2021 Women's Junior Pan American Championship

2021 Women's Junior Pan American Championship
Tournament details
Host countryChile
CitySantiago
Dates21–28 August
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)Prince of Wales Country Club
Final positions
Champions Canada (1st title)
Runner-up Uruguay
Third place United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played11
Goals scored46 (4.18 per match)
Top scorer(s)United States Charlotte de Vries (5 goals)
Best playerUnited States Hope Rose
2016 (previous) (next) 2023

The 2021 Women's Junior Pan American Championship was 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.

The tournament was held alongside the men's tournament at the Prince of Wales Country Club 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 would take place from 22 to 28 August 2021. [3]

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

  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. ^ "2021 Campeonatos Panamericanos Junior (Femenino)". Federación Panamericana de Hockey.
  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.