2003 Pan American Women's Handball Championship

The 2003 Pan American Women's Handball Championship was the seventh edition of the Pan American Women's Handball Championship, held in Brazil from 29 April to 4 May 2003. It acted as the American qualifying tournament for the 2003 World Women's Handball Championship.

2003 Pan American Women's Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	29 April – 4 May
Teams	7 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (4th title)
Runners-up	Argentina
Third place	Uruguay
Fourth place	United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	676 (45.07 per match)
Top scorers	Alinea da Silva (29 goals)

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC−3).

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil (H)	3	3	0	0	116	30	+86	6
United States	3	2	0	1	62	62	0	4
Dominican Republic	3	1	0	2	64	87	−23	2
Guatemala	3	0	0	3	37	100	−63	0

Source:
(H) Hosts

29 April 2003 16:00	United States	24–17	Dominican Republic
		(10–10)

29 April 2003 20:20	Brazil	42–3	Guatemala
		(19–2)

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30 April 2003 16:00	Dominican Republic	28–20	Guatemala
		(15–11)

30 April 2003 20:20	Brazil	31–8	United States
		(18–1)

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1 May 2003 16:00	United States	30–14	Guatemala
		(13–7)

1 May 2003 20:20	Brazil	43–19	Dominican Republic
		(22–7)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	2	1	0	1	38	31	+7	2
Uruguay	2	1	0	1	36	37	−1	2
Canada	2	1	0	1	37	43	−6	2

Source:

29 April 2003 17:30	Argentina	24–14	Canada
		(9–8)

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30 April 2003 18:00	Canada	23–19	Uruguay
		(9–7)

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1 May 2003 18:00	Uruguay	17–14	Argentina
		(8–6)

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	Brazil	44
	Uruguay	18
					Brazil	39
					Argentina	12
	United States	15
	Argentina	21
					Third place
					Uruguay	21
					United States	14

Semifinals

2 May 2003 18:00	Argentina	21–15	United States
		(9–7)

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2 May 2003 20:20	Brazil	44–18	Uruguay
		(27–7)

Seventh place game

2 May 2003 16:00	Canada	40–11	Guatemala
		(24–4)

Fifth place game

3 May 2003 13:00	Canada	31–20	Dominican Republic
		(14–9)

Third place game

3 May 2003 15:00	Uruguay	21–14	United States
		(12–5)

Final

4 May 2003 12:15	Brazil	39–12	Argentina
	Da Silva 10	(19–4)	Sanguinetti 7

Final ranking

Qualified for the 2003 World Championship

Rank	Team
	Brazil
	Argentina
	Uruguay
4	United States
5	Canada
6	Dominican Republic
7	Guatemala

External links

• Results on todor66.com