# 2021 Men's Junior Pan American Championship

The 2021 Men's Junior Pan American Championship was the 12th edition of the Men's Pan American Junior Championship, the men's international under-21 field hockey championship of the Americas organized by the Pan American Hockey Federation.
The tournament was held alongside the women's tournament at the Prince of Wales Country Club in Santiago, Chile and was originally scheduled to take place from 30 November to 13 December 2020. On 29 May 2020 the Pan American Hockey Federation announced that the tournament was rescheduled and would take place from 12 to 25 April 2021. Later on 15 January, it was announced that the competition would take place from 21 to 28 August 2021.
Argentina were the defending champions, winning the 2016 edition. This tournament served as the Pan American qualifier for the 2021 FIH Junior World Cup, with the finalists qualifying.

## Preliminary round
### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | United States | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 0 | |
* 23 August 2021 14:00
| United States | 0–2 | Argentina |
| | Report | Fernández 4' Stellato 48' |
* Umpires: Tyler Klenk (CAN) Yamil Dominguez (MEX)
* 24 August 2021 14:00
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2–3 | United States |
| T. Marcano 12' Daniel 30' | Report | Sharma 21' Grewal 30' Eisner 55' |
* Umpires: Oliver Hock (BRA) Guillermo Poblete (CHI)
* 25 August 2021 15:00
| Argentina | 9–1 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Ibarra 13' Gomez 21', 55' Stellato 24' Garcia 25', 35', 49' Toscani 32', 56' | Report | T. Marcano 35' |
* Umpires: Ridge Bair (USA) Shane Lewis (BAR)

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Chile (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Canada | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Mexico | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Brazil | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 0 | |
* 21 August 2021 14:00
| Canada | 3–1 | Mexico |
| Davis 9' Jacoby 44', 53' | Report | Méndez 42' |
* Umpires: Oliver Hock (BRA) Shane Lewis (BAR)
* 21 August 2021 16:00
| Chile | 2–0 | Brazil |
| Koster 14' Pizarro 17' | Report | |
* Umpires: Tyler Klenk (CAN) Richard Harris (JAM)
* 22 August 2021 14:00
| Mexico | 6–1 | Brazil |
| Sandoval 7', 37', 60' Benedith 29' Méndez 49' Hernández 55' | Report | Oliveira 13' |
* Umpires: Guillermo Poblete (CHI) Ricardo Albertz (CHI)
* 22 August 2021 16:00
| Chile | 3–1 | Canada |
| Pizarro 7' Strabucchi 45+' Hurtado 60' | Report | Singh 39' |
* Umpires: Ridge Bair (USA) Joaquín Morini del Castillo (ARG)
* 24 August 2021 10:00
| Canada | 3–0 | Brazil |
| Davis 7' Singh 40', 58' | Report | |
* Umpires: Yamil Dominguez (MEX) Ricardo Albertz (CHI)
* 24 August 2021 16:00
| Mexico | 1–5 | Chile |
| Méndez 28' | Report | Pizarro 5', 36' Koster 16' J. Echenique 23' Valdivia 37' |
* Umpires: Joaquín Morini del Castillo (ARG) Richard Harris (JAM)

## Classification round
### Fifth to seventh place classification

| Seventh place | Seventh place | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 27 August | 27 August |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 4 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | 28 August | 28 August |
| Brazil | 2 | 28 August | 28 August |
| Brazil | 2 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4 |
| | | Mexico | 5 |

#### Seventh place game

* 27 August 2021 10:00
| Trinidad and Tobago | 4–2 | Brazil |
| T. Marcano 1' A. Marcano 3', 20' Elcock 56' | Report | Rigueira 30', 32' |
* Umpires: Ricardo Albertz (CHI) Yamil Dominguez (MEX)

#### Fifth place game

* 28 August 2021 08:00
| Trinidad and Tobago | 4–5 | Mexico |
| T. Marcano 5', 51', 52' Daniel 17' | Report | Hernández 28' Benedith 36' Rangel 39' Sandoval 44', 58' |
* Umpires: Guilermo Poblete (CHI) Oliver Hock (BRA)

### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 27 August | 27 August |
| Argentina | 2 |
| Argentina | 2 | 28 August | 28 August |
| Canada | 1 | 28 August | 28 August |
| Canada | 1 | Argentina | 1 (2) |
| 27 August | 27 August | | Argentina | 1 (2) |
| 27 August | 27 August | Chile (s.o.) | 1 (3) |
| Chile | 4 | Chile (s.o.) | 1 (3) |
| United States | 0 | | |
| United States | 0 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 28 August | 28 August |
| | | Canada | 1 (3) |
| | | United States (s.o.) | 1 (4) |

#### Semi-finals

* 27 August 2021 14:00
| Argentina | 2–1 | Canada |
| Stellato 5', 55' | Report | Foong 58' |
* Umpires: Ridge Bair (USA) Shane Lewis (BAR)
* 27 August 2021 16:00
| Chile | 4–0 | United States |
| Pizarro 9', 45' R. Valenzuela 51' Cerda 58' | Report | |
* Umpires: Joaquín Morini del Castillo (ARG) Tyler Klenk (CAN)

#### Third place game

* 28 August 2021 14:00
| Canada | 1–1 | United States |
| Singh 9' | Report | Sharma 36' |
| Penalties |||
| Jacoby Bishop Buttar Dhillon Childs | 3–4 | Kloen DeAngelis Cutone Khokhar Sharma |
* Umpires: Joaquin Morini del CAstillo (ARG) Shane Lewis (BAR)

#### Final

* 28 August 2021 16:00
| Argentina | 1–1 | Chile |
| Viviant 58' | Report | Pizarro 45+' |
| Penalties |||
| Gomez Ibarra Tarquini Toscani Martin | 2–3 | R. Valenzuela Cerda Koster Gesswein Strabucchi |
* Umpires: Tyler Klenk (CAN) Richard Harris (JAM)

## Statistics
### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Qualification |
| 1 | Chile (H) | 2021 Junior World Cup |
| 2 | Argentina | 2021 Junior World Cup |
| 3 | United States | |
| 4 | Canada | |
| 5 | Mexico | |
| 6 | Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 7 | Brazil | |

### Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.
| Player of the tournament | Goalkeeper of the tournament | Top goalscorer |
| Teague Marcano | Agustin Araya | Andrés Pizarro |

### Goalscorers

There were 69 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 4.6 goals per match.
7 goals
* Andrés Pizarro
6 goals
* Teague Marcano
5 goals
* Alexander Sandoval
4 goals
* Bruno Stellato
* Jagpreet Singh
3 goals
* Nazareno Garcia
* Yamil Méndez
2 goals
* Nahuel Gomez
* Joaquín Toscani
* Paulo Rigueira
* Sean Davis
* John Jacoby
* Benjamín Koster
* Andre Benedith
* Erick Hernández
* Joel Daniel
* Aidan Marcano
* Jatin Sharma
1 goal
* Martín Fernandez
* Gregorio Ibarra
* Tobías Viviant
* Matheus Oliveira
* Aaron Foong
* Francisco Cerda
* Jose Echenique
* José Hurtado
* Nils Strabucchi
* Francisco Valdivia
* Raimundo Valenzuela
* Brian Rangel
* Ghardel Elcock
* Brett Eisner
* Mehtab Grewal
Source: FIH