On Monday night, Brazil and Mexico entered the court to compete for the bronze medal in the men’s handball tournament at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games. With equal results in both halves, 16:10, the Brazil team beat the Mexico and won the bronze medal.
Brazilians and Mexicans had already met in the first round of the tournament. It was the debut match for both teams and Brazil achieved its first victory by winning 33 (18) – (10) 23. The matches were similar, having the partial 18:10 and 16:10, in the first half and 15:13 and 16:10, in the second halves. In the bronze match, Oswaldo Maestro opens the scoring for the Brazilians at 32 seconds and captain Thiagus Petrus extends it. During the first 20 minutes, the Brazilian advantage was not more than 3 goals. Already in the last 5 minutes before the break, Brazil scores 3 against 1 and extends the difference on the scoreboard to 6.
In the second half of the game, pivot Rogério Moraes, assisted by point guard Thiago Ponciano, scored goal number 17 and Mexico soon responded. At 40 minutes, the advantage was 8 goals. With 1 minute to go, Rogério Moraes closes for Brazil with goal number 32. The Mexicans still manage to score the 20th and the match ends at 32:20 for the Brazilians who win the Pan American bronze medal
With a 100% success in the shot, BM Granollers Spain right-back Oswaldo Maestro contributed 5 of the team’s 32 goals. In addition, Raúl Nantes, Felipe Borges and João Pedro Silva, scored 15 Brazilian goals. Leonardo Terçariol, goalkeeper for Spain’s BM Benidorm, saved 8 shots, with 44%.
Results July 31, 2019 [Brasilia time] 15.00 | Cuba 28 (10) – (20) 38 Chile 17.30 | Puerto Rico 27 (14) – (10) 23 Peru 20.00 | Brazil 33 (18) – (10) 23 Mexico 22.30 | Argentina 38 (21) – (13) 25 United States Results August 1, 2019 [Brasilia time] 15.00 | Mexico 24 (15) – (07) 19 Puerto Rico 17.30 | United States (14) – (14) Cuba 20.00 | Peru 16 (07) – (27) 40 Brazil 22.30 | Chile 29 (15) – (12) 31 Argentina Results August 2, 2019 [Brasilia time] 15.00 | Mexico 34 (16) – (09) 17 Peru 17.30 | United States 26 (11) – (17) 34 Chile 20.00 | Argentina 23 (11) – (10) 21 Cuba 22.30 | Brazil 35 (18) – (13) 26 Puerto Rico Results August 4, 2019 [Brasilia time] 12:00 | 5th-8th Puerto Rico 12 (08) – (17) 36 Cuba 14:00 | 5th-8th USA 22 (13) – (07) 16 Peru 20:00 | SF1 Brazil x Chile 22:30 | SF2 Argentina x Mexico Result August 5, 2019 [Brasilia time] 12.00 | Seventh / eighth Puerto Rico 27 (12) – (09) 19 Peru 14.00 | 5th / 6th Cuba 32 (16) – (10) 24 United States 20.00 | 3rd / 4th Brazil 32 (16) – (10) 20 Mexico 22.30 | Final Argentina 27 (14) – (15) 31 Chile Photo: Brazilian Handball Confederation By: Patricia Lima Link: https://cbhb.org.br/v1/noticia/12958/brasil-conquista-o-bronze-em-lima-2019
