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

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and the

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played a qualification tournament at

, 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

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Group A

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Group B

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Placement round

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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:

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*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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