‌The 2021

Nor.Ca. Women's Handball Championship The Nor.Ca. Women's Handball Championship is the official competition for Women's national handball teams of North America and Caribbean. In addition to crowning the Nor.Ca. champions, the tournament also served as a qualifying tournament for the ...

was the fourth edition of the championship, held from 22 to 27 August 2021 at Elgin, United States under the aegis of

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. It was the first time in history that the championship is organised by the

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. It also acted as the qualification tournament for the

2021 World Women's Handball Championship The 2021 IHF World Women's Handball Championship, the 25th event by the International Handball Federation, was held in Spain from 1 to 19 December 2021. On 18 October 2018, at a congress in Doha, Qatar, the IHF announced that the World Championsh ...

, with the top team from the championship directly qualifying for the event to be held in

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. The tournament was held behind closed doors, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Puerto Rico won the final 34–24 against Greeland, to capture their second title.

Teams

Four teams participated. * * * *

Referees

The following four referee pairs were selected.

Preliminary round

Standings

Fixtures

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Knockout stage

Third place game

Final

Final standing

All Star Team

The all-star team was announced on 25 August 2021.

Squads

Greenland

Head coach:

Johannes Groth Johannes Groth (born 9 November 1988) is a Greenlandic former handballer for the Greenlandic national team and current coach of the Greenlandic women's national team. Coaching He began in 2011 with the women's team of the Grønlands Seminariums ...

Mexico

Head coach: ?

Puerto Rico

Head coach:

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United States

Head coach: Julio Sainz

References

External links

Official website
{{2021 World Women's Handball Championship qualification

Nor.Ca Women's Handball Championship Nor.Ca Nor.Ca.

International handball competitions hosted by the United States Sports competitions in Illinois Women's sports in Illinois