2017 Pan American Women's Club Handball Championship

The 2017 Pan American Women's Club Handball Championship will be the second edition of the tournament organised by the Pan-American Team Handball Federation,^[1] and will be held in Asuncion, Paraguay 23–28 October.^[2]

2017 Pan American Women's Club Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Paraguay
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	23–28 October
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	EC Pinheiros (1st title)
Runners-up	Club Atlético Goes
Third place	Jockey Club
Fourth place	Vicente López
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	1,092 (54.6 per match)
Attendance	4,550 (228 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Florencia Ponce de Leon (52 goals)
Awards
Best player	Giuliana Gavilán
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Participating teams

• Jockey Club
• Vicente López
• EC Pinheiros
• Ovalle Balonmano
• Atlético Triunfo
• Nueva Estrella
• BBC Layva
• Club Atlético Goes

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Club Atlético Goes	3	3	0	0	97	68	29	6
Jockey Club	3	2	0	1	84	65	19	4
Ovalle Balonmano	3	1	0	2	73	88	–15	2
Atlético Triunfo	3	0	0	3	59	92	–33	0

Teams qualified to the semi-finals

All times are local (UTC−03:00).

23 October 2017 14:00	Ovalle Balonmano	23–34	Club Atlético Goes	Parque Olimpico COP, Luque Attendance: 150 Referees: Galeano, Franco (PAR)
	Verdejo 7	(10–18)	Ferrari 10
	2×	Report	3× 4×

23 October 2017 18:00	Jockey Club	30–14	Atlético Triunfo	Parque Olimpico COP, Luque Attendance: 200 Referees: Araujo, Perdomo (URU)
	Denasio, Olmos 5	(17–3)	Ponce de Leon 5
	2× 2×	Report	2× 4×

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24 October 2017 14:00	Club Atlético Goes	28–22	Jockey Club	Parque Olimpico COP, Luque Attendance: 150 Referees: Moraga, Zavalla (CHI)
	Barreiro 9	(15–12)	Mellano 8
	2× 6× 1×	Report	2× 1×

24 October 2017 18:00	Atlético Triunfo	22–27	Ovalle Balonmano	Parque Olimpico COP, Luque Attendance: 300 Referees: Perdomo, Araujo (URU)
	Ponce de Leon 9	(8–10)	Canessa 8
	1× 6×	Report	2×

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25 October 2017 14:00	Ovalle Balonmano	23–32	Jockey Club	Parque Olimpico COP, Luque Attendance: 100 Referees: Perdomo, Araujo (URU)
	three players 4	(10–16)	Haro 7
	3× 4×	Report	3× 5×

25 October 2017 18:00	Atlético Triunfo	23–35	Club Atlético Goes	Parque Olimpico COP, Luque Attendance: 80 Referees: Paolantoni, Zanikian (ARG)
	Ponce de Leon 17	(15–13)	Barreiro 11
	2× 7×	Report	2× 3×

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
EC Pinheiros	3	3	0	0	100	38	62	6
Vicente López	3	1	1	1	68	71	–3	3
BBC Layva	3	1	1	1	82	89	–7	3
Nueva Estrella	3	0	0	3	58	110	–52	0

Teams qualified to the semi-finals

23 October 2017 16:00	EC Pinheiros	36–17	BBC Layva	Parque Olimpico COP, Luque Attendance: 250 Referees: Paolantoni, Zanikian (ARG)
	Damasceno 6	(14–8)	Pessina, Eattsman 3
	2× 3×	Report	2× 4×

23 October 2017 20:00	Vicente López	28–24	Nueva Estrella	Parque Olimpico COP, Luque Attendance: 350 Referees: Oliveira, Vilela (BRA)
	Moreno, Cordoba 6	(16–12)	Acuña 10
	3× 3×	Report	2× 3×

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24 October 2017 16:00	BBC Layva	27–27	Vicente López	Parque Olimpico COP, Luque Attendance: 250 Referees: Franco, Galeano (PAR)
	Eattsman 7	(13–9)	Moreno 6
	1× 4×	Report	3× 3×

24 October 2017 20:00	Nueva Estrella	8–44	EC Pinheiros	Parque Olimpico COP, Luque Attendance: 300 Referees: Paolantoni, Zanikian (ARG)
	F. Acuña 6	(2–23)	Santos 7
	2× 5×	Report	2× 6×

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25 October 2017 16:00	Vicente López	13–20	EC Pinheiros	Parque Olimpico COP, Luque Attendance: 250 Referees: Moraga, Zavalla (CHI)
	Moreno 6	(7–10)	Oliveira 4
	1× 2×	Report	3× 2×

25 October 2017 20:00	BBC Layva	38–26	Nueva Estrella	Parque Olimpico COP, Luque Attendance: 350 Referees: Vilela, Oliveira (BRA)
	Ferrari 9	(19–12)	Acuña 8
	2× 7×	Report	4× 5×

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	27 October
	Club Atlético Goes	30
					28 October
	Vicente López	28
					Club Atlético Goes	23
	27 October
					EC Pinheiros	33
	EC Pinheiros	31
	Jockey Club	19
					Third place
					28 October
					Vicente López	26
					Jockey Club	36

5–8th place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	27 October
	Atlético Triunfo	29
					28 October
	BBC Layva	33
					BBC Layva	31
	27 October
					Nueva Estrella	30
	Ovalle Balonmano	35
	Nueva Estrella	37
					Seventh place
					28 October
					Atlético Triunfo	22
					Ovalle Balonmano	28

5–8th place semifinals

27 October 2017 14:00	BBC Layva	33–29	Atlético Triunfo	Parque Olimpico COP, Luque Attendance: 150 Referees: Paolantoni, Zanikian (ARG)
	Martin 8	(19–17)	Ponce de Leon 12
	2×	Report	7×

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27 October 2017 16:00	Ovalle Balonmano	35–37	Nueva Estrella	Parque Olimpico COP, Luque Attendance: 200 Referees: Perdomo, Araujo (PAR)
	Verdejo 11	(19–18)	Valenzuela 10
	2× 4×	Report	1× 6×

Semifinals

27 October 2017 18:00	Club Atlético Goes	30–28	Vicente López	Parque Olimpico COP, Luque Attendance: 150 Referees: Vilela, Oliveira (BRA)
	Barreiro 8	(14–12)	Sans 9
	1× 5×	Report	2× 4×

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27 October 2017 20:00	EC Pinheiros	31–19	Jockey Club	Parque Olimpico COP, Luque Attendance: 300 Referees: Loraga, Zavalla (CHI)
	Four Players 5	(13–9)	Gavilan 7
	2× 3×	Report	1× 2×

Seventh place game

28 October 2017 14:00	Atlético Triunfo	22–28	Ovalle Balonmano	Parque Olimpico COP, Luque Attendance: 200 Referees: Perdomo, Araujo (URU)
	Ponce de Leon 9	(9–12)	Verdejo 9
	2× 4× 1×	Report	1× 1×

Fifth place game

28 October 2017 16:00	Nueva Estrella	30–31	BBC Layva	Parque Olimpico COP, Luque Attendance: 250 Referees: Moraga, Zavalla (CHI)
	F. Acuña, Acuña 9	(13–18)	Eattsman, Martin 5
	2× 4×	Report	1× 3×

Third place game

28 October 2017 18:00	Vicente López	26–36	Jockey Club	Parque Olimpico COP, Luque Attendance: 320 Referees: Vilela, Oliveira (BRA)
	Moreno, Cordoba 7	(14–17)	Yudica 8
	3× 3×	Report	2× 3×

Final

28 October 2017 20:00	Club Atlético Goes	23–33	EC Pinheiros	Parque Olimpico COP, Luque Attendance: 250 Referees: Paoloantoni, Zanikian (ARG)
	Scarrone 9	(11–16)	dos Santos 7
	4× 2×	Report	1× 6×

Final standing

Rank	Team
	EC Pinheiros
	Club Atlético Goes
	Jockey Club
4	Vicente López
5	BBC Layva
6	Nueva Estrella
7	Ovalle Balonmano
8	Atlético Triunfo

Awards

All-star team

• Goalkeeper: Alice Fernandes da Silva
• Right Wing: Isabelle dos Santos
• Right Back: Macarena Sans
• Playmaker: Alejandra Scarrone
• Left Back: Florencia Ponce de Leon
• Left Wing: Martina Barreiro
• Pivot: Giuliana Gavilan