Handball at the 2017 Central American Games
![]()  | |
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) | 
| Dates | 4–8 December | 
| Teams | 9 (from 1 confederation) | 
| Final positions | |
| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
| Third place | |
| Fourth place | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Top scorer(s) | (29 goals)  | 
The handball competition of the 2017 Central American Games in Managua was held from December 4 to 8 at the Instituto nicaraguense de deportes,[3] in both the men's and women's tournament, three teams qualified for the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games.
Participating teams
 
 
  |   
 
 
  | 
Medal summary
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's tournament | |||
| Women's tournament | 
Men's tournament
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 84 | 22 | 8 | |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 107 | 82 | 25 | 6 | |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 105 | 97 | 8 | 4 | |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 101 | 129 | –28 | 2 | |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 78 | 105 | –27 | 0 | 
Round Robin
All times are local (UTC−06:00).
| 4 December 2017 16:00  |  El Salvador  |  18–22 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 300 Referees: Segura, Valverde  | |
| Merino 6 | (11–12) | Herrera 8 | ||
| 2× |  Report | 1× | 
| 4 December 2017 20:00  |  Honduras  |  35–24 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga  | |
| Garcia 9 | (16–13) | Lopéz 5 | ||
| 1× |  Report | 1× | 
| 5 December 2017 16:00  |  Guatemala  |  22–18 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: Zuñiga, Reyes  | |
| Morales 7 | (9–9) | Molina 5 | ||
|  5× |  Report | 1× | 
| 5 December 2017 20:00  |  Nicaragua  |  29–27 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: Paguaga, Cruz  | |
| Ruiz 6 | (14–10) | Alvarenga 6 | ||
|  2× |  Report | 2× | 
| 6 December 2017 16:00  |  El Salvador  |  14–29 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 200 Referees: Urrutea, Jímenez  | |
| Merino, Portillo 3 | (8–14) | Montoya 7 | ||
| 1× |  Report | 2× | 
| 6 December 2017 18:00  |  Costa Rica  |  30–22 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga  | |
| Molina, Vargas 8 | (15–8) | three players 4 | ||
| 2× |  Report | 1× | 
| 7 December 2017 11:30  |  Guatemala  |  25–22 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 300 Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga  | |
| Morales 7 | (13–14) | García 6 | ||
| 1× |  Report | 2× | 
| 7 December 2017 15:30  |  El Salvador  |  19–25 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 300 Referees: Jímenez, Urrutea  | |
| Merino 7 | (10–10) | Molina 8 | ||
| 1× |  Report | 2× | 
| 8 December 2017 16:00  |  Honduras  |  19–34 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga  | |
| four players 3 | (9–16) | Vargas 8 | ||
| 1× |  Report | 1× | 
| 8 December 2017 20:00  |  Nicaragua  |  26–37 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: Segura, Valverde  | |
| Sotomayor 5 | (14–20) | Morales 10 | ||
| 3× |  Report | 2× | 
Final standing
| Rank | Team | 
|---|---|
| 4 | |
| 5 | 
| Teams qualified to the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games | 
Women's tournament
Qualification round
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 48 | 25 | 6 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 78 | –8 | 4 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 66 | 58 | 8 | 2 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 77 | –25 | 0 | 
All times are local (UTC−06:00).
| 4 December 2017 14:00  |  Costa Rica  |  26–15 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 250 Referees: Urrutea, Jimenez  | |
| Araya 10 | (13–10) | Cuellar 4 | ||
| 1× |  Report | 4× | 
| 4 December 2017 18:00  |  Guatemala  |  28–19 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: Cruz, Paguaga  | |
| Lavarreda, Sosa 6 | (14–10) | Gutierrez 3 | ||
| 2× |  Report | 3× | 
| 5 December 2017 14:00  |  El Salvador  |  12–25 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 200 Referees: Ramirez, Gomez  | |
| Navarrete 3 | (4–15) | Florián 5 | ||
| 3× |  Report | 3× | 
| 5 December 2017 18:00  |  Nicaragua  |  25–23 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: Fernandez, Gonzalez  | |
| Acuña 6 | (11–9) | Camacho 7 | ||
| 1× |  Report | 1× | 
| 6 December 2017 12:00  |  El Salvador  |  25–26 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 300 Referees: Segura, Valverde  | |
| Cuellar 7 | (14–11) | Acuña, Ortega 6 | ||
| 2× |  Report | 3× | 
| 6 December 2017 14:00  |  Costa Rica  |  17–20 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 300 Referees: Cruz, Paguaga  | |
| Ramirez 8 | (8–12) | Lavarreda 6 | ||
| 1× |  Report | 3× | 
Knockout stage
Bracket
| Semifinals | Final | |||||
| December 7 | ||||||
| 20 | ||||||
| December 8 | ||||||
| 14 | ||||||
| 24 | ||||||
| December 7 | ||||||
| 21 | ||||||
| 28 | ||||||
| 31 | ||||||
| Third place | ||||||
| December 8 | ||||||
| 24 | ||||||
| 33 | ||||||
Semifinals
| 7 December 2017 09:30  |  Guatemala  |  20–14 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 250 Referees: Ramirez, Gomez  | |
| Sosa 6 | (10–6) | Ayala 4 | ||
| 3× |  Report |  2× | 
| 7 December 2017 14:00  |  Nicaragua  |  28–31 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: González, Fernández  | |
| Rivera 9 | (13–15) | Araya, Ramirez 9 | ||
| 2× |  Report | 2× | 
Bronze medal game
| 8 December 2017 14:00  |  El Salvador  |  24–33 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Referees: Urrutia, Jimenez  | |
| Ayala, Guardado 5 | (11–17) | Rivera 7 | ||
|  4× |  Report | 1× | 
Gold medal game
| 8 December 2017 18:00  |  Guatemala  |  24–21 | Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua Attendance: 500 Referees: Cruz, Paguaga  | |
| Lavarreda 10 | (11–10) | Polanco 8 | ||
| 2× |  Report | 3× | 
Final standing
| Rank | Team | 
|---|---|
| 4 | 
| Teams qualified to the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games | 
References
- ^ "Guatemala domina a Costa Rica y se queda con el oro". www.prensalibre.com (in Spanish). 8 December 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
 - ^ "Nicaragua gana bronce en balonmano en Juegos Centroamericanos". www.elnuevodiario.com.ni (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 December 2017.
 - ^ "Balonmano marca su camino en la actividad de los Juegos Centroamericanos de Managua 2017". hoy.com.ni (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 11 December 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
 
