Women's Pan American Challenge
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| Most recent season or competition: 2024 Women's Pan American Challenge | |
| Sport | Field hockey |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2011 |
| First season | 2011 |
| No. of teams | 4 |
| Confederation | PAHF (Americas) |
| Most recent champion |  Mexico (1st title) (2024) |
| Most titles |  Brazil Mexico Peru Uruguay (1 title each) |
The Women's Pan American Challenge is a quadrennial international women's field hockey competition in the Americas organized by the Pan American Hockey Federation. The tournament serves as the qualification tournament for the next Women's Pan American Cup.
The tournament was created in 2011 when the PAHF created a tiered system with the Pan American Challenge as the second tier below the Pan American Cup.[1] The first edition was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[2]
Summary
| Year | Host | Final | Third place match | Number of teams | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||||
| 2011 Details |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Uruguay |
6–0 |  Guyana |
Brazil |
2–1 |  Paraguay |
5 | |||
| 2015 Details |
Chiclayo, Peru | Brazil |
3–1 |  Barbados |
Peru |
2–1 |  Puerto Rico |
5 | |||
| 2021 Details |
Lima, Peru | Peru |
2–0 |  Trinidad and Tobago |
Paraguay |
3–1 | Brazil |
4 | |||
| 2024 Details |
Hamilton, Bermuda | Mexico |
2–2 (4–2 s.o.) |
Paraguay |
Guyana |
2–1 |  Bermuda |
5 | |||
| Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil |
1 (2015) | 1 (2011*) | 1 (2021) | |
| Peru |
1 (2021*) | 1 (2015*) | ||
| Uruguay |
1 (2011) | |||
| Mexico |
1 (2024) | |||
| Paraguay |
1 (2024) | 1 (2021) | 1 (2011) | |
| Guyana |
1 (2011) | 1 (2024) | ||
| Barbados |
1 (2015) | |||
| Trinidad and Tobago |
1 (2021) | |||
| Puerto Rico |
1 (2015) | |||
| Bermuda |
1 (2024*) |
- * = hosts
Team appearances
| Nation | 2011 |
2015 |
2021 |
2024 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbados |
– | 2nd | – | – | 1 |
| Bermuda |
5th | – | – | 4th | 2 |
| Brazil |
3rd | 1st | 4th | 5th | 4 |
| Guyana |
2nd | – | – | 3rd | 2 |
| Mexico |
– | – | – | 1st | 1 |
 Panama |
– | 5th | – | – | 1 |
| Paraguay |
4th | – | 3rd | 2nd | 3 |
| Peru |
– | 3rd | 1st | WD | 2 |
| Puerto Rico |
– | 4th | – | – | 1 |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
– | – | 2nd | – | 1 |
| Uruguay |
1st | – | – | – | 1 |
| Total | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
