2017 Nor.Ca. Women's Handball Championship

2017 Nor.Ca. Women's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Puerto Rico
Dates 30 March – 3 April
Teams 4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Puerto Rico[1] (1st title)
Runner-up  United States
Third place  Dominican Republic
Fourth place  Greenland
Tournament statistics
Matches 10
Goals scored 500 (50 per match)
Attendance 3,150 (315 per match)
Top scorer(s) Puerto Rico Ciris García
(31 goals)

The 2017 NorCA Women's Handball Championship was the second edition of the women's Nor.Ca. Handball Championship. The tournament took place in Río Grande, Puerto Rico from March 30 to 3 April. It acts as the North American and Caribbean qualifying tournament for the 2017 Pan American Women's Handball Championship.[2][3]

Participating teams

Preliminary round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  United States 3 3 0 0 79 62 17 6
2  Puerto Rico 3 1 1 1 81 78 3 3
3  Dominican Republic 3 1 1 1 61 71 –10 3
4  Greenland 3 0 0 3 72 82 –10 0

All times are local (UTC−04:00).

March 30
17:30		 Greenland  22–25  Dominican Republic Cancha Néstor Milete, Rio Grande
Andreassen 5 (11–12) Lopéz 7
5× 3×YC 1×Red card Report 6× 3×YC
March 30
20:00		 Puerto Rico  26–28  United States Cancha Néstor Milete, Rio Grande
Ceballos 7 (17–11) Darling 7
4× 2×YC Report 1× 2×YC
March 31
17:30		 United States  25–23  Greenland Cancha Néstor Milete, Rio Grande
Attendance: 200
Darling 7 (14–10) Lyberth 7
2× 1×YC Report 2× 1×YC
March 31
19:30		 Dominican Republic  23–23  Puerto Rico Cancha Néstor Milete, Rio Grande
Attendance: 500
López 6 (10–11) García 9
5× 2×YC Report 2× 2×YC
April 1
17:30		 United States  26–13  Dominican Republic Cancha Néstor Milete, Rio Grande
Attendance: 100
Butler 7 (13–5) López, Lorenzo 4
2× 3×YC Report 3× 2×YC
April 1
19:30		 Puerto Rico  32–27  Greenland Cancha Néstor Milete, Rio Grande
Attendance: 500
García 8 (16–12) Salso 6
2× 3×YC Report 1× 2×YC 1×Red card

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semifinals Final
April 2
  United States  20  
  Greenland  18  
 
April 3
      United States  27
    Puerto Rico  28
Third place
April 2 April 3
  Puerto Rico  32   Greenland  27
  Dominican Republic  23     Dominican Republic  32

Semifinals

April 2
17:30		 United States  20–18  Greenland Cancha Néstor Milete, Rio Grande
Attendance: 200
Lombard 4 (10–9) Rasmussen 4
3× 1×YC Report 3× 3×YC 1×Red card
April 2
19:30		 Puerto Rico  32–23  Dominican Republic Cancha Néstor Milete, Rio Grande
Attendance: 600
Fuentes 9 (16–8) Hernández 7
2× 2×YC Report 6× 3×YC

Third place game

April 3
17:30		 Greenland  27–32  Dominican Republic Cancha Néstor Milete, Rio Grande
Attendance: 250
Frank 6 (11–13) Hernández 8
3× 1×YC Report 5× 1×YC

Final

April 3
19:30		 United States  27–28  Puerto Rico Cancha Néstor Milete, Rio Grande
Attendance: 800
Darling 7 (14–16) Ceballos 6
3× 2×YC 1×Red card Report 1× 2×YC 1×Red card

Final standing

Rank Team
 Puerto Rico
 United States
 Dominican Republic
4  Greenland
Team Qualified to the 2017 Pan American Women's Handball Championship

Awards

All-star team[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Oro en el balonmano femenino en el NORCA". www.primerahora.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "Torneo de balonmano femenino de alto calibre en la Isla". www.elnuevodia.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "Desde este jueves: Puerto Rico sede del NORCA de balonmano femenino". www.copur.pr (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "Equipo Ideal del NorCa 2017". www.puertoricobalonmano.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 April 2017.
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