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| current_season = 2024 South and Central American Women's Handball Championship
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| sport          = Handball
| founded        = 2018
| inaugural      = [[2018 South and Central American Women's Handball Championship|2018]]
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| teams          = 5-6
| continent      = [[South and Central America Handball Confederation|SCAHC]] ([[South America]]/[[Central America]])
| champion       = {{hbw|BRA}} (4th title)
| most_champs    = {{hbw|BRA}} (4 titles)
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The '''South and Central American Women's Handball Championship''' is the official competition for senior national handball teams of [[South America]] and [[Central America]], and takes place every two years. In addition to crowning the South and Central American champions, the tournament also serves as a qualifying tournament for the [[IHF World Women's Handball Championship|World Handball Championship]]. The first edition was held in 2018.

==Summaries==
{| 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=6 bgcolor=ffffff|
!colspan=3|Final
!width=1% rowspan=6 bgcolor=ffffff|
!colspan=3|Third place match
|- bgcolor=#EFEFEF
!width=15%|Champion
!width=9%|Score
!width=15%|Runner-up
!width=15%|Third place
!width=9%|Score
!width=15%|Fourth place
|-
|2018<br>''[[2018 South and Central American Women's Handball Championship|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|BRA}}<br>[[Brazil]]
|'''{{hbw-big|BRA}}'''
|Round-robin
|{{hbw-big|ARG}}
|{{hbw-big|PAR}}
|Round-robin
|{{hbw-big|CHI}}
|-
|2021<br>''[[2021 South and Central American Women's Handball Championship|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|PAR}}<br>[[Paraguay]]
|'''{{hbw-big|BRA}}'''
|Round-robin
|{{hbw-big|ARG}}
|{{hbw-big|PAR}}
|Round-robin
|{{hbw-big|URU}}
|-
|2022<br>''[[2022 South and Central American Women's Handball Championship|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|ARG}}<br>[[Argentina]]
|'''{{hbw-big|BRA}}'''
|Round-robin
|{{hbw-big|ARG}}
|{{hbw-big|CHI}}
|Round-robin
|{{hbw-big|URU}}
|-
|2024<br>''[[2024 South and Central American Women's Handball Championship|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|BRA}}<br>[[Brazil]]
|'''{{hbw-big|BRA}}'''
|Round-robin
|{{hbw-big|ARG}}
|{{hbw-big|URU}}
|Round-robin
|{{hbw-big|PAR}}
|}

==Medal table==
{{Medals table
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 | gold_BRA = 4 | silver_BRA = 0 | bronze_BRA = 0
 | gold_ARG = 0 | silver_ARG = 4 | bronze_ARG = 0
 | gold_PAR = 0 | silver_PAR = 0 | bronze_PAR = 2
 | gold_CHI = 0 | silver_CHI = 0 | bronze_CHI = 1
 | gold_URU = 0 | silver_URU = 0 | bronze_URU = 1
}}

==Participating nations==
{| class="wikitable shortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
| '''Team'''
| '''{{flagicon|BRA}}<br>[[2018 South and Central American Women's Handball Championship|2018]]'''
| '''{{flagicon|PAR}}<br>[[2021 South and Central American Women's Handball Championship|2021]]'''
| '''{{flagicon|ARG}}<br>[[2022 South and Central American Women's Handball Championship|2022]]'''
| '''{{flagicon|BRA}}<br>[[2024 South and Central American Women's Handball Championship|2024]]'''
! Years
|-
|align=left|{{hbw|ARG}} || bgcolor=Silver|2nd || bgcolor=Silver|2nd || bgcolor=Silver|2nd || bgcolor=Silver|2nd || '''4'''
|-
|align=left|{{hbw|BOL}} || • ||6th|| • || • || '''1'''
|-
|align=left|{{hbw|BRA}} || bgcolor=Gold|1st || bgcolor=Gold|1st || bgcolor=Gold|1st || bgcolor=gold|1st || '''4'''
|-
|align=left|{{hbw|CHI}}
| 4th || 5th || bgcolor=#cc9966|3rd || 5th || '''4'''
|-
|align=left|{{hbw|ESA}} || • ||• || • || 6th || '''1'''
|-
|align=left|{{hbw|NIC}} || • ||w/d|| • || • || '''0'''
|-
|align=left|{{hbw|PAR}} || bgcolor=#cc9966|3rd || bgcolor=#cc9966|3rd || 5th || 4th || '''4'''
|-
|align=left|{{hbw|URU}} || 5th || 4th || 4th || bgcolor=#cc9966|3rd || '''4'''
|-
!Total || 5 || 6 || 5 || 6 ||
|}

==External links==
*[http://coscabalref.wixsite.com/coscabalref Official website]

{{South and Central American Handball Championships}}
{{International Handball}}
{{International Handball (Women)}}

[[Category:South and Central American Women's Handball Championship| ]]
[[Category:Women's sports competitions in South America]]
[[Category:Recurring sporting events established in 2018]]
[[Category:South and Central America Handball Confederation competitions]]