The Pan American Hockey Federation has announced the schedule for the 2016 Junior Women’s Pan American Championship to be held in Tacarigua, Trinidad & Tobago, from March 29 to April 10, 2016.
Eleven teams will participate in the competition, with the top two finishers earning a berth for the next Junior Women’s World Cup to be played in Chile (November 23 to December 4, 2016).
Top ranked team and title holder Argentina will play in Pool A with Barbados, Chile, Guyana and Uruguay, while Bermuda, Canada, Mexico, host Trinidad & Tobago, the United States and Venezuela will play in Pool B. The top four teams in each pool will advance to the quarter-finals, followed by cross-over and classification matches for final rankings.
The first Junior Pan American Championship for women was held in 1988 in Buenos Aires. Argentina has won six of the seven previous competitions, including the last one in 2012 in Guadalajara, Mexico, where they shared the podium with Canada (2nd) and the USA (3rd). The USA were the only other winner of the competition, defeating Chile in the Final in 2008 in Mexico City.
The full schedule of the competition is available @ www.panamhockey.org/en/competitions-47.
For more information on the PAHF competitions and programs, please visit the Pan American Hockey Federation web site at www.panamhockey.org
The Pan American Hockey Federation (PAHF) is recognized by the FIH as the governing continental federation for all field hockey in the Pan American region. There are 27 member Nations of the PAHF. For more information please contact info@panamhockey.org.
