Handball at the 2015 Pan American Games

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Handball at the XVII Pan American Games
Handball pictogram.svg
Venue Exhibition Centre – Hall B
Dates July 16–25, 2015
Competitors 239 from 9 nations
Handball at the
2015 Pan American Games
Handball pictogram.svg
Tournament
men  women
Rosters
men  women

Handball competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto will be held from July 16 to 25 at the Direct Energy Centre (Exhibition Centre in Hall B).[1] Due to naming rights the arena will be known as the latter for the duration of the games.[2] A total of eight men's and women's teams will compete in each respective tournament.[3]

The winners of the two tournaments will qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. If the host nation, Brazil wins either tournament, the runner up will qualify instead.[4]

Competition schedule

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The Direct Energy Centre (Exhibition Centre), was the venue for the handball competitions

The following is the competition schedule for the handball competitions:[5]


P Preliminaries ½ Semifinals B 3rd place play-off F Final
Event↓/Date → Thu 16 Fri 17 Sat 18 Sun 19 Mon 20 Tue 21 Wed 22 Thu 23 Fri 24 Sat 25
Men P P P ½ B F
Women P P P ½ B F

Medal table

  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Brazil (BRA) 2 0 0 2
2  Argentina (ARG) 0 2 0 2
3  Chile (CHI) 0 0 1 1
3  Uruguay (URU) 0 0 1 1
Total 2 2 2 6

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament
details		  Brazil (BRA)  Argentina (ARG)  Chile (CHI)
Women's tournament
details		  Brazil (BRA)  Argentina (ARG)  Uruguay (URU)

Qualification

A total of eight men's teams and eight women's team will qualify to compete at the games. The top three teams at the South American and Central American and Caribbean Games will qualify for each respective tournament. The host nation (Canada) automatically qualifies teams in both events.[6] The United States and Uruguay competed against one another in a home/away playoff for the last spot in each tournament. The fourth placed team in the Central American and Caribbean Games both declined to compete in the respective tournaments.[7] Each team can consist of up to 15 athletes.[8]

Men

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation N/A N/A 1  Canada
2014 South American Games[9] March 8–14 Chile Santiago 3  Brazil
 Argentina
 Chile
2014 Central American and Caribbean Games[10] November 16–24 Mexico Veracruz 3  Puerto Rico
 Dominican Republic
 Cuba
Last chance qualification tournament[11] March 7/14, 2015 United States Auburn
Uruguay Montevideo		 1  Uruguay
Total 8

Women

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation N/A N/A 1  Canada
2014 South American Games[12] March 7–15 Chile Santiago 3  Brazil
 Argentina
 Chile
2014 Central American and Caribbean Games[13] November 15–23 Mexico Veracruz 3  Cuba
 Puerto Rico
 Mexico
Last chance qualification tournament[11] March 7/14, 2015 United States Auburn
Uruguay Montevideo		 1  Uruguay
Total 8

Participating nations

A total of 9 countries have qualified athletes. The number of athletes a nation has entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.

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