The Brazilian Women’s National Team won the Pan American title after beating Argentina 21-30 at the Sports Village of the National Sports Village (VIDENA) in Lima, Peru. Brazil managed to maintain American hegemony and secure a continental quota for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
The initial formation of the green and yellow was with goalkeeper Barbara Arenhart, wingers Larissa Araújo and Mariana Costa, pivot Tamires Araújo and setters Ana Paula Rodrigues, Eduarda Amorim and Deonise Fachinello.
In the first minute of the game, Duda opened the scoring for Brazil. The coach, Jorge Dueñas, called his first timeout at 16′ when the Argentines went ahead by 2 goals 8-6.
The Brazilian team changes the goalkeeper and Renata Arruda enters, while Dueñas requests time out with the score, 11-09 in favor of the Argentines. With 28 seconds left in the game, left back Larissa Araújo equalized the first half and ended with a partial score of 12-12.
At the beginning of the second half, Brazil stretches the distance with 4 consecutive goals. With 10 minutes left in the match, Brazil manages to maintain a six-goal lead and control the game better by rotating the ball at its own pace. In the last minute, the score was 19-29 in favor of Brazil. The match ended 21-30 and crowned Brazil with the gold medal. Winger Adriana de Castro was the top scorer with 27 goals in 5 games.
In the bronze medal match, Cuba beat the United States by 24 (13) – (12) 23.
Positions
1st Brazil
2nd Argentina
3rd Cuba
4th United States
5th Dominican Rep.
6th Puerto Rico
7th Canada
8th Peru
Results July 24, 2019
Puerto Rico 23 (12) – (04) 09 Canada
Dominican Republic 46 (22) – (07) 16 Peru
Argentina 26 (13) – (08) 15 United States
Brazil 29 (13) – (09) 20 Cuba
Results July 25, 2019
United States 26 (11) – (10) 22 Dominican Rep.
Cuba 27 (14) – (13) 24 Puerto Rico
Peru 07 (02) – (25) 52 Argentina
Canada 12 (05) – (20) 41 Brazil
Results July 27, 2019
Cuba 20 (11) – (07) 10 Canada
United States 29 (16) – (08) 11 Peru
Brazil 40 (20) – (10) 15 Puerto Rico
Argentina 27 (13) – (06) 17 Dominican Rep.
Results July 29, 2019
5th-8th Dominican Rep. 24 (09) – (14) 23 Canada
5th-8th Puerto Rico 43 (24) – (07) 14 Peru
SF1 Argentina 31 (17) – (07) 21 Cuba
Brazil 34 (15) – (03) 09 United States
Results July 30, 2019
7th / 8th Canada 31 (17) – (06) 12 Peru
5th / 6th Dominican Republic 26 (13) – (14) 24 Puerto Rico
3rd / 4th Cuba 24 (13) – (12) 23 United States
Final Argentina 30 (12) – (12) 31 Brazil
Photo: CBHb
