Handball at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games

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Handball competition at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games are scheduled to be held from 24 June to 7 July 2023.^[1] The venue for the competition is the Multigimnasio Don Bosco located in Soyapango.

Handball at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games
Handball pictogram
Venue	Multigimnasio Don Bosco
Location	Soyapango
Dates	24 June – 7 July 2023
Competitors	224
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A total of eight men's and eight women's teams (each consisting up to 14 athletes) will compete in each tournament. This means a total of 224 athletes are scheduled to compete.^[2]

The winner and runner-up of each competition will qualify for the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile. The third place teams will play against the third-placed teams of the 2022 South American Games playoffs.

Eight men's teams and eight women's teams will qualify to compete at the games in each tournament. The host nation (El Salvador) received automatic qualification in both tournaments, along with seven other teams. For both genders five places for Caribbean were planned bot only four teams per gender participated at the Caribbean Handball Cup. Therefor one spot is still not awarded.^[3] Central America has two spots per gender.

Event	Dates	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	—	—	1	El Salvador
2023 Caribbean Handball Cup	3 – 9 October 2022	Santo Domingo	4	Cuba Dominican Republic Mexico Puerto Rico
2023 Central American Championship	21 – 25 February 2023	Managua	2	Costa Rica^[4] Nicaragua^[5]
Wild card			1	Venezuela^[6]
Total			8

Event	Dates	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	—	—	1	El Salvador
2023 Caribbean Handball Cup	2 – 8 October 2022	Santo Domingo	4	Cuba Dominican Republic Mexico Puerto Rico
2023 Central American Championship	28 February – 4 March 2023	Managua	2	Costa Rica^[7] Nicaragua
Wild card			1	Colombia
Total			8

Participating nations

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The following countries qualified handball teams. The numbers of participants qualified are in parentheses.

Colombia (14)
Costa Rica (28)
Cuba (28)
Dominican Republic (28)
El Salvador (28) (host)
Mexico (28)
Nicaragua (28)
Puerto Rico (28)
Venezuela (14)

* Host nation (El Salvador)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Dominican Republic	3	3	0	92	65	+27	6	Semi final
2	Mexico	3	2	1	102	62	+40	4	Semi final
3	Costa Rica	3	1	2	67	75	−8	2
4	El Salvador (H)	3	0	3	49	108	−59	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts

All times are local (UTC−06:00).

24 June 2023 15:00	Mexico	31–19	Costa Rica	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga (CUB)
	Govea 6	(13–8)	Araya 4
	4×	Report	5×

24 June 2023 19:00	Dominican Republic	31–23	El Salvador	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Estrada, Pineda (COL)
	Peña 7	(15–14)	Muñoz, Reyes 6
	2× 1×	Report	2×

25 June 2023 13:00	Dominican Republic	31–14	Costa Rica	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Estrada, Pineda (COL)
	Peña 8	(15–6)	Calvo 4
	5×	Report	6×

25 June 2023 19:00	Mexico	43–13	El Salvador	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga (CUB)
	Govea 6	(22–2)	Muñoz, Sandoval 3
	2×	Report	3×

26 June 2023 15:00	Dominican Republic	30–28	Mexico	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Conberse, Correa (ARG)
	Hernandez, Puello 6	(14–14)	Leal, Jaramillo 4
	1× 3×	Report	5×

26 June 2023 19:00	El Salvador	13–34	Costa Rica	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Agramonte, De Jesus (DOM)
	Muñoz 3	(4–17)	Araya 11
	1×	Report	2× 1×

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Puerto Rico	3	3	0	120	78	+42	6	Semi final
2	Cuba	3	2	1	111	67	+44	4	Semi final
3	Colombia	3	1	2	82	101	−19	2
4	Nicaragua	3	0	3	67	134	−67	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

24 June 2023 13:00	Puerto Rico	34–25	Colombia	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Conberse, Correa (ARG)
	Three players 5	(18–9)	Arcila 6
	1× 2×	Report	1× 3×

24 June 2023 17:00	Cuba	46–12	Nicaragua	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Belmonte, Coba (MEX)
	Veranes 10	(22–6)	Tercero 3
	3× 1×	Report	2×

25 June 2023 15:00	Cuba	37–20	Colombia	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Belmonte, Coba (CUB)
	González, Mustelier 6	(14–11)	Vargas 4
	2×	Report	1× 2×

25 June 2023 17:00	Puerto Rico	51–25	Nicaragua	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Agramonte, De Jesus (DOM)
	Fuentes 13	(24–10)	Ortega, Gutiérrez 5
	4×	Report	2×

26 June 2023 13:00	Colombia	37–30	Nicaragua	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Ramos, Sosa (ESA)
	Arcila 10	(20–16)	Ortega 7
	3×	Report	1× 3×

26 June 2023 17:00	Puerto Rico	35–28	Cuba	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Estrada, Pineda (COL)
	Fuentes 8	(21–13)	Veranes 7
	2× 6×	Report	3× 1×

Semifinals		Gold medal

28 June

Puerto Rico	26
		29 June
Mexico	25
		Puerto Rico	28
28 June
		Cuba	29
Dominican Republic	27

Cuba	33
		Bronze medal

		29 June

		Mexico	27

		Dominican Republic	29

5–8th place semifinals		Fifth place

28 June

Colombia	39
		29 June
El Salvador	19
		Colombia	44
28 June
		Nicaragua	29
Costa Rica	28

Nicaragua	29
		Seventh place

		29 June

		El Salvador	13

		Costa Rica	29

28 June 2023 17:00	Puerto Rico	26–25	Mexico	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Estrada, Pineda (COL)
	Ceballos 9	(13–12)	Leal 9
	2× 5×	Report	4× 1×

28 June 2023 19:30	Dominican Republic	27–33	Cuba	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Conberse, Correa (ARG)
	Brito 9	(10–19)	Reyes 12
	3×	Report	2× 6×

5th to 8th semifinals

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28 June 2023 12:00	Colombia	39–19	El Salvador	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Agramonte, De Jesus (DOM)
	Castaño 9	(20–11)	Sandoval 7
	3×	Report	5×

28 June 2023 14:30	Costa Rica	28–29	Nicaragua	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Belmonte, Coba (MEX)
	Corrales 8	(15–13)	Terceiro 7
	5× 1×	Report	1× 4×

29 June 2023 19:30	Puerto Rico	28–29	Cuba	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Conberse, Correa (ARG)
	Hiraldo 7	(14–12)	Reyes 15
	5× 1×	Report	1× 8×

29 June 2023 17:00	Mexico	27–29	Dominican Republic	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga (CUB)
	Leal 6	(15–14)	Peña, Andino 6
	1× 5×	Report	3×

29 June 2023 14:30	Colombia	44–29	Nicaragua	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Belmonte, Coba (MEX)
	Arcila 11	(21–15)	Cardenas 9
	4×	Report	1×

29 June 2023 12:00	El Salvador	13–29	Costa Rica	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Agramonte, De Jesus (DOM)
	Zavala 4	(3–17)	Loaiza 6
	3×	Report	2× 1×

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico	3	3	0	123	74	+49	6	Semi final
2	Puerto Rico	3	2	1	114	83	+31	4	Semi final
3	Nicaragua	3	1	2	91	117	−26	2
4	El Salvador (H)	3	0	3	63	112	−49	0

Source: Summary
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts

All times are local (UTC−06:00).

2 July 2023 15:00	Mexico	50–27	Nicaragua	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Agramonte, De Jesus (DOM)
	Perez 8	(26–16)	Gonzalez 7
	1×	Report	2×

2 July 2023 19:00	Puerto Rico	40–18	El Salvador	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Estrada, Pineda (COL)
	Ceballos 8	(21–11)	Escalante 5
	2× 3× 1×	Report	2×

3 July 2023 13:00	Puerto Rico	45–29	Nicaragua	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Belmonte, Coba (MEX)
	Monge 9	(21–15)	Garay 8
	1× 1×	Report	7× 1×

3 July 2023 19:00	Mexico	37–18	El Salvador	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Agramonte, De Jesus (DOM)
	Sanchez 7	(21–7)	A. Hernandez 7
	3× 3×	Report	1× 1× 1×

4 July 2023 15:00	Puerto Rico	29–36	Mexico	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga (CUB)
	Ramos 5	(16–17)	Rodriguez 9
	2× 1×	Report	2×

4 July 2023 19:00	El Salvador	27–35	Nicaragua	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Belmonte, Coba (MEX)
	Hernandez 13	(15–14)	Gonzalez 12
	1× 4×	Report	5×

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cuba	3	3	0	0	98	62	+36	6	Semi final
2	Dominican Republic	3	2	0	1	85	76	+9	4	Semi final
3	Venezuela	3	0	1	2	78	97	−19	1
4	Costa Rica	3	0	1	2	74	100	−26	1

Source: Summary
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

2 July 2023 13:00	Cuba	30–20	Venezuela	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Belmonre, Coba (MEX)
	Almeida 7	(9–9)	Noel 5
	3×	Report	2×

2 July 2023 17:00	Dominican Republic	28–22	Costa Rica	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga (CUB)
	Soto 6	(14–7)	Jimenez 6
	4× 1×	Report	2×

3 July 2023 15:00	Dominican Republic	35–26	Venezuela	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Estrada, Pineda (COL)
	Beras 10	(17–10)	Peñaloza 9
	5×	Report	4× 1×

3 July 2023 17:00	Cuba	40–20	Costa Rica	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Conberse, Correa (ARG)
	Pérez 7	(20–11)	Jimenez 4
	2× 3×	Report	3×

4 July 2023 13:00	Venezuela	32–32	Costa Rica	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Conberse, Correa (ARG)
	Noel 6	(19–13)	Molina 6 Montoya 6
	7× 1×	Report	1× 3×

4 July 2023 17:00	Cuba	28–22	Dominican Republic	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Estrada, Pineda (COL)
	Almeida 8	(14–16)	Beras 5
	1× 2×	Report	7× 1×

Semifinals		Gold medal

6 July

Mexico	20
		7 July
Dominican Republic	26
		Dominican Republic	29
6 July
		Cuba	30
Puerto Rico	18

Cuba	24
		Bronze medal

		7 July

		Mexico	32

		Puerto Rico	29

5–8th place semifinals		Fifth place

6 July

Nicaragua	29
		7 July
Costa Rica	34
		Costa Rica	29
6 July
		Venezuela	32
El Salvador	27

Venezuela	38
		Seventh place

		7 July

		Nicaragua	37

		El Salvador	33

6 July 2023 17:00	Mexico	20–26	Dominican Republic	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Conberse, Correa (ARG)
	Sanchez 7	(8–11)	de la Cruz 8
	1× 1× 1×	Report	1× 2× 1×

6 July 2023 19:30	Cuba	24–18	Puerto Rico	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Estrada, Pineda (COL)
	García 7	(9–9)	Monge 6
	1× 3×	Report	1× 1×

5th to 8th semifinals

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6 July 2023 12:00	Nicaragua	29–34	Costa Rica	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Ramos, Martinez (ESA)
	Gonzalez 7	(15–10)	Marchena 7
	1× 4×	Report	4×

6 July 2023 20:00	Venezuela	38–27	El Salvador	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Agramonte, De Jesus (DOM)
	Noel 9	(18–12)	Espinoza 7
	4×	Report	3×

7 July 2023 19:30	Cuba	30–29	Dominican Republic	Multi Gimnasio Don Bosco, Soyapango Referees: Conberse, Correa (ARG)
	Toledano 8	(14–10)	Soto 8
	2× 7× 2×	Report	1× 6×

7 July 2023 17:00	Puerto Rico	29–32	Mexico	Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga (CUB)
	Gonzalez 7	(14–15)	Morales, Perez 7
	2×	Report	5× 1×

7 July 2023 14:30	Venezuela	32–29	Costa Rica	Referees: Belmonte, Coba (MEX)
	Seijas 6	(19–13)	Montoya 8
	3×	Report	1× 3×

7 July 2023 12:00	El Salvador	33–37	Nicaragua	Referees: Agramonte, De Jesus (DOM)
	Escalante, Hernandez 7	(18–21)	Garay, Cano 7
	3×	Report	4×

Rank	Team
	Cuba
	Dominican Republic
	Mexico
4	Puerto Rico
5	Venezuela
6	Costa Rica
7	Nicaragua
8	El Salvador

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