2026 South and Central American Women's Junior Handball Championship

The 2026 South and Central American Women's Junior Handball Championship took place in Asunción, Paraguay, from 12 to 16 January 2026. It acted as the South and Central American qualifying tournament for the 2026 IHF Women's U20 Handball World Championship.

2026 South and Central American Women's Junior Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Paraguay
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	12–16 January
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (1st title)
Runners-up	Argentina
Third place	Paraguay
Fourth place	Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	1,046 (52.3 per match)
Top scorers	Fiorella Enríquez (38 goals)

Qualification

Competition	Dates	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Automatic qualifiers			5	Argentina Brazil Chile Paraguay Uruguay
IHF Trophy South and Central America – Central American Zone	20–24 May 2025	Tegucigalpa	2	El Salvador Guatemala
IHF Trophy South and Central America – South America Zone	23–27 July 2025	Lima	2 1	Colombia Venezuela

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC–3).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	3	3	0	0	118	51	+67	6	Semifinals
2	Uruguay	3	2	0	1	92	54	+38	4
3	Colombia	3	1	0	2	77	93	−16	2	5–8th place semifinals
4	El Salvador	3	0	0	3	46	135	−89	0

Source: SCAHC
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.

12 January 2026 14:00	Uruguay	47–10	El Salvador	SND Arena, Asunción
		(23–5)
		Report

12 January 2026 18:00	Argentina	45–18	Colombia	SND Arena, Asunción Referees: Sosa, Solís
	Losarcos 8	(23–8)	Arroyave 5
	3×	Report	5×

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13 January 2026 16:00	Colombia	19–26	Uruguay	SND Arena, Asunción
		(11–12)
		Report

13 January 2026 18:00	El Salvador	14–48	Argentina	SND Arena, Asunción Attendance: 70 Referees: Sosa, Solís
	Hernández 4	(6–21)	Genoud 9
	1×	Report	2×

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14 January 2026 14:00	Colombia	40–22	El Salvador	SND Arena, Asunción Attendance: 20
		(18–10)
		Report

14 January 2026 18:00	Argentina	25–19	Uruguay	SND Arena, Asunción Attendance: 100 Referees: Corrêa, Corrêa (BRA)
	Molina 6	(11–9)	Villalba 5
	1× 1×	Report	1× 1×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	0	101	50	+51	6	Semifinals
2	Paraguay (H)	3	2	0	1	91	86	+5	4
3	Chile	3	1	0	2	75	75	0	2	5–8th place semifinals
4	Guatemala	3	0	0	3	52	108	−56	0

Source: SCAHC
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(H) Hosts

12 January 2026 16:00	Brazil	40–8	Guatemala	SND Arena, Asunción
		(24–5)
		Report

12 January 2026 20:00	Chile	25–31	Paraguay	SND Arena, Asunción
		(13–13)
		Report

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13 January 2026 14:00	Guatemala	19–35	Chile	SND Arena, Asunción
		(8–18)
		Report

13 January 2026 20:00	Paraguay	27–36	Brazil	SND Arena, Asunción Attendance: 300
		(11–18)
		Report

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14 January 2026 16:00	Brazil	25–15	Chile	SND Arena, Asunción Attendance: 100
		(13–7)
		Report

14 January 2026 20:00	Paraguay	33–25	Guatemala	SND Arena, Asunción Attendance: 150
		(19–13)
		Report

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	15 January
	Argentina	27
					16 January
	Paraguay	20
					Argentina	18
	15 January
					Brazil	20
	Brazil	25
	Uruguay	17
					Third place
					16 January
					Paraguay	23
					Uruguay	22

5–8th place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	15 January
	Colombia	23
					16 January
	Guatemala	21
					Colombia	26
	15 January
					Chile	36
	Chile	45
	El Salvador	19
					Seventh place
					16 January
					Guatemala	34
					El Salvador	18

5–8th place semifinals

15 January 2026 14:00	Colombia	23–21	Guatemala	SND Arena, Asunción Attendance: 10
		(8–8)
		Report

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15 January 2026 16:00	Chile	45–19	El Salvador	SND Arena, Asunción Attendance: 50
		(17–10)
		Report

Semifinals

15 January 2026 18:00	Brazil	25–17	Uruguay	SND Arena, Asunción Attendance: 350
		(12–7)
		Report

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15 January 2026 20:00	Argentina	27–20	Paraguay	SND Arena, Asunción Attendance: 400 Referees: Corrêa, Corrêa (BRA)
	Molina 7	(13–11)	Arviniagaldez 5
	2×	Report	1× 3×

Seventh place game

16 January 2026 14:00	Guatemala	34–18	El Salvador	SND Arena, Asunción Attendance: 30
		(18–3)
		Report

Fifth place game

16 January 2026 16:00	Colombia	26–36	Chile	SND Arena, Asunción Attendance: 45
		(14–18)
		Report

Third place game

16 January 2026 18:00	Paraguay	23–22	Uruguay	SND Arena, Asunción Attendance: 650
		(13–14)
		Report

Final

16 January 2026 20:00	Argentina	18–20	Brazil	SND Arena, Asunción Attendance: 500 Referees: Araújo, Perdomo (URU)
	Ventos 4	(6–9)	Ladeia 6
	1× 1×	Report	2×

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Brazil
	Argentina
	Paraguay
4	Uruguay
5	Chile
6	Colombia
7	Guatemala
8	El Salvador

	Qualified for the 2026 U20 World Championship
	Qualified for the 2026 IHF Inter-Continental Trophy

External links

• IHF website