2022 Women's Pan American Cup

The 2022 Women's Pan American Cup will be the sixth edition of the Women's Pan American Cup, the quadrennial international women's field hockey championship of the Americas organized by the Pan American Hockey Federation.

2022 Women's Pan American Cup
Tournament details
Host countryChile
CitySantiago
Dates20–30 January
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
← 2017 (previous) (next) 2025 →

It was planned to be held from 7 until 22 August 2021 in Tacarigua, Trinidad and Tobago.[1] However, following the postponement of the 2020 Summer Olympics to July and August 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic the tournament was rescheduled and on 4 September 2020 the hosts Trinidad and Tobago withdrew from hosting the tournament.[2]

Argentina are the defending champions, winning the 2017 edition.[3] The top three teams will qualify for the 2022 FIH Hockey World Cup.[4]

In November 2020, Pan American Hockey Federation announced that the cup is going to be held from 20 to 30 January 2022 in Santiago, Chile.

Qualification

The top six teams from the previous Pan American Cup, the host if not already qualified and the winner of the 2021 Pan American Challenge will qualify for the tournament.[1]

Dates Event Location Quotas Qualifier(s)
N/A Host N/A 0 –[lower-alpha 1]
5–13 August 2017 2017 Pan American Cup Lancaster, United States 6  Argentina
 Chile
 United States
 Canada
 Uruguay
 Mexico
23 September – 3 October 2021 2021 Pan American Challenge Lima, Peru 2
Total 8

See also

Notes
  1. Chile already qualified by finishing in the top six at the 2017 Pan American Cup so that quota was added to the 2021 Pan American Challenge.

References
  1. "PAHF announces dates and hosts for upcoming competitions". panamhockey.org. Pan American Hockey Federation. 7 February 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  2. "2021 Pan American Cup". panamhockey.org. Pan American Hockey Federation. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  3. "Argentina win fifth Pan American Cup after beating brave Chile. USA overcome Canada's challenge". FIH. 14 August 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  4. "World Cup qualification quotas decided". fih.ch. Lausanne: International Hockey Federation. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
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