CoSCABal has been working together with the health authorities and the government of Uruguay, as well as with the Sports area and the Uruguayan Handball Federation on the protocols that will be applied to the teams that will compete for the fourth place in South and Central America. for the IHF World Championship Egypt 2021.
In sports, the order of entry was defined with Chile occupying the first classification box due to the fourth place obtained in January in Maringá, Brazil. The second place will be occupied by Paraguay for fifth place in the same tournament. Colombia appears in third entry place due to its participation in the Lima playoffs played in Santiago in 2019 and El Salvador, due to not having previous participation, occupies fourth entry place.
Thus, with the defined classification order, the tournament will be played with a round-robin system by accumulation of points. The meeting time is in Montevideo.
Programming
November 4
14:00 Chile vs El Salvador
17:00 Paraguay vs Colombia
November 5
14:00 Paraguay vs El Salvador
17:00 Colombia vs Chile
November 6th day of rest
November 7
14:00 El Salvador vs Colombia
17:00 Chile vs Paraguay
With Uruguay being the only country on the Continent where it is being played, the effort made by the organization in defining the health protocols that will be applied has meant a very detailed work where the members of the CoSCABal Medical Commission together with the Uruguayan authorities have established a bubble system and control through PCR tests that will begin to be applied 72 hours before the trip.
Likewise, CoSCABal designated the member of the Medical Commission Dr. Paulinne Bittencourt as Protocol Compliance Officer and counterpart of the Uruguayan health authorities, who will personally supervise adherence and compliance with the instructions that have been delivered before and during the competition. Among the restrictions, those who participate in the event will not be allowed recreational activities outside the concentration area with the aim of maintaining isolation at all times.
Although in principle the competition would be held with 5 countries, finally only Chile, Paraguay, Colombia and El Salvador confirmed their presence in this event that ensures a fourth place for the continent in the men’s IHF world tournaments.
On the other hand, the referee pairs that will conduct the tournament have also already been designated, with this responsibility falling on the Argentine duo made up of Sebastián Lenci/Julián López Grillo, from Uruguay Mathías Sosa/Cristián Lemes and Germán Araújo/Nicolás Perdomo.
Photo: Sports and Recreation Department of Viña del Mar
