title: Nor.Ca. Women's Handball Championship
text: # Nor.Ca. Women's Handball Championship
  
  The Nor.Ca. Women's Handball Championship is the official competition for Women's national 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 Handball Championship. Starting from the 2019 edition the tournament is a qualifying event for the IHF World Women's Handball Championship.
  
  ## Summary
  
  | Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Third place match | Third place match | Third place match |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Year | Host | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place |
  | 2015 Details | Salinas | Cuba | 34–25 | Mexico | United States | 27–23 | Greenland |
  | 2017 Details | Río Grande | Puerto Rico | 28–27 | United States | Dominican Republic | 32–27 | Greenland |
  | 2019 Details | Mexico City | Cuba | 27–24 | Puerto Rico | Greenland | 22–20 | Dominican Republic |
  | 2021 Details | Elgin | Puerto Rico | 34–24 | Greenland | Mexico | 28–14 | United States |
  | 2023 Details | Nuuk | Greenland | 17–15 | Canada | Mexico | 29–27 | Cuba |
  
  ## Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Puerto Rico | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
  | 2 | Cuba | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
  | 3 | Greenland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
  | 4 | Mexico | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
  | 5 | United States | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 6 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 7 | Dominican Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
  
  ## Participating nations
  
  | Nation | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021 | 2023 | Years |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Canada | – | – | 7th | – | 2nd | 2 |
  | Cuba | 1st | – | 1st | – | 4th | 3 |
  | Dominican Republic | – | 3rd | 4th | – | – | 2 |
  | Greenland | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 5 |
  | Martinique | 6th | – | – | – | – | 1 |
  | Mexico | 2nd | – | 6th | 3rd | 3rd | 4 |
  | Puerto Rico | 5th | 1st | 2nd | 1st | – | 4 |
  | United States | 3rd | 2nd | 5th | 4th | 5th | 5 |
  | Total | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | |
  