2021 Women's Pan-Am Junior Championship

The 2021 Women's Junior Pan American Championship will be the 12th edition of the Women's Pan American Junior Championship, the women's international under-21 field hockey championship of the Americas organized by the Pan American Hockey Federation.

2021 Women's Pan-Am Junior Championship
Tournament details
Host countryChile
CitySantiago
Dates16–29 August
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
← 2016 (previous) (next) 2022 →

The tournament will be held alongside the men's tournament in Santiago, Chile and was originally scheduled to take place from 30 November to 13 December 2020.[1] On 29 May 2020 the Pan American Hockey Federation announced that the tournament was rescheduled and would take place from 12 to 25 April 2021.[2] Later on 15 January, it was announced that the competition will take place from 16 to 29 August 2021. [3]

Argentina are the defending champions, winning the 2016 edition.[4] This tournament serves as the Pan American qualifier for the 2021 FIH Junior World Cup, with the top three qualifying.[5]

Qualification

The top eighth from the previous Junior Pan American Championship and the top four from the Junior Pan American Championship Qualifier will qualify for the tournament.[6]

Dates Event Location Quotas Qualifiers
31 March – 9 April 2016 2016 Pan American Junior Championship Tacarigua, Trinidad and Tobago 8  Argentina
 United States
 Chile
 Canada
 Uruguay
 Trinidad and Tobago
 Mexico
 Barbados
Pan American Junior Challenge 4
Total 12

See also

References
  1. "Calendar Events". www.panamhockey.org. Pan American Hockey Federation. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  2. "Rescheduling of Junior Pan American Championships (U-21)". panamhockey.org. Pan American Hockey Federation. 29 May 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  3. http://www.panamhockey.org/es/competitions-88-2021-campeonatos-panamericanos-junior-femenino-
  4. "2016 Junior Pan-Am Championship: Women". International Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 22 August 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  5. "Qualification Criteria for FIH Junior World Cup 2021" (PDF). fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  6. "Qualification Procedure for Junior Pan American Championships 2020" (PDF). www.panamhockey.org. Pan American Hockey Federation. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
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