Handball at the 2015 Pan American Games

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

The winners of the two tournaments qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. If the host nation, Brazil won either tournament, the runner up qualified instead.

Competition schedule

The following was the competition schedule for the handball competitions:

PPreliminaries½SemifinalsB3rd place play-offFFinal 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 summary Medal table

Medalists Men's tournamentMaik SantosHenrique TeixeiraFernando Pacheco FilhoBruno SantanaRaul NantesLucas CândidoDiogo HubnerThiagus dos SantosAlexandro PozzerFelipe RibeiroFábio ChiuffaVinícius TeixeiraOswaldo GuimarãesAndré SoaresCésar AlmeidaMatías SchulzFederico FernándezFederico PizarroSebastián SimonetPablo Sebastián PortelaDiego SimonetPablo SimonetLeonardo Facundo QuerínFederico Matías VieyraFernando Gabriel GarcíaJuan Pablo FernándezGonzalo CarouDamián MiguelesAdrián PortelaSergio CrevatinFelipe BarrientosSebastián CeballosAlfredo ValenzuelaPablo BaezaNicolás JofreDiego ReyesErik CaniuJavier FrelijjCristián Moll RamírezFelipe MaurinGuillermo ArayaEsteban SalinasRené OlivaRodrigo Salinas MuñozMarco OnetoAlexandra do NascimentoSamira RochaDaniela PiedadeAmanda de AndradeTamires Morena LimaFernanda da SilvaAna Paula RodriguesJéssica QuintinoBárbara ArenhartFrancielle da RochaMayssa PessoaElaine GomesJaqueline AnastácioCélia CoppiDeonise CavaleiroMarisol CarratuLucía HaroManuela PizzoLuciana SalvadoRocio CampigliAmelia BelottiLuciana MendozaVictoria CrivelliAntonella GambinoValentina KoganValeria BianchiAntonela MenaMacarena SansMacarena GandulfoElke KarstenPatricia RéPaola SantosPaula FynnSoledad FaedoAlejandra ScarroneDaniela ScarroneAlejandra FerrariCamila BarreiroMartina BarreiroEliana FalcoFederica CuraLeticia SchincaCamila VázquezViviana FerrariIara Grosso

Qualification A total of eight men's teams and eight women's teams qualified to compete at the games. The top three teams at the South American and Central American and Caribbean Games qualified for each respective tournament. The host nation (Canada) automatically qualified teams in both events. 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. Each team can consist of up to 15 athletes.

Men EventDateLocationVacanciesQualifiedHost Nation12014 South American GamesMarch 8–14 Santiago3November 16–243Last chance qualification tournamentMarch 7/14, 20151 Total 8

Women EventDateLocationVacanciesQualifiedHost Nation12014 South American GamesMarch 7–15 Santiago3November 15–233Last chance qualification tournamentMarch 7/14, 20151 Total 8

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

See also List of Pan American Games medalists in handball (men)

References