The 2009 Pan American Women's Handball Championship was the tenth 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 c ...

, which took place in

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from 23 to 27 June. It acted as the Pan American qualifying tournament for the

2009 World Women's Handball Championship The 2009 World Women's Handball Championship was the 19th edition, second to take place outside Europe, of the international championship tournament in women's team sport handball that is governed by the International Handball Federation (IHF). P ...

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

''All times are local ( UTC−3).''

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: Alexandra do Nascimento *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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