2013 Pan American Women's Handball Championship

2013 Pan American Handball Women's Championships
Tournament details
Host country	Dominican Republic
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	1–8 June
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (8th title)
Runners-up	Argentina
Third place	Dominican Republic
Fourth place	Paraguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played	29
Goals scored	1,560 (53.79 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Fernanda da Silva; (55 goals)
Awards
Best player	Alexandra do Nascimento

The 2013 Pan American Women's Handball Championship was the twelfth edition of the Pan American Women's Handball Championship, which took place in the Dominican Republic from 1 to 8 June 2013.^[1] It acted as the American qualifying tournament for the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship to be held in Serbia from December 7 to 22. It was organized by the Pan-American Team Handball Federation. This was the second time that this tournament was held in the Dominican Republic after the 2007 Pan American Women's Handball Championship.

Teams

Group A	Group B
Brazil Dominican Republic Mexico United States Costa Rica	Argentina Uruguay Venezuela Canada Paraguay

Preliminary round

All times local (UTC−4).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Brazil	4	4	0	188	57	+131	8
2	Dominican Republic (H)	4	3	1	115	89	+26	6
3	Mexico	4	2	2	109	114	−5	4
4	United States	4	1	3	74	114	−40	2
5	Costa Rica	4	0	4	51	163	−112	0

Source:
(H) Hosts

1 June 2013 13:00	Mexico	35–16	Costa Rica	Santo Domingo Referees: Lenci, Grillo (ARG)
	Sifuentes 5	(18–7)	Blanco 5
	2× 3×	Report

1 June 2013 15:00	Brazil	44–10	United States	Santo Domingo Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA)
	da Silva 10	(21–3)	Hesser, Lewis 3
	3× 2×	Report	2× 1×

2 June 2013 15:15	United States	11–27	Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo Referees: Marina, Minora (ARG)
	Hesser, Darling 2	(6–16)	Pop 7
	3× 3×	Report	3×

2 June 2013 19:00	Costa Rica	7–59	Brazil	Santo Domingo Referees: Pérez, Guzmán (PUR)
	Fallas 3	(2–31)	da Silva 14
	3× 5×	Report	3× 2×

3 June 2013 17:00	Dominican Republic	27–26	Mexico	Santo Domingo Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG)
	Peña 7	(11–11)	Saavedra 6
	2× 5×	Report	2× 1×

3 June 2013 19:00	United States	30–13	Costa Rica	Santo Domingo Referees: González, Prieto (URU)
	Hesser 9	(14–7)	Fallas 3
	2× 5×	Report	3× 4×

4 June 2013 17:00	Costa Rica	15–39	Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo Referees: Pérez, Guzmán (PUR)
	Camacho 4	(7–19)	Peña 7
	3× 6× 1×	Report	1× 1×

4 June 2013 19:00	Mexico	18–48	Brazil	Santo Domingo Referees: Lenci, Grillo (ARG)
	Navarro 4	(11–24)	da Silva 10
	2× 2×	Report	3× 1×

5 June 2013 15:00	Mexico	30–23	United States	Santo Domingo Referees: González, Prieto (URU)
	Saavedra 6	(15–13)	Hesser 6
	3× 5×	Report	3× 6×

5 June 2013 17:00	Brazil	37–22	Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA)
	Rocha, Rodrigues 7	(21–13)	Pop 5
	3× 4×	Report	3× 3×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Argentina	4	4	0	136	63	+73	8
2	Paraguay	4	3	1	97	108	−11	6
3	Uruguay	4	2	2	109	112	−3	4
4	Venezuela	4	1	3	125	136	−11	2
5	Canada	4	0	4	89	127	−38	0

Source:

1 June 2013 15:00	Argentina	37–14	Canada	Santo Domingo Referees: Pérez, Guzmán (PUR)
	Decilio 6	(17–6)	Barette 4
	3× 3×	Report	2× 3×

1 June 2013 19:00	Venezuela	30–35	Paraguay	Santo Domingo Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA)
	Barinas 9	(13–19)	F. Aluan 14
	3× 6×	Report	3× 5×

2 June 2013 12:30	Canada	25–31	Uruguay	Santo Domingo
		(12–14)
		Report

2 June 2013 17:00	Paraguay	10–32	Argentina	Santo Domingo Referees: González, Prieto (URU)
	Acuña 7	(5–18)	Decilio 6
	3×	Report	3× 1×

3 June 2013 13:00	Canada	23–28	Paraguay	Santo Domingo Referees: Pérez, Gusmán (PUR)
	Barette 4	(13–16)	F. Aluan 8
	3× 1×	Report	3× 2×

3 June 2013 15:00	Uruguay	36–34	Venezuela	Santo Domingo Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA)
	N. Scarrone 11	(19–15)	Barinas 12
	3× 7×	Report	2× 6×

4 June 2013 13:00	Paraguay	24–23	Uruguay	Santo Domingo Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA)
	C. Aluan 10	(11–13)	Fynn 6
	3× 4×	Report	3× 2×

4 June 2013 15:00	Venezuela	20–38	Argentina	Santo Domingo Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA)
	Barinas 6	(9–17)	Decilio 8
	2× 7×	Report	2× 6×

5 June 2013 13:00	Venezuela	31–27	Canada	Santo Domingo
		Report

5 June 2013 19:00	Argentina	29–19	Uruguay	Santo Domingo Referees: Pérez, Guzmán (PUR)
	Mendoza 6	(16–6)	Faedo 5
	2× 5×	Report	3× 2×

Knockout stage

Ninth place game

7 June 2013 09:00	Costa Rica	13–34	Canada	Santo Domingo Referees: González, Prieto (URU)
	Blanco 5	(6–17)	Laplante 8
	3× 5×	Report	2× 4×

5–8th place bracket

5–8th Semifinals		Fifth place

7 June – Santo Domingo

Mexico	32
		8 June – Santo Domingo
Venezuela	25
		Mexico	24
7 June – Santo Domingo
		Uruguay	27
United States	17

Uruguay	30
		Seventh place

		8 June – Santo Domingo

		Venezuela	36

		United States	29

5–8th place Semifinals

7 June 2013 11:00	Mexico	32–25	Venezuela	Santo Domingo Referees: Pérez, Guzmán (PUR)
	Saavedra 8	(11–13)	Barinas 7
	3× 1×	Report	3× 5×

7 June 2013 13:00	Uruguay	30–17	United States	Santo Domingo Referees: Marina, Minora (ARG)
	three players 4	(14–12)	Hesser 5
	1× 1×	Report	1× 2×

Seventh place game

8 June 2013 12:00	Venezuela	36–29	United States	Santo Domingo Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA)
	three players 7	(18–17)	Barinas 11
	4× 1×	Report	3× 4×

Fifth place game

8 June 2013 14:00	Mexico	24–27	Uruguay	Santo Domingo Referees: Lenci, Grillo (ARG)
	Iglesias 6	(14–15)	Fynn 6
	3× 3×	Report	3× 5× 1×

Final round

Semifinals		Final

7 June – Santo Domingo

Brazil	43
		8 June – Santo Domingo
Paraguay	17
		Brazil	38
7 June – Santo Domingo
		Argentina	15
Dominican Republic	17

Argentina	27
		Third place

		8 June – Santo Domingo

		Paraguay	19

		Dominican Republic	28

Semifinals

7 June 2013 15:00	Brazil	43–17	Paraguay	Santo Domingo Referees: Lenci, Grillo (ARG)
	da Silva 10	(23–8)	three players 3
	3× 1×	Report	3×

7 June 2013 17:00	Argentina	27–17	Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA)
	Mendoza 7	(15–10)	Pop 6
	3× 4×	Report	4× 2× 1×

Third place game

8 June 2013 16:00	Paraguay	19–28	Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo
		Report

Final

8 June 2013 18:00	Brazil	38–15	Argentina	Santo Domingo Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA)
	do Nascimento 9	(19–8)	Elke 5
	2× 3×	Report	2× 3×

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Brazil
	Argentina
	Dominican Republic
4	Paraguay
5	Uruguay
6	Mexico
7	Venezuela
8	United States
9	Canada
10	Costa Rica

	Team advanced to the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship

Awards

Best player Alexandra do Nascimento

All-star team

Goalkeeper Mayssa Pessoa
Left Wing Nancy Peña
Left Back Irina Pop
Playmaker Ana Paula Rodrigues
Right Back Luciana Mendoza
Right Wing Alexandra do Nascimento
Pivot Magdalena Decilio

References

^ Francis, Josh. "Local handball player has golden goal for Olympics". ocregister.com. Retrieved 11 June 2025.

External links

[1] Francis, Josh. "Local handball player has golden goal for Olympics". ocregister.com. Retrieved 11 June 2025.

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Pan American Handball Championship
Men	Mexico 1980 Argentina 1981 USA 1983 Brazil 1985 Cuba 1989 Brazil 1994 USA 1996 Cuba 1998 Brazil 2000 Argentina 2002 Chile 2004 Brazil 2006 Brazil 2008 Chile 2010 Argentina 2012 Uruguay 2014 Argentina 2016 Greenland 2018
Women	Brazil 1986 USA 1989 Brazil 1991 Brazil 1997 Argentina 1999 Brazil 2000 Brazil 2003 Brazil 2005 Dominican Republic 2007 Chile 2009 Brazil 2011 Dominican Republic 2013 Cuba 2015 Argentina 2017

2013 World Women's Handball Championship qualification
Africa	2012 African Women's Handball Championship
Asia	2012 Asian Women's Handball Championship
America	2013 Pan American Women's Handball Championship
Europe	2012 European Women's Handball Championship European qualification
Oceania	2013 Women's Oceania Handball Championship