2025 South and Central American Women's Youth Handball Championship
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Paraguay |
| Venue | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Dates | 17–21 November |
| Teams | 9 (from 1 confederation) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Argentina (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Brazil |
| Third place |  Uruguay |
| Fourth place | Paraguay |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 19 |
| Goals scored | 1,101 (57.95 per match) |
| Top scorers |  Leidy Juárez(42 goals)[1] |
The 2025 South and Central American Women's Youth Handball Championship took place in Asunción, Paraguay, from 17 to 21 November 2025.[2] It acted as the South and Central American qualifying tournament for the 2026 IHF Women's U18 Handball World Championship.[3]
Qualification
| Competition | Dates | Host | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Automatic qualifiers | 5 | Argentina Brazil Chile Paraguay Uruguay
| ||
| IHF Trophy South and Central America – Central American Zone[4] | 20–24 May 2025 | .svg.png){kind=small} Tegucigalpa |
2 |  Costa Rica Guatemala
|
| IHF Trophy South and Central America – South America Zone[5] | 23–27 July 2025 |  Lima |
2 | Peru Venezuela
|
Preliminary round
All times are local (UTC–3).
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 27 | +70 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Peru
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 58 | 75 | −17 | 2 | |
| 3 | Costa Rica
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 92 | −53 | 0 |
Source: SCAHC
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
| 17 November 2025 14:00 |
Peru
|
42–28 | Costa Rica
|
SND Arena, Asunción |
| (21–13) | ||||
| 18 November 2025 15:00 |
Costa Rica
|
11–50 | Brazil
|
SND Arena, Asunción |
| (5–23) | ||||
| 19 November 2025 16:30 |
Brazil
|
47–16 | Peru
|
SND Arena, Asunción |
| (22–4) | ||||
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Argentina
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 34 | +50 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Venezuela
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 61 | −13 | 2 | |
| 3 | Guatemala
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 77 | −37 | 0 |
Source: SCAHC
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
| 17 November 2025 16:30 |
Guatemala
|
24–30 | Venezuela
|
SND Arena, Asunción |
| (14–13) | ||||
| 18 November 2025 17:30 |
Venezuela
|
18–37 | Argentina
|
SND Arena, Asunción |
| (8–19) | ||||
| Report |
| 19 November 2025 14:00 |
Argentina
|
47–16 | Guatemala
|
SND Arena, Asunción |
| (21–4) | ||||
| Report |
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uruguay
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 60 | +13 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Paraguay (H)
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 54 | 0 | 2 | |
| 3 | Chile
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 58 | −13 | 0 |
Source: SCAHC
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(H) Hosts
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(H) Hosts
| 17 November 2025 19:00 |
Uruguay
|
35–34 | Paraguay
|
SND Arena, Asunción |
| (19–18) | ||||
| 18 November 2025 20:00 |
Paraguay
|
20–19 | Chile
|
SND Arena, Asunción |
| (8–13) | ||||
| 19 November 2025 19:00 |
Chile
|
26–38 | Uruguay
|
SND Arena, Asunción |
| (10–15) | ||||
Ranking
| Rank | Grp | Team | Pos | Pts | GD | GF | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | Brazil
|
1 | 4 | +70 | 97 | Semifinals |
| 2 | B | Argentina
|
1 | 4 | +50 | 84 | |
| 3 | C | Uruguay
|
1 | 4 | +13 | 73 | |
| 4 | C | Paraguay
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 54 | |
| 5 | B | Venezuela
|
2 | 2 | −13 | 48 | 5–6th place semifinals |
| 6 | A | Peru
|
2 | 2 | −17 | 58 | |
| 7 | C | Chile
|
3 | 0 | −13 | 45 | |
| 8 | B | Guatemala
|
3 | 0 | −37 | 40 | 5–6th place quarterfinal |
| 9 | A | Costa Rica
|
3 | 0 | −53 | 39 |
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) position in the group; 2) points; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored for.
Rules for classification: 1) position in the group; 2) points; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored for.
Knockout stage
Bracket
- Championship bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 20 November | ||||||
2 Argentina | 32 | |||||
| 21 November | ||||||
3 Uruguay | 25 | |||||
| Argentina | 23 | |||||
| 20 November | ||||||
| Brazil | 22 | |||||
1 Brazil | 29 | |||||
4 Paraguay | 27 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 21 November | ||||||
| Uruguay | 26 | |||||
| Paraguay | 23 | |||||
- Fifth place bracket
| 5–6th place quarterfinal | 5–6th place semifinals | Fifth place | ||||||||
| 20 November | ||||||||||
6 Peru | 22 | |||||||||
7 Chile | 37 | |||||||||
| 21 November | ||||||||||
| Chile | 32 | |||||||||
| Venezuela | 31 | |||||||||
| 20 November | ||||||||||
5 Venezuela | 27 | |||||||||
| 20 November | ||||||||||
8/9 Guatemala | 16 | |||||||||
8 Guatemala | 29 | |||||||||
9 Costa Rica | 21 | |||||||||
- Seventh place bracket
| 7–9th place semifinal | Seventh place | |||||
| 21 November | ||||||
| Guatemala (pen) | 30 (5) | |||||
| 21 November | ||||||
| Peru | 30 (3) | |||||
| Costa Rica | 24 | |||||
| Peru | 49 | |||||
5–6th place quarterfinal
| 20 November 2025 11:00 |
Guatemala
|
29–21 | Costa Rica
|
SND Arena, Asunción |
| (16–7) | ||||
5–6th place semifinals
| 20 November 2025 13:00 |
Peru
|
22–37 | Chile
|
SND Arena, Asunción |
| (11–21) | ||||
| 20 November 2025 17:00 |
Venezuela
|
27–16 | Guatemala
|
SND Arena, Asunción |
| (17–9) | ||||
Semifinals
| 20 November 2025 15:00 |
Argentina
|
32–25 | Uruguay
|
SND Arena, Asunción Attendance: 180 Referees: Dezembro, Gonçalves (BRA) |
| Quiroz 9 | (15–9) | Leita 7 | ||
1× 4×
|
Report | 5×
|
| 20 November 2025 19:00 |
Brazil
|
29–27 | Paraguay
|
SND Arena, Asunción |
| (11–14) | ||||
7–9th place semifinal
| 21 November 2025 11:00 |
Costa Rica
|
24–49 | Peru
|
SND Arena, Asunción |
| (6–20) | ||||
Seventh place game
| 21 November 2025 17:00 |
Guatemala
|
35–33 | Peru
|
SND Arena, Asunción |
| (12–13) | ||||
|
FT: 30–30 Pen: 5–3 | ||||
Fifth place game
| 21 November 2025 13:00 |
Chile
|
32–31 | Venezuela
|
SND Arena, Asunción |
| (12–17) | ||||
Third place game
| 21 November 2025 15:00 |
Uruguay
|
26–23 | Paraguay
|
SND Arena, Asunción |
| (14–11) | ||||
Final
| 21 November 2025 19:00 |
Argentina
|
23–22 | Brazil
|
SND Arena, Asunción Attendance: 520 Referees: Araujo, Perdomo (URU) |
| Quiroz 7 | (9–12) | Monteiro 6 | ||
| 1× 3×
|
Report | 5× 1×
|
Final standing
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
 |
Argentina
|
 |
Brazil
|
 |
Uruguay
|
| 4 | Paraguay
|
| 5 | Chile
|
| 6 | Venezuela
|
| 7 | Guatemala
|
| 8 | Peru
|
| 9 | Costa Rica
|
| Qualified for the 2026 U18 World Championship | |
| Qualified for the 2026 IHF Inter-Continental Trophy |
References
- ^ "Argentina strike gold at SCAHC Women's Youth Handball Championship". IHF. 24 November 2025. Retrieved 24 November 2025.
- ^ "Handball SCA Sub 18" (in Spanish). SCAHC. 28 October 2025. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
- ^ "SCA U18 Handball Championship". SCAHC. 7 November 2025. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
- ^ "Guatemala strike double gold at the IHF Trophy SCA - Central American Zone". IHF. 29 May 2025. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
- ^ "Peru and Colombia strike gold at the IHF Trophy South and Central America". IHF. 31 July 2025. Retrieved 18 November 2025.