Handball at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games

Handball
at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games
Handball ; at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games
	Handball pictogram
Venue	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena
Location	Cali
Dates	23 November – 4 December
Nations	9
Teams	8 (men); 8 (women)
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The handball competition of the 2021 Junior Pan American Games in Cali, Colombia was held from 23 November to 4 December at the Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, the events were played by U23 national teams and awarded one place in both genders to the handball tournament of the 2023 Pan American Games.^[1]^[2]

Participating teams

Men

Women

Medal summary

Medal table

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's tournament	Brazil Edney Oliveira Luís Garcia Marcos Braga Joel Santos Luís Da Silva Lucas Santos Natan Silva Leandro Da Silva Gerson Da Silva Carlos Santos Marcos Da Silva Davi Langaro Jose Lopes Tarcísio Oliveira	Argentina Santiago Giovagnola Santiago Barcelo Tomas Marinaro Tobias Torossian Franco Mendive Joaquin Barcelo Pedro Martinez Julian Santos Lautaro Robledo Juan Villarreal Agustin Uzner Catriel Benitez Martin Jung Tomas Mera	Chile Vicente González Luciano Scaramelli Rodrigo Aedo Goran Kegevic Diego Caro Francisco Ahumada Nicolás Moraga Daniel Montecino Arian Delgado Renato Castro Danilo Salgado Aaron Codina Adolfo Navarro Francisco Aguilera
Women's tournament	Argentina Anna Azul Aballay Belen Aizen Berenice Karin Frelier Camila Ayelen Pedernera Carolina Bono Carolina Aldana Luque Caterina Benedetti Gorga Martina Lang Martina Romero Sofia Aldana Manzano Sol Ariadna Azcune Valentina Learreta Valentina Menucci Yamila Aylen Baggio	Paraguay Ana Yamile Oliveira Cabrera Fátima Acuña Fátima Ocampos Fiorella Olmedo Aranda Gabriela Benítez Almada Jazmín Samaniego Benitez Jazmín Mendoza Julieta Anahí Chilavert Moreno Kiara Vergara Martínez Liliana Acuña Maggie Lugo Lara María Paula Fernández Shelsea Maria Belén Careaga Sofía Villalba	Brazil Ana Luiza Fernandes Alves Fernanda Paulino De Lima Geandra Leoncio De Souza Jhennifer Lopes Karolain Lewandowski Kauani Bittencourt Klos Luara Marina De Paula Bastos Marcela Arounian Maria Grasielly Brasil Pereira Maria Paula Lima E Dias Mariana Araujo Evangelista Maryanna Rafaela Rodrigues Ranielle Franca Da Silva Rebeca Cristini Gregorio Araujo

Men's tournament

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC−5).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	117	54	+63	6	Semifinals
2	Chile	3	2	1	98	72	+26	4	Semifinals
3	Mexico	3	1	2	74	89	−15	2	5–8th place semifinals
4	Puerto Rico	3	0	3	53	127	−74	0	5–8th place semifinals

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

29 November 2021 09:00	Brazil	38–16	Mexico	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Attendance: 260 Referees: Augusto, Poulet (USA)
	Neto, T. Oliveira 6	(17–7)	Bayardo 6
	1× 2×	Report	3×

29 November 2021 11:40	Chile	44–18	Puerto Rico	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Attendance: 80 Referees: Burgos, Delgado (ARG)
	Salgado 10	(21–10)	three players 4
	2× 3×	Report	3×

30 November 2021 09:00	Brazil	49–15	Puerto Rico	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Attendance: 100 Referees: Coba, Osalde (MEX)
	M. da Silva 7	(22–9)	Monge 4
	1×	Report	1× 7× 1×

30 November 2021 11:40	Chile	31–24	Mexico	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Attendance: 200 Referees: Correa B., Correa R. (BRA)
	Salgado 9	(14–11)	Márquez 6
	1× 5× 1×	Report	2× 7×

1 December 2021 09:00	Brazil	30–23	Chile	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Attendance: 120 Referees: Burgos, Delgado (ARG)
	T. Oliveira 7	(18–11)	Codina 6
	2× 4×	Report	2× 2×

1 December 2021 11:40	Mexico	34–20	Puerto Rico	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Referees: Estrada, Pineda (COL)
	Márquez, Rivera 6	(14–11)	K. Ocasio 6
	1× 1×	Report	1× 4×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	3	3	0	112	64	+48	6	Semifinals
2	Cuba	3	2	1	108	103	+5	4	Semifinals
3	Dominican Republic	3	1	2	83	114	−31	2	5–8th place semifinals
4	Colombia (H)	3	0	3	82	104	−22	0	5–8th place semifinals

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

29 November 2021 17:00	Argentina	30–19	Colombia	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Attendance: 350 Referees: Correa B., Correa R. (BRA)
	Mendive 6	(13–7)	Bedoya 5
	1× 5×	Report	1× 5×

29 November 2021 19:40	Cuba	42–30	Dominican Republic	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Attendance: 350 Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
	Almeida 9	(20–16)	Cabrera 7
	1×	Report	1× 8× 1×

30 November 2021 17:00	Argentina	42–16	Dominican Republic	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Attendance: 250 Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
	Robledo 7	(19–7)	López 4
	1× 3×	Report	2× 3× 1×

30 November 2021 19:40	Cuba	37–33	Colombia	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Attendance: 350 Referees: Correa B., Correa R. (BRA)
	Rodríguez 6	(20–11)	Belalcázar 8
	3× 6× 2×	Report	6×

1 December 2021 17:00	Argentina	40–29	Cuba	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Attendance: 150 Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
	Robledo 9	(22–16)	Rodríguez 8
	1× 4×	Report

1 December 2021 19:40	Colombia	30–37	Dominican Republic	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Attendance: 250 Referees: Coba, Osalde (MEX)
	Belalcázar, Rojas 5	(14–17)	López 11
	1× 6×	Report	6×

Classification round

5–8th place semifinals		Fifth place

3 December

Dominican Republic	30
		4 December
Puerto Rico	24
		Dominican Republic	24
3 December
		Mexico	36
Mexico	34

Colombia	31
		Seventh place

		4 December

		Puerto Rico	27

		Colombia	32

5–8th place semifinals

3 December 2021 09:00	Dominican Republic	30–24	Puerto Rico	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Attendance: 100 Referees: Pagoaga, Zambrano (HON)
	López 7	(11–9)	Monge 8
	1× 3×	Report	2×

3 December 2021 11:40	Mexico	34–31	Colombia	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Attendance: 120 Referees: Augusto, Poulet (USA)
	Álvarez 7	(17–16)	Melgarejo 11
	1× 6×	Report	2× 3×

Seventh place game

4 December 2021 09:00	Puerto Rico	27–32	Colombia	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Attendance: 120 Referees: Coba, Osalde (MEX)
	Rodríguez 6	(11–15)	Belalcázar 8
	1× 6×	Report	1× 2×

Fifth place game

4 December 2021 11:40	Dominican Republic	24–36	Mexico	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Referees: Pagoaga, Zambrano (HON)
	López 11	(14–14)	Pérez 8
	2× 4×	Report	1× 4×

Medal round

Semifinals		Final

3 December

Argentina	34
		4 December
Chile	22
		Argentina	24
3 December
		Brazil	26
Brazil	26

Cuba	22
		Third place

		4 December

		Chile (2ET)	37

		Cuba	35

Semifinals

3 December 2021 17:00	Argentina	34–22	Chile	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Attendance: 250 Referees: Correa B., Correa R. (BRA)
	J. Barceló 9	(18–12)	Salgado 8
	2× 3×	Report	2× 1×

3 December 2021 19:40	Brazil	26–22	Cuba	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Referees: Estrada, Pineda (COL)
	Garcia 5	(16–12)	Rodríguez 9
	1× 3×	Report	1× 5×

Bronze medal game

4 December 2021 15:00	Chile	37–35 (ET)	Cuba	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Referees: Burgos, Delgado (ARG)
	Salgado 11	(14–13)	Rodríguez 10
	3× 3×	Report	2× 1× 1×
	FT: 27–27 ET: 5–5, 5–3

Final

4 December 2021 18:40	Argentina	24–26	Brazil	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Attendance: 500 Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
	Mendive, Unzner 5	(13–12)	T. Oliveira 7
	3×	Report	1× 3× 1×

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Brazil
	Argentina
	Chile
4	Cuba
5	Mexico
6	Dominican Republic
7	Colombia
8	Puerto Rico

	Team qualified to the 2023 Pan American Games

Women's tournament