2023 Central American Men's Handball Championship

The 2023 Central American Men's Handball Championship took place in Managua, Nicaragua from 21 to 25 February. It acted as a qualifying tournament for the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games and the 2024 South and Central American Men's Handball Championship.[2] The tournament was broadcast by Fanatiz.

2023 Central American Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Nicaragua
Dates21–25 February
Teams5 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Costa Rica[1] (2nd title)
Runner-up Nicaragua
Third place Guatemala
Fourth place Honduras
Tournament statistics
Matches10
Goals scored564 (56 per match)
Top scorer(s)Nicaragua Kenneth Garay (36 goals)

Results
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Costa Rica 4 4 0 0 129 94 +35 8 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games and 2024 South and Central American Championship
2  Nicaragua (H) 4 3 0 1 134 120 +14 6 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games
3  Guatemala 4 2 0 2 107 97 +10 4
4  Honduras 4 1 0 3 104 129 −25 2
5  El Salvador 4 0 0 4 90 124 −34 0 Qualified as host for the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games
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

Round robin

All times are local (UTC−06:00).

21 February 2023
18:00		 Honduras  25 – 19  Guatemala Instituto Nicaragüense de Deportes, Managua
Attendance: 150
Referees: Castillo, Alvarado (CRC)
Garcia 7 (7 – 12) Estrada 10
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21 February 2023
20:00		 El Salvador  29 – 33  Nicaragua Instituto Nicaragüense de Deportes, Managua
Attendance: 250
Referees: Barahona, Gomez
Sosa 8 (13 – 13) Garay 9
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22 February 2023
18:00		 Honduras  26 – 20  El Salvador Instituto Nicaragüense de Deportes, Managua
Attendance: 100
Referees: Correa, Correa (BRA)
Garcia 7 (12 – 8) Hernandez 6
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22 February 2023
20:00		 Nicaragua  25 – 30  Costa Rica Instituto Nicaragüense de Deportes, Managua
Attendance: 250
Referees: Gomez, Parra
Garay 6 (11 – 14) Barrantes, Molina 6
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23 February 2023
18:00		 Costa Rica  25 – 22  Guatemala Instituto Nicaragüense de Deportes, Managua
Attendance: 100
Referees: Parra, Arana
Herrera 7 (15 – 9) Martinez 6
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23 February 2023
20:00		 Nicaragua  44 – 32  Honduras Instituto Nicaragüense de Deportes, Managua
Attendance: 280
Referees: Castillo, Alvarado (CRC)
Garay 10 (26 – 18) Raudales 7
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24 February 2023
18:00		 El Salvador  21 – 39  Costa Rica Instituto Nicaragüense de Deportes, Managua
Attendance: 80
Referees: Pagoaga, Zambrano (HON)
Alvarenga, Espinoza 4 (10 – 19) Jimenez 7
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24 February 2023
20:00		 Guatemala  29 – 32  Nicaragua Instituto Nicaragüense de Deportes, Managua
Attendance: 450
Referees: Castillo, Alvarado (CRC)
Herrera 10 (14 – 14) Garay 11
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25 February 2023
18:00		 El Salvador  20 – 26  Guatemala Instituto Nicaragüense de Deportes, Managua
Attendance: 50
Referees: Pagoaga, Zambrano (HON)
Espinoza 8 (12 – 15) Estrada, Soto 5
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25 February 2023
20:00		 Costa Rica  35 – 26  Honduras Instituto Nicaragüense de Deportes, Managua
Attendance: 50
Referees: Parra, Rojas
Jimenez 7 (18 – 10) Garcia 7
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References
  1. "Costa Rica es dueña del balonmano en Centroamérica". costaricamedios.cr (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  2. "Abanderan a selecciones nacionales de balonmano femenina y masculina en el IND". pasiondeportiva.net/ (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 March 2023.
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