The 2011 Pan American Women's Handball Championship was the eleventh 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 from 28 June to 2 July 2011, in

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Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

. The tournament also served as the qualification event for the

2011 World Women's Handball Championship The 2011 World Women's Handball Championship was the 20th edition of the international championship tournament in women's Team sport handball that is governed by the International Handball Federation (IHF). Brazil hosted the event from 2–18 Dec ...

, with the top three teams winning the right to participate on the World Championship. However, since Pan American Championship winners

already qualified as the host nation, fourth placed

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was awarded the third spot, that was reserved for the zone.Schedule
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Participating teams

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Qualification

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and the

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played a qualification tournament at

Havana Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.

to determine the last 2 participating nations.

Standings

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Teams

Preliminary round

''All times are local ( UTC−3).''

Group A

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Group B

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Placement matches

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Final round

Semifinals

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Third place game

Gold medal game

Final standing

References

External links

Results at todor66.comOfficial websitePan american handball site
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