2012 Pan American Women's Junior Handball Championship

2012 Pan American Women's Junior Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Dominican Republic
Dates	March 15–19
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil
Runner-up	Uruguay
Third place	Argentina
Fourth place	Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches	20
Goals scored	1,099 (55 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Carolina López (DOM)
Best player	Deborah Nunes (BRA)
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The 2012 Pan American Women's Junior Handball Championship took place in Santo Domingo from March 15 – March 19. It acts as the Pan American qualifying tournament for the 2012 Women's Junior World Handball Championship.

Teams

Group A	Group B
Brazil Puerto Rico Uruguay Chile	Argentina Dominican Republic Canada United States

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	0	117	51	+66	6
Uruguay	3	2	0	1	112	65	+47	4
Chile	3	1	0	2	63	95	-32	2
Puerto Rico	3	0	0	3	53	134	-81	0

March 15 13:00	Brazil	26 – 25	Uruguay	Santo Domingo
		(13–12)

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March 15 20:00	Puerto Rico	21 – 30	Chile	Santo Domingo
		(8–16)

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March 16 13:00	Chile	13 – 37	Brazil	Santo Domingo
		(8–16)

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March 16 15:00	Uruguay	50 – 19	Puerto Rico	Santo Domingo
		(20–11)

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March 17 13:00	Brazil	54 – 13	Puerto Rico	Santo Domingo
		(24–4)

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March 17 15:00	Uruguay	37 – 20	Chile	Santo Domingo
		(21–8)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	3	3	0	0	88	55	+33	6
Canada	3	2	0	1	74	78	-4	4
Dominican Republic	3	1	0	2	79	71	+8	2
United States	3	0	0	3	42	79	-37	0

March 15 16:00	Dominican Republic	30 – 11	United States	Santo Domingo
		(13–5)

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March 15 18:00	Argentina	34 – 19	Canada	Santo Domingo
		(16–6)

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March 16 17:00	United States	14 – 30	Argentina	Santo Domingo
		(5–12)

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March 16 19:00	Canada	36 – 27	Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo
		(18–13)

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March 17 17:00	Canada	19 – 17	United States	Santo Domingo
		(11–9)

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March 17 19:00	Argentina	24 – 22	Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo
		(14–8)

Placement 5th–8th

March 18 9:00	Chile	33 – 24	United States	Santo Domingo
		(15–10)

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March 18 11:00	Dominican Republic	29 – 28	Puerto Rico	Santo Domingo
		(16–15)

7th/8th

March 19 9:00	United States	26 – 29	Puerto Rico	Santo Domingo
		(14–20)

5th/6th

March 19 11:00	Chile	33 – 35 OT	Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo
		(11–9, 23–23, 30–30)

Final round

	Semifinal				Final
	March 18 – Santo Domingo
	Brazil	42
					March 19 – Santo Domingo
	Canada	16
					Brazil	37
	March 18 – Santo Domingo
					Uruguay	33
	Uruguay	29
	Argentina	26
					Third place
					March 19 – Santo Domingo
					Canada	21
					Argentina	30

Semifinals

March 18 16:00	Brazil	42 – 16	Canada	Santo Domingo
		(21–10)

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March 18 18:00	Argentina	26 – 29	Uruguay	Santo Domingo
		(13–10)

Bronze medal match

March 19 16:00	Canada	21 – 30	Argentina	Santo Domingo
		(10–18)

Gold medal match

March 19 18:00	Brazil	37 – 33	Uruguay	Santo Domingo
		(19–16)

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Brazil
	Uruguay
	Argentina
4	Canada
5	Dominican Republic
6	Chile
7	Puerto Rico
8	United States

Team advanced to the 2012 Women's Junior World Handball Championship