Handball at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games

The Handball competition at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games will be held in Veracruz, Mexico from 15 to 26 November 2014 at the Centro Deportivo Carlos Serdán Arechavaleta.

Qualification

Qualification	Date	Host	Places	Men	Women
Host	–	–	1	Mexico	Mexico
2013 Central American Games[1]	4–8 March 2013	Costa Rica, San José	3	Nicaragua  Guatemala  Costa Rica	Costa Rica  Guatemala  Nicaragua
2013 Caribbean Cup[2]	5–9 November 2013	Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo	4	Dominican Republic  Cuba  Puerto Rico  Colombia	Cuba  Dominican Republic  Puerto Rico  Colombia

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men’s tournament[3]	Puerto Rico (PUR) Pascual Pacheco Alberto Pizarro Jose Sanchez Hector Santana Angel Benitez Jorge Nazario Jose Ceballos Hector Hiraldo Jesus Arroyo Steven Rodriguez Emmanuelly Fernandez Julio Baez Joshua Mercado Edwin Brito Juan Ramos	Dominican Republic (DOM) Erick Montero Leony de Leon Erinson Tavarez Pablo Jacobo Anthony Manzanillo Luis Objio Franalbert Aybar Geraldo Diaz Elvin Fis Luis Sanlate Domingo Caraballo Jose Sanchez Dioris Mateo Willibert de la Rosa	Cuba (CUB) Alejandro Romero Pedro Veitia Omar Toledano Adonys Garcia Angel Rivero Pavel Caballero Yoan Balazquez Reinier Taboada Yanquiel Cruzata Yacel Lazo Reyniel Justa Angel Hernandez Odanis Perez Alain Vizcay Noelbis Robles
Women’s tournament[4]	Cuba (CUB) Marines Rojas Maricet Fernandez Ayling Martinez Livia Veranes Raiza Beltran Aida Despaigne Lisandra Lusson Gleinys Reyes Yunisleidy Camejo Maria Aldama Miranda Ismari Barrios Naddezza Valera Eneleidys Guevara Lisandra Espinosa Yenma Ramirez	Puerto Rico (PUR) Adriana Cabrera Nathalys Ceballos Sheila Hiraldo Joane Vergara Nathalie Cabello Kitsa Escobar Fabiola Martinez Roxanaly Carrasquillo Jackeline Gonzalez Nicolette Pope Jailene Maldonado Zugeily Soto Lillianushka Natal Ciris Garcia Zuleika Fuentes	Mexico (MEX) Itzel Aguirre Brenda Ramirez Tania Navarro Guadalupe Saavedra Selene Sifuentes Fernanda Rivera Stephanie Romo Berenice Esquivel Laura Morales Marlene Sosa Elsa Felix Nashely Jaramillo Maria de Lourdes Rocha Manuela Zavala Belen Aguirre

Women's tournament

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cuba	3	3	0	0	144	35	+109	6
Dominican Republic	3	2	0	1	95	71	+24	4
Costa Rica	3	1	0	2	46	107	−61	2
Nicaragua	3	0	0	3	45	117	−72	0

15 November 2014 13:00	Dominican Republic	45 – 15	Nicaragua	Carlos Cerdan Complex Referees: Díaz, Zapata (COL)
	Peña 10	(28–7)	Rivera 5
	4× 3×		2× 2×

15 November 2014 15:00	Costa Rica	7 – 55	Cuba	Carlos Cerdan Complex Referees: Camacho, Ortíz (MEX)
	Arce, Cordero 2	(4–27)	Reyes 11
	9× 3× 1×		2× 3×

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16 November 2014 13:00	Nicaragua	21 – 22	Costa Rica	Carlos Cerdan Complex Referees: Duran, Rodríguez (MEX)
	Acuña, Cárdenas 5	(9–8)	Blanco 5
	4× 3×		7× 3×

16 November 2014 15:00	Cuba	39 – 19	Dominican Republic	Carlos Cerdan Complex Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA)
	Martínez 9	(19–7)	Hernández 6
	3× 2×		5× 3×

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17 November 2014 13:00	Dominican Republic	31 – 17	Costa Rica	Carlos Cerdan Complex Referees: Hernández, Montiel (NCA)
	Brito 8	(14–6)	Camacho 6
	5× 2×		6× 3×

17 November 2014 15:00	Nicaragua	9 – 50	Cuba	Carlos Cerdan Complex Referees: Díaz, Zapata (COL)
	Rivera 5	(4–25)	Reyes 9
	3×		3× 3×

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Puerto Rico	3	3	0	0	86	54	+32	6
Mexico	3	2	0	1	93	56	+37	4
Guatemala	3	1	0	2	53	79	−26	2
Colombia	3	0	0	3	47	90	−43	0

15 November 2014 18:00	Puerto Rico	27 – 17	Guatemala	Carlos Cerdan Complex Referees: Zúñiga, Aldea (CUB)
	Ceballos 7	(12–6)	Lavarreda 5
	3× 4×		1× 2×

15 November 2014 20:00	Mexico	35 – 16	Colombia	Carlos Cerdan Complex Referees: Hernández, Montiel (NCA)
	Ramírez, Saavedra, Rivera 5	(23–5)	Estrada 5
	8× 1×		6× 3× 1×

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16 November 2014 18:00	Colombia	14 – 32	Puerto Rico	Carlos Cerdan Complex Referees: Camacho, Ortiz (MEX)
	Perez 4	(3–16)	Ceballos, Vergara, Martinez 4
	4× 3× 1×		3× 3×

16 November 2014 20:00	Guatemala	13 – 35	Mexico	Carlos Cerdan Complex Referees: Perez, Guzman (PUR)
	McGauran 3	(8–15)	Ramirez, Saavedra 7
	11× 3× 1×		2× 2×

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17 November 2014 18:00	Guatemala	23 – 17	Colombia	Carlos Cerdan Complex Referees: Reyes, Zúñiga (CUB)
	Lopez 8	(9–8)	Orjuela, Alvarez, Estrada 3
	4× 3×		7× 3×

17 November 2014 20:00	Puerto Rico	27 – 23	Mexico	Carlos Cerdan Complex Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA)
	Cabrera, Vergara, Garcia 5	(12–13)	Ramirez 8
	6× 3×		4× 3×

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Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	November 19
	Cuba	28
	Mexico	27
					November 20
					Cuba	32
					Puerto Rico	18
					Third place
	November 19			November 20
	Dominican Republic	21		Mexico	24
	Puerto Rico	22			Dominican Republic	20

5th–8th place playoffs

	Semifinals				Fifth place
	November 19
	Costa Rica	16
	Colombia	26
					November 20
					Colombia	33
					Nicaragua	23
					Seventh place
	November 19			November 20
	Nicaragua	24		Costa Rica	21
	Guatemala	23			Guatemala	20

5th 8th place playoffs

19 November 2014 10:00	Costa Rica	16 – 26	Colombia	Carlos Cerdan Complex Referees: Duran, Rodriguez (MEX)
	Urena, Camacho 4	(8–11)	Mazo, Rodriguez 6
	8× 3×		6× 3×

19 November 2014 17:00	Nicaragua	24 – 23	Guatemala	Carlos Cerdan Complex Referees: Diaz, Zapata (COL)
	Acuna 8	(10–11)	Lavarreda 7
	2× 2×		3× 3×

Semifinals

19 November 2014 12:30	Cuba	28 – 27	Mexico	Carlos Cerdan Complex Referees: Perez, Guzman (PUR)
	Martinez, Espinosa 6	(12–13)	Ramirez, Jaramillo 6
	6× 4×		5× 3×

19 November 2014 20:00	Dominican Republic	21 – 22	Puerto Rico	Carlos Cerdan Complex Referees: Reyes, Zuniga (CUB)
	Hernandez 5	(8–8)	Ceballos 6
	2× 2×		4× 3×

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7th Place Match

20 November 2014 10:00	Costa Rica	21 – 20	Guatemala	Carlos Cerdan Complex Referees: Hernandez, Montiel (NCA)
	Camacho 6	(6–10)	Lavarreda 6
	3× 3×		4× 3×

5th Place Match

20 November 2014 12:30	Colombia	33 – 23	Nicaragua	Carlos Cerdan Complex Referees: Camacho, Ortiz (MEX)
	Alvarez 6	(13–9)	Cardenas 8
	5× 3×		5× 2×

Bronze Medal Match

20 November 2014 17:30	Mexico	24 – 15	Dominican Republic	Carlos Cerdan Complex Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA)
	Ramirez, Sifuentes 4	(12–7)	Brito, Pimentel 3
	5× 3×		5× 3×

Gold Medal Match

20 November 2014 20:00	Cuba	32 – 18	Puerto Rico	Carlos Cerdan Complex Referees: Diaz, Zapata (COL)
	Reyes 8	(18–7)	Ceballos 8
	3× 3×		4× 3×

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Final standing

Rank	Team
	Cuba
	Puerto Rico
	Mexico
4	Dominican Republic
5	Colombia
6	Nicaragua
7	Costa Rica
8	Guatemala

Team Qualified to the 2015 Pan American Games

Men's tournament

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Dominican Republic	3	3	0	0	78	55	+23	6
Puerto Rico	3	2	0	1	90	65	+25	4
Colombia	3	1	0	2	63	72	−9	2
Costa Rica	3	0	0	3	46	85	−39	0

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cuba	3	3	0	0	110	66	+44	6
Mexico	3	2	0	1	104	66	+38	4
Guatemala	3	1	0	2	86	84	+2	2
Nicaragua	3	0	0	3	60	154	−94	0

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	November 19
	Dominican Republic	28
	Mexico	23
					November 20
					Dominican Republic	27
					Puerto Rico	37
					Third place
	November 19			November 20
	Cuba	30		Mexico	22
	Puerto Rico	31			Cuba	32

5th–8th place playoffs

	Semifinals				Fifth place
	November 19
	Colombia	37
	Nicaragua	28
					November 20
					Colombia	26
					Guatemala	25
					Seventh place
	November 19			November 20
	Guatemala	26		Nicaragua	24
	Costa Rica	24			Costa Rica	23

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Puerto Rico
	Dominican Republic
	Cuba
4	Mexico
5	Colombia
6	Guatemala
7	Nicaragua
8	Costa Rica

Team Qualified to the 2015 Pan American Games

Medal table

Key

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Puerto Rico	1	1	0	2
2	Cuba	1	0	1	2
3	Dominican Republic	0	1	0	1
4	Mexico	0	0	1	1
Total		2	2	2	6

References

External links

• Official Website

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