The 2009 Pan American Women's Handball Championship was the tenth edition of the
Pan American Women's Handball Championship, which took place in
Santiago
Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whos ...
from 23 to 27 June. It acted as the Pan American qualifying tournament for the
2009 World Women's Handball Championship.
Participating teams
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Qualification
Chile
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,
Mexico
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,
Puerto Rico
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and the
United States
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played a qualification tournament at
Mexico
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, to determine the last 2 participating nations.
Standings
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Semifinals
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Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
Teams
Preliminary round
''All times are local (
UTC−3).''
Group A
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Group B
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Placement round
Points from the preliminary round against teams that advanced as well were carried over.
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Final round
Semifinals
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Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
Final standing
Best team
*Goalkeeper:
Valentina Kogan
*Right wing:
Alexandra do Nascimento
Alexandra Priscila do Nascimento Martínez (born 16 September 1981) is a Brazilian former handball player. She played in the Brazilian national team.
Career
She was born in 1981 in Limeira (São Paulo) but she soon moved to Espírito Santo wher ...
*Right back:
Fabiana Aluan
*Central back:
Silvana Totolo
*Left back:
Damaris Bencomo
*Left wing:
Fernanda da Silva
*Pivot:
Antonela Mena
References
Results at todor66.com
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