The 2016

Pan American Women's Youth Handball Championship The Pan American Women's Youth Handball Championship was the official competition for youth women's national handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven pla ...

was held in the city of

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from 12 to 16 April 2016. It acts as the American qualifying tournament for the

2016 Women's Youth World Handball Championship The 2016 Women's Youth World Handball Championship was the sixth edition of the tournament and took place in Slovakia from 19 to 31 July 2016. Russia won their second title after defeating Denmark 30–22 in the final. Teams ;Africa * * * ;Asia ...

Results

Round robin

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Final standing

Awards

;All-star team *Goalkeeper: Renata Arruda *Right Wing: Ayelén García *Right Back:

Gabriela Bitolo Gabriela Bitolo (born 1 April 1999) is a Brazilian handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ...

*Playmaker: Rocio Gomez *Left Back: Gilvana Nogueira *Left Wing:

María Paula Fernández María Paula Fernández Estigarribia (born 30 August 1998) is a Paraguayan handball player for Club Cerro Porteño and the Paraguay national team. She was selected to represent Paraguay at the 2017 World Women's Handball Championship The 20 ...

*Pivot: Catalina Moreno

References

External links

Page of the championship on PATHF website
{{International Handball Pan American Women's Youth Handball Championship

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2016 in youth sport P Youth sport in Chile