Handball at the 2017 Central American Games

The handball competition of the 2017 Central American Games in Managua was held from December 4 to 8 at the Instituto nicaraguense de deportes,^[3] in both the men's and women's tournament, three teams qualified for the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games.

Handball at the 2017 Central American Games

Tournament details
Host country	Nicaragua
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	4–8 December
Teams	9 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Guatemala (men)  Guatemala (women)^[1]
Runner-up	Costa Rica (men)  Costa Rica (women)
Third place	Honduras (men)  Nicaragua (women)^[2]
Fourth place	Nicaragua (men)  El Salvador (women)
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Víctor Morales (25 goals) Militza Lavarreda (29 goals)
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Participating teams

Men   Costa Rica   El Salvador   Guatemala   Honduras   Nicaragua

Women   Costa Rica   El Salvador   Guatemala   Nicaragua

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's tournament	Guatemala	Costa Rica	Honduras
Women's tournament	Guatemala	Costa Rica	Nicaragua

Men's tournament

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Guatemala	4	4	0	0	106	84	22	8
Costa Rica	4	3	0	1	107	82	25	6
Honduras	4	2	0	2	105	97	8	4
Nicaragua	4	1	0	3	101	129	–28	2
El Salvador	4	0	0	4	78	105	–27	0

Round Robin

All times are local (UTC−06:00).

4 December 2017 16:00	El Salvador	18–22	Guatemala	Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 300 Referees: Segura, Valverde
	Merino 6	(11–12)	Herrera 8
	2×  2×	Report	1×  1×

4 December 2017 20:00	Honduras	35–24	Nicaragua	Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga
	Garcia 9	(16–13)	Lopéz 5
	1×  5×	Report	1×  2×

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5 December 2017 16:00	Guatemala	22–18	Costa Rica	Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: Zuñiga, Reyes
	Morales 7	(9–9)	Molina 5
	5×	Report	1×  5×  1×

5 December 2017 20:00	Nicaragua	29–27	El Salvador	Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: Paguaga, Cruz
	Ruiz 6	(14–10)	Alvarenga 6
	2×	Report	2×  6×  1×

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6 December 2017 16:00	El Salvador	14–29	Honduras	Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 200 Referees: Urrutea, Jímenez
	Merino, Portillo 3	(8–14)	Montoya 7
	1×  5×	Report	2×  4×

6 December 2017 18:00	Costa Rica	30–22	Nicaragua	Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga
	Molina, Vargas 8	(15–8)	three players 4
	2×  4×	Report	1×  3×  2×

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7 December 2017 11:30	Guatemala	25–22	Honduras	Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 300 Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga
	Morales 7	(13–14)	García 6
	1×  4×	Report	2×  1×  1×

7 December 2017 15:30	El Salvador	19–25	Costa Rica	Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 300 Referees: Jímenez, Urrutea
	Merino 7	(10–10)	Molina 8
	1×  3×  1×	Report	2×  5×  1×

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8 December 2017 16:00	Honduras	19–34	Costa Rica	Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga
	four players 3	(9–16)	Vargas 8
	1×  5×  1×	Report	1×  3×  1×

8 December 2017 20:00	Nicaragua	26–37	Guatemala	Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: Segura, Valverde
	Sotomayor 5	(14–20)	Morales 10
	3×	Report	2×  1×

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Guatemala
	Costa Rica
	Honduras
4	Nicaragua
5	El Salvador

Teams qualified to the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games

Women's tournament

Qualification round

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Guatemala	3	3	0	0	73	48	25	6
Nicaragua	3	2	0	1	70	78	–8	4
Costa Rica	3	1	0	2	66	58	8	2
El Salvador	3	0	0	3	52	77	–25	0

All times are local (UTC−06:00).

4 December 2017 14:00	Costa Rica	26–15	El Salvador	Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 250 Referees: Urrutea, Jimenez
	Araya 10	(13–10)	Cuellar 4
	1×  2×	Report	4×  4×

4 December 2017 18:00	Guatemala	28–19	Nicaragua	Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: Cruz, Paguaga
	Lavarreda, Sosa 6	(14–10)	Gutierrez 3
	2×  1×	Report	3×  4×

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5 December 2017 14:00	El Salvador	12–25	Guatemala	Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 200 Referees: Ramirez, Gomez
	Navarrete 3	(4–15)	Florián 5
	3×  3×	Report	3×  4×

5 December 2017 18:00	Nicaragua	25–23	Costa Rica	Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: Fernandez, Gonzalez
	Acuña 6	(11–9)	Camacho 7
	1×  7×	Report	1×  5×

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6 December 2017 12:00	El Salvador	25–26	Nicaragua	Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 300 Referees: Segura, Valverde
	Cuellar 7	(14–11)	Acuña, Ortega 6
	2×  3×  1×	Report	3×  2×

6 December 2017 14:00	Costa Rica	17–20	Guatemala	Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 300 Referees: Cruz, Paguaga
	Ramirez 8	(8–12)	Lavarreda 6
	1×  1×	Report	3×  5×  1×

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	December 7
	Guatemala	20
					December 8
	El Salvador	14
					Guatemala	24
	December 7
					Costa Rica	21
	Nicaragua	28
	Costa Rica	31
					Third place
					December 8
					El Salvador	24
					Nicaragua	33

Semifinals

7 December 2017 09:30	Guatemala	20–14	El Salvador	Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 250 Referees: Ramirez, Gomez
	Sosa 6	(10–6)	Ayala 4
	3×  4×	Report	2×

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7 December 2017 14:00	Nicaragua	28–31	Costa Rica	Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: González, Fernández
	Rivera 9	(13–15)	Araya, Ramirez 9
	2×  5×	Report	2×  5×

Bronze medal game

8 December 2017 14:00	El Salvador	24–33	Nicaragua	Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Referees: Urrutia, Jimenez
	Ayala, Guardado 5	(11–17)	Rivera 7
	4×	Report	1×  2×

Gold medal game

8 December 2017 18:00	Guatemala	24–21	Costa Rica	Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: Cruz, Paguaga
	Lavarreda 10	(11–10)	Polanco 8
	2×  7×	Report	3×  3×

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Guatemala
	Costa Rica
	Nicaragua
4	El Salvador

Teams qualified to the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games

References

1. "Guatemala domina a Costa Rica y se queda con el oro". www.prensalibre.com (in Spanish). 8 December 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
2. "Nicaragua gana bronce en balonmano en Juegos Centroamericanos". www.elnuevodiario.com.ni (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 December 2017.
3. "Balonmano marca su camino en la actividad de los Juegos Centroamericanos de Managua 2017". hoy.com.ni (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 December 2017.

External links

• website of the 2017 Central American Games 2017-12-11 at the Wayback Machine
• Championship page on PATHF Official Website