From today, 31 October until Sunday the capital city of Paraguay, Asunción, will host the men’s youth (U18) and junior (U20) teams of Costa Rica (CRC), Guatemala (GUA), Peru (PER) and the home nation Paraguay (PAR) for the 2018 IHF Trophy - South and Central American Zone finals, with the winners going through to the Intercontinental Phase.

 

All 16 games will be played at the CPH Stadium in an initial round-robin format and then the top two teams competing for the championship and gold medal and the third and fourth-placed teams competing for bronze.

 

Paraguay and Peru both finished first and second respectively in the IHF Trophy - South American Zone, held back in July in Bolivia,to qualify for the event while Costa Rica and Guatemala qualified through from the IHF Trophy – Central American Zone tournament played in Honduras at the end of June.

 

As is the case for all IHF Trophy events, the IHF will conduct referee and coaching seminars in parallel with the event.

 

Match Schedule

(all times local)

 

Wednesday 31 October

 

Youth Competition

16:00 GUA vs PER

20:00 PAR vs CRC

 

Junior Competition

18:00 CRC vs PER

22:00 PAR vs GUA

 

Thursday 1 November

 

Youth Competition

16:00 CRC vs PER

20:00 PAR vs GUA

 

Junior Competition

18:00 GUA vs PER

22:00 PAR vs CRC

 

Friday 2 November

 

Youth Competition

16:00 CRC vs GUA

20:00 PAR vs PER

 

Junior Competition

18:00 CRC vs GUA

22:00 PAR vs PER

 

Saturday 3 November

 

Youth Competition

16:00 Bronze-medal match

 

Junior Competition

18:00 Bronze-medal match

 

Sunday 4 November

 

Youth Competition

16:00 Gold-medal match

 

Junior Competition

18:00 Gold-medal match