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.
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 Men Maik SantosFernando Pacheco FilhoCarlos ErtelDanilo SilvaRenato RuiBruno SouzaLeonardo BortoliniHélio JustinoJaqson KojoroskiAlexandre VasconcelosSilvio LaureanoFelipe RibeiroBruno SantanaJardel PizzinattoGui Oliveira Matías SchulzSergio CrevatinFederico PizarroMatías Martín LimaMariano CastroMaximiliano FerroAlejo CarraraLeonardo QuerinBruno CivelliFacundo TorresFernando GarcíaEmiliano la RosaGonzalo CarouGermán PardalesDamián Migueles Alfredo QuintanaRaifer TurinoGuillermo CorzoEdgard MartiRandy DíazDenip FonsecaDenis FernándezRafael CapoteAriel PazMisael IglesiasFrankis CarolYinkelly TomacenDaymaro AmadorEurelbis Valdes Women Chana MassonFabiana DinizAlexandra do NascimentoFabiana GripaDeonise CavaleiroDaniela PiedadeAline RosasViviane JacquesLucila SilvaJuceli RosaIdalina MesquitaAline SantosEduarda AmorimMilene FigueiredoDarly de Paula Maydelis SardinasCaridad VizcayVirgen MurilloAyling MartínezYasnay TorresArassay DuránAriagne CuestaSuleiky GómezAida DespaigneLisandra LussonNeivys MederosYohania MartiImara ValdézNadezza ValeraEneleidys Guevara Silvina SchlesingerValentina KoganMaría del Carmen AlejandreCinthya BasileGeorgina CostantinoBibiana FerreaAntonela MenaMagdalena DecilioLucia HaroMaría Emilia AcostaSonia MeyerSilvana TotoloLucia FernándezMariana SanguinettiSolange Tagliavini
Men's competition
Preliminary round Group A
Group B
Knockout stage Bracket
5–8th place semifinals
Semifinals
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Ranking and statistics
RankTeam 4 5 6 7 8 Qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics Qualified for the Olympic Qualification Tournament
Top scorers RankNameGoalsShots 1 Guillermo Corzo 39 66 592 Marcial Acuña 37 73 51 Emil Feuchtmann 65 57 4 Jorge Paván 36 56 645 Facundo Torres 29 45 64 Kelvin de León 49 59
Top goalkeepers (minimum 20% of total shots received by team) RankName%SavesShots 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
Group B
Knockout stage Bracket
5–8th place semifinals
Semifinals
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Ranking and statistics
RankTeam 4 5 6 7 8 Qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics Qualified for the Olympic Qualification Tournament
Top scorers RankNameGoalsShots 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) RankName%SavesShots 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
See also List of Pan American Games medalists in handball (men)
References Men's Results Women's Results