Handball at the 2007 Pan American Games

The Handball Competitions at the 2007 Pan American Games took place at the Riocentro Sports Complex in a temporary facility. There are two competitions, one each for men and women, each with eight national teams competing. Brazil is the defending champion for both the men's and women's competitions.

Handball at the 2007 Pan American Games
Venue	Riocentro Sports Complex
Dates	July 14–21, 2007
Competitors	240 from 10 nations
«2003 2011»

The teams compete in a multi-stage tournament. In each competition, the teams are divided into two four-team groups. In each group, each team plays against all others once, and the two best in each group advance to the semifinals to compete in the knockout tournament. The two teams in each group that do not make the semifinals play in 5th to 8th classification matches. The winning sides of both the men’s and women’s tournament will directly qualify for the 2008 Olympic Handball Tournaments.

Medal winners

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Brazil Maik Santos Fernando Pacheco Filho Carlos Ertel Danilo Silva Renato Rui Bruno Souza Leonardo Bortolini Hélio Justino Jaqson Kojoroski Alexandre Vasconcelos Silvio Laureano Felipe Ribeiro Bruno Santana Jardel Pizzinatto Gui Oliveira	Argentina Matías Schulz Sergio Crevatin Federico Pizarro Matías Martín Lima Mariano Castro Maximiliano Ferro Alejo Carrara Leonardo Querin Bruno Civelli Facundo Torres Fernando García Emiliano la Rosa Gonzalo Carou Germán Pardales Damián Migueles	Cuba Alfredo Quintana Raifer Turino Guillermo Corzo Edgard Marti Randy Díaz Denip Fonseca Denis Fernández Rafael Capote Jorge Pabán Ariel Paz Misael Iglesias Frankis Carol Yinkelly Tomacen Daymaro Amador Eurelbis Valdes
Women	Brazil Chana Masson Fabiana Diniz Alexandra do Nascimento Fabiana Gripa Deonise Cavaleiro Daniela Piedade Aline Rosas Viviane Jacques Lucila Silva Juceli Rosa Idalina Mesquita Aline Santos Eduarda Amorim Milene Figueiredo Darly de Paula	Cuba Maydelis Sardinas Caridad Vizcay Virgen Murillo Ayling Martínez Yasnay Torres Arassay Durán Ariagne Cuesta Suleiky Gómez Aida Despaigne Lisandra Lusson Neivys Mederos Yohania Marti Imara Valdéz Nadezza Valera Eneleidys Guevara	Argentina Silvina Schlesinger Valentina Kogan María del Carmen Alejandre Cinthya Basile Georgina Costantino Bibiana Ferrea Antonela Mena Magdalena Decilio Lucia Haro María Emilia Acosta Sonia Meyer Silvana Totolo Lucia Fernández Mariana Sanguinetti Solange Tagliavini

Men's competition

Brazil won the gold medal

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	3	3	0	0	108	57	+51	6	Semifinals
2	Uruguay	3	2	0	1	76	82	−6	4
3	Dominican Republic	3	1	0	2	87	86	+1	2	5–8th place semifinals
4	Mexico	3	0	0	3	61	107	−46	0

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) goals scored; 7) draw.

14 July 2007 16:00	Dominican Republic	26–29	Uruguay	Riocentro Sports Complex Referees: De Mello, Favreto (BRA)
	K. de León 7	(12−13)	Wenzel 7
	4× 4×		3× 2×

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14 July 2007 20:00	Argentina	40–16	Mexico	Riocentro Sports Complex Referees: Paz, De Souza (BRA)
	Torres 10	(20−8)	Acuña 8
	1× 3×		2× 4×

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16 July 2007 14:00	Dominican Republic	36–24	Mexico	Riocentro Sports Complex Referees: De Souza, Paz (BRA)
	Paulino 8	(20−15)	three players 5
	4× 8×		3× 5×

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16 July 2007 22:00	Argentina	35–16	Uruguay	Riocentro Sports Complex Referees: Valdovinos, Pérez (PUR)
	Lima 6	(16−7)	Marrochi 6
	2× 4×		3× 5×

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18 July 2007 20:00	Uruguay	31–21	Mexico	Riocentro Sports Complex Referees: Adjemian, Gotz (ARG)
	Marrochi 9	(14–11)	Acuña 7
	3× 4×		3× 1×

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18 July 2007 22:00	Argentina	33–25	Dominican Republic	Riocentro Sports Complex Referees: Menezes, Pinto (BRA)
	Lima 6	(14–14)	Romero 7
	3× 3×		4× 4× 1×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil (H)	3	3	0	0	99	58	+41	6	Semifinals
2	Cuba	3	2	0	1	99	73	+26	4
3	Chile	3	1	0	2	67	93	−26	2	5–8th place semifinals
4	Canada	3	0	0	3	52	93	−41	0

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) goals scored; 7) draw.
(H) Hosts

14 July 2007 14:00	Brazil	33–20	Chile	Riocentro Sports Complex Referees: Robledo, Sobenko (ARG)
	Borges 8	(14−10)	Feuchtmann 6
	3× 4×		3× 3×

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14 July 2007 22:00	Cuba	33–20	Canada	Riocentro Sports Complex Referees: Adjemian, Gotz (ARG)
	Corzo 8	(17−9)	Bertrand, Fyfe 4
	3× 7× 1×		3× 3×

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16 July 2007 16:00	Brazil	31–12	Canada	Riocentro Sports Complex Referees: Adjemian, Gotz (ARG)
	Borges, Bortolini 5	(17−7)	Godin 5
	2× 1×		3× 2×

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16 July 2007 20:00	Cuba	40–18	Chile	Riocentro Sports Complex Referees: Adjemian, Gotz (ARG)
	Paván 7	(18−9)	Feuchtmann, Salinas 3
	2× 5× 2×		3× 5× 1×

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18 July 2007 14:00	Canada	20–29	Chile	Riocentro Sports Complex Referees: Valdovinos, Pérez (PUR)
	Bessette 6	(12–12)	Feuchtmann 11
	3× 5×		2× 2×

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18 July 2007 16:00	Brazil	35–26	Cuba	Riocentro Sports Complex Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
	Borges, Souza 7	(18–10)	Corzo, Paván 8
	3× 5×		3× 6× 1×

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	20 July
	Brazil	28
					22 July
	Uruguay	16
					Brazil	30
	20 July
					Argentina	22
	Argentina (OT)	30
	Cuba	29
					Third place
					22 July
					Uruguay	23
					Cuba	24

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	20 July
	Chile	28
					22 July
	Mexico	27
					Chile	28
	20 July
					Dominican Republic	27
	Dominican Republic	28
	Canada	27
					Seventh place
					22 July
					Mexico	32
					Canada (OT)	34

5–8th place semifinals

20 July 2007 14:00	Chile	28–27	Mexico	Riocentro Sports Complex Referees: De Souza, Paz (BRA)
	Feuchtmann 9	(17−12)	Acuña 7
	3× 5×		3× 5× 1×

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20 July 2007 20:00	Dominican Republic	28–27	Canada	Riocentro Sports Complex Referees: De Mello, Favreto (BRA)
	K. de León 6	(16−12)	Bertrand 7
	3× 5× 1×		3× 4×

Semifinals

20 July 2007 16:00	Brazil	28–16	Uruguay	Riocentro Sports Complex Referees: Robledo, Sobenko (ARG)
	Bortolini 6	(15−6)	Wenzel 4
	3× 3×		4× 4×

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20 July 2007 22:00	Argentina	30–29 (ET)	Cuba	Riocentro Sports Complex Referees: Menezes, Pinto (BRA)
	Civelli 10	(12−14)	Paván 13
	3× 10×		3× 8× 1×
	FT: 25−25 ET: 5−4

Seventh place game

22 July 2007 17:00	Mexico	32–34 (ET)	Canada	Riocentro Sports Complex Referees: Pinto, Ortiz (CHI)
	Acuña 10	(9−12)	Bertrand 8
	3× 3× 1×		3× 3×
	FT: 23−23 ET: 5−5, 4−6

Fifth place game

22 July 2007 15:00	Chile	28–27	Dominican Republic	Riocentro Sports Complex Referees: Valdovinos, Pérez (PUR)
	Feuchtmann 8	(14−12)	Paulino 7
	1× 2×		4× 1×

Bronze medal game

22 July 2007 09:00	Uruguay	23–24	Cuba	Riocentro Sports Complex Referees: De Souza, Paz (BRA)
	Marrochi 8	(10−11)	Corzo 9
	3× 6×		2× 7× 1×

Gold medal game

22 July 2007 11:00	Brazil	30–22	Argentina	Riocentro Sports Complex Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
	Souza 9	(11−6)	Civelli 6
	2× 7× 4×		3× 5× 2×

Ranking and statistics

Rank	Team
	Brazil
	Argentina
	Cuba
4	Uruguay
5	Chile
6	Dominican Republic
7	Canada
8	Mexico

	Qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics
	Qualified for the Olympic Qualification Tournament

2007 Pan American Games winners
Brazil Second title

Top scorers

Rank	Name	Goals	Shots	%
1	Guillermo Corzo	39	66	59
2	Marcial Acuña	37	73	51
	Emil Feuchtmann		65	57
4	Jorge Paván	36	56	64
5	Facundo Torres	29	45	64
	Kelvin de León		49	59

Top goalkeepers

(minimum 20% of total shots received by team)

Rank	Name	%	Saves	Shots
1	Maik dos Santos	49	51	105
2	Luis Sanlate	47	22	47
3	Germán Pardales	42	19	45
4	Alexandre Vasconcelos	41	29	71
5	Misael Iglesias	39	73	185

Women's competition

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	3	3	0	0	94	52	+42	6	Semifinals
2	Dominican Republic	3	2	0	1	83	77	+6	4
3	Paraguay	3	1	0	2	84	88	−4	2	5–8th place semifinals
4	Puerto Rico	3	0	0	3	61	105	−44	0

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) goals scored; 7) draw.

13 July 2007 08:00	Dominican Republic	33–30	Paraguay	Riocentro Sports Complex Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA)
	Granado 11	(14−9)	Aluan 11
	3× 5× 1×		4× 8×

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13 July 2007 14:00	Argentina	39–14	Puerto Rico	Riocentro Sports Complex Referees: Pinto, Ortiz (CHI)
	Acosta 10	(17−7)	García 3
	3× 4×		4× 5×

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15 July 2007 15:00	Argentina	29–23	Paraguay	Riocentro Sports Complex Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
	Acosta 6	(11−10)	Aluan 11
	3× 4×		3× 3×

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15 July 2007 19:00	Dominican Republic	35–21	Puerto Rico	Riocentro Sports Complex Referees: De Mello, Favreto (BRA)
	Granado 11	(19−12)	Correa 6
	3× 6×		3× 3×

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17 July 2007 20:00	Paraguay	31–26	Puerto Rico	Riocentro Sports Complex Referees: Robledo, Zobenko (ARG)
	Aluan 14	(14−12)	García 7
	3× 5× 1×		3× 4×

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17 July 2007 22:00	Argentina	26–15	Dominican Republic	Riocentro Sports Complex Referees: De Mello, Favreto (BRA)
	Basile 5	(13−4)	Granado 5
	3× 4×		3× 5×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil (H)	3	3	0	0	107	53	+54	6	Semifinals
2	Cuba	3	2	0	1	97	72	+25	4
3	Mexico	3	1	0	2	53	89	−36	2	5–8th place semifinals
4	Canada	3	0	0	3	55	98	−43	0

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) goals scored; 7) draw.
(H) Hosts

13 July 2007 10:00	Brazil	38–15	Mexico	Riocentro Sports Complex Referees: Adjemian, Gotz (ARG)
	Piedade 6	(21−4)	Sifuentes 7
	3× 4×		3× 8×

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13 July 2007 12:00	Cuba	38–25	Canada	Riocentro Sports Complex Referees: Valdovinos, Pérez (PUR)
	Gómez 11	(17−11)	Pilon 6
	2× 5×		3× 8×

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15 July 2007 13:00	Brazil	37–10	Canada	Riocentro Sports Complex Referees: Pinto, Ortiz (CHI)
	Santos 6	(21−3)	Gagnon, Taupier 2
	3× 2×		3× 3×

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15 July 2007 21:00	Cuba	31–15	Mexico	Riocentro Sports Complex Referees: Menezes, Pinto (BRA)
	Duran, Turro 6	(14−8)	Y. García, Sifuentes 3
	3× 2×		3× 5×

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17 July 2007 14:00	Canada	20–23	Mexico	Riocentro Sports Complex Referees: Pinto, Ortiz (CHI)
	Smart 5	(13−10)	Sifuentes 6
	2× 2× 1×		3× 5×

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17 July 2007 16:00	Brazil	32–28	Cuba	Riocentro Sports Complex Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
	Fachinello 9	(16−14)	Duran, Gómez 9
	2× 7×		2× 5× 1×

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	19 July
	Brazil	46
					21 July
	Dominican Republic	13
					Brazil	30
	19 July
					Cuba	17
	Argentina	25
	Cuba	37
					Third place
					21 July
					Dominican Republic	22
					Argentina	23

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	19 July
	Mexico	21
					21 July
	Puerto Rico	20
					Mexico (pen.)	37
	19 July
					Canada	36
	Paraguay	22
	Canada	26
					Seventh place
					21 July
					Puerto Rico	21
					Paraguay	22

5–8th place semifinals

19 July 2007 14:00	Mexico	21–20	Puerto Rico	Riocentro Sports Complex Referees: Robledo, Sobenko (ARG)
	Sifuentes 8	(6−8)	García 8
	3× 6× 1×		2× 4×

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19 July 2007 20:00	Paraguay	22–26	Canada	Riocentro Sports Complex Referees: Pinto, Ortiz (FRA)
	Aluan 12	(11−14)	Gagnon 7
	4× 3× 1×		3× 4×

Semifinals

19 July 2007 16:00	Brazil	46–13	Dominican Republic	Riocentro Sports Complex Referees: Valdovinos, Pérez (PUR)
	Piedade 11	(24−6)	Granado 3
	1× 1×		4× 1×

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19 July 2007 22:00	Argentina	25–37	Cuba	Riocentro Sports Complex Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
	Decilio 5	(9−20)	Martínez 13
	2× 6×		3× 10×

Seventh place game

21 July 2007 17:30	Puerto Rico	21–22	Paraguay	Riocentro Sports Complex Referees: Robledo, Sobenko (ARG)
	Correa 6	(13−12)	Aluan 9
	3× 4×		3× 6×

Fifth place game

21 July 2007 15:00	Mexico	37–36 (ET)	Canada	Riocentro Sports Complex Referees: Pinto, Ortiz (FRA)
	Aluan 12	(11−8)	Gagnon 7
	3× 8×		3× 4×
	FT: 22−22 ET: 2−2, 4−4 Pen: 9−8

Bronze medal game

21 July 2007 08:30	Dominican Republic	22–23	Argentina	Riocentro Sports Complex Referees: De Mello, Favreto (BRA)
	Granado 11	(11−11)	Acosta 5
	4× 6×		3× 7×

Gold medal game

21 July 2007 10:30	Brazil	30–17	Cuba	Riocentro Sports Complex Referees: Adjemian, Gotz (ARG)
	Diniz, Gripa 5	(15−8)	Gómez 6
	3× 6×		3× 7× 2×

Ranking and statistics

Rank	Team
	Brazil
	Cuba
	Argentina
4	Dominican Republic
5	Mexico
6	Canada
7	Paraguay
8	Puerto Rico

	Qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics
	Qualified for the Olympic Qualification Tournament

2007 Pan American Games winners
Brazil Third title

Top scorers

Rank	Name	Goals	Shots	%
1	Fabiana Aluan	57	112	51
2	Judith Granado	41	62	66
3	Suleiky Gómez	35	60	58
4	Selene Sifuentes	34	61	56
5	Ayling Martínez	28	35	80

Top goalkeepers

(minimum 20% of total shots received by team)

Rank	Name	%	Saves	Shots
1	Darly de Paula	53	46	87
2	Chana Masson	45	35	77
3	Valentina Kogan	34	47	138
4	Carmen Melgarejo	33	39	117
5	Maydelis Sardiñas	32	27	85

References

• Men's Results
• Women's Results