2023 Women's Junior Pan American Championship

2023 Women's Junior Pan American Championship
Tournament details
Host countryBarbados
CityBridgetown
Dates10–18 April
Teams7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)Wildey Hockey Centre
Final positions
Champions United States (2nd title)
Runner-up Argentina
Third place Chile
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored113 (7.53 per match)
Top scorer(s)Chile Victoria Arrieta
Uruguay Carolina Curcio (7 goals)
Best playerUnited States Abigail Tamer[1]
Best goalkeeperCanada Kayla Desormeau
2021 (previous) (next) 2024

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.

  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.