Handball at the 2003 Pan American Games

The Handball Tournament at the 2003 Pan American Games took place at Handball Hall in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. There was two competitions with one each for each gender. Cuba was the defending champion in the men's while Brazil were the defending champion in the women.

Handball at the 2003 Pan American Games
«1999 2007»

The tournament took place between August 2 to 11 with the winning sides of both the men’s and women’s tournament will directly qualify for the 2004 Olympic Handball Tournaments. That nation would be Brazil who would win both tournaments over Argentina.^[1]

Medal winners

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Brazil Alexandre Folhas Jardel Pizzinatto José Ronaldo do Nascimento Jair Henrique Alves Junior Renato Tupan Ruy Bruno Souza Jaqson Kojoroski Hélio Justino Daniel Baldacin Alexandre Vasconcelos Winglitton Rocha Barros Eduardo Henrique Reis Marcos Santos Fábio Vanini Gustavo Henrique Silva	Argentina Rodolfo Jung Fernando García Sergio Crevatín Alejo Carrara Lucas Cruz Martín Viscovich Bruno Civelli Andrés Kogovsek Eric Gull Christian Plati Alejandro Mariné Cristian Canzoniero Federico Besasso Gonzalo Viscovich Gonzalo Carou Mariano Larre	United States Danny Hennessy Mohamed El Gammal Tom Fitzgerald Joe Fitzgerald Joseph Lamour Kevin Williams Jon Sampson Timothy Lawrence Gary Hines John Kelly Divine Jackson Matt Van Houten Robert Dunn Michael Thornberry Italo Zanzi David Thompson
Women	Brazil Darly de Paula Fabiana Diniz Alexandra do Nascimento Margareth Montão Silvia Pinheiro Célia Coppi Daniela Piedade Aline Rosas Tayra Rodrigues Juceli Rosa Aline Silva Cristina Silva Idalina Mesquita Sandra de Oliveira Viviane Jacques	Argentina Marianela Larroca Mariana Mansilla Maricel Bueno Eliana Fontana Giselle Pintos Guadalupe Román Magdalena Decilio Georgina Visciglia Natacha Melillo María Barile Sabrina Nievas Valentina Kogan Florencia Am Pamela Sampietro Karina Seif Bibiana Ferrera	Uruguay Victoria Graña N’Haloy Laicouschi Cecilia Schwedt Ivanna Scavino Silvana de Armas Marcela Schelotto Mercedes Amor María Terragno Mariana Fleitas Verónica Castro Florencia Polcaro Jussara Castro Lorena Estefanell María Uriarte Sofía Griot

Men's Competition

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	3	3	0	0	119	50	+69	6	Semifinals
2	United States	3	2	0	1	75	74	+1	4
3	Mexico	3	1	0	2	70	90	−20	2	5–8th place semifinals
4	Puerto Rico	3	0	0	3	59	109	−50	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
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.

2 August 2003 15:15	Argentina	46–15	Mexico	Handball Hall
	G. Viscovich 9	(19−9)	five players 2
	2× 2×	Report	3× 2×

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2 August 2003 18:45	Puerto Rico	24–31	United States	Handball Hall
	Cepeda, Gutiérrez 5	(7−17)	Hines 12
	2× 2×	Report	3× 8× 1×

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3 August 2003 15:15	Puerto Rico	19–33	Mexico	Handball Hall
	three players 3	(8−14)	three players 8
	3× 7×	Report	2× 8×

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3 August 2003 18:45	United States	19–28	Argentina	Handball Hall
	Hines 6	(11−14)	Kogovsek 9
	3× 5× 1×	Report	3× 3× 2×

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5 August 2003 17:00	Mexico	22–25	United States	Handball Hall
	three players 4	(9−13)	El Gammal 9
	2× 6×	Report	3× 7×

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5 August 2003 20:30	Argentina	45–16	Puerto Rico	Handball Hall
	Cruz 11	(23−8)	Gutiérrez, Santiago 3
	3× 2×	Report	3× 4×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	0	105	47	+58	6	Semifinals
2	Uruguay	3	2	0	1	73	86	−13	4
3	Dominican Republic (H)	3	1	0	2	66	89	−23	2	5–8th place semifinals
4	Chile	3	0	0	3	63	85	−22	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
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

2 August 2003 17:00	Brazil	35–16	Dominican Republic
	Barros 8	(21−7)	K. de León 4
	3× 3×	Report	3× 4×

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2 August 2003 20:30	Uruguay	26–25	Chile
	Correa, Viacava 7	(10−13)	Feuchtmann 8
	3× 10× 2×	Report	3× 14× 2×

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3 August 2003 17:00	Uruguay	30–25	Dominican Republic
	Correa 6	(18−13)	K. de León 6
	3× 6×	Report	3× 5×

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3 August 2003 20:30	Chile	14–34	Brazil
	Montes 3	(7−14)	Vanini 7
	4× 5× 1×	Report	4× 4×

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5 August 2003 15:15	Dominican Republic	25–24	Chile
	K. de León 7	(12−14)	Feuchtmann 9
	3× 6×	Report	3× 6×

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5 August 2003 18:45	Brazil	36–17	Uruguay
	Barros 8	(21−9)	Viacava 5
	3× 3× 1×	Report	3× 6× 2×

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	7 August
	Argentina	36
					11 August
	Uruguay	17
					Argentina	30
	7 August
					Brazil (OT)	31
	Brazil	34
	United States	20
					Third place
					11 August
					Uruguay	23
					United States	25

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	7 August
	Mexico	19
					9 August
	Chile	25
					Chile	26
	7 August
					Puerto Rico	23
	Dominican Republic	34
	Puerto Rico (OT)	39
					Seventh place
					9 August
					Mexico	32
					Dominican Republic	35

5–8th place semifinals

7 August 2003 15:00	Mexico	19–25	Chile
	Rojas 5	(10−10)	Feuchtmann 5
	3× 6×	Report	4× 5× 1×

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7 August 2003 17:00	Dominican Republic	34–39 (ET)	Puerto Rico
	K. de León 7	(14−13)	Cepeda 9
	3× 11×	Report	2× 5× 1×
	FT: 31−31 ET: 3−8

Semifinals

7 August 2003 19:00	Argentina	36–17	Uruguay
	Kogovsek 9	(17−9)	Correa 5
	3× 2×	Report	3× 1×

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7 August 2003 21:00	Brazil	34–20	United States
	Nascimento 8	(16−12)	Dunn 5
	2× 3×	Report	3× 9×

Seventh place game

9 August 2003 15:00	Mexico	32–35	Dominican Republic
	Rojas 8	(15−17)	K. de León 9
	4× 4×	Report	3× 5×

Fifth place game

9 August 2003 17:00	Chile	26–23	Puerto Rico
	Soto 7	(13−9)	Cepeda, Pizarro 6
	5× 6× 1×	Report	3× 4×

Bronze medal game

11 August 2003 10:00	Uruguay	23–25	United States
	Viacava 7	(11−14)	J. Fitzgerald 5
	4× 3× 1×	Report	3× 9× 1×

Gold medal game

11 August 2003 12:00	Argentina	30–31 (ET)	Brazil	Attendance: 300 Referees: Baum, Góralczyk (POL)
	Gull 8	(16−12)	Souza 7
	3× 8× 1×	Report	5× 9× 1×
	FT: 24−24 ET: 6−7

Ranking and statistics

Rank Team  Brazil  Argentina  United States 4  Uruguay 5  Chile 6  Puerto Rico 7  Dominican Republic 8  Mexico Qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics

2003 Pan American Games winners  Brazil First title

Top scorers Rank Name Goals Shots % 1 Andrés Kogovsek 37 45 82 2 Kelvin de León 33 50 66 3 Gary Hines 31 52 59 4 Eric Gull 30 54 55 5 Winglitton Rocha Barros 29 45 64 Emil Feuchtmann 52 55 Source: Santo Domingo 2003

Top goalkeepers (minimum 20% of total shots received by team) Rank Name % Saves Shots 1 Marcos Santos 48 39 81 2 Fernando García 45 34 74 3 Alexandre Vasconcelos 42 41 96 Italo Zanzi 42 99 5 Felipe Barrientos 39 59 148 Source: Santo Domingo 2003

Women's tournament

Preliminary round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	5	5	0	0	200	68	+132	10	Semifinals
2	Argentina	5	3	1	1	126	113	+13	7
3	United States	5	3	0	2	109	123	−14	6
4	Uruguay	5	2	1	2	137	125	+12	5
5	Dominican Republic (H)	5	1	0	4	91	163	−72	2	Fifth place game
6	Mexico	5	0	0	5	90	161	−71	0

Source: Santo Domingo 2003
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

2 August 2003 09:00	Brazil	36–13	United States
	Pinheiro 9	(15−5)	Eagen 4
	3×	Report	3× 9×

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2 August 2003 10:45	Argentina	32–21	Mexico
	Seif 9	(15−4)	Gutiérrez 5
	2× 6×	Report	3× 4×

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2 August 2003 12:30	Uruguay	35–23	Dominican Republic
	Uriarte 9	(15−10)	Hernández 8
	2× 4×	Report	3× 5× 1×

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3 August 2003 09:00	United States	19–25	Argentina
	Batar 6	(12−11)	Seif 7
	3× 5×	Report	3× 5× 1×

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3 August 2003 10:45	Dominican Republic	6–48	Brazil
	Hernández, Rosa 3	(0−26)	Coppi 9
	2× 8×	Report	3× 1×

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3 August 2003 12:30	Mexico	19–37	Uruguay
	Lara 4	(7−19)	Estefanell 6
	3× 4×	Report	2× 2×

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4 August 2003 17:00	Brazil	46–10	Mexico
	Mesquita 10	(21−4)	Serna 4
	3× 2×	Report	3×

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4 August 2003 18:45	Argentina	23–23	Uruguay
	Melillo, Seif 5	(8−13)	three players 5
	4× 7×	Report	4× 5×

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4 August 2003 20:30	United States	30–23	Dominican Republic
	Batar 8	(16−13)	Hernández 9
	3× 6× 1×	Report	4× 9× 1×

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6 August 2003 09:00	Argentina	28–16	Dominican Republic
	Am 5	(17−9)	Peña 5
	3× 6×	Report	3× 8× 1×

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6 August 2003 10:45	Uruguay	21–36	Brazil
	Griot 5	(6−22)	A. Silva 9
	3× 3×	Report	4× 6×

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6 August 2003 12:30	Mexico	18–23	United States
	Esquivel 10	(10−14)	Martin 6
	3× 4×	Report	3× 6×

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7 August 2003 09:00	Dominican Republic	23–22	Mexico
	Rosa 7	(11−10)	Esquivel 6
	3× 6×	Report	2× 4×

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7 August 2003 10:45	Uruguay	21–24	United States
	Estefanell 6	(12−10)	three players 5
	3× 1×	Report	3× 2×

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7 August 2003 12:30	Brazil	34–18	Argentina
	A. Silva 7	(14−10)	Ferrera 4
	3× 2×	Report	3× 3×

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	7 August
	Brazil	46
					11 August
	Uruguay	14
					Brazil	40
	7 August
					Argentina	15
	Argentina (OT)	29
	United States	26
					Third place
					11 August
					Uruguay	35
					United States	21

Semifinals

9 August 2003 10:00	Brazil	46–14	Uruguay
	Nascimento 9	(23−7)	three players 3
	3× 1×	Report	2× 1×

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9 August 2003 12:00	Argentina	29–26 (ET)	United States
	Seif 10	(11−12)	Batar 11
	3× 4× 1×	Report	4× 4×
	FT: 24−24 ET: 5−2

Fifth place game

11 August 2003 15:00	Dominican Republic	25–20	Mexico
	Sosa 6	(8−10)	three players 4
	2× 11×	Report	3× 5×

Bronze medal game

12 August 2003 10:00	Uruguay	35–21	United States
	Castro 10	(16−10)	Batar 5
	3× 3×	Report	3× 3×

Gold medal game

12 August 2003 12:00	Brazil	40–15	Argentina
	Nascimento, A. Silva 7	(20−6)	Visciglia 4
	2× 4×	Report	2× 5×

Ranking and statistics

Rank Team  Brazil  Argentina  Uruguay 4  United States 5  Dominican Republic 6  Mexico Qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics

2003 Pan American Games winners  Brazil Second title

Top scorers Rank Name Goals Shots % 1 Aline Silva 43 58 74 2 Edina Batar 40 58 68 3 Jussara Castro 36 82 43 4 Karina Seif 34 75 45 Crisleydi Hernández 83 40 Source: Santo Domingo 2003

Top goalkeepers (minimum 20% of total shots received by team) Rank Name % Saves Shots 1 Darly de Paula 55 68 123 Cristina Silva 52 94 3 N’Haloy Laicouschi 40 72 179 4 Anca Hesser 37 62 165 5 Valentina Kogan 35 82 229 Source: Santo Domingo 2003

Medal table

Place	Nation				Total
1	Brazil	2	0	0	2
2	Argentina	0	2	0	2
3	United States	0	0	1	1
	Uruguay	0	0	1	1
Total		2	2	2	6