December 2017 18:00 | Molina, Vargas 8 | (15–8) | three players 4 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga |
| 6 December 2017 18:00 | 2× 4× | Report | 1× 3× 2× | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga |
| 7 December 2017 11:30 | Guatemala | 25–22 | Honduras | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 300 Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga |
| 7 December 2017 11:30 | Morales 7 | (13–14) | García 6 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 300 Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga |
| 7 December 2017 11:30 | 1× 4× | Report | 2× 1× 1× | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 300 Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga |
| 7 December 2017 15:30 | El Salvador | 19–25 | Costa Rica | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 300 Referees: Jímenez, Urrutea |
| 7 December 2017 15:30 | Merino 7 | (10–10) | Molina 8 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 300 Referees: Jímenez, Urrutea |
| 7 December 2017 15:30 | 1× 3× 1× | Report | 2× 5× 1× | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 300 Referees: Jímenez, Urrutea |
| 8 December 2017 16:00 | Honduras | 19–34 | Costa Rica | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga |
| 8 December 2017 16:00 | four players 3 | (9–16) | Vargas 8 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga |
| 8 December 2017 16:00 | 1× 5× 1× | Report | 1× 3× 1× | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga |
| 8 December 2017 20:00 | Nicaragua | 26–37 | Guatemala | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: Segura, Valverde |
| 8 December 2017 20:00 | Sotomayor 5 | (14–20) | Morales 10 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: Segura, Valverde |
| 8 December 2017 20:00 | 3× | Report | 2× 1× | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: Segura, Valverde |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Guatemala |
| | Costa Rica |
| | Honduras |
| 4 | Nicaragua |
| 5 | El Salvador |
* Teams qualified to the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games

## Women's tournament
### Qualification round

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Guatemala | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 48 | 25 | 6 |
| Nicaragua | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 78 | –8 | 4 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 66 | 58 | 8 | 2 |
| El Salvador | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 77 | –25 | 0 |
All times are local (UTC−06:00).
| 4 December 2017 14:00 | Costa Rica | 26–15 | El Salvador | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 250 Referees: Urrutea, Jimenez |
| 4 December 2017 14:00 | Araya 10 | (13–10) | Cuellar 4 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 250 Referees: Urrutea, Jimenez |
| 4 December 2017 14:00 | 1× 2× | Report | 4× 4× | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 250 Referees: Urrutea, Jimenez |
| 4 December 2017 18:00 | Guatemala | 28–19 | Nicaragua | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: Cruz, Paguaga |
| 4 December 2017 18:00 | Lavarreda, Sosa 6 | (14–10) | Gutierrez 3 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: Cruz, Paguaga |
| 4 December 2017 18:00 | 2× 1× | Report | 3× 4× | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: Cruz, Paguaga |
| 5 December 2017 14:00 | El Salvador | 12–25 | Guatemala | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 200 Referees: Ramirez, Gomez |
| 5 December 2017 14:00 | Navarrete 3 | (4–15) | Florián 5 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 200 Referees: Ramirez, Gomez |
| 5 December 2017 14:00 | 3× 3× | Report | 3× 4× | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 200 Referees: Ramirez, Gomez |
| 5 December 2017 18:00 | Nicaragua | 25–23 | Costa Rica | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: Fernandez, Gonzalez |
| 5 December 2017 18:00 | Acuña 6 | (11–9) | Camacho 7 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: Fernandez, Gonzalez |
| 5 December 2017 18:00 | 1× 7× | Report | 1× 5× | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: Fernandez, Gonzalez |
| 6 December 2017 12:00 | El Salvador | 25–26 | Nicaragua | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 300 Referees: Segura, Valverde |
| 6 December 2017 12:00 | Cuellar 7 | (14–11) | Acuña, Ortega 6 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 300 Referees: Segura, Valverde |
| 6 December 2017 12:00 | 2× 3× 1× | Report | 3× 2× | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 300 Referees: Segura, Valverde |
| 6 December 2017 14:00 | Costa Rica | 17–20 | Guatemala | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 300 Referees: Cruz, Paguaga |
| 6 December 2017 14:00 | Ramirez 8 | (8–12) | Lavarreda 6 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 300 Referees: Cruz, Paguaga |
| 6 December 2017 14:00 | 1× 1× | Report | 3× 5× 1× | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 300 Referees: Cruz, Paguaga |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| December 7 | December 7 |
| Guatemala | 20 |
| Guatemala | 20 | December 8 | December 8 |
| El Salvador | 14 | December 8 | December 8 |
| El Salvador | 14 | Guatemala | 24 |
| December 7 | December 7 | | Guatemala | 24 |
| December 7 | December 7 | Costa Rica | 21 |
| Nicaragua | 28 | Costa Rica | 21 |
| Costa Rica | 31 | | |
| Costa Rica | 31 | Third place | Third place |
| | | December 8 | December 8 |
| | | El Salvador | 24 |
| | | Nicaragua | 33 |

### Semifinals

| 7 December 2017 09:30 | Guatemala | 20–14 | El Salvador | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 250 Referees: Ramirez, Gomez |
| 7 December 2017 09:30 | Sosa 6 | (10–6) | Ayala 4 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 250 Referees: Ramirez, Gomez |
| 7 December 2017 09:30 | 3× 4× | Report | 2× | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 250 Referees: Ramirez, Gomez |
| 7 December 2017 14:00 | Nicaragua | 28–31 | Costa Rica | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: González, Fernández |
| 7 December 2017 14:00 | Rivera 9 | (13–15) | Araya, Ramirez 9 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: González, Fernández |
| 7 December 2017 14:00 | 2× 5× | Report | 2× 5× | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: González, Fernández |

### Bronze medal game

| 8 December 2017 14:00 | El Salvador | 24–33 | Nicaragua | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Referees: Urrutia, Jimenez |
| 8 December 2017 14:00 | Ayala, Guardado 5 | (11–17) | Rivera 7 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Referees: Urrutia, Jimenez |
| 8 December 2017 14:00 | 4× | Report | 1× 2× | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Referees: Urrutia, Jimenez |

### Gold medal game

| 8 December 2017 18:00 | Guatemala | 24–21 | Costa Rica | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: Cruz, Paguaga |
| 8 December 2017 18:00 | Lavarreda 10 | (11–10) | Polanco 8 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: Cruz, Paguaga |
| 8 December 2017 18:00 | 2× 7× | Report | 3× 3× | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: Cruz, Paguaga |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Guatemala |
| | Costa Rica |
| | Nicaragua |
| 4 | El Salvador |
* Teams qualified to the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games