Handball at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

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 were 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]

Men's handball tournament at the 2011 Pan American Games
VenueSan Rafael Gymnasium
DatesOctober 16 – October 24
Competitors120 from 8 nations
Medalists
Gold medal   Argentina
Silver medal   Brazil
Bronze medal   Chile
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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]

EventDateLocationVacanciesQualified
Host Nation1  Mexico
2010 South American GamesMarch 20–30, 2010 Medellín3  Brazil
 Argentina
 Chile
2010 Central American and Caribbean GamesJuly 18–25, 2010 Mayagüez2  Dominican Republic
 Venezuela
Canada versus United States SeriesDecember 21, 23, 2010 [3] Lake Placid
La Prairie
1  Canada
Last Chance Qualifying TournamentJune 3–5, 2011 Guatemala City[4]1  United States
TOTAL8
Canada versus United States Series
December 21
6:00
United States  25–21  CanadaLake Placid Olympic Training Center, Lake Placid
Attendance: 250
Referees: Perez (PUR), Guzman (PUR)
Key 5Alexis Bertrand [fr] 6

December 23
7:30
Canada  30–23
(ET)
 United StatesLa Magdeleine School, La Prairie
Attendance: 400
Referees: Perez (PUR), Guzman (PUR)
Etter 8Hines 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 3Guatemala  12–20  UruguayDomo Polideportivo, Guatemala City

June 4United States  23–23  UruguayDomo Polideportivo, Guatemala City

June 5United States  38–24  GuatemalaDomo 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:

  1. Head to head results.
  2. Goal difference in the matches between the teams concerned.
  3. 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 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC−5).

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  Brazil330011954+656Semifinals
2  Chile320110189+124
3  Canada310270113−4325th–8th place semifinals
4  Venezuela300368102−340
Source: Guadalajara 2011
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.
October 16
13:00
Brazil  46–17  CanadaSan Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: González, Prieto (URU)
Ruy, V. Teixeira 7(19–7)Godin 4
 1× Report  3×

October 16
15:00
Chile  37–28  VenezuelaSan Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Pérez, Guzmán (PUR)
Em. Feuchtmann 8(19–12)Peñaloza 6
 7× Report  8×  2×

October 18
13:00
Canada  25–42  ChileSan Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG)
Bertrand [fr], Bessette 5(11–19)Em. Feuchtmann, R. Salinas 8
 8×  1× Report  7×

October 18
20:00
Venezuela  15–37  BrazilSan Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
Godoy, Peñaloza 3(8–19)Ruy 7
 3× Report  5×

October 20
13:00
Brazil  36–22  ChileSan Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: González, Prieto (URU)
Borges 10(15–9)Em. Feuchtmann, R. Salinas 5
 8× Report  5×

October 20
15:00
Canada  28–25  VenezuelaSan Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: De Souza, Paz (BRA)
Etter 10(12–10)Pérez 6
Report[dead link]

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  Argentina33009555+406Semifinals
2  Dominican Republic32017779−24
3  Mexico (H)31027893−1525th–8th place semifinals
4  United States30037396−230
Source: Guadalajara 2011
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
October 16
18:00
Dominican Republic  27–22  United StatesSan Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Pellerin, Martin (CAN)
K. de León, Mirabal 7(11–11)Clemons Axelsson 8
 7× Report  6×

October 16
20:00
Argentina  31–16  MexicoSan Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
Carou, F. Fernández 6(16–5)Acuña 6
 4×  1× Report  4×

October 18
15:00
United States  19–36  ArgentinaSan Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Durán, Guzmán (MEX)
Hines 6(9–12)Pizarro 8
 8× Report  1×

October 18
18:00
Mexico  29–30  Dominican RepublicSan Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Pinto, Meneses (BRA)
Villalobos 7(15–15)K. de León 10
 5× Report  7×

October 20
18:00
Argentina  28–20  Dominican RepublicSan Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
F. Fernández, Pizarro 6(13–11)Mirabal 6
Report[dead link]

October 20
20:00
Mexico  33–32  United StatesSan Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG)
Bermúdez 9(21–18)Hines 9
Report[dead link]

Elimination stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
October 22
 
 
 Brazil41
 
October 24
 
 Dominican Republic17
 
 Brazil23
 
October 22
 
 Argentina26
 
 Argentina26
 
 
 Chile25
 
Third place
 
 
October 24
 
 
 Dominican Republic24
 
 
 Chile27

Semifinals

October 22
10:00
Brazil  41–17  Dominican RepublicSan Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG)
Chiuffa 6(18–8)four players 3
 1× Report  5×

October 22
17:30
Argentina  26–25  ChileSan Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Pinto, Meneses (BRA)
F. Fernández 8(15–10)R. Salinas 7
 4× Report  7×

5th–8th place semifinals

October 22
12:30
Canada  26–25  United StatesSan Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Pérez, Guzmán (PUR)
Walder 5(13–14)El-Zoghby 5
 2× Report

October 22
20:00
Mexico  30–25  VenezuelaSan Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: De Souza, Paz (BRA)
Bermúdez 8(15–10)Godoy, Peñaloza 5
 6× Report  6×

Seventh place match

October 24
10:00
United States  39–35  VenezuelaSan Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Paz, De Souza (BRA)
El-Zoghby 7(18–16)Silva 9
 7×  1× Report  3×

Fifth place match

October 24
12:30
Canada  26–23  MexicoSan Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: González, Prieto (URU)
Bessette 9(11–12)Bermúdez 5
 1× Report  3×

Bronze medal match

October 24
17:30
Dominican Republic  24–27  ChileSan Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG)
Mirabal 8(10–12)Araya, Martínez 5
 8× Report  6×  1×

Gold medal match

October 24
20:00
Brazil  23–26  ArgentinaSan Rafael Gymnasium
Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
Borges 6(14–15)F. Fernández 6
 7× Report  5×


 2011 Pan American Games winners 

Argentina
1st title

Final standings

RankTeamRecord
 Argentina5 – 0 – 0
 Brazil4 – 0 – 1
 Chile3 – 0 – 2
4  Dominican Republic2 – 0 – 3
5  Canada3 – 0 – 2
6  Mexico2 – 0 – 3
7  United States1 – 0 – 4
8  Venezuela0 – 0 – 5

Medalists

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's  Argentina
Gonzalo Carou
Federico Fernandez
Fernando Garcia
Juan Fernandez
Andrés Kogovsek
Damián Migueles
Federico Pizarro
Cristian Plati
Pablo Portela
Leonardo Querin
Matías Schulz
Diego Simonet
Sebastián Simonet
Juan Vidal
Federico Vieyra
 Brazil
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
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