Handball at the 2015 Pan American Games

Handball
at the XVII Pan American Games
VenueExhibition Centre – Hall B
DatesJuly 16–25, 2015
Competitors239 from 9 nations
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Handball at the
2015 Pan American Games
Tournament
men  women
Rosters
men  women

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]

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 (Exhibition Centre), was the venue for the handball competitions

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

PPreliminaries ½Semifinals B3rd place play-off FFinal
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 table

  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Brazil (BRA) 2 0 0 2
2  Argentina (ARG) 0 2 0 2
3  Chile (CHI) 0 0 1 1
3  Uruguay (URU) 0 0 1 1
Total 2 2 2 6

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament
 Brazil (BRA)  Argentina (ARG)  Chile (CHI)
Women's tournament
  Brazil (BRA)  Argentina (ARG)  Uruguay (URU)

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 N/A N/A 1  Canada
2014 South American Games[9] March 8–14 Chile Santiago 3  Brazil
 Argentina
 Chile
2014 Central American and Caribbean Games[10] November 16–24 Mexico Veracruz 3  Puerto Rico
 Dominican Republic
 Cuba
Last chance qualification tournament[11] March 7/14, 2015 United States Auburn
Uruguay Montevideo		 1  Uruguay
Total 8

Women

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

References

  1. ↑ "Competition Schedule" (PDF). http://www.toronto2015.org. TO2015. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  2. ↑ "Exhibition Centre". http://www.toronto2015.org/. TO2015. Retrieved 7 November 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  3. ↑ "Handball". http://www.toronto2015.org/. TO2015. Retrieved 19 January 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  4. ↑ "Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Rio 2016 Handball" (PDF). http://corporate.olympics.com.au/. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 7 November 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  5. ↑ "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). http://www.toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  6. ↑ "2016 Olympic Qualification". http://www.teamhandballnews.com/. Team handball news. December 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  7. ↑ "Toronto (CAN) 2015 - the playoffs Adult Male and Female were drawn". http://panamhandballblog.blogspot.ca/. panamhandballblog. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  8. ↑ "Sport Technical Manual Handball". http://www.scribd.com/. TO2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  9. ↑ "South American Games: Overtime thriller sees Brazil narrowly top Argentina". http://www.handball-world.com. Handball World. 17 March 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  10. ↑ "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. External link in |website= (help)
  11. 1 2 "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. External link in |website= (help)
  12. ↑ "South American Games: Brazil, Argentina and Chile earn spots to next year’s Pan-American Games". http://www.handball-world.com. Handball World. 16 March 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  13. ↑ "Toronto bound: Puerto Rico, Cuba clinch Pan Am Games tickets after narrow wins". http://www.handball-world.com. Handball World. 20 November 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2015. External link in |website= (help)
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