Handball at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games

The handball competition of the 2021 Junior Pan American Games in Cali, Colombia was held from 23 November to 4 December at the Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, the events were played by U23 national teams and awarded one place in both genders to the handball tournament of the 2023 Pan American Games.^[1][2]

Handball at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games
Handball pictogram
Venue	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena
Location	Cali
Dates	23 November – 4 December
Nations	9
Teams	8 (men) 8 (women)
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Participating teams

Men  Argentina  Brazil  Chile  Colombia  Cuba  Mexico  Puerto Rico  Dominican Republic

Women  Argentina  Brazil  Chile  Colombia  Cuba  Mexico  Paraguay  Dominican Republic

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Argentina	1	1	0	2
2	Brazil	1	0	1	2
3	Paraguay	0	1	0	1
4	Chile	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 entries)		2	2	2	6

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's tournament	Brazil Edney Oliveira Luís Garcia Marcos Braga Joel Santos Luís Da Silva Lucas Santos Natan Silva Leandro Da Silva Gerson Da Silva Carlos Santos Marcos Da Silva Davi Langaro Jose Lopes Tarcísio Oliveira	Argentina Santiago Giovagnola Santiago Barcelo Tomas Marinaro Tobias Torossian Franco Mendive Joaquin Barcelo Pedro Martinez Julian Santos Lautaro Robledo Juan Villarreal Agustin Uzner Catriel Benitez Martin Jung Tomas Mera	Chile Vicente González Luciano Scaramelli Rodrigo Aedo Goran Kegevic Diego Caro Francisco Ahumada Nicolás Moraga Daniel Montecino Arian Delgado Renato Castro Danilo Salgado Aaron Codina Adolfo Navarro Francisco Aguilera
Women's tournament	Argentina Anna Azul Aballay Belen Aizen Berenice Karin Frelier Camila Ayelen Pedernera Carolina Bono Carolina Aldana Luque Caterina Benedetti Gorga Martina Lang Martina Romero Sofia Aldana Manzano Sol Ariadna Azcune Valentina Learreta Valentina Menucci Yamila Aylen Baggio	Paraguay Ana Yamile Oliveira Cabrera Fátima Acuña Fátima Ocampos Fiorella Olmedo Aranda Gabriela Benítez Almada Jazmín Samaniego Benitez Jazmín Mendoza Julieta Anahí Chilavert Moreno Kiara Vergara Martínez Liliana Acuña Maggie Lugo Lara María Paula Fernández Shelsea Maria Belén Careaga Sofía Villalba	Brazil Ana Luiza Fernandes Alves Fernanda Paulino De Lima Geandra Leoncio De Souza Jhennifer Lopes Karolain Lewandowski Kauani Bittencourt Klos Luara Marina De Paula Bastos Marcela Arounian Maria Grasielly Brasil Pereira Maria Paula Lima E Dias Mariana Araujo Evangelista Maryanna Rafaela Rodrigues Ranielle Franca Da Silva Rebeca Cristini Gregorio Araujo

Men's tournament

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC−5).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	0	117	54	+63	6	Semifinals
2	Chile	3	2	0	1	98	72	+26	4
3	Mexico	3	1	0	2	74	89	−15	2	5–8th place semifinals
4	Puerto Rico	3	0	0	3	53	127	−74	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

29 November 2021 09:00	Brazil	38–16	Mexico	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Attendance: 260 Referees: Augusto, Poulet (USA)
	Neto, T. Oliveira 6	(17–7)	Bayardo 6
	1× 2×	Report	3×

29 November 2021 11:40	Chile	44–18	Puerto Rico	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Attendance: 80 Referees: Burgos, Delgado (ARG)
	Salgado 10	(21–10)	three players 4
	2× 3×	Report	3×

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30 November 2021 09:00	Brazil	49–15	Puerto Rico	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Attendance: 100 Referees: Coba, Osalde (MEX)
	M. da Silva 7	(22–9)	Monge 4
	1×	Report	1× 7× 1×

30 November 2021 11:40	Chile	31–24	Mexico	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Attendance: 200 Referees: Correa B., Correa R. (BRA)
	Salgado 9	(14–11)	Márquez 6
	1× 5× 1×	Report	2× 7×

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1 December 2021 09:00	Brazil	30–23	Chile	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Attendance: 120 Referees: Burgos, Delgado (ARG)
	T. Oliveira 7	(18–11)	Codina 6
	2× 4×	Report	2× 2×

1 December 2021 11:40	Mexico	34–20	Puerto Rico	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Referees: Estrada, Pineda (COL)
	Márquez, Rivera 6	(14–11)	K. Ocasio 6
	1× 1×	Report	1× 4×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	3	3	0	0	112	64	+48	6	Semifinals
2	Cuba	3	2	0	1	108	103	+5	4
3	Dominican Republic	3	1	0	2	83	114	−31	2	5–8th place semifinals
4	Colombia (H)	3	0	0	3	82	104	−22	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

29 November 2021 17:00	Argentina	30–19	Colombia	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Attendance: 350 Referees: Correa B., Correa R. (BRA)
	Mendive 6	(13–7)	Bedoya 5
	1× 5×	Report	1× 5×

29 November 2021 19:40	Cuba	42–30	Dominican Republic	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Attendance: 350 Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
	Almeida 9	(20–16)	Cabrera 7
	1×	Report	1× 8× 1×

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30 November 2021 17:00	Argentina	42–16	Dominican Republic	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Attendance: 250 Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
	Robledo 7	(19–7)	López 4
	1× 3×	Report	2× 3× 1×

30 November 2021 19:40	Cuba	37–33	Colombia	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Attendance: 350 Referees: Correa B., Correa R. (BRA)
	Rodríguez 6	(20–11)	Belalcázar 8
	3× 6× 2×	Report	6×

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1 December 2021 17:00	Argentina	40–29	Cuba	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Attendance: 150 Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
	Robledo 9	(22–16)	Rodríguez 8
	1× 4×	Report

1 December 2021 19:40	Colombia	30–37	Dominican Republic	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Attendance: 250 Referees: Coba, Osalde (MEX)
	Belalcázar, Rojas 5	(14–17)	López 11
	1× 6×	Report	6×

Classification round

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	3 December
	Dominican Republic	30
					4 December
	Puerto Rico	24
					Dominican Republic	24
	3 December
					Mexico	36
	Mexico	34
	Colombia	31
					Seventh place
					4 December
					Puerto Rico	27
					Colombia	32

5–8th place semifinals

3 December 2021 09:00	Dominican Republic	30–24	Puerto Rico	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Attendance: 100 Referees: Pagoaga, Zambrano (HON)
	López 7	(11–9)	Monge 8
	1× 3×	Report	2×

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3 December 2021 11:40	Mexico	34–31	Colombia	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Attendance: 120 Referees: Augusto, Poulet (USA)
	Álvarez 7	(17–16)	Melgarejo 11
	1× 6×	Report	2× 3×

Seventh place game

4 December 2021 09:00	Puerto Rico	27–32	Colombia	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Attendance: 120 Referees: Coba, Osalde (MEX)
	Rodríguez 6	(11–15)	Belalcázar 8
	1× 6×	Report	1× 2×

Fifth place game

4 December 2021 11:40	Dominican Republic	24–36	Mexico	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Referees: Pagoaga, Zambrano (HON)
	López 11	(14–14)	Pérez 8
	2× 4×	Report	1× 4×

Medal round

	Semifinals				Final
	3 December
	Argentina	34
					4 December
	Chile	22
					Argentina	24
	3 December
					Brazil	26
	Brazil	26
	Cuba	22
					Third place
					4 December
					Chile (2ET)	37
					Cuba	35

Semifinals

3 December 2021 17:00	Argentina	34–22	Chile	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Attendance: 250 Referees: Correa B., Correa R. (BRA)
	J. Barceló 9	(18–12)	Salgado 8
	2× 3×	Report	2× 1×

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3 December 2021 19:40	Brazil	26–22	Cuba	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Referees: Estrada, Pineda (COL)
	Garcia 5	(16–12)	Rodríguez 9
	1× 3×	Report	1× 5×

Bronze medal game

4 December 2021 15:00	Chile	37–35 (ET)	Cuba	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Referees: Burgos, Delgado (ARG)
	Salgado 11	(14–13)	Rodríguez 10
	3× 3×	Report	2× 1× 1×
	FT: 27–27 ET: 5–5, 5–3

Final

4 December 2021 18:40	Argentina	24–26	Brazil	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Attendance: 500 Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
	Mendive, Unzner 5	(13–12)	T. Oliveira 7
	3×	Report	1× 3× 1×

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Brazil
	Argentina
	Chile
4	Cuba
5	Mexico
6	Dominican Republic
7	Colombia
8	Puerto Rico

Team qualified to the 2023 Pan American Games

Women's tournament

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC−5).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	3	2	1	0	98	61	+37	5	Semifinals
2	Chile	3	2	0	1	85	80	+5	4
3	Mexico	3	1	1	1	96	92	+4	3	5–8th place semifinals
4	Colombia (H)	3	0	0	3	62	108	−46	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

23 November 2021 09:00	Chile	32–26	Colombia	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Attendance: 200 Referees: Correa B., Correa R. (BRA)
	Muller 7	(17–13)	Córdoba 10
	1× 1×	Report	4×

23 November 2021 11:40	Argentina	32–32	Mexico	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Referees: Augusto, Poulet (USA)
	Lang 8	(15–16)	Leal 9
	1× 3×	Report	1× 5×

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24 November 2021 09:00	Chile	36–29	Mexico	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Attendance: 150 Referees: Burgos, Delgado (ARG)
	Lovera 8	(14–10)	López 7
	1× 5×	Report	1× 5×

24 November 2021 11:40	Argentina	41–12	Colombia	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Attendance: 200 Referees: Pagoaga, Zambrano (HON)
	Pedernera 8	(21–5)	Córdoba 5
	1× 2×	Report	7× 1×

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25 November 2021 07:40	Chile	17–25	Argentina	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Attendance: 120 Referees: Correa B., Correa R. (BRA)
	three players 3	(8–11)	Baggio, Frelier 5
	2×	Report	2× 2×

25 November 2021 10:20	Colombia	24–35	Mexico	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Attendance: 150 Referees: Augusto, Poulet (USA)
	Arcila, Córdoba 5	(10–17)	Pereira, Vargas 5
	2× 4×	Report	2×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Paraguay	3	2	0	1	101	71	+30	4[a]	Semifinals
2	Brazil	3	2	0	1	91	65	+26	4[a]
3	Cuba	3	2	0	1	96	96	0	4[a]	5–8th place semifinals
4	Dominican Republic	3	0	0	3	67	123	−56	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Paraguay 2 Pts, +16 GD; Brazil 2 Pts, 0 GD; Cuba 2 Pts, –16 GD

23 November 2021 17:00	Brazil	29–30	Cuba	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Attendance: 150 Referees: Burgos, Delgado (ARG)
	Paulino 6	(15–14)	Toledo 13
	1× 5×	Report	3×

23 November 2021 19:40	Paraguay	40–26	Dominican Republic	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
	F. Acuña 9	(20–10)	Wattley 7
	1× 3×	Report	10× 1×

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24 November 2021 19:40	Paraguay	40–23	Cuba	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Attendance: 215 Referees: Correa B., Correa R. (BRA)
	F. Acuña 12	(21–10)	Rosabal 8
	1× 1×	Report	3× 1×

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25 November 2021 13:00	Brazil	22–21	Paraguay	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Attendance: 316 Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
	Arounian 6	(14–10)	Fernández 8
	1× 2×	Report	3×

25 November 2021 15:40	Cuba	43–27	Dominican Republic	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Attendance: 150 Referees: Coba, Osalde (MEX)
	Rosabal 14	(18–11)	Wattley 7
	1× 3× 1×	Report	1× 10× 1×

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26 November 2021 10:00	Brazil	40–14	Dominican Republic	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Attendance: 200 Referees: Coba, Osalde (MEX)
	Araújo 6	(19–8)	Wattley 5
		Report	1× 5×

Classification round

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	27 November
	Cuba	39
					28 November
	Colombia	30
					Cuba	39
	27 November
					Mexico	36
	Mexico	32
	Dominican Republic	28
					Seventh place
					28 November
					Colombia (pen.)	32
					Dominican Republic	31

5–8th place semifinals

27 November 2021 09:00	Cuba	39–30	Colombia	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Attendance: 120 Referees: Coba, Osalde (MEX)
	González, Rosabal 7	(15–10)	Asprilla 7
	2× 3×	Report	1× 2×

27 November 2021 11:40	Mexico	32–28	Dominican Republic	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Attendance: 235 Referees: Pagoaga, Zambrano (HON)
	Tapia 10	(11–14)	Liranzo 10
	6×	Report	3× 7×

Seventh place game

28 November 2021 09:00	Colombia	32–31	Dominican Republic	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Referees: Coba, Osalde (MEX)
	Córdoba 9	(13–18)	Liranzo 8
	2×	Report	3×
	FT: 28–28 Pen: 4–3

Fifth place game

28 November 2021 11:40	Cuba	39–36	Mexico	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Attendance: 122 Referees: Augusto, Poulet (USA)
	N. Rodríguez, Rosabal 10	(18–16)	Pereira 11
	3×	Report	3×

Medal round

	Semifinals				Final
	27 November
	Paraguay	31
					28 November
	Chile	26
					Paraguay	24
	27 November
					Argentina	27
	Argentina	23
	Brazil	21
					Third place
					28 November
					Chile	19
					Brazil	30

Semifinals

27 November 2021 17:00	Paraguay	31–26	Chile	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Attendance: 300 Referees: Burgos, Delgado (ARG)
	Villalba 8	(16–11)	Lovera 5
	1× 3×	Report	2× 1×

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27 November 2021 19:40	Argentina	23–21	Brazil	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Attendance: 250 Referees: Sosa, Lemes (URU)
	Bono 8	(12–10)	Paulino 6
	1× 2×	Report	1× 4×

Bronze medal game

28 November 2021 15:00	Chile	19–30	Brazil	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Attendance: 230 Referees: Burgos, Delgado (ARG)
	Muller 5	(11–12)	Paulino 7
	1× 2×	Report	1× 5×

Final

28 November 2021 18:40	Paraguay	24–27	Argentina	Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena, Cali Attendance: 500 Referees: Correa B., Correa R. (BRA)
	F. Acuña 9	(12–12)	Lang 8
	1× 3×	Report	3×

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Argentina
	Paraguay
	Brazil
4	Chile
5	Cuba
6	Mexico
7	Colombia
8	Dominican Republic

Team qualified to the 2023 Pan American Games