Handball at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

Handball – Men's tournament
at the XVII Pan American Games
VenueExhibition Centre
DatesJuly 17 – July 25
Competitors120 from 8 nations
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Handball at the
2015 Pan American Games
Tournament
men  women
Rosters
men  women

The men's handball tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada was held at the Exhibition Centre from July 17 to 25.[1]

For these Games, the men 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 will advance to a single elimination bracket.

Argentina are the defending champions from the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, defeating Brazil, 26–23 in the final.

The winner of the tournament will qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. If the host nation, Brazil wins, the runner up will qualify instead.[2]

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.[3] 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.[4]

Summary

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation N/A N/A 1  Canada
2014 South American Games[5] March 8–14 Chile Santiago 3  Brazil
 Argentina
 Chile
2014 Central American and Caribbean Games[6] November 16–24 Mexico Veracruz 3  Puerto Rico
 Dominican Republic
 Cuba
Last chance qualification tournament[7] March 7/14, 2015 United States Auburn
Uruguay Montevideo		 1  Uruguay
Total 8

Last chance qualification tournament

March 07 United States  25 – 21  Uruguay Auburn University, Auburn
Hines 7 (10–12) Morandeira 5
6× 3× 1×Red card Report 3× 3×
March 14 Uruguay  28 – 20  United States Polideportivo, Montevideo
Velazco, Fabra 5 (14–12) Inahara 4
3× 1× Report 8× 2× 1×Red card


Rosters

At the start of tournament, all eight participating countries had up to 15 players on their rosters.


Draw

The draw for the competition took place on March 15, 2015 in Montevideo, Uruguay.[8]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Results

The official detailed schedule was revealed on April 26, 2015.[9]

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)

Preliminary round

The Direct Energy Centre (Exhibition Centre), was the venue for the men's handball competition

Group A

Team
 PLD W D L GF GA GD Points
 Brazil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Dominican Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Uruguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Qualified for the Semifinals
July 17
11:30
 Brazil  v  Canada Exhibition Centre
July 17
13:30
 Dominican Republic  v  Uruguay Exhibition Centre
July 19
11:30
 Uruguay  v  Brazil Exhibition Centre
July 19
13:30
 Canada  v  Dominican Republic Exhibition Centre
July 21
11:30
 Canada  v  Uruguay Exhibition Centre
July 21
13:30
 Brazil  v  Dominican Republic Exhibition Centre

Group B

Team
 PLD W D L GF GA GD Points
 Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Chile 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Cuba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Puerto Rico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Qualified for the Semifinals
July 17
18:30
 Argentina  v  Cuba Exhibition Centre
July 17
20:30
 Chile  v  Puerto Rico Exhibition Centre
July 19
18:30
 Puerto Rico  v  Argentina Exhibition Centre
July 19
20:30
 Cuba  v  Chile Exhibition Centre
July 21
18:30
 Cuba  v  Puerto Rico Exhibition Centre
July 21
20:30
 Argentina  v  Chile Exhibition Centre

Classification round

Semifinals Fifth place
July 23 — Toronto
     
     
 
July 25 — Toronto
       
     
Seventh place
July 23 — Toronto July 25 — Toronto
       
         

Semifinals

July 23
11:00
 ' v ' Exhibition Centre
July 23
18:00
 ' v ' Exhibition Centre

Seventh medal match

July 25
10:30
 ' v ' Exhibition Centre

Fifth place match

July 25
13:00
 ' v ' Exhibition Centre

Medal round

Semifinals Final
July 23 — Toronto
     
     
 
July 25 — Toronto
       
     
Third place
July 23 — Toronto July 25 — Toronto
       
         

Semifinals

July 23
13:30
 ' v ' Exhibition Centre
July 23
20:30
 ' v ' Exhibition Centre

Bronze medal match

July 25
17:30
 ' v ' Exhibition Centre

Gold medal match

July 25
20:00
 ' v ' Exhibition Centre


Final ranking

Rank Team
1st
2nd
3rd
4
5
6
7
8
Qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics
Qualified for the Olympic Qualification Tournament
 2015 Pan American Games Winners 

national handball team

References

  1. ↑ "Pan Am Games Detailed Competition Schedule" (PDF). http://www.toronto2015.org''. TO2015. 15 September 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  2. ↑ "Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Rio 2016 Handball" (PDF). http://corporate.olympics.com.au/''. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "2016 Olympic Qualification". http://www.teamhandballnews.com/''. Team handball news. December 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "Toronto (CAN) 2015 - the playoffs Adult Male and Female were drawn". http://panamhandballblog.blogspot.ca/''. panamhandballblog. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "South American Games: Overtime thriller sees Brazil narrowly top Argentina". http://www.handball-world.com''. Handball World. 17 March 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic advance to gold medal match in Central American & Caribbean Games". http://www.handball-world.com''. Handball World. 26 November 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  7. ↑ "URU qualifies for Toronto 2015 in men and women". http://panamhandball.org/''. Pan-American Team Handball Federation (PATHF). 15 March 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  8. ↑ "Groups Drawn for Toronto 2015 and PanAm Ch.". Pan-American Team Handball Federation. http://www.panamhandball.org. 15 March 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "Toronto (CAN) 2015 – Panamerican Games". Pan-American Team Handball Federation. http://www.panamhandball.org. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.