Handball at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's tournament
| Men's handball tournament at the XVI Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | San Rafael Gymnasium | |||||||||
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| Dates | October 16 – October 24 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 120 from 8 nations | |||||||||
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The men's tournament of handball at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico began on October 16 and ended on October 24, All games were held at the San Rafael Gymnasium. The defending champions are Brazil, who won the title on home court.[1] Argentina, the winner of the competition, qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain.[2]
Teams
Qualification
A National Olympic Committee may enter one men's team for the handball competition. Mexico, the host nation along with seven other countries qualified through regional competitions.[1]
| Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host Nation | – | – | 1 |  Mexico |
| 2010 South American Games | March 20–30, 2010 |  Medellín |
3 |  Brazil  Argentina  Chile |
| 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games | July 18–25, 2010 |  Mayagüez |
2 |  Dominican Republic  Venezuela |
| Canada versus United States Series | December 21, 23, 2010 [3] |  Lake Placid La Prairie |
1 | Canada |
| Last Chance Qualifying Tournament | June 3–5, 2011 |  Guatemala City[4] |
1 | United States |
| TOTAL | 8 | |||
- Canada versus United States Series
| December 21 6:00 |
United States |
25–21 | Canada |
Lake Placid Olympic Training Center, Lake Placid Attendance: 250 Referees: Perez (PUR), Guzman (PUR) |
| Key 5 | Bertrand 6 | |||
| December 23 7:30 |
Canada |
30–23 (ET) |
United States |
La Magdeleine School, La Prairie Attendance: 400 Referees: Perez (PUR), Guzman (PUR) |
| Etter 8 | Hines 9 | |||
Canada won 51–48 on aggregate and qualified for the games.
- The second game at the end of regulation was a 25–21 advantage for Canada, thus the game went to overtime.
- Last chance qualifying tournament
| June 3 | Guatemala |
12–20 |  Uruguay |
Domo Polideportivo, Guatemala City |
| June 4 | United States |
23–23 | Uruguay |
Domo Polideportivo, Guatemala City |
| June 5 | United States |
38–24 | Guatemala |
Domo Polideportivo, Guatemala City |
- USA advance to the Pan American Games with a better goal differential. Puerto Rico withdrew from participating in the tournament.[5]
Squads
At the start of tournament, all eight participating countries had 15 players on their rosters. Final squads for the tournament were due on September 14, 2011, a month before the start of 2011 Pan American Games.[1]
Format
- Eight teams are split into 2 preliminary round groups of 4 teams each. The top 2 teams from each group qualify for the knockout stage.
- The third and fourth placed teams will play the fifth to eight bracket.
- In the semifinals, the matchups are as follows: A1 vs. B2 and B1 vs. A2
- The winning teams from the semifinals play for the gold medal. The losing teams compete for the bronze medal.
Ties are broken via the following the criteria, with the first option used first, all the way down to the last option:
- Head to head results.
- Goal difference in the matches between the teams concerned.
- Greater number of plus goals in the matches between the teams concerned.[1]
Draw
The draw for the tournament was held at the offices of the Organising Committee (COPAG) for the Games in Guadalajara on July 21 at 16:00 local time.[6]
The competing are drawn to each group by couples. The first team selected randomly in the draw goes to group A and the second to Group B.[6] The pots are based on the performance of national teams in both previous games and their standings in their respective regional competitions.[6]
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
Preliminary round
All times are local Central Daylight Time (UTC-5)[7]
| Qualified for the quarterfinals |
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 54 | +65 | 6 |
| Chile | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 101 | 89 | +12 | 4 |
| Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 70 | 113 | -43 | 2 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 68 | 102 | -34 | 0 |
| October 16 13:00 |
Brazil |
46 – 17 | Canada |
San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: Prieto, Gonzalez (URU) |
| two players, 7 | Report | Godin, 4 | ||
| October 16 15:00 |
Chile |
37 – 28 | Venezuela |
San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: Perez, Guzman (PUR) |
| Feuchtmann 8 | Report | Peñaloza 6 | ||
| October 18 13:00 |
Canada |
25 – 42 | Chile |
San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: Prieto, Gonzalez (URU) |
| two players, 5 | Report | two players, 8 | ||
| October 18 20:00 |
Venezuela |
15 – 37 | Brazil |
San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: Perez, Guzman (PUR) |
| two players, 3 | Report | Ruy, 7 | ||
| October 20 13:00 |
Brazil |
36 – 22 | Chile |
San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: Prieto, Gonzalez (URU) |
| Ribeiro, 10 | Report | Two players, 5 | ||
| October 20 15:00 |
Canada |
28 – 25 | Venezuela |
San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: De Souza, Paz (BRA) |
| Etter, 10 | Report | Perez, 6 | ||
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 55 | +50 | 6 |
| Dominican Republic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 77 | 79 | -2 | 4 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 78 | 93 | -15 | 2 |
| United States | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 73 | 96 | -24 | 0 |
| October 16 18:00 |
Dominican Republic |
27 – 22 | United States |
San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: Martin, Pellerin (CAN) |
| two players, 7 | Report | Axelsson, 8 | ||
| October 16 20:00 |
Argentina |
31 – 16 | Mexico |
San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: Sabroso, Raluy (ESP) |
| two players, 6 | Report | Acuña, 6 | ||
| October 18 15:00 |
United States |
19 – 36 | Argentina |
San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: Martin, Pellerin (CAN) |
| Hines, 6 | Report | Pizarro, 8 | ||
| October 18 18:00 |
Mexico |
29 – 30 | Dominican Republic |
San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: Sabroso, Raluy (ESP) |
| Villalobos, 7 | Report | De Leon Castro, 10 | ||
| October 20 18:00 |
Argentina |
28 – 20 | Dominican Republic |
San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: Sabroso, Raluy (ESP) |
| two players, 6 | Report | Mirabal, 6 | ||
| October 20 20:00 |
Mexico |
33 – 32 | United States |
San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: Minroe, Marina (ARG) |
| Bermudez, 9 | Report | Hines, 9 | ||
Elimination stage
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||
| October 22 | |||||||
| Brazil |
41 | ||||||
| Dominican Republic |
17 | ||||||
| October 24 | |||||||
| Brazil |
23 | ||||||
| Argentina |
26 | ||||||
| Third place | |||||||
| October 22 | October 24 | ||||||
| Chile |
25 | Dominican Republic |
24 | ||||
| Argentina |
26 | Chile |
27 | ||||
Semifinals
| October 22 10:00 |
Brazil |
41 – 17 | Dominican Republic |
San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: Minore, Marina (ARG) |
| Chiuffa, 6 | Report | four players, 3 | ||
| October 22 17:30 |
Chile |
25 - 26 | Argentina |
San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: Pinto, Meneses (BRA) |
| Salinas, 7 | Report | Fernandez, 8 | ||
Fifth-Eighth place matches
| October 22 12:30 |
Canada |
26 – 25 | United States |
San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: Perez, Guzman (PUR) |
| Walder, 5 | Report | Elzoghby, 5 | ||
| October 22 20:00 |
Mexico |
30 – 25 | Venezuela |
San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: De Souza, Paz (BRA) |
| Bermudez, 8 | Report | Two players, 5 | ||
Seventh place match
| October 24 10:00 |
United States |
39 – 35 | Venezuela |
San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: Paz, De Souza (BRA) |
| Elzoghby, 7 | Report | Silva, 9 | ||
Fifth place match
| October 24 12:30 |
Canada |
26 - 23 | Mexico |
San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: Gonzalez, Prieto (URU) |
| Bessette, 9 | Report | Bermudez, 5 | ||
Bronze medal match
| October 24 17:30 |
Dominican Republic |
24 - 27 | Chile |
San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG) |
| Mirabal, 8 | Report | two players, 5 | ||
Gold medal match
| October 24 20:00 |
Brazil |
23 - 26 | Argentina |
San Rafael Gymnasium Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP) |
| Three players, 6 | Report | Two Players, 6 | ||
| 2011 Pan American Games Winners |
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Argentina 1st title |
Final standings
| Rank | Team | Record |
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Argentina | 5 – 0 – 0 |
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Brazil | 4 – 0 – 1 |
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Chile | 3 – 0 – 2 |
| 4 | Dominican Republic | 2 – 0 – 3 |
| 5 | Canada | 3 – 0 – 2 |
| 6 | Mexico | 2 – 0 – 3 |
| 7 | United States | 1 – 0 – 4 |
| 8 | Venezuela | 0 – 0 – 5 |
Medalists
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's | Argentina (ARG) Gonzalo Carou Federico Fernandez Fernando Garcia Juan Fernandez Andres Kogovsek Damian Migueles Federico Pizarro Cristian Plati Pablo Portela Leonardo Querin Matias Schulz Diego Simonet Sebastian Simonet Juan Vidal Federico Vieyra |
Brazil (BRA) Leonardo Bortolini Gustavo Cardoso Fabio Chiuffa Bruno De Santana Marcos Dos Santos Thiagus Dos Santos Jaqson Kojoroski Fernando Filho Gil Pires Felipe Ribeiro Renato Rui Maik Santos Ales Silva Henrique Teixeira Vinicius Teixeira |
Chile (CHI) Guillermo Araya Felipe Barrientos Rodolfo Cornejo Rodrigo Diaz Emil Feuchtmann Erwin Feuchtmann Harald Feuchtmann Nicolas Jofre Patricio Martinez Felipe Maurin Rene Oliva Marco Oneto Esteban Salinas Rodrigo Salinas Alfredo Valenzuela |
References
- 1 2 3 4 Handball technical manual
- ↑ 2012 Olympic Qualifying Handball
- ↑ Pan American Games Qualifier vs. Canada (Men and Women)
- ↑ USA Team Handball fighting USOC for more funding
- ↑ USA Men qualify for Pan American Games for first time since 2003
- 1 2 3 "Sorteo grupos para Guadalajara 2011". Americas Federation of Handball. July 21, 2011. Retrieved July 21, 2011.
- ↑ Competition summary
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