The 2015 Pan American Women's Handball Championship was the 13th 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 ...

, held in

Cuba Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the ...

from 21 to 28 May 2015. It acted as the American qualifying tournament for the

2015 World Women's Handball Championship The 2015 IHF World Women's Handball Championship, the 22nd event hosted by the International Handball Federation, was held in Denmark. The decision to select Denmark as the host was announced on 27 January 2011. In the final Norway won 31–23 ag ...

Preliminary round

The draw was held on 25 April 2015. ''All times are local ( UTC−4).''

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Bracket

;5–8th place bracket ;9–12th place bracket ''All times are local ( UTC−4).''

9–12th place semifinals

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5–8th place semifinals

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Semifinals

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Eleventh place game

Ninth place game

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Final ranking

*Uruguay, Greenland, and Paraguay all declined participation in the "Final qualification tournament" allowing Mexico the opportunity.

Awards

;All-star team *Goalkeeper: Jéssica Oliveira *Right Wing: Gleinys Reyes *Right Back:

Nathalys Ceballos Nathalys Ceballos (born March 10, 1990) is a Puerto Rican handball player who plays for the club Rio Grande Handball. She is a member of the Puerto Rico women's national handball team, Puerto Rican national team. Ceballos competed at the 2015 Worl ...

*Playmaker:

Eyatne Rizo Eyatne Rizo Gómez (born 18 October 1995) is a Cuban handball player for Fleury Loiret HB and the Cuban national team. She competed at the 2015 World Women's Handball Championship in Denmark. Awards and achievements * 2015 Pan American Women's ...

*Left Back: Jaqueline Anastácio *Left Wing: Samira Rocha *Pivot: Antonela Mena

References

External links

Official website
{{2015 World Women's Handball Championship qualification 2015 Women

American Women's Handball Championship 2015 American Women's Handball Championship Handball competitions in Cuba