The 2015 Pan American Women's Handball Championship was the 13th edition of the

Pan American Women's Handball Championship The Pan American Women's Handball Championship was the biennial official competition for senior national handball teams of North, Center, Caribbean and South America. It was organized by the Pan-American Team Handball Federation. In addition to cr ...

, held in

Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...

from 21 to 28 May 2015. It acted as the American qualifying tournament for the

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Preliminary round

The draw was held on 25 April 2015. ''All times are local ( UTC−4).''

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Bracket

;5–8th place bracket ;9–12th place bracket ''All times are local ( UTC−4).''

9–12th place semifinals

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5–8th place semifinals

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Semifinals

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Eleventh place game

Ninth place game

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Final ranking

*Uruguay, Greenland, and Paraguay all declined participation in the "Final qualification tournament" allowing Mexico the opportunity.

Awards

;All-star team *Goalkeeper: Jéssica Oliveira *Right Wing: Gleinys Reyes *Right Back: Nathalys Ceballos *Playmaker: Eyatne Rizo *Left Back:

Jaqueline Anastácio Jaqueline Anastácio (born 9 November 1987) is a Brazilian handball player for BM Remudas and the Brazilian national team. She has earlier played for Universidade Metodista, Siófok KC, Gjøvik HK, Dinamo Volgograd, Ringkøbing Håndbold, SG BBM ...

*Left Wing:

Samira Rocha Samira Pereira da Silva Rocha (born 26 January 1989) is a Brazilian handball player for Kisvárdai KC and the Brazilian national team. She participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil. Achievements *Austrian League: * ...

*Pivot: Antonela Mena

References

External links

Official website
{{2015 World Women's Handball Championship qualification 2015 Women

American Women's Handball Championship 2015 American Women's Handball Championship Handball competitions in Cuba