The debut South and Central America Women’s Senior Clubs Championship has completed in Concordia, Brazil, after five intensive days of action featuring 15 matches played by six teams from four different countries in a round-robin format.

 

In the end, it all hinged on the final match involving two teams from the host nation as the winners of A.A. Concordia and UNIP/Sao Bernardo would not only become regional champions, but would book their tickets to the inaugural edition of the IHF Women’s Super Globe which will be played in China later this year.

 

Going into that final game, both Brazilian teams were on eight points each, having won all four of their previous matches, but Concordia had the larger goal difference of +75, compared to +43 of their rivals from Sao Bernardo. Concordia had also scored more goals (136) than their opponents overall too (112).

 

Concordia had built up their impressive goalscoring feat thanks to wins over Club Vieux Gaulois (49:7),Scuola Italiana di Montevideo (32:16), Club Ferro Carril Oeste (27:21) and Club Manuel Dorrego (28:17), while UNIP/Sao Bernardo could only manage a tight 20:19 win over Club Ferro Carril Oeste (20:19) and 21:19 defeat of Club Manuel Dorrego in addition to their other, more comfortable victories.

 

In the unofficial final, both Brazilian teams could not even be separated at the break as a defensive opening 30 minutes saw the half finish 9:9, and in an even more defensively-minded second period, both teams could only score seven times each, as UNIP/Sao Bernardo could not get that extra goal needed to ensure victory and the ticket to China.

 

Sabrina Canata top-scored in the game alongside teammate Agda Goncalves with five goals, but they were beaten to second and third place with 26 and 24 goals respectively in the overall goalscoring charts by Scuola Italiana di Montevideo’s Sofi Cherone, who registered 38 goals in total.

 

All games were livestreamed for free via the YouTube account of Handebol Concordia:

 

2019 South and Central America Women’s Senior Clubs Championship

 

Final Ranking

 

1 A.A. Concordia (BRA) – 9 points (+75 goal difference)

2 UNIP/Sao Bernardo (BRA) – 9 (+43)

3 Club Ferro Carril Oeste (ARG) 6 (+40)

4 Scuola Italiana di Montevideo (URU) 4 (+8)

5 Club Manuel Dorrego (ARG) 2 (+11)

6 Club Vieux Gaulois (CHI) 0 (-177)

 

Results

Day 1: Monday 12 March

 

Club Manuel Dorrego (ARG) vs UNIP/Sao Bernardo (BRA) 19:21

Club Ferro Carril Oeste (ARG) vs Scuola Italiana di Montevideo (URU) 22:17

A.A. Concordia (BRA) vs Club Vieux Gaulois (CHI) 49:7

 

Day 2: Tuesday 13 March

 

UNIP/Sao Bernardo (BRA) vs Club Ferro Carril Oeste (ARG) 20:19

Club Vieux Gaulois (CHI) vs Club Manuel Dorrego (ARG) 7:39

Scuola Italiana di Montevideo (URU) vs A.A. Concordia (BRA) 16:32

 

Day 3: Wednesday 14 March

 

Club Manuel Dorrego (ARG) vs Scuola Italiana di Montevideo (URU) 22:25

UNIP/Sao Bernardo (BRA) vs Club Vieux Gaulois (CHI) 45:11

Club Ferro Carril Oeste (ARG) vs A.A. Concordia (BRA) 21:27

 

Day 4: Thursday 15 March

 

Club Ferro Carril Oeste (ARG) vs Club Vieux Gaulois (CHI) 50:13

Scuola Italiana di Montevideo (URU) vs UNIP/Sao Bernardo (BRA) 20:26

A.A. Concordia (BRA) vs Club Manuel Dorrego (ARG) 28:17

 

Day 5: Friday 16 March

 

Club Manuel Dorrego (ARG) vs Club Ferro Carril Oeste (ARG) 20:25

Club Vieux Gaulois (CHI) vs Scuola Italiana di Montevideo (URU) 13:45

A. A. Concordia (BRA) vs UNIP/Sao Bernardo (BRA) 16:16

Photo: Patrícia Lima