Handball at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games
Handball at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games Handball pictogram
Venue Multigimnasio Don Bosco Location Soyapango Dates 24 June – 7 July 2023 Competitors 224
Handball competition at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games are scheduled to be held from 24 June to 7 July 2023.[ 1] The venue for the competition is the Multigimnasio Don Bosco located in Soyapango .
A total of eight men's and eight women's teams (each consisting up to 14 athletes) will compete in each tournament. This means a total of 224 athletes are scheduled to compete.[ 2]
The winner and runner-up of each competition will qualify for the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago , Chile. The third place teams will play against the third-placed teams of the 2022 South American Games playoffs.
Qualification
Eight men's teams and eight women's teams will qualify to compete at the games in each tournament. The host nation (El Salvador) received automatic qualification in both tournaments, along with seven other teams. For both genders five places for Caribbean were planned bot only four teams per gender participated at the Caribbean Handball Cup. Therefor one spot is still not awarded.[ 3] Central America has two spots per gender.
Men
Women
Participating nations
The following countries qualified handball teams. The numbers of participants qualified are in parentheses.
Medal summary
Medal table
* Host nation (El Salvador )
Medalists
Women's tournament
Preliminary round
Group A
Source:
[citation needed ] Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts
All times are local (UTC−06:00 ).
Group B
Source:
[citation needed ] Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Knockout stage
Bracket
Semifinals
5th to 8th semifinals
Gold medal
Bronze medal
5th place
7th place
Final standings
Men's tournament
Preliminary round
Group A
Source:
Summary Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts
All times are local (UTC−06:00 ).
Group B
Source:
Summary Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Knockout stage
Bracket
Semifinals
5th to 8th semifinals
Gold medal
Bronze medal
5th place
7th place
Final standings
References