The Men's Pan American Junior Cup is a men's international under-21 field hockey tournament organized by the Pan American Hockey Federation. The tournament has been held since 1978 and serves as a qualification tournament for the Junior World Cup.[1]
| Most recent season or competition: 2026 Men's Junior Pan American Cup | |
| Formerly | Junior Pan American Championship |
|---|---|
| Sport | Field hockey |
| Founded | 1978 |
| First season | 1978 |
| No. of teams | 7 |
| Confederation | PAHF (Americas) |
Most recent champion |  Argentina (14th title) (2026) |
| Most titles | Argentina (14 titles) |
Argentina has won every single tournament until 2021, when Chile became the first other nation to win the tournament.
Results
editSuccessful national teams
edit| Team | Titles | Runners-up | Third places | Fourth places |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina |
14 (1978, 1981, 1985, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2005, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2023, 2024, 2026) | 1 (2021) | ||
 Chile |
1 (2021*) | 4 (1978, 2000*, 2005, 2008) | 7 (1981*, 1985, 2012, 2016, 2023, 2024, 2026*) | 2 (1988, 1996) |
 Canada |
7 (1981, 1985, 2012, 2016*, 2023, 2024*, 2026) | 5 (1978, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000) | 2 (2008, 2021) | |
 Cuba |
3 (1988, 1992*, 1996) | |||
 United States |
2 (2008, 2021) | 10 (1981, 1985*, 1992, 2000, 2005, 2012, 2016, 2023, 2024, 2026) | ||
 Mexico |
1 (2005) | 1 (1978*) |
- * = host nation
Team appearances
edit| Team | 1978 |
1981 |
1985 |
 1988 |
1992 |
 1996 |
2000 |
2005 |
2008 |
2012 |
2016 |
2021 |
2023 |
2024 |
2026 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina |
1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 15 |
| Barbados |
– | – | – | – | – | 7th | 5th | 7th | 6th | 7th | – | – | 7th | – | – | 6 |
 Brazil |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9th | 9th | – | 7th | 6th | 6th | 6th | 5 |
| Canada |
3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 5th | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 15 |
| Chile |
2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 15 |
| Cuba |
5th | – | – | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | – | 6th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 |
 Guatemala |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13th | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
 Guyana |
– | – | – | 6th | – | 10th | – | – | 11th | – | 7th | – | 5th | – | – | 5 |
 Jamaica |
6th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9th | 10th | 11th | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| Mexico |
4th | 5th | 6th | – | 6th | 5th | 6th | 3rd | 5th | 6th | 6th | 5th | – | 5th | 5th | 12 |
 Paraguay |
– | – | – | – | – | – | 9th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
 Puerto Rico |
– | – | – | – | – | – | 10th | 10th | 8th | 12th | 8th | – | – | – | – | 5 |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
– | 6th | 5th | – | – | 6th | 7th | 8th | 7th | 5th | 5th | 6th | – | – | – | 9 |
| United States |
– | 4th | 4th | 5th | 4th | 9th | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 4th | 13 |
 Uruguay |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
 Venezuela |
– | – | – | – | – | 8th | 8th | 11th | – | 10th | – | – | – | – | 7th | 4 |
| Total | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ "Qualification Criteria for FIH Junior World Cup 2021" (PDF). fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 1 June 2020.