2019 Nor.Ca. Women's Handball Championship

The 2019 Nor.Ca. Women's Handball Championship was the third edition of the Nor.Ca. Women's Handball Championship. The tournament took place in Mexico City from 28 May to 2 June 2019. It acted as the North American and Caribbean qualifying tournament for the 2019 World Women's Handball Championship.^[1]

2019 Nor.Ca. Women's Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Mexico
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	28 May – 2 June
Teams	7 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Cuba (2nd title)
Runners-up	Puerto Rico
Third place	Greenland
Fourth place	Dominican Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	807 (53.8 per match)
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Draw

The draw took place on 14 April 2019.^[2]

Seeding

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Dominican Republic  United States	Cuba  Puerto Rico	Canada  Mexico	Greenland

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC−6).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Puerto Rico	2	2	0	0	59	52	+7	4	Semifinals
2	Dominican Republic	2	1	0	1	56	57	−1	2
3	Mexico (H)	2	0	0	2	68	74	−6	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts

28 May 2019 18:00	Dominican Republic	38–34	Mexico	Centro Deportivo Olímpico Mexicano, Mexico City
		(20–13)

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29 May 2019 18:00	Puerto Rico	36–34	Mexico	Centro Deportivo Olímpico Mexicano, Mexico City
		(17–17)

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30 May 2019 18:00	Dominican Republic	18–23	Puerto Rico	Centro Deportivo Olímpico Mexicano, Mexico City
		(9–9)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cuba	3	3	0	0	82	55	+27	6	Semifinals
2	Greenland	3	1	1	1	84	68	+16	3[a]
3	United States	3	1	1	1	85	70	+15	3[a]
4	Canada	3	0	0	3	59	117	−58	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Notes:

1. United States 22–22 Greenland

28 May 2019 14:00	United States	22–22	Greenland	Centro Deportivo Olímpico Mexicano, Mexico City
		(10–9)

28 May 2019 16:00	Cuba	30–17	Canada	Centro Deportivo Olímpico Mexicano, Mexico City
		(16–7)

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29 May 2019 14:00	Canada	21–42	United States	Centro Deportivo Olímpico Mexicano, Mexico City
		(12–22)

29 May 2019 16:00	Greenland	17–25	Cuba	Centro Deportivo Olímpico Mexicano, Mexico City
		(11–12)

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30 May 2019 14:00	Canada	21–45	Greenland	Centro Deportivo Olímpico Mexicano, Mexico City
		(10–26)

30 May 2019 16:00	United States	21–27	Cuba	Centro Deportivo Olímpico Mexicano, Mexico City
		(11–12)

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	1 June
	Puerto Rico	29
					2 June
	Greenland	25
					Puerto Rico	24
	1 June
					Cuba	27
	Cuba	30
	Dominican Republic	23
					Third place game
					2 June
					Greenland	22
					Dominican Republic	20

Placement matches

1 June 2019 14:00	Mexico	30–24	Canada	Centro Deportivo Olímpico Mexicano, Mexico City
		(16–10)

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2 June 2019 14:00	United States	33–27	Mexico	Centro Deportivo Olímpico Mexicano, Mexico City
		(17–18)

Semifinals

1 June 2019 16:00	Puerto Rico	29–25	Greenland	Centro Deportivo Olímpico Mexicano, Mexico City
		(11–12)

1 June 2019 18:00	Cuba	30–23	Dominican Republic	Centro Deportivo Olímpico Mexicano, Mexico City
		(11–10)

Third place game

2 June 2019 16:00	Greenland	22–20	Dominican Republic	Centro Deportivo Olímpico Mexicano, Mexico City
		(14–10)

Final

2 June 2019 16:00	Puerto Rico	24–27	Cuba	Centro Deportivo Olímpico Mexicano, Mexico City
		(15–14)

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Cuba
	Puerto Rico
	Greenland
4	Dominican Republic
5	United States
6	Mexico
7	Canada

Team qualified for the 2019 World Women's Handball Championship