2022 South and Central American Men's Handball Championship

The 2022 South and Central American Men's Handball Championship was the second edition of the South and Central American Men's Handball Championship, held from 25 to 29 January 2022 in Recife, Brazil. It acted as the South and Central American qualifying tournament for the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship.[1]

2022 South and Central American Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Brazil
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates25–29 January
Teams7 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (1st title)
Runner-up Argentina
Third place Chile
Fourth place Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored860 (57.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)Chile Erwin Feuchtmann
(43 goals)
Best playerBrazil Thiagus dos Santos
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Brazil won their first title after defeating Argentina in the final.[2]

Qualified teams edit

Competition Dates Vacancies Country Previous appearances in tournament[3]
Host nation 1   Brazil 1 (2020)
Invited nations who confirmed presence 6   Argentina 1 (2020)
  Bolivia 1 (2020)
  Chile 1 (2020)
  Colombia 0 (debut)
  Paraguay 1 (2020)
  Uruguay 1 (2020)
2021 Central American Men's Handball Championship 11–13 November 2021 1   Costa Rica 0 (debut)

Colombia withdrew before the tournament, due to several positive COVID-19 tests in their team.[4]

Note: Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Draw edit

The draw took place on 14 January 2022.[5][6]

Seeding edit

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Preliminary round edit

All times are local (UTC−3).[7]

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Argentina 2 2 0 0 113 26 +87 4 Semifinals
2   Uruguay 2 1 0 1 60 52 +8 2
3   Bolivia 2 0 0 2 17 112 −95 0
Source: SCA
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.
25 January 2022
17:00
Argentina   70–8   Bolivia Ginásio de Esportes Geraldo Magalhães, Recife
Attendance: 300
Referees: Geraldello, Marques (BRA)
Pizarro 14 (36–5) Rojas 4
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26 January 2022
16:00
Bolivia   9–42   Uruguay Ginásio de Esportes Geraldo Magalhães, Recife
Referees: Correa, Correa (BRA)
Zurita 3 (1–18) Rubbo 8
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27 January 2022
18:00
Argentina   43–18   Uruguay Ginásio de Esportes Geraldo Magalhães, Recife
Attendance: 300
Referees: Geraldello, Marques (BRA)
Baronetto 8 (18–9) Ancheta, Fabra 3
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Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Brazil (H) 3 3 0 0 126 54 +72 6 Semifinals
2   Chile 3 2 0 1 99 72 +27 4
3   Paraguay 3 1 0 2 75 113 −38 2
4   Costa Rica 3 0 0 3 53 114 −61 0
Source: SCA
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.
(H) Hosts
25 January 2022
15:00
Chile   34–16   Costa Rica Ginásio de Esportes Geraldo Magalhães, Recife
Attendance: 150
Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
Er. Feuchtmann 6 (20–8) Villegas 4
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25 January 2022
20:00
Brazil   46–19   Paraguay Ginásio de Esportes Geraldo Magalhães, Recife
Attendance: 300
Referees: Araújo, Perdomo (URU)
Hackbarth 11 (23–12) Fiore 6
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26 January 2022
18:00
Paraguay   25–43   Chile Ginásio de Esportes Geraldo Magalhães, Recife
Attendance: 280
Referees: Conberse, Correa (ARG)
Samaniego 7 (13–22) Er. Feuchtmann 11
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26 January 2022
20:00
Brazil   49–13   Costa Rica Ginásio de Esportes Geraldo Magalhães, Recife
Attendance: 300
Referees: Araújo, Perdomo (URU)
Chiuffa 10 (27–7) Gutiérrez 4
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27 January 2022
16:00
Costa Rica   24–31   Paraguay Ginásio de Esportes Geraldo Magalhães, Recife
Attendance: 280
Referees: Correa, Correa (BRA)
Molina 5 (12–18) Fiore, Martínez 6
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27 January 2022
20:00
Brazil   31–22   Chile Ginásio de Esportes Geraldo Magalhães, Recife
Attendance: 300
Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
Langaro 5 (16–13) Er. Feuchtmann 10
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Knockout stage edit

Bracket edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
28 January
 
 
  Argentina36
 
29 January
 
  Chile24
 
  Argentina17
 
28 January
 
  Brazil20
 
  Brazil48
 
 
  Uruguay20
 
Third place
 
 
29 January
 
 
  Chile29
 
 
  Uruguay21

5–7th place semifinal edit

28 January 2022
16:00
Bolivia   16–39   Costa Rica Ginásio de Esportes Geraldo Magalhães, Recife
Attendance: 300
Referees: Correa, Correa (BRA)
Lisidro 4 (8–22) Gutiérrez 5
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Semifinals edit

28 January 2022
18:00
Argentina   36–24   Chile Ginásio de Esportes Geraldo Magalhães, Recife
Attendance: 300
Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
Fernández 8 (17–11) Er. Feuchtmann 10
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28 January 2022
20:00
Brazil   48–20   Uruguay Ginásio de Esportes Geraldo Magalhães, Recife
Attendance: 300
Referees: Conberse, Correa (ARG)
Dutra, Hackbarth 8 (21–10) Borba 5
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Fifth place game edit

29 January 2022
16:00
Paraguay   26–21   Costa Rica Ginásio de Esportes Geraldo Magalhães, Recife
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Araújo, Perdomo (URU)
Gonzales, Samaniego 4 (12–9) Molina 8
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Third place game edit

29 January 2022
18:00
Chile   29–21   Uruguay Ginásio de Esportes Geraldo Magalhães, Recife
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Conberse, Correa (ARG)
Er. Feuchtmann 6 (16–11) Rubbo 5
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Final edit

29 January 2022
20:00
Argentina   17–20   Brazil Ginásio de Esportes Geraldo Magalhães, Recife
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
Parker 5 (10–10) Hackbarth 5
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Final standings edit

All-star team edit

The all-star team was announced on 31 January 2022.[8]

Position Player
Most valuable player   Thiagus dos Santos
Goalkeeper   Leonel Maciel
Right wing   Rudolph Hackbarth
Right back   Rodrigo Salinas Muñoz
Centre back   João Pedro Silva
Left back   James Parker
Left wing   Ignacio Pizarro
Pivot   Rogério Moraes Ferreira

Top goalscorers edit

Rank Name Goals
1   Erwin Feuchtmann 43
2   Rudolph Hackbarth 35
3   Federico Gastón Fernández 26
4   Guilherme Torriani 24
5   Gustavo Rodrigues 19
  Fábio Chiuffa
7   Esteban Salinas 18
  David Molina
9   Leonardo Dutra 17
10   James Parker 16
11   Federico Rubbo 15
  Justin Gutierrez

Source: [9]

References edit

  1. ^ "Los Gladiadores se preparan para la clasificación al Mundial de handball 2023". filo.news. 21 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Brasil vence a Argentina y es campeón de Recife 2022". handballsca.com. 29 January 2022.
  3. ^ "2022 South and Central American Men's Championship". IHF.info. 12 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Colombia se retira de Recife 2022". handballsca.com. 14 January 2022.
  5. ^ "¿Pidieron sorteo para #Recife2022?". facebook.com. 11 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Estamos esperando el inicio". facebook.com. 14 January 2022.
  7. ^ "No hay fiesta sin calendario". facebook.com. 14 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Brazil men re-assert regional dominance, take South and Central America title". ihf.info. 31 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Top Scorers" (PDF). 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.

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