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competitions at the

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are scheduled to be held from October 24 to November 4, 2023. The venue for the competition is the Gimnasio Polideportivo located in

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. A total of eight men's and eight women's teams (each consisting up to 14 athletes) will compete in each tournament. This means a total of 224 athletes are scheduled to compete. The winner of each competition will qualify for the

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, France.

Qualification

Eight men's teams and eight women's teams will qualify to compete at the games in each tournament. The host nation (Chile) received automatic qualification in both tournaments, along with seven other teams.

Summary

Men

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Women

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Participating nations

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Medal summary

Medalists

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Mariano Cánepa Mariano Andres Cánepa (born 7 May 1987) is an Argentine handball player for Villa Ballester. He played for Argentina at the 2011 World Men's Handball Championship, and at the 2012 London Summer Olympics. Achievements *South and Central American ...

Leonel Maciel

Juan Bar Juan Manuel Bar (born 29 June 1987) is an Argentine handball player. He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in T ...

Santiago Baronetto Santiago Baronetto (born 27 October 1992) is an Argentine handball player for BM Ciudad Encantada and the Argentine national team. He represented Argentina at the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship The 2019 IHF World Men's Handball Cha ...

Nicolás Bonanno Nicolás Bonanno (born 18 November 1991) is an Argentine handball player for BM Huesca and the Argentine national team. He represented Argentina at the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship The 2019 IHF World Men's Handball Championship wa ...

Federico Fernández

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Gaston Mouriño
Federico Pizarro

Ignacio Pizarro Ignacio Nicolás Pizarro (born 8 February 1990) is an Argentine handball player for UNLu and the Argentine national team. He represented Argentina at the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship. Individual awards * 2020 South and Central Ameri ...

Diego Simonet Diego Esteban Simonet (born 26 December 1989) is an Argentine handball player for Montpellier and the Argentina men's national handball team. He represented Argentina at the 2011 World Men's Handball Championship in Sweden, 2012 London Summer Ol ...

Pablo Simonet Pablo Ariel Simonet Moldes (born 4 May 1992) is an Argentine handball player for BM Benidorm and the Argentina men's national handball team. He defended Argentina at the 2015 World Men's Handball Championship in Qatar. Two of his brothers, S ...

Pablo Vainstein Pablo Vainstein (born 18 July 1989) is an Argentine handball player for Ciudad Encantada and the Argentina men's national handball team. He played for Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República A ...

James Parker , {{hb, BRA
João Silva

Thiagus Petrus Thiagus Petrus Gonçalves dos Santos (born 25 January 1989) is a Brazilian professional handball player for FC Barcelona Handbol, FC Barcelona and the Brazil men's national handball team, Brazilian national team. Achievements *EHF Champions Leagu ...

Leonardo Abrahão
José Toledo
Rogério Moraes
Rangel da Rosa

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Leonardo Dutra Leonardo Dutra (born 29 March 1996) is a Brazilian handball player for RK Vardar and the Brazilian national team. He participated at the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship. Titles * Pan American Men's Club Handball Championship: **''2017'' ...

Haniel Langaro Haniel Vinícius Inoue Langaro (born 7 March 1995) is a Brazilian professional handball player for FC Barcelona and the Brazilian handball team. He participated at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's handball tournament. ...

Leonardo Terçariol

Rudolph Hackbarth Rudolph Hackbarth (born 10 March 1994) is a Brazilian handball player for REBI Cuenca and the Brazilian national team. He represented Brazil at the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Titles * Pan A ...

Hugo Monte

Gustavo Rodrigues Gustavo Cesar Rodrigues (born 9 April 1995) is a Brazilian handball player for Chambéry Savoie Handball and the Brazilian national team. He represented Brazil at the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship The 2019 IHF World Men's Handball ...

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Emil Feuchtmann Emil Ludwig Feuchtmann Pérez (born 1 June 1983, Punta Arenas) is a Chilean handball player for BM Benidorm and the Chile men's national handball team, Chilean national team. He participated at the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship. He is t ...

Erwin Feuchtmann Erwin Jan Feuchtmann Pérez is a Chilean handballer for Ademar Leon and the Chilean national team. His siblings Emil, Harald and Inga Feuchtmann are also handballers playing for the Chilean national handball team. Feuchtmann participated at th ...

Esteban Salinas Esteban Joaquín Salinas (born 18 January 1992) is a Chilean handball player for Bidasoa Irún and the Chilean national team. His brother Rodrigo Salinas Muñoz also plays handball. Individual awards and achievements *2016 Pan American Men's ...

Felipe García
Benjamin Illesca
Vicente González
Rodrigo Salinas

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Danilo Salgado
Cristián Moll Ramírez

Aaron Codina Aaron Alexanther Codina Vivanco (born 19 February 1999) is a Chilean handball player for and the Chilean national team. He participated at the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship and at the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship The 2021 ...

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Gabriela Moreschi Gabriela Gonçalves Dias Moreschi (born 8 July 1994) is a Brazilian handballer for SG BBM Bietigheim and the Brazilian national team. Achievements * Norwegian League: **''Winner'': 2017 **''Silver Medalist'': 2018 *Norwegian Cup: **''Winner'': 2 ...

Bruna de Paula Bruna de Paula (born 26 September 1996) is a Brazilian professional handball player for Győri ETO KC and the Brazilian national team. She previously played for Metz. She competed at the 2015 World Women's Handball Championship in Denmark. Indi ...

Mariane Fernándes Mariane Fernándes (born 4 January 1996) is a Brazilian handball player for BM Bera Bera and the Brazilian national team. She represented Brazil at the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship The 2021 IHF World Women's Handball Championship ...

Tamires Araújo
Ana Paula Rodrigues

Larissa Araújo Larissa Fais Munhoz Araújo (born 1 July 1992) is a Brazilian handball player who plays as a left wing for Liga Națională club HC Dunarea Braila and the Brazilian national team. Achievements * Liga Națională: **''Bronze Medalist'': 2018 ...

Adriana Cardoso

Giulia Guarieiro Giulia Guarieiro (born 24 July 1995) is a Brazilian handball player who plays as a left back for BM Granollers and for Brazil internationally. She made her Olympic debut representing Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She was chosen as the be ...

Francielle da Rocha Francielle Gomes da Rocha, (born 10 June 1992) is a Brazilian handball player. She plays for the Brazilian club Esporte Clube Pinheiros and is also a member of the Brazil women's national handball team. She has played in the 2012 Women's Junior ...

Marcela Arounian
Jhennifer dos Santos
Patricia Matieli
Renata Arruda

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Marisol Carratú
Sofia Rivadeneira

Manuela Pizzo Manuela Pizzo (born 13 November 1991) is an Argentine handball player for BM Bera Bera and the Argentina women's national handball team. She defended Argentina at the World Women's Handball Championships Brazil 2011 and Serbia 2013. Individu ...

Ayelén García
Rocio Campigli
Luciana Mendoza
Fatima Rosalez
Giuliana Gavilán

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Macarena Gandulfo

Elke Karsten Elke Josselinne Karsten (born 15 May 1995) is an Argentine handball player for Molde Elite and the Argentina women's national handball team. She defended Argentina at the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship in Serbia. Achievements *Norweg ...

Carolina Bono

Micaela Casasola Micaela Casasola (born 17 March 1997) is an Argentine handball player for Club Balonmano Porriño and the Argentine national team. She competed as a junior at the 2014 IHF Women's Junior World Championship in Mazedonia. Club career Micaela st ...

Lucia Dalle Crode , {{hbw, PAR

Fátima Acuña Fátima Rocio Acuña Insfrán (born 14 August 1999) is a Paraguayan handball player for Nueva Estrella and the Paraguay national team. She was selected to represent Paraguay at the 2017 World Women's Handball Championship. Achievements *2021 S ...

Ada Misknisch

Fernanda Insfrán Fernanda Lujan Insfrán Mora (born 7 February 1998) is a Paraguayan handball player for the Paraguay national team. She was selected to represent Paraguay at the 2017 World Women's Handball Championship. Individual Awards and recognitions *201 ...

Kamila Rolon
Karina dos Santos
Kiara Vergara
Camila Feschenko
Delyne Leiva
Fátima Ocampos

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 ...

Belinda Bobadilla
Maggie Lugo
Maria Espinoza

Jazmín Mendoza Jazmín Lucero Mendoza (born 27 May 2002) is a Paraguayan handball player for Cerro Porteño and the Paraguay national team. She was selected to represent Paraguay at the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship The 2021 IHF World Women's Ha ...

References

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External links

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