2012 Pan American Women's Junior Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Dominican Republic
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	March 15–19
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Brazil
Runner-up	Uruguay
Third place	Argentina
Fourth place	Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	1,099 (54.95 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Carolina López (DOM)
Best player	Deborah Nunes (BRA)

The 2012 Pan American Women's Junior Handball Championship took place in Santo Domingo from March 15 – March 19. It acts as the Pan American qualifying tournament for the 2012 Women's Junior World Handball Championship.

Teams

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	0	117	51	+66	6
Uruguay	3	2	0	1	112	65	+47	4
Chile	3	1	0	2	63	95	-32	2
Puerto Rico	3	0	0	3	53	134	-81	0

March 15 13:00	Brazil	26 – 25	Uruguay	Santo Domingo
		(13–12)

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March 15 20:00	Puerto Rico	21 – 30	Chile	Santo Domingo
		(8–16)

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March 16 13:00	Chile	13 – 37	Brazil	Santo Domingo
		(8–16)

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March 16 15:00	Uruguay	50 – 19	Puerto Rico	Santo Domingo
		(20–11)

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March 17 13:00	Brazil	54 – 13	Puerto Rico	Santo Domingo
		(24–4)

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March 17 15:00	Uruguay	37 – 20	Chile	Santo Domingo
		(21–8)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	3	3	0	0	88	55	+33	6
Canada	3	2	0	1	74	78	-4	4
Dominican Republic	3	1	0	2	79	71	+8	2
United States	3	0	0	3	42	79	-37	0

March 15 16:00	Dominican Republic	30 – 11	United States	Santo Domingo
		(13–5)

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March 15 18:00	Argentina	34 – 19	Canada	Santo Domingo
		(16–6)

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March 16 17:00	United States	14 – 30	Argentina	Santo Domingo
		(5–12)

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March 16 19:00	Canada	36 – 27	Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo
		(18–13)

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March 17 17:00	Canada	19 – 17	United States	Santo Domingo
		(11–9)

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March 17 19:00	Argentina	24 – 22	Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo
		(14–8)

Placement 5th–8th

March 18 9:00	Chile	33 – 24	United States	Santo Domingo
		(15–10)

March 18 11:00	Dominican Republic	29 – 28	Puerto Rico	Santo Domingo
		(16–15)

7th/8th

March 19 9:00	United States	26 – 29	Puerto Rico	Santo Domingo
		(14–20)

5th/6th

March 19 11:00	Chile	33 – 35 OT	Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo
		(11–9, 23–23, 30–30)

Final round

	Semifinal				Final
	March 18 – Santo Domingo
	Brazil	42
					March 19 – Santo Domingo
	Canada	16
					Brazil	37
	March 18 – Santo Domingo
					Uruguay	33
	Uruguay	29
	Argentina	26
					Third place
					March 19 – Santo Domingo
					Canada	21
					Argentina	30

Semifinals

March 18 16:00	Brazil	42 – 16	Canada	Santo Domingo
		(21–10)

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March 18 18:00	Argentina	26 – 29	Uruguay	Santo Domingo
		(13–10)

Bronze medal match

March 19 16:00	Canada	21 – 30	Argentina	Santo Domingo
		(10–18)

Gold medal match

March 19 18:00	Brazil	37 – 33	Uruguay	Santo Domingo
		(19–16)

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Brazil
	Uruguay
	Argentina
4	Canada
5	Dominican Republic
6	Chile
7	Puerto Rico
8	United States