2023 Central American Men's Handball Championship

The 2023 Central American Men's Handball Championship took place in Managua, Nicaragua from 21 to 25 February. It acted as a qualifying tournament for the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games and the 2024 South and Central American Men's Handball Championship.^[2] The tournament was broadcast by Fanatiz.

2023 Central American Men's Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Nicaragua
City	1
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	21–25 February
Teams	5 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Costa Rica[1] (2nd title)
Runners-up	Nicaragua
Third place	Guatemala
Fourth place	Honduras
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	564 (56.4 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Kenneth Garay (36 goals)
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Results

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Costa Rica	4	4	0	0	129	94	+35	8	2023 Central American and Caribbean Games and 2024 South and Central American Championship
2	Nicaragua (H)	4	3	0	1	134	120	+14	6	2023 Central American and Caribbean Games
3	Guatemala	4	2	0	2	107	97	+10	4
4	Honduras	4	1	0	3	104	129	−25	2
5	El Salvador	4	0	0	4	90	124	−34	0	Qualified as host for the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games

Source: SCAHC
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(H) Hosts

Round robin

All times are local (UTC−06:00).

21 February 2023 18:00	Honduras	20–30	Guatemala	Instituto Nicaragüense de Deportes, Managua Attendance: 150 Referees: Castillo, Alvarado (CRC)
	Garcia 7	(7–12)	Estrada 10
	6× 1×	Report	4× 1×

21 February 2023 20:00	El Salvador	29–33	Nicaragua	Instituto Nicaragüense de Deportes, Managua Attendance: 250 Referees: Barahona, Gomez
	Sosa 8	(13–13)	Garay 9
	1× 5×	Report	1× 4× 1×

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22 February 2023 18:00	Honduras	26–20	El Salvador	Instituto Nicaragüense de Deportes, Managua Attendance: 100 Referees: Correa, Correa (BRA)
	Garcia 7	(12–8)	Hernandez 6
	1× 6× 1×	Report	0× 6×

22 February 2023 20:00	Nicaragua	25–30	Costa Rica	Instituto Nicaragüense de Deportes, Managua Attendance: 250 Referees: Gomez, Parra
	Garay 6	(11–14)	Barrantes, Molina 6
	7× 1×	Report	1× 5×

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23 February 2023 18:00	Costa Rica	25–22	Guatemala	Instituto Nicaragüense de Deportes, Managua Attendance: 100 Referees: Parra, Arana
	Herrera 7	(15–9)	Martinez 6
	1× 6×	Report	1× 6×

23 February 2023 20:00	Nicaragua	44–32	Honduras	Instituto Nicaragüense de Deportes, Managua Attendance: 280 Referees: Castillo, Alvarado (CRC)
	Garay 10	(26–18)	Raudales 7
	6×	Report	1× 4×

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24 February 2023 18:00	El Salvador	21–39	Costa Rica	Instituto Nicaragüense de Deportes, Managua Attendance: 80 Referees: Pagoaga, Zambrano (HON)
	Alvarenga, Espinoza 4	(10–19)	Jimenez 7
	1× 2×	Report	1×

24 February 2023 20:00	Guatemala	29–32	Nicaragua	Instituto Nicaragüense de Deportes, Managua Attendance: 450 Referees: Castillo, Alvarado (CRC)
	Herrera 10	(14–14)	Garay 11
	1× 5×	Report	10× 4×

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25 February 2023 18:00	El Salvador	20–26	Guatemala	Instituto Nicaragüense de Deportes, Managua Attendance: 50 Referees: Pagoaga, Zambrano (HON)
	Espinoza 8	(12–15)	Estrada, Soto 5
	0× 3×	Report	3× 4×

25 February 2023 20:00	Costa Rica	35–26	Honduras	Instituto Nicaragüense de Deportes, Managua Attendance: 50 Referees: Parra, Rojas
	Jimenez 7	(18–10)	Garcia 7
	1× 3×	Report	1× 3×