2023 Women's Junior Pan American Championship

2023 Women's Junior Pan American Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Barbados
City	Bridgetown
Dates	10–18 April
Teams	7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Wildey Hockey Centre
Final positions
Champions	United States (2nd title)
Runner-up	Argentina
Third place	Chile
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	113 (7.53 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Victoria Arrieta Carolina Curcio (7 goals)
Best player	Abigail Tamer [1]
Best goalkeeper	Kayla Desormeau
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The 2023 Women's Junior Pan American Championship was the 13th edition of the Women's Pan American Junior Championship, the biennial women's international under-21 field hockey championship of the Americas organized by the Pan American Hockey Federation. It was scheduled to be held from 10 to 18 April 2023 in Bridgetown, Barbados. ^[2]

The tournament served as a direct qualifier for the 2023 Junior World Cup, held in Santiago, Chile in December 2023, with the three best teams alongside the Junior World Cup hosts Chile qualifying. ^[3]

The United States won their second title by defeating Argentina 4–1 in a shoot-out after the match finished 1–1. Chile won the bronze medal by defeating the defending champions Canada 5–1.

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	6	Semi-finals
2	United States	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	3
3	Uruguay	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for. ^[4]

10 April 2023 15:30 Argentina   4–0   Uruguay Santamarina  30' Raposo  37' Casas  49' Ferola  60' Report Umpires: Meghan McLennan (CAN) Richanne Gaskin (BAR)

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12 April 2023 11:00 United States   0–2   Argentina Report Bruggesser  4' Santamarina  52' Umpires: Claudia Montino (CHI) Meghan McLennan (CAN)

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14 April 2023 10:00 Uruguay   1–4   United States Civetta  52' Report Bent-Cole  21', 37' Mendez-Trendler  22' Tamer  53' Umpires: Victoria Pazos (PAR) Claudia Montino (CHI)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chile	3	3	0	0	31	0	+31	9	Semi-finals
2	Canada	3	2	0	1	23	3	+20	6
3	Guyana	3	1	0	2	3	20	−17	3
4	Barbados (H)	3	0	0	3	0	34	−34	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for. ^[4]
(H) Hosts

11 April 2023 09:00 Chile   20–0   Barbados Obon  2' Valdés  7', 10', 22', 48' Muñoz  8' Ma. Gago  13' Gutiérrez  22' Arrieta  23', 43', 44', 53', 54' Irazoqui  29', 55' Lira  42', 47' Müller  45', 59' Goñi  45' Report Umpires: Allison Mikelson (USA) Melina Millanes (ARG)

11 April 2023 10:00 Canada   12–0   Guyana Kuzyk  2', 23', 33', 40' Mackesy  16', 48', 56' Struchtrup  27' Girgis  30' McCusker  45' L. Delmotte  47' Govan  55' Report Umpires: Victoria Pazos (PAR) Sofia Aleman (URU)

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12 April 2023 13:30 Barbados   0–3   Guyana Report Cadogan  2', 47' Fernandes  8' Umpires: Melina Illanes (ARG) Sofia Aleman (URU)

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13 April 2023 10:00 Canada   0–3   Chile Report Ma. Gago  10', 33' Gutiérrez  26' Umpires: Victoria Pazos (PAR) Allison Mikelson (USA)

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14 April 2023 12:00 Chile   8–0   Guyana Lira  3', 10' Müller  15' Irazoqui  32' Gutiérrez  40' Obon  49' Arrieta  58', 59' Report Umpires: Meghan McLennan (CAN) Richanne Gaskin (BAR)

14 April 2023 15:30 Barbados   0–11   Canada Report Mackesy  10', 23', 47' McCusker  12' Struchtrup  21', 28', 33', 48' Govan  23' Kuzyk  42' Kennedy  50' Umpires: Allison Mikelson (USA) Melina Llanes (ARG)

Classification round

Fifth to seventh place classification

	Cross-over				Fifth place
					18 April
					Guyana	0
	16 April
					Uruguay	14
	Uruguay	20
	Barbados	0

Crossover

16 April 2023 09:45 Uruguay   20–0   Barbados Seigal  3' Lemoine  4', 39' Rodriguez  8' Mari  9' Civetta  14', 18' Curcio  21', 28', 44' Pérez  26' G. Curutchague  36', 45' Díaz  38', 48' Reyes  39' Arregui  43' J. Curutchague  45', 60' Carassale  50' Report Umpires: Claudia Montino (CHI) Meghan McLennan (CAN)

Fifth and sixth place

18 April 2023 09:45 Guyana   0–14   Uruguay Report Curcio  4', 18', 19', 20' Díaz  5', 50' Civetta  6', 8', 24' Pérez  9', 30' Rodriguez  21', 37' Arregui  49' Umpires: Claudia Montino (CHI) Richanne Gaskin (BAR)

Final round

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	16 April
	Argentina	1
					18 April
	Canada	0
					Argentina	1 (1)
	16 April
					United States (p.s.o.)	1 (4)
	United States (p.s.o.)	1 (2)
	Chile	1 (0)
					Third place
					18 April
					Canada	1
					Chile	5

Semi-finals

16 April 2023 12:30 Argentina   1–0   Canada Pacheco  31' Report Umpires: Victoria Pazos (PAR) Allison Mikelson (USA)

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16 April 2023 15:30 United States   1–1   Chile Tamer  36' Report Lira  40' Penalties Heck Dixon Wadas Bent-Cole 2–0 Valdés Pérez Mi. Gago Irazoqui Umpires: Melina Illanes (ARG) Meghan McLennan (CAN)

Third and fourth place

18 April 2023 12:30 Canada   1–5   Chile Kuzyk  37' Report Ma. Gago  20' Goñi  27' Irazoqui  30' Gutiérrez  40' Muñoz  49' Umpires: Sofia Aleman (URU) Allison Mikelson (USA)

Final

18 April 2023 15:30 Argentina   1–1   United States Raposo  36' Report Underwood  45' Penalties Iacoponi Bruggesser Pagella 1–4 Heck Wadas Tamer Underwood Umpires: Victoria Pazos (PAR) Meghan McLennan (CAN)

Statistics

Final standings

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	United States	2023 Junior World Cup
2	Argentina
3	Chile
4	Canada
5	Uruguay
6	Guyana
7	Barbados (H)

Source: FIH
(H) Host

Goalscorers

There were 113 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 7.53 goals per match.

7 goals

• Victoria Arrieta
• Carolina Curcio

6 goals

• Allison Kuzyk
• Mallory Mackesy
• Elisa Civetta

5 goals

• Nora Struchtrup
• Martina Lira

4 goals

• Martina Gago
• Josefina Gutiérrez
• Francisca Irazoqui
• Dominga Valdés
• Agustina Díaz

3 goals

• Laura Müller
• Paula Pérez
• María Rodriguez

2 goals

• Valentina Raposo
• Paula Santamarina
• Imogen Govan
• Brooke McCusker
• María Goñi
• Constanza Muñoz
• Monserrat Obon
• Abosaide Cadogan
• Olivia Bent-Cole
• Abigail Tamer
• Justina Arregui
• Jacinta Curutchague
• Guadalupe Curutchague
• Pilar Lemoine

1 goal

• Brisa Bruggesser
• Lara Casas
• Valentina Ferola
• Daiana Pacheco
• Laine Delmotte
• Kenzie Girgis
• McKinley Kennedy
• Georgiana Fernandes
• Daniela Mendez-Trendler
• Reagan Underwood
• Guillermina Carassale
• Josefina Mari
• Josefina Reyes
• Milagros Seigal

Source: FIH

See also

• 2023 Men's Junior Pan American Championship

References

1. "Junior Pan American Championship 2023 (W) - Awards". FIH.
2. "2023 Pan American Junior Championship (Women)". PAHF . Retrieved 17 March 2023.
3. "Qualification Criteria for FIH Junior World Cup 2023" (PDF). fih.ch. International Hockey Federation.
4. FIH General Tournament Regulations May 2022