Handball at the 2015 Pan American Games explained

Event:	Handball
Games:	2015
Venue:	Exhibition Centre – Hall B
Dates:	July 16–25
Competitors:	239
Nations:	9
Num Events:	2 (1 men, 1 women)
Next:	2019

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

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

Event↓/Date →	Thu 16	Fri 17	Sat 18	Sun 19	Mon 20	Tue 21	Wed 22	Thu 23	Fri 24		Sat 25
		P		P		P		½			B	F
	P		P		P		½		B	F

Medal summary

Medalists

Men's tournament	Maik Santos Henrique Teixeira Fernando Pacheco Filho Bruno Santana Raul Nantes Lucas Cândido Diogo Hubner Thiagus dos Santos Alexandro Pozzer Felipe Ribeiro Fábio Chiuffa Vinícius Teixeira Oswaldo Guimarães André Soares César Almeida	Matías Schulz Federico Fernández Federico Pizarro Sebastián Simonet Pablo Sebastián Portela Diego Simonet Pablo Simonet Leonardo Facundo Querín Federico Matías Vieyra Fernando Gabriel García Juan Pablo Fernández Gonzalo Carou Damián Migueles Adrián Portela Sergio Crevatin	Felipe Barrientos Sebastián Ceballos Alfredo Valenzuela Pablo Baeza Nicolás Jofre Diego Reyes Erik Caniu Javier Frelijj Cristián Moll Ramírez Felipe Maurin Guillermo Araya Esteban Salinas René Oliva Rodrigo Salinas Muñoz Marco Oneto
	Alexandra do Nascimento Samira Rocha Daniela Piedade Amanda de Andrade Tamires Morena Lima Fernanda da Silva Ana Paula Rodrigues Jéssica Quintino Bárbara Arenhart Francielle da Rocha Mayssa Pessoa Elaine Gomes Jaqueline Anastácio Célia Coppi Deonise Cavaleiro	Marisol Carratu Lucía Haro Manuela Pizzo Luciana Salvado Rocio Campigli Amelia Belotti Luciana Mendoza Victoria Crivelli Antonella Gambino Valentina Kogan Valeria Bianchi Antonela Mena Macarena Sans Macarena Gandulfo Elke Karsten	Patricia Ré Paola Santos Paula Fynn Soledad Faedo Alejandra Scarrone Daniela Scarrone Alejandra Ferrari Camila Barreiro Martina Barreiro Eliana Falco Federica Cura Leticia Schinca Camila Vázquez Viviana Ferrari Iara Grosso

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			1
2014 South American Games^[9]	March 8–14	Santiago	3
^[10]	November 16–24		3
Last chance qualification tournament^[11]	March 7/14, 2015		1
Total			8

Women

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation			1
2014 South American Games^[12]	March 7–15	Santiago	3
^[13]	November 15–23		3
Last chance qualification tournament	March 7/14, 2015		1
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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Competition Schedule . 18 August 2014 . toronto2015.org . . 7 September 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140903164841/http://images.toronto2015.org/system/asset_pdfs/2043/original/pan-am-games-schedule.pdf?1407975204 . 3 September 2014 . dead .
2. Web site: Exhibition Centre . toronto2015.org . . 7 November 2014 . 4 March 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150304172429/http://www.toronto2015.org/venue/exhibition-centre . dead .
3. Web site: Handball. toronto2015.org . . 19 January 2015.
4. Web site: Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Rio 2016 Handball . corporate.olympics.com.au . International Handball Federation. 7 November 2014.
5. Web site: Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide . 20 April 2015 . toronto2015.org . . 26 April 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150420184712/http://images.toronto2015.org/system/asset_pdfs/4013/original/pan-am-games-ticket-guide-042015.pdf . 20 April 2015 . dead .
6. Web site: 2016 Olympic Qualification. December 2013 . www.teamhandballnews.com/ . Team handball news. 7 November 2014.
7. Web site: Toronto (CAN) 2015 - the playoffs Adult Male and Female were drawn. 23 December 2014 . panamhandballblog.blogspot.ca/ . panamhandballblog . 24 December 2014.
8. Web site: Sport Technical Manual Handball. scribd.com . . 13 June 2015.
9. Web site: South American Games: Overtime thriller sees Brazil narrowly top Argentina . 17 March 2014 . www.handball-world.com . Handball World . 1 March 2015.
10. Web site: Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic advance to gold medal match in Central American & Caribbean Games . 26 November 2014 . www.handball-world.com . Handball World . 1 March 2015 . 2 April 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402140829/http://www.handball-world.com/o.red.c/news-2-1-20-63886.html . dead .
11. Web site: URU qualifies for Toronto 2015 in men and women . 15 March 2015 . panamhandball.org/ . Pan-American Team Handball Federation (PATHF) . 15 March 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150512201021/http://panamhandball.org/pathf/2015/03/15/uru-clasifica-a-toronto-2015-en-hombres-y-mujeres-uru-qualifies-for-toronto-2015-in-men-and-women/ . 12 May 2015 . dead .
12. Web site: South American Games: Brazil, Argentina and Chile earn spots to next year’s Pan-American Games . 16 March 2014 . www.handball-world.com . Handball World . 1 March 2015.
13. Web site: Toronto bound: Puerto Rico, Cuba clinch Pan Am Games tickets after narrow wins . 20 November 2014 . www.handball-world.com . Handball World . 1 March 2015 . 2 April 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402143226/http://www.handball-world.com/o.red.c/news-2-2-17-21887.html . dead .