Semifinalists defined in Asu 2025 to compete for a place in the handball final at the II Pan American Junior Games being held at SND.
This Tuesday the matches corresponding to date 3 were played, which closed the group stage and established the semifinalists, Argentina vs. the semifinalists, Argentina vs USA and Brazil vs Paraguay.
Morning shift
Chile achieved its first victory against Mexico by 32-21 The team coached by Aitor Echaburu had good passages of play and an outstanding performance by their goalkeepers, Francisco Latorre and Álvaro Ramos.
Camilo Hernandez of Chile was the top scorer of the match with 6 goals and Juan Anguiano of Mexico with the same number of goals. In group B, Chile was in third place and will face Cuba this Thursday at 12:00 noon for the definition of places 5-8.
Brazil is in the semifinals
An even first half between Brazil and the United States, player Benjamin Edwards managed to leak the Brazilian defense on several occasions.
Meanwhile, Mikael Candido and João Lindoso of Brazil were key in their conversions to give the team a 13-10 score in the first half of the game.
A dynamic encounter, with the Brazilian team’s effectiveness reaching 71% in the second half, and sealing with 68%.
The Brazilians proposed a game plan with a more solid defense in the second half and an offense that took hold and gave Brazil a 32-22 win over the United States. 32-22 victory over the United States.
Three Brazil players scored 5 goals each Vinicius Bertoldo, Mikael Candido and Lucas Silva; while Maksim Maccauley also contributed 5 goals for the Americans.
Group B leader Brazil faces Paraguay this Thursday at 8:00 p.m. for a place in the final.
Argentina qualified for the semifinals
A game without too many complications for the albiceleste the albiceleste, beat Uruguay 29-24.. A first half with 4 players per team that suffered 2 minutes of exclusion and went to the break with the score 17-10 in favor of Argentina.
In the final stage, the team coached by Rodolfo Jung kept the goal difference without surprises with a good defensive and counterattacking game that gave them the victory and left them as group A leader. The scorer was Lucas Obregon with 8 goals.
This Thursday, Argentina will play one of the semifinals against the United States starting at 5:00 p.m.
Guaraníes semifinalists
The last match of day 3 was between the locals and Cuba. An even first half with defensive errors that as the clock progressed were adjusted. Partial 18-17 in favor of Paraguay.
During the second half Cuba came out with a different approach to the game, managed to be strong on offense and thus filter the Paraguayan defense. For several minutes they were up on the scoreboard but the number of goals scored was not enough to qualify for the semifinal.
Paraguay was able to discount and ended up losing 33-35 against the Cubans, with this result the local team qualified to the semifinals, where they will face Brazil this Thursday from 8:00 pm. where they will face their Brazilian counterparts this Thursday at 8:00 pm.
Here is how the standings look like
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By Loly Coria
