2026 Men's Junior Pan American Championship

2026 Men's Junior Pan American Championship
Tournament details
Host countryChile
CitySantiago
Dates6–18 April
Teams7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)Centro Deportivo de Hockey Césped, Estadio Nacional
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The 2026 Men's Junior Pan American Championship will be the 15th edition of the Men's Pan American Junior Championship, the biennial men's international under-21 field hockey championship of the Americas, organised by the Pan American Hockey Federation. It will be held alongside the women's tournament from 6 to 18 April 2026 at Centro Deportivo de Hockey Césped, Estadio Nacional in Santiago, Chile.[1]

Argentina are the defending champions, they defended their title by defeating the hosts Canada 4–2 in the final. Chile won the bronze medal by defeating the United States 4–2.[2] The Tournament will also serve as a qualification for the 2027 Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup, with the top three teams qualifying.

Teams

  •  Argentina
  •  Brazil
  •  Canada
  •  Chile
  •  Mexico
  •  United States
  •  Venezuela

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC-7)

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Semi-finals and 2026 Junior
Pan American Games
2  Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Chile (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  Brazil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6  Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7  Venezuela 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 6 April 2026. Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[3]
(H) Hosts

Matches

6 April 2026
11:00
United States  v  Brazil
Report
6 April 2026
13:00
Canada  v  Venezuela
Report
6 April 2026
19:00
Chile  v  Mexico
Report

7 April 2026
14:00
Argentina  v  Venezuela
Report
7 April 2026
16:00
Canada  v  Mexico
Report
7 April 2026
20:00
Chile  v  Brazil
Report

9 April 2026
14:00
Argentina  v  Mexico
Report
9 April 2026
16:00
Canada  v  Brazil
Report
9 April 2026
20:00
Chile  v  United States
Report

10 April 2026
13:00
Mexico  v  Venezuela
Report
10 April 2026
15:00
Argentina  v  Brazil
Report
10 April 2026
19:00
Canada  v  United States
Report

12 April 2026
15:00
Brazil  v  Mexico
Report
12 April 2026
17:00
United States  v  Venezuela
Report
12 April 2026
19:00
Argentina  v  Chile
Report

13 April 2026
16:00
Argentina  v  Canada
Report
13 April 2026
18:00
Chile  v  Venezuela
Report

14 April 2026
13:00
United States  v  Mexico
Report

15 April 2026
15:00
Brazil  v  Venezuela
Report
15 April 2026
17:00
Argentina  v  United States
Report
15 April 2026
19:00
Canada  v  Chile
Report

Fifth to seventh place classification

 
5–7th place semifinal5th place
 
      
 
 
 
 
18 April
 
 
5th Pool A
 
17 April
 
Winner M22
 
6th Pool A
 
 
7th Pool A
 
17 April 2026
10:00
6th Pool A M22 7th Pool A
Report

18 April 2026
08:00
5th Pool A v Winner M22
Report

First to fourth place classification

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
17 April
 
 
1st Pool A
 
18 April
 
4th Pool A
 
Winner SF1
 
17 April
 
Winner SF2
 
2nd Pool A
 
 
3rd Pool A
 
Third place
 
 
18 April
 
 
Loser SF1
 
 
Loser SF2

Semi-finals

17 April 2026
12:15
1st Pool A v 4th Pool A
Report
17 April 2026
14:20
2nd Pool A M22 3rd Pool A
Report

Third and fourth place

18 April 2026
12:30
Loser SF1 v Loser SF2
Report

Final

18 April 2026
17:00
Winner SF1 v Winner SF2
Report

References

  1. ^ "2026 Junior Pan American Cup - Men". tms.fih.ch. FIH. Retrieved 17 March 2026.
  2. ^ "Argentina claim 13th Junior Championship as Chile take bronze in shootout win over USA". 13 July 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  3. ^ "FIH General Tournament Regulations" (PDF). February 2024.