Women's Div 1 PATHF Championships Results (Day 1)

Chile 27 – 17 USA (15-8)
Mexico 27 – 20 Puerto Rico (13-9)

Source: Mexico Handball Forum http://handball.mforos.com/1179288/8092043-panamericano-adulto-femenino-1-division-resultados/

Chile and Mexico established themselves as the co-favorites for the tournament with convincing wins over the USA and Puerto Rico respectively.

Remaining schedule:

Sun., Nov. 23
4:30 p.m. ­ Puerto Rico ­ USA
6:30 p.m. ­ Chile ­ Mexico

Mon., Nov. 24
4:30 p.m. ­ Puerto Rico ­ Chile
6:30 p.m. ­ USA ­ Mexico

Tues., Nov. 25
Semifinal No. 1 ­ 1 vs. 4
Semifinal No. 2 ­ 2 vs. 3
(Mexico game to be played at 6:30 p.m.)

Weds., Nov. 26
4:30 p.m. ­ Third Place Game
6:30 p.m. ­ First Place Game

Note: The format has each team playing 5 games over 5 days. As the main goal of the tournament, however, is to finish first or second, the only matches that will truly matter are the two semifinal matches on Tuesday. The pool play matches will simply seed the teams 1-4 for the semifinals. In theory, a team could get its act together during pool play, then win in money time on Tuesday.