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The '''Nor.Ca. Women's Handball Championship''' is the official competition for women's national [[Team handball|handball]] teams in North America and Caribbean. In addition to crowning the Nor.Ca. champions, the tournament also served as a qualifying tournament for the [[Pan American Women's Handball Championship|Pan American Handball Championship]]. Starting from the 2019 edition the tournament is a qualifying event for the [[IHF World Women's Handball Championship]].

==Summary==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; width: 98%; text-align: center;"
|- bgcolor=#C1D8FF
!rowspan=2 width=5%|Year
!rowspan=2 width=10%|Host
!width=1% rowspan=7 bgcolor=ffffff|
!colspan=3|Final
!width=1% rowspan=7 bgcolor=ffffff|
!colspan=3|Third place match
|- bgcolor=FEF
!width=15%|Champion
!width=9%|Score
!width=15%|Runner-up
!width=15%|Third place
!width=9%|Score
!width=15%|Fourth place
|-
|2015<br>''[[2015 Nor.Ca. Women's Handball Championship|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|PUR}}<br/>[[Salinas, Puerto Rico|Salinas]]
|'''{{hbw-big|CUB}}'''
| '''34–25'''
|{{hbw-big|MEX}}
|{{hbw-big|USA}}
| '''27–23'''
|{{hbw-big|GRL}}
|- 
|2017<br>''[[2017 Nor.Ca. Women's Handball Championship|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|PUR}}<br/>[[Río Grande, Puerto Rico|Río Grande]]
|'''{{hbw-big|PUR}}'''
| '''28–27'''
|{{hbw-big|USA}}
|{{hbw-big|DOM}}
| '''32–27'''
|{{hbw-big|GRL}}
|-
|2019<br>''[[2019 Nor.Ca. Women's Handball Championship|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|MEX}}<br/>[[Mexico City]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.ihf.info/en-us/mediacentre/news/newsdetails.aspx?ID=6461|title=Draw for Women's North American and the Caribbean qualification for Japan 2019|work=ihf.info|access-date=16 April 2019}}</ref>
|'''{{hbw-big|CUB}}'''
|'''27–24'''
|{{hbw-big|PUR}}
|{{hbw-big|GRL}}
|'''22–20'''
|{{hbw-big|DOM}}
|-
|2021<br>''[[2021 Nor.Ca. Women's Handball Championship|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|USA}}<br/>[[Elgin, Illinois|Elgin]]
|'''{{hbw-big|PUR}}'''
|'''34–24'''
|{{hbw-big|GRL}}
|{{hbw-big|MEX}}
|'''28–14'''
|{{hbw-big|USA}}
|-
|2023<br>''[[2023 Nor.Ca. Women's Handball Championship|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|GRL}}<br/>[[Nuuk]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://knr.gl/da/nyheder/grønland-bliver-værter-vm-kvalifikationsturnering-i-håndbold-kvinder|title=Grønland bliver værter for VM-kvalifikationsturnering i håndbold for kvinder|date=3 January 2023|work=Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa|access-date=30 January 2023|language=Danish}}</ref>
|'''{{hbw-big|GRL}}'''
|'''17–15'''
|{{hbw-big|CAN}}
|{{hbw-big|MEX}}
|'''29–27'''
|{{hbw-big|CUB}}
|}

==Medal table==
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = 
 | flag_template  = hbw
 | event          = 
 | team           = 
 | gold_PUR = 2 | silver_PUR = 1 | bronze_PUR = 0
 | gold_CUB = 2 | silver_CUB = 0 | bronze_CUB = 0
 | gold_GRL = 1 | silver_GRL = 1 | bronze_GRL = 1
 | gold_MEX = 0 | silver_MEX = 1 | bronze_MEX = 2
 | gold_USA = 0 | silver_USA = 1 | bronze_USA = 1
 | gold_CAN = 0 | silver_CAN = 1 | bronze_CAN = 0
 | gold_DOM = 0 | silver_DOM = 0 | bronze_DOM = 1
}}

==Participating nations==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
! width=170|Nation
! {{flagicon|PUR}}<br />[[2015 Nor.Ca. Women's Handball Championship|2015]]!!{{flagicon|PUR}}<br />[[2017 Nor.Ca. Women's Handball Championship|2017]]!!{{flagicon|MEX}}<br />[[2019 Nor.Ca. Women's Handball Championship|2019]]!!{{flagicon|USA}}<br />[[2021 Nor.Ca. Women's Handball Championship|2021]]!!{{flagicon|GRL}}<br />[[2023 Nor.Ca. Women's Handball Championship|2023]]!!Years
|-
|align=left|{{hbw|CAN|size=20px}}
| – || – || 7th || – || bgcolor=silver|'''2nd'''  || '''2'''
|-
|align=left|{{hbw|CUB|size=20px}}
|bgcolor=gold|'''1st'''|| – || bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' || – || 4th || '''3'''
|-
|align=left|{{hbw|DOM|size=20px}}
| – || bgcolor=#cc9966|'''3rd''' || 4th || – || – || '''2'''
|-
|align=left|{{hbw|GRL|size=20px}}
| 4th || 4th || bgcolor=#cc9966|'''3rd''' ||bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' || bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' || '''5'''
|-
|align=left|{{hbw|MTQ|size=20px}}
| 6th || – || – || – || – || '''1'''
|-
|align=left|{{hbw|MEX|size=20px}}
|bgcolor=silver|'''2nd'''|| – || 6th || bgcolor=#cc9966|'''3rd'''|| bgcolor=#cc9966|'''3rd''' || '''4'''
|-
|align=left|{{hbw|PUR|size=20px}}
| 5th || bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' || bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' || bgcolor=gold|'''1st'''|| – || '''4'''
|-
|align=left|{{hbw|USA|size=20px}}
|bgcolor=#cc9966|'''3rd'''|| bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' || 5th || 4th || 5th || '''5'''
|-
! Total || 6 || 4 || 7 || 4 || 5 || 
|}

==See also==
* [[Nor.Ca. Men's Handball Championship]]
* [[Pan American Women's Handball Championship]]
* [[Handball at the Pan American Games]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.norcahandball.com/ www.norcahandball.com]

{{Nor.Ca. Handball Championship}}
{{International Handball}}
{{International Handball (Women)}}
{{North American Championships}}

[[Category:Nor.Ca Women's Handball Championship| ]]
[[Category:North America and Caribbean Handball Confederation competitions]]


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