Handball at the 2015 Pan American Games

Handball competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto will be held from July 16 to 25 at the Direct Energy Centre (Exhibition Centre in Hall B).^[1] Due to naming rights the arena will be known as the latter for the duration of the games.^[2] A total of eight men's and women's teams will compete in each respective tournament.^[3]

Handball at the 2015 Pan American Games
Handball pictogram for the games
Venue	Exhibition Centre – Hall B
Dates	July 16–25
No. of events	2 (1 men, 1 women)
Competitors	239 from 9 nations
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The winners of the two tournaments will qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. If the host nation, Brazil wins either tournament, the runner up will qualify instead.^[4]

Competition schedule

The Direct Energy Centre Hall B (Exhibition Centre), was the venue for the handball competitions

The following is the competition schedule for the handball competitions:^[5]

P	Preliminaries	½	Semifinals	B	3rd place play-off	F	Final

Event↓/Date →	Thu 16	Fri 17	Sat 18	Sun 19	Mon 20	Tue 21	Wed 22	Thu 23	Fri 24		Sat 25
Men		P		P		P		½			B	F
Women	P		P		P		½		B	F

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	2	0	0	2
2	Argentina	0	2	0	2
3	Chile	0	0	1	1
	Uruguay	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 entries)		2	2	2	6

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's tournament details	Brazil Maik Santos Henrique Teixeira Fernando Pacheco Filho Bruno Santana Raul Nantes Lucas Cândido Diogo Hubner Thiagus dos Santos Alexandro Pozzer Felipe Ribeiro Fábio Chiuffa Vinícius Teixeira Oswaldo Guimarães André Soares César Almeida	Argentina Matías Schulz Federico Fernández Federico Pizarro Sebastián Simonet Pablo Sebastián Portela Diego Simonet Pablo Simonet Leonardo Facundo Querín Federico Matías Vieyra Fernando Gabriel García Juan Pablo Fernández Gonzalo Carou Damián Migueles Adrián Portela Sergio Crevatin	Chile Felipe Barrientos Sebastián Ceballos Alfredo Valenzuela Pablo Baeza Nicolás Jofre Diego Reyes Erik Caniu Javier Frelijj Cristián Moll Ramírez Felipe Maurin Guillermo Araya Esteban Salinas René Oliva Rodrigo Salinas Muñoz Marco Oneto
Women's tournament details	Brazil Alexandra do Nascimento Samira Rocha Daniela Piedade Amanda de Andrade Tamires Morena Lima Fernanda da Silva Ana Paula Rodrigues Jéssica Quintino Bárbara Arenhart Francielle da Rocha Mayssa Pessoa Elaine Gomes Jaqueline Anastácio Célia Coppi Deonise Cavaleiro	Argentina Marisol Carratu Lucía Haro Manuela Pizzo Luciana Salvado Rocio Campigli Amelia Belotti Luciana Mendoza Victoria Crivelli Antonella Gambino Valentina Kogan Valeria Bianchi Antonela Mena Macarena Sans Macarena Gandulfo Elke Karsten	Uruguay Patricia Ré Paola Santos Paula Fynn Soledad Faedo Alejandra Scarrone Daniela Scarrone Alejandra Ferrari Camila Barreiro Martina Barreiro Eliana Falco Federica Cura Leticia Schinca Camila Vázquez Viviana Ferrari Iara Grosso

Qualification

A total of eight men's teams and eight women's team will qualify to compete at the games. The top three teams at the South American and Central American and Caribbean Games will qualify for each respective tournament. The host nation (Canada) automatically qualifies teams in both events.^[6] The United States and Uruguay competed against one another in a home/away playoff for the last spot in each tournament. The fourth placed team in the Central American and Caribbean Games both declined to compete in the respective tournaments.^[7] Each team can consist of up to 15 athletes.^[8]

Men

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	—	—	1	Canada
2014 South American Games[9]	March 8–14	Santiago	3	Brazil  Argentina  Chile
2014 Central American and Caribbean Games[10]	November 16–24	Veracruz	3	Puerto Rico  Dominican Republic  Cuba
Last chance qualification tournament[11]	March 7/14, 2015	Auburn Montevideo	1	Uruguay
Total			8

Women

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	—	—	1	Canada
2014 South American Games[12]	March 7–15	Santiago	3	Brazil  Argentina  Chile
2014 Central American and Caribbean Games[13]	November 15–23	Veracruz	3	Cuba  Puerto Rico  Mexico
Last chance qualification tournament[11]	March 7/14, 2015	Auburn Montevideo	1	Uruguay
Total			8

Participating nations

A total of 9 countries have qualified athletes. The number of athletes a nation has entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.

•  Argentina (30)
•  Brazil (30)
•  Canada (30)
•  Chile (30)
•  Cuba (29)
•  Dominican Republic (15)
•  Mexico (15)
•  Puerto Rico (30)
•  Uruguay (30)

References

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