Handball at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games
Venue	Centro Deportivo Carlos Serdán Arechavaleta
Location	Veracruz, Mexico
Dates	15-26 November
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The handball competition at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games will be held in Veracruz, Mexico from 15 to 26 November 2014 at the Centro Deportivo Carlos Serdán Arechavaleta.

Qualification

Qualification	Date	Host	Places	Men	Women
Host	–	–	1	Mexico	Mexico
2013 Central American Games [1]	4–8 March 2013	Costa Rica, San José	3	Nicaragua   Guatemala   Costa Rica	Costa Rica   Guatemala   Nicaragua
2013 Caribbean Cup [2]	5–9 November 2013	Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo	4	Dominican Republic   Cuba   Puerto Rico   Colombia	Cuba   Dominican Republic   Puerto Rico   Colombia

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men’s tournament [3]	Puerto Rico (PUR) Pascual Pacheco Alberto Pizarro Jose Sanchez Hector Santana Angel Benitez Jorge Nazario Jose Ceballos Hector Hiraldo Jesus Arroyo Steven Rodriguez Emmanuelly Fernandez Julio Baez Joshua Mercado Edwin Brito Juan Ramos	Dominican Republic (DOM) Erick Montero Leony de Leon Erinson Tavarez Pablo Jacobo Anthony Manzanillo Luis Objio Franalbert Aybar Geraldo Diaz Elvin Fis Luis Sanlate Domingo Caraballo Jose Sanchez Dioris Mateo Willibert de la Rosa	Cuba (CUB) Alejandro Romero Pedro Veitia Omar Toledano Adonys Garcia Angel Rivero Pavel Caballero Yoan Balazquez Reinier Taboada Yanquiel Cruzata Yacel Lazo Reyniel Justa Angel Hernandez Odanis Perez Alain Vizcay Noelbis Robles
Women’s tournament [4]	Cuba (CUB) Marines Rojas Maricet Fernandez Ayling Martinez Livia Veranes Raiza Beltran Aida Despaigne Lizandra Lusson Gleinys Reyes Yunisleidy Camejo Maria Aldama Miranda Ismari Barrios Naddezza Valera Eneleidis Guevara Lisandra Espinosa Yenma Ramirez	Puerto Rico (PUR) Adriana Cabrera Nathalys Ceballos Sheila Hiraldo Joane Vergara Natalie Cabello Kitsa Escobar Fabiola Martínez Roxanaly Carrasquillo Jackeline Gonzalez Nicolette Pope Jailene Maldonado Zugeily Soto Lillianushka Natal Ciris García Zuleyka Fuentes	Mexico (MEX) Itzel Aguirre Brenda Ramirez Tania Navarro Guadalupe Saavedra Selene Sifuentes Fernanda Rivera Denisse Romo Berenice Esquivel Laura Morales Marlene Sosa Elsa Felix Nashely Jaramillo Maria de Lourdes Rocha Manuela Zavala Belen Aguirre

Women's tournament

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cuba	3	3	0	0	144	35	+109	6
Dominican Republic	3	2	0	1	95	71	+24	4
Costa Rica	3	1	0	2	46	107	−61	2
Nicaragua	3	0	0	3	45	117	−72	0

15 November 2014 13:00	Dominican Republic	45 – 15	Nicaragua	Carlos Cerdan Complex Referees: Díaz, Zapata ( COL)
	Peña 10	(28–7)	Rivera 5
	3× 4×		2× 2×

15 November 2014 15:00	Costa Rica	7 – 55	Cuba	Carlos Cerdan Complex Referees: Camacho, Ortíz ( MEX)
	Arce, Cordero 2	(4–27)	Reyes 11
	3× 9× 1×		3× 2×

16 November 2014 13:00	Nicaragua	21 – 22	Costa Rica	Carlos Cerdan Complex Referees: Duran, Rodríguez ( MEX)
	Acuña, Cárdenas 5	(9–8)	Blanco 5
	3× 4×		3× 7×

16 November 2014 15:00	Cuba	39 – 19	Dominican Republic	Carlos Cerdan Complex Referees: Pinto, Menezes ( BRA)
	Martínez 9	(19–7)	Hernández 6
	2× 3×		3× 5×

17 November 2014 13:00	Dominican Republic	31 – 17	Costa Rica	Carlos Cerdan Complex Referees: Hernández, Montiel ( NCA)
	Brito 8	(14–6)	Camacho 6
	2× 5×		3× 6×

17 November 2014 15:00	Nicaragua	9 – 50	Cuba	Carlos Cerdan Complex Referees: Díaz, Zapata ( COL)
	Rivera 5	(4–25)	Reyes 9
	3×		3× 3×

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Puerto Rico	3	3	0	0	86	54	+32	6
Mexico	3	2	0	1	93	56	+37	4
Guatemala	3	1	0	2	53	79	−26	2
Colombia	3	0	0	3	47	90	−43	0

15 November 2014 18:00	Puerto Rico	27 – 17	Guatemala	Carlos Cerdan Complex Referees: Zúñiga, Aldea ( CUB)
	Ceballos 7	(12–6)	Lavarreda 5
	4× 3×		2× 1×

15 November 2014 20:00	Mexico	35 – 16	Colombia	Carlos Cerdan Complex Referees: Hernández, Montiel ( NCA)
	Ramírez, Saavedra, Rivera 5	(23–5)	Estrada 5
	1× 8×		3× 6× 1×

16 November 2014 18:00	Colombia	14 – 32	Puerto Rico	Carlos Cerdan Complex Referees: Camacho, Ortiz ( MEX)
	Perez 4	(3–16)	Ceballos, Vergara, Martínez 4
	3× 4× 1×		3× 3×

16 November 2014 20:00	Guatemala	13 – 35	Mexico	Carlos Cerdan Complex Referees: Perez, Guzman ( PUR)
	McGauran 3	(8–15)	Ramirez, Saavedra 7
	3× 11× 1×		2× 2×

17 November 2014 18:00	Guatemala	23 – 17	Colombia	Carlos Cerdan Complex Referees: Reyes, Zúñiga ( CUB)
	Lopez 8	(9–8)	Orjuela, Alvarez, Estrada 3
	3× 4×		3× 7×

17 November 2014 20:00	Puerto Rico	27 – 23	Mexico	Carlos Cerdan Complex Referees: Pinto, Menezes ( BRA)
	Cabrera, Vergara, García 5	(12–13)	Ramirez 8
	3× 6×		3× 4×

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	November 19
	Cuba	28
					November 20
	Mexico	27
					Cuba	32
	November 19
					Puerto Rico	18
	Dominican Republic	21
	Puerto Rico	22
					Third place
					November 20
					Mexico	24
					Dominican Republic	20

5th–8th place playoffs

	Semifinals				Fifth place
	November 19
	Costa Rica	16
					November 20
	Colombia	26
					Colombia	33
	November 19
					Nicaragua	23
	Nicaragua	24
	Guatemala	23
					Seventh place
					November 20
					Costa Rica	21
					Guatemala	20

5th 8th place playoffs

19 November 2014 10:00	Costa Rica	16 – 26	Colombia	Carlos Cerdan Complex Referees: Duran, Rodriguez ( MEX)
	Urena, Camacho 4	(8–11)	Mazo, Rodriguez 6
	3× 8×		3× 6×

19 November 2014 17:00	Nicaragua	24 – 23	Guatemala	Carlos Cerdan Complex Referees: Diaz, Zapata ( COL)
	Acuna 8	(10–11)	Lavarreda 7
	2× 2×		3× 3×

Semifinals

19 November 2014 12:30	Cuba	28 – 27	Mexico	Carlos Cerdan Complex Referees: Perez, Guzman ( PUR)
	Martinez, Espinosa 6	(12–13)	Ramirez, Jaramillo 6
	4× 6×		3× 5×

19 November 2014 20:00	Dominican Republic	21 – 22	Puerto Rico	Carlos Cerdan Complex Referees: Reyes, Zuniga ( CUB)
	Hernández 5	(8–8)	Ceballos 6
	2× 2×		3× 4×

7th-place match

20 November 2014 10:00	Costa Rica	21 – 20	Guatemala	Carlos Cerdan Complex Referees: Hernandez, Montiel ( NCA)
	Camacho 6	(6–10)	Lavarreda 6
	3× 3×		3× 4×

5th-place match

20 November 2014 12:30	Colombia	33 – 23	Nicaragua	Carlos Cerdan Complex Referees: Camacho, Ortiz ( MEX)
	Alvarez 6	(13–9)	Cardenas 8
	3× 5×		2× 5×

Bronze medal match

20 November 2014 17:30	Mexico	24 – 15	Dominican Republic	Carlos Cerdan Complex Referees: Pinto, Menezes ( BRA)
	Ramirez, Sifuentes 4	(12–7)	Brito, Pimentel 3
	3× 5×		3× 5×

Gold medal match

20 November 2014 20:00	Cuba	32 – 18	Puerto Rico	Carlos Cerdan Complex Referees: Diaz, Zapata ( COL)
	Reyes 8	(18–7)	Ceballos 8
	3× 3×		3× 4×

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Cuba
	Puerto Rico
	Mexico
4	Dominican Republic
5	Colombia
6	Nicaragua
7	Costa Rica
8	Guatemala

Men's tournament

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Dominican Republic	3	3	0	0	78	55	+23	6
Puerto Rico	3	2	0	1	90	65	+25	4
Colombia	3	1	0	2	63	72	−9	2
Costa Rica	3	0	0	3	46	85	−39	0

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cuba	3	3	0	0	110	66	+44	6
Mexico	3	2	0	1	104	66	+38	4
Guatemala	3	1	0	2	86	84	+2	2
Nicaragua	3	0	0	3	60	154	−94	0

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	November 19
	Dominican Republic	28
					November 20
	Mexico	23
					Dominican Republic	27
	November 19
					Puerto Rico	37
	Cuba	30
	Puerto Rico	31
					Third place
					November 20
					Mexico	22
					Cuba	32

5th–8th place playoffs

	Semifinals				Fifth place
	November 19
	Colombia	37
					November 20
	Nicaragua	28
					Colombia	26
	November 19
					Guatemala	25
	Guatemala	26
	Costa Rica	24
					Seventh place
					November 20
					Nicaragua	24
					Costa Rica	23

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Puerto Rico
	Dominican Republic
	Cuba
4	Mexico
5	Colombia
6	Guatemala
7	Nicaragua
8	Costa Rica

Medal table

  *   Host nation ( Mexico)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Puerto Rico (PUR)	1	1	0	2
2	Cuba (CUB)	1	0	1	2
3	Dominican Republic (DOM)	0	1	0	1
4	Mexico (MEX)*	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 entries)		2	2	2	6

References

External links

• Official Website