2026 Pan Am Male & Female Badminton Cup

2026 Pan Am Male & Female Badminton Cup
Tournament details
Dates12–15 February 2026
Edition3
VenueGimnasio Teodoro Palacios Flores
LocationGuatemala City, Guatemala
Champions
Men's teams Canada
Women's teams Canada
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The 2026 Pan Am Male & Female Badminton Cup was a continental badminton team tournament to crown the best men's and women's team for the Americas. The tournament also served as the Pan American qualifiers for the 2026 Thomas & Uber Cup to be held in Horsens, Denmark. It was held in Guatemala City, Guatemala from 12 to 15 February 2026.

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's team  Canada
Kiren DeRaj
Jonathan Lai
Victor Lai
Kevin Lee
Daniel Leung
Ty Alexander Lindeman
Timothy Lock
Joshua Nguyen
Nyl Yakura
Brian Yang
 United States
Mark Alcala
Enrico Asuncion
Chen Zhi-yi
Jay Chun
Arden Lee
Adrian Mar
Presley Smith
Garret Tan
Stanley Xing
Joshua Yang
 Brazil
Izak Batalha
Fabrício Farias
Jonathan Matias
João Mendonça
Joaquim Mendonça
Welton Menezes
Donnians Oliveira
Davi Silva
Deivid Silva
Matheus Voigt
Women's team  Canada
Rachel Chan
Catherine Choi
Jackie Dent
Chloe Hoang
Crystal Lai
Michelle Li
Josephine Wu
Eliana Zhang
Wen Yu Zhang
 United States
Audrey Chang
Koyu Chou
Francesca Corbett
Micah Cruz
Jennie Gai
Lauren Lam
Allison Lee
Ella Lin
Sophia Wu
Beiwen Zhang
 Brazil
Jeisiane Alves
Vivian Iha
Jaqueline Lima
Sâmia Lima
Sânia Lima
Juliana Murosaki
Tamires Santos
Juliana Vieira
Ana Júlia Ywata

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Guatemala)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Canada2002
2 United States0202
3 Brazil0022
Totals (3 entries)2226

Squads

Tournament

The team event of 2026 Pan Am Badminton Championships officially named Pan Am M&F Cup 2026, is a continental qualification tournament of 2026 Thomas & Uber Cup, and also to crown the best men's and women's badminton team in Pan America. This event was organized by Badminton Pan America and the National Badminton Federation of Guatemala.

Venue

  • The team event is being held at Gimnasio Teodoro Palacios Flores in Guatemala City, Guatemala.

Teams

A total of 19 teams, consisting of 12 men's teams and 10 women's teams entered the tournament. Honduras made their international team debut with both their men's and women's teams competing in the championships for the first time. Cuba and Suriname withdrew from the tournament.

Seeds

Draw

The draw was held on 11 February 2026 at Gimnasio Teodoro Palacios Flores in Guatemala City, Guatemala during the Team Managers meeting. Both the men's team and the women's team group stage consists of three groups.[1]

  • Men's team
Group A Group B Group C
 Canada
 El Salvador
 United States
 Brazil
 Costa Rica
 Peru
 Colombia
 Guatemala
 Honduras
 Mexico
  • Women's team
Group A Group B Group C
 Canada
 Colombia
 Peru
 El Salvador
 Honduras
 United States
 Brazil
 Guatemala
 Mexico

Male Cup

All times are Central Standard Time (UTC−06:00).

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L MF MA MD GF GA GD PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 2 2 0 8 2 +6 16 4 +12 397 277 +120 2 Semi-finals
2  United States 2 1 1 6 4 +2 12 8 +4 353 294 +59 1 Quarter-finals
3  El Salvador 2 0 2 1 9 −8 2 18 −16 226 405 −179 0 7th–10th place

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L MF MA MD GF GA GD PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 2 2 0 10 0 +10 20 1 +19 435 237 +198 2 Semi-finals
2  Peru 2 1 1 5 5 0 11 10 +1 371 297 +74 1 Quarter-finals
3  Costa Rica 2 0 2 0 10 −10 0 20 −20 148 420 −272 0 7th–10th place

Group C

Pos Team Pld W L MF MA MD GF GA GD PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Guatemala (H) 3 3 0 13 2 +11 26 5 +21 637 305 +332 3 Quarter-finals
2  Mexico 3 2 1 12 3 +9 25 6 +19 607 359 +248 2
3  Colombia 3 1 2 5 10 −5 10 20 −10 405 462 −57 1 7th–10th place
4  Honduras 3 0 3 0 15 −15 0 30 −30 107 630 −523 0

Classification round

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
13 February
 
 
 El Salvador3
 
14 February
 
 Honduras0
 
 El Salvador3
 
13 February
 
 Colombia0
 
 Colombia3
 
 
 Costa Rica0
 
Third place
 
 
14 February
 
 
 Honduras0
 
 
 Costa Rica3

7th to 10th place

9th place

7th place

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
13 February
 
 
 Canada
 
14 February
 
Bye
 
 Canada3
 
13 February
 
 Mexico0
 
 Mexico3
 
15 February
 
 Peru0
 
 Canada3
 
13 February
 
 United States1
 
 United States3
 
14 February
 
 Guatemala1
 
 United States3
 
13 February
 
 Brazil1 Third place
 
Bye
 
14 February
 
 Brazil
 
 Mexico1
 
 
 Brazil3
 

Quarter-finals

5th place play-off

Semi-finals

3rd place

Final

Female Cup

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L MF MA MD GF GA GD PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 2 2 0 10 0 +10 20 0 +20 421 162 +259 2 Semi-finals
2  Peru 2 1 1 5 5 0 10 10 0 314 309 +5 1 Quarter-finals
3  Colombia 2 0 2 0 10 −10 0 20 −20 156 420 −264 0 7th–9th place

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L MF MA MD GF GA GD PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  United States 2 2 0 10 0 +10 20 0 +20 420 91 +329 2 Semi-finals
2  El Salvador 2 1 1 5 5 0 10 10 0 274 230 +44 1 Quarter-finals
3  Honduras 2 0 2 0 10 −10 0 20 −20 47 420 −373 0 7th–9th place

Group C

Pos Team Pld W L MF MA MD GF GA GD PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 2 2 0 10 0 +10 20 2 +18 453 290 +163 2 Quarter-finals
2  Mexico 2 1 1 5 5 0 11 10 +1 381 385 −4 1
3  Guatemala 2 0 2 0 10 −10 1 20 −19 282 441 −159 0 7th–9th place

Classification round

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
13 February
 
 
 Colombia
 
14 February
 
Bye
 
 Colombia1
 
13 February
 
 Guatemala3
 
 Guatemala3
 
 
 Honduras0
 

7th to 9th place

7th place

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
13 February
 
 
 Canada
 
14 February
 
Bye
 
 Canada3
 
13 February
 
 Mexico0
 
 Mexico3
 
15 February
 
 El Salvador0
 
 Canada3
 
13 February
 
 United States2
 
 Peru0
 
14 February
 
 Brazil3
 
 Brazil0
 
13 February
 
 United States3 Third place
 
Bye
 
14 February
 
 United States
 
 Mexico0
 
 
 Brazil3
 

Quarter-finals

5th place play-off

Semi-finals

3rd place

Final

References

  1. ^ Orlando, Alexandra (2026-02-12). "COMIENZA LA FIESTA DEL BADMINTON PANAMERICANO Y TÚ LA PUEDES VER A TRAVÉS DEL PANAM SPORTS CHANNEL". Panam Sports (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-02-18.