The
Men’s IHF Trophy North American & Caribbean Zone I Championships concluded at
the Lifezone 360 Facility in West Dundee, Illinois, USA on Saturday (12 May)
with the USA junior side and Canada youth team winning their respective
competitions.
In
the youth competition (players born on or after 1 January 2000) which featured
Canada, Martinique and USA, teams played each other twice with Canada recording
a clean sweep of four victories (vs USA 40:19, 42:22 and vs Martinique 33:26,
29:24). Martinique finished second, with the USA in third.
Despite
that bottom spot in the youth competition, the hosts took the honours in the
junior tournament as they won all their games (vs Canada 25:23, Dominica 46:15,
Martinique 32:13 and Haiti 60:14).
Martinique
finished as runners-up, losing just once, against the USA, while Canada were in
third. In what was to eventually prove to be a 4th/5th play-off Dominica beat
Haiti 38:26 (19:17) in a match where a player from each side scored 13 times –
Nathan Sebastien for Dominica and Johny Jean Charles for Haiti.
All
games were streamed live in cooperation with USA Team Handball on the Official
IHF Facebook page as the winning Canadian and American teams as well as
runners-up Martinique can now
look forward to progressing into the IHF Trophy continental play-offs later in
the year.
FINAL RANKING
Youth Competition
1
– Canada (USA)
2
– Martinique (MTQ)
3
– United States of America (USA)
Junior Competition
1
– United States of America (USA)
2
– Martinique (MTQ)
3
– Canada (CAN)
4
– Dominica (DMA)
5
– Haiti (HAI)
RESULTS
Youth Competition
Tuesday
8 May
USA
vs MTQ 27:34 (17:17)
Wednesday
9 May
CAN
vs MTQ 33:26 (19:12)
Thursday
10 May
USA
vs CAN 19:40 (11:20)
USA
vs MTQ 34:33 (19:15)
Friday
11 May
CAN
vs MTQ 29:24 (16:9)
Saturday
12 May
USA
vs CAN 22:42 (11:19)
Junior Competition
Tuesday
8 May
MTQ
vs CAN 28:24 (16:15)
USA
vs DMA 46:15 (25:7)
Wednesday
9 May
HAI
vs USA 14:60 (7:27)
DMA
vs CAN 19:62 (10:31)
Thursday
10 May
DMA
vs MTQ 19:42 (10:21)
CAN
vs HAI 50:6 (24:4)
Friday
11 May
DMA
vs HAI 38:36 (19:17)
USA
vs MTQ 32:13 (17:6)
Saturday
12 May
MTQ
vs HAI 59:13 (28:8)
CAN
vs USA 23:25 (10:16)
Photos:
Jerzy Malysz/USA Team Handball