2003 Pan American Women's Youth Handball Championship

The 2003 American Handball Women's Youth Championships took place in São José dos Pinhais and Curitiba from September 24 – 28.

2003 Pan American Handball Women's Youth Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	September 24–28
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Brazil
Runner-up	Argentina
Third place	Chile
Fourth place	Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	987 (49.35 per match)

Teams

Group A	Group B
Brazil Chile Greenland Puerto Rico	Argentina Canada Paraguay Uruguay

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	0	119	38	+81	6
Chile	3	2	0	1	80	66	+14	4
Puerto Rico	3	1	0	2	49	98	–49	2
Greenland	3	0	0	3	56	102	–46	0

September 24 10:00	Puerto Rico	15 – 34	Chile	Ginásio Nelson Almir de Almeida, Curitiba
		(8–21)

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September 24 16:30	Brazil	47 – 13	Greenland	Ginásio Ney Braga, São José dos Pinhais
		(23–7)

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September 25 13:00	Chile	31 – 21	Greenland	Ginásio Ney Braga, São José dos Pinhais
		(11–5)

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September 25 18:00	Brazil	42 – 10	Puerto Rico	Ginásio Nelson Almir de Almeida, Curitiba
		(22–7)

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September 26 13:30	Puerto Rico	24 – 22	Greenland	Ginásio Nelson Almir de Almeida, Curitiba
		(12–9)

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September 26 18:00	Brazil	30 – 15	Chile	Ginásio Ney Braga, São José dos Pinhais
		(11–8)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	3	3	0	0	92	54	+38	6
Uruguay	3	2	0	1	74	62	+12	4
Paraguay	3	1	0	2	62	65	–3	2
Canada	3	0	0	3	39	86	–47	0

September 24 12:00	Uruguay	24 – 19	Paraguay	Ginásio Ney Braga, São José dos Pinhais
		(8–9)

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September 24 13:00	Argentina	31 – 16	Canada	Ginásio Nelson Almir de Almeida, Curitiba
		(16–8)

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September 25 15:00	Argentina	31 – 15	Paraguay	Ginásio Nelson Almir de Almeida, Curitiba
		(11–7)

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September 25 16:30	Uruguay	27 – 13	Canada	Ginásio Ney Braga, São José dos Pinhais
		(11–7)

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September 26 12:00	Paraguay	28 – 10	Canada	Ginásio Ney Braga, São José dos Pinhais
		(14–2)

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September 26 18:00	Argentina	30 – 23	Uruguay	Ginásio Nelson Almir de Almeida, Curitiba
		(16–12)

Placement 5th–8th

September 27 13:30	Paraguay	31 – 25	Greenland	Ginásio Nelson Almir de Almeida, Curitiba
		(16–13)

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September 27 16:30	Puerto Rico	16 – 23	Canada	Ginásio Nelson Almir de Almeida, Curitiba
		(8–11)

7th/8th

September 28 9:00	Greenland	30 – 29	Puerto Rico	Ginásio Nelson Almir de Almeida, Curitiba
		(15–10)

5th/6th

September 28 10:30	Paraguay	25 – 9	Canada	Ginásio Ney Braga, São José dos Pinhais
		(12–7)

Final round

	Semifinal				Final
	September 27 – São José dos Pinhais
	Brazil	42
					September 28 – São José dos Pinhais
	Uruguay	13
					Brazil	39
	September 27 – São José dos Pinhais
					Argentina	23
	Chile	19
	Argentina	37
					Third place
					September 28 – Curitiba
					Uruguay	27
					Chile	28

Semifinals

September 27 13:30	Argentina	37 – 19	Chile	Ginásio Ney Braga, São José dos Pinhais
		(13–9)

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September 27 18:00	Brazil	42 – 13	Uruguay	Ginásio Ney Braga, São José dos Pinhais
		(20–7)

Bronze medal match

September 28 12:00	Uruguay	27 – 28	Chile	Ginásio Nelson Almir de Almeida, Curitiba
		(12–11)

Gold medal match

September 28 15:00	Brazil	39 – 23	Argentina	Ginásio Ney Braga, São José dos Pinhais
		(18–8)

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Brazil
	Argentina
	Chile
4	Uruguay
5	Paraguay
6	Canada
7	Greenland
8	Puerto Rico

References

• brasilhandebol.com.br Archived 2012-07-11 at the Wayback Machine