2009 Pan American Women's Handball Championship

The 2009 Pan American Women's Handball Championship was the tenth edition of the Pan American Women's Handball Championship, which took place in Santiago from 23 to 27 June. It acted as the Pan American qualifying tournament for the 2009 World Women's Handball Championship.

2009 Pan American Handball Women's Championships

Tournament details
Host country	Chile
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	23–27 June
Teams	7 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (1st title)
Runner-up	Brazil
Third place	Chile
Fourth place	Dominican Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	749 (49.93 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Fabiana Aluan (PAR) (34 goals)
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Participating teams

•  Argentina
•  Brazil
•  Canada
•  Chile
•  Dominican Republic
•  Mexico
•  Paraguay
•  Uruguay

Qualification

Chile, Mexico, Puerto Rico and the United States played a qualification tournament at Mexico, to determine the last 2 participating nations.

Standings

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mexico	3	3	0	0	84	68	+16	6
Chile	3	2	0	1	95	62	+33	4
Puerto Rico	3	1	0	2	71	94	−23	2
United States	3	0	0	3	64	90	−26	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

22 November 2008 16:30	Chile	27–17	United States	Mexico City
		(15–8)

22 November 2008 18:30	Mexico	27–20	Puerto Rico	Mexico City
		(13–9)

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23 November 2008 16:30	Puerto Rico	32–24	United States	Mexico City
		(18–11)

23 November 2008 18:30	Mexico	26–25	Chile	Mexico City
		(13–12)

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24 November 2008 16:30	Chile	43–19	Puerto Rico	Mexico City
		(18–6)

24 November 2008 18:30	Mexico	31–23	United States	Mexico City
		(19–9)

Semifinals

25 November 2008 16:30	Mexico	33–14	United States	Mexico City
		(16–8)

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25 November 2008 18:30	Chile	36–23	Puerto Rico	Mexico City
		(17–16)

Bronze medal match

26 November 2008 16:30	Puerto Rico	26–21	United States	Mexico City
		(9–12)

Gold medal match

26 November 2008 18:30	Mexico	22–20	Chile	Mexico City
		(12–10)

Teams

Group A	Group B
Brazil  Chile  Mexico  Paraguay	Argentina  Dominican Republic  Uruguay

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC−3).

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	0	110	46	+64	6
Chile (H)	3	2	0	1	83	93	−10	4
Mexico	3	1	0	2	58	72	−14	2
Paraguay	3	0	0	3	56	96	−40	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

23 June 2009 15:00	Brazil	30–13	Mexico	Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago
		(17–7)

23 June 2009 20:15	Chile	34–30	Paraguay	Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago
		(17–12)

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24 June 2009 16:00	Brazil	36–11	Paraguay	Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago
		(18–5)

24 June 2009 20:00	Chile	27–19	Mexico	Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago
		(13–10)

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25 June 2009 16:00	Mexico	26–15	Paraguay	Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago
		(14–7)

25 June 2009 20:00	Chile	22–44	Brazil	Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago
		(10–25)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	2	2	0	0	53	38	+15	4
Dominican Republic	2	0	1	1	38	45	−7	1
Uruguay	2	0	1	1	42	50	−8	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

23 June 2009 17:00	Dominican Republic	21–21	Uruguay	Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago
		(10–12)

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24 June 2009 18:00	Argentina	29–21	Uruguay	Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago
		(14–7)

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25 June 2009 18:00	Dominican Republic	17–24	Argentina	Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago
		(7–14)

Placement round

Points from the preliminary round against teams that advanced as well were carried over.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Mexico	2	2	0	0	49	37	+12	4
6	Uruguay	2	1	0	1	50	47	+3	2
7	Paraguay	2	0	0	2	39	54	−15	0

Source: Todor66
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

26 June 2009 16:00	Paraguay	24–28	Uruguay	Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago
		(9–14)

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27 June 2009 15:45	Mexico	23–23	Uruguay	Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago
		(10–11)

Final round

	Semifinal				Final
	26 June – Santiago
	Brazil	38
					27 June – Santiago
	Dominican Republic	12
					Brazil	25
	26 June – Santiago
					Argentina	26OT
	Chile	11
	Argentina	34
					Third place
					27 June – Santiago
					Dominican Republic	30
					Chile	34OT

Semifinals

26 June 2009 18:00	Brazil	38–12	Dominican Republic	Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago
		(15–10)

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26 June 2009 20:00	Chile	11–34	Argentina	Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago
		(6–20)

Bronze medal match

27 June 2009 17:45	Dominican Republic	30–34 (ET)	Chile	Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago
		(11–13)
	FT: 23–23 ET: 4–4, 3–7

Gold medal match

27 June 2009 19:45	Brazil	25–26 (ET)	Argentina	Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago
		(9–12)
	FT: 23–23 ET: 2–3

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Argentina
	Brazil
	Chile
4	Dominican Republic
5	Mexico
6	Uruguay
7	Paraguay

Team advanced to the 2009 World Women's Handball Championship

Best team

• Goalkeeper: Valentina Kogan
• Right wing: Alexandra do Nascimento
• Right back: Fabiana Aluan
• Central back: Silvana Totolo
• Left back: Damaris Bencomo
• Left wing: Fernanda da Silva
• Pivot: Antonela Mena

References

• Results at todor66.com