USA Team Handball (USATH) is pleased to announce that the Men’s National Team (MNT) will compete at the 2019 Pan American Games (PAG). The Men’s Team Handball Competition at the Pan American Games will be held from July 31st to August 5th, in Lima, Peru.
The winner of the tournament will secure a spot at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games that will be held in Tokyo, Japan in 2020. The second place will secure a spot to the Olympic Qualification Tournament.
8 countries will participate in this event. Team USA will be in Group A with Argentina, Chile, and Cuba, while Group B is composed by Brazil, Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Peru.
The USA Team Handball selection committee comprised of Robert Hedin, (MNT Head Coach/Chair), Christian Latulippe, (WNT Head Coach), David Thompson, (Athletes’ Rep), Julio Sainz, (Men’s JMNT Head Coach), Mark Ortega, (MNT Assistant Coach), selected fourteen athletes, and their alternates, from the existing Men’s National Team athlete pool. All selected athletes have met all of the requirements for selection.
The Pan American Games staff will be Robert Hedin as the Head Coach, Mark Ortega, Assistant Coach, Julio Sainz, Technical Personnel, Kim Moncel as the Certified Athletic Trainer, and Andreas Hertelt as the Team Leader.
“These talented young men have been improving steadily over the past year and have earned the right to represent USA at the Pan American Games” said Barry Siff, CEO of USA Team Handball. “This Pan American Games competition is important for the further development of our sport in the USA, and I am extremely positive about the competitiveness of our team. It is an exciting time for Team Handball in the USA.”
These are the selected athletes and their alternates (in alphabetical order):
|
Name |
Position |
Club/Team |
|
Donlin, Andrew |
PIVOT |
TSV Bayer Dormagen |
|
Fofana, Aboubakar |
LEFT BACK |
Grand Nancy Metropole |
|
Hines, Gary |
LEFT BACK |
HSC Bad Nuestadt |
|
Hodersen, Sam |
LEFT WING |
HSG Rodgau Nieder-Roden |
|
Hüter, Ian |
CENTERBACK |
TSV Bayer Dormagen |
|
Hüter, Patrick |
PIVOT |
TSV Bayer Dormagen |
|
Inahara, Greg |
RIGHT WING |
Windy City Team Handball |
|
Ingram, Rene |
GOALKEEPER |
TV1861Erlangen-Bruck |
|
Reed, Ty |
RIGHT WING |
Flensburg HW |
|
Robinson, Nicholas Aaron |
GOALKEEPER |
TuS Dotzheim |
|
Shalaby, Sayed |
CENTER BACK |
New York City THC |
|
Skorupa,Paul |
LEFT BACK |
HC Rhein Vikings |
|
Srsen, Domagoj |
PIVOT |
TSV Hannover Burgdorf |
|
Zimber, Sean |
LEFT BACK |
Los Angeles Team Handball Club |
Alternates for this event are (in alphabetical number):
Baup, Antoine
Binderis, Alexander
Briffe, Benjamin
Coba, Javier
Elzoghby, Adam
Fithian, Jordan
Howes, Lewis
King, Michael
Lee, Michael
Mezick, Alden
Schltze, Hendrik
Seifert, Amir
Wheeler, Sebastian
Zeck, Alec
This is the first time in eight years that the Men’s National Team qualify for the Pan American Games. Congratulation to the men selected for this prestigious event.
ABOUT USA TEAM HANDBALL (USATH):
USATH is a 501(c)3 corporation headquartered in Colorado Springs, CO and is certified by the United States Olympic Committee. It is responsible for the development of grassroots programs, preparation of national teams and day-to-day oversight of the sport of Team Handball throughout the USA. Visit the federation at http://www.usateamhandball.org and Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.
MISSION STATEMENT:
The mission of USA Team Handball shall be to develop, promote, educate and grow the sport of Team Handball at all levels in the United States, and to enable United States athletes to achieve sustained competitive excellence to win medals in international and Olympic competition.