# 2008 Men's Pan American Junior Championship

The 2008 Men's Pan American Junior Championship was the 9th edition of the Pan American Junior Championship for men. It was held from 17 to 26 October 2008 in Port of Spain. Cuba.
The tournament served as a qualifier for the 2009 Junior World Cup, held in Singapore and Johor Bahru, Malaysia in June 2009.
Argentina won the tournament for the 9th time, defeating Chile 3–0 in the final. The United States won the bronze medal by defeating Canada 7–6 in penalties following a 2–2 draw.

## Participating nations

A total of eleven teams participated in the tournament:
* Argentina
* Barbados
* Brazil
* Canada
* Chile
* Guyana
* Jamaica
* Mexico
* Puerto Rico
* Trinidad and Tobago
* United States

## Results
### Preliminary round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 2 | +39 | 12 | Advanced to Semi-finals |
| 2 | United States | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 9 | Advanced to Semi-finals |
| 3 | Trinidad and Tobago (H) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 6 | |
| 4 | Puerto Rico | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 16 | −8 | 3 | |
| 5 | Jamaica | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 33 | −33 | 0 | |
* 17 October 2008 19:45
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3–1 | Puerto Rico |
| Toussaint 6' Tang Nian 31' Butler 61' | Report | Jó. Agosto 52' |
* Umpires: Arturo Vásquez Serrano (MEX) Jamar Springer (BAR)
* 17 October 2008 21:45
| Argentina | 15–0 | Jamaica |
| Tolini 3', 7', 12', 21', 34', 51', 58' Aldino 35' Agulleiro 42', 46', 47', 65' Salis 60' Montelli 61' Camacho 67' | Report | |
* Umpires: Devin Hooper (GUY) Ayden Shrives (RSA)
* 18 October 2008 19:30
| United States | 7–0 | Jamaica |
| Ginolfi 4' Holt 15', 44', 50', 64', 67' Martínez 19' | Report | |
* Umpires: Fernando Gómez (ARG) Coen van Bunge (NED)
* 18 October 2008 21:30
| Puerto Rico | 1–9 | Argentina |
| Colón 39' | Report | Tolini 12' Mazzilli 18' Barreiros 21', 56', 66' Camacho 31' Aldino 38', 57' Colombo 50' |
* Umpires: Haider Rasool (PAK) Arturo Vásquez Serrano (MEX)
* 20 October 2008 10:30
| Argentina | 9–0 | United States |
| Aldino 12', 67' Salas 5' Tolini 18', 30', 35' Agulleiro 58', 60' Mazzilli 62' | Report | |
* Umpires: Coen van Bunge (NED) Ayden Shrives (RSA)
* 20 October 2008 14:00
| Jamaica | 0–6 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| | Report | Toussaint 32' Jaikaransingh 37' Vieira 43', 58' Q. Clarke 47' Butler 64' |
* Umpires: Diego Barbas (ARG) Haider Rasool (PAK)
* 21 October 2008 10:30
| Puerto Rico | 1–4 | United States |
| Colón 32' | Report | Holt 17', 40', 55' Szoke 30' |
* Umpires: Donny Gobinsingh (TTO) Devin Hooper (GUY)
* 21 October 2008 14:00
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1–8 | Argentina |
| Pierre 31' | Report | Tolini 8', 18', 65' Barreiros 11' Mazzilli 20', 42' Zocchi 56' Oleastro 69' |
* Umpires: Haider Rasool (PAK) Grant Hundley (USA)
* 23 October 2008 18:00
| Jamaica | 0–5 | Puerto Rico |
| | Report | Feliciano 2', 53' Jó. Agosto 17' Colón 24', 30' |
* Umpires: Jamar Springer (BAR) Jonathan Stoller (CAN)
* 23 October 2008 20:00
| United States | 3–1 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Holt 11' Szoke 18' Walsh 19' | Report | Lum Kit 56' |
* Umpires: Ayden Shrives (RSA) Coen van Bunge (NED)

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Chile | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 2 | +35 | 12 | Advanced to Semi-finals |
| 2 | Canada | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 4 | +23 | 12 | Advanced to Semi-finals |
| 3 | Mexico | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 9 | +20 | 12 | |
| 4 | Barbados | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 17 | +6 | 6 | |
| 5 | Brazil | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 30 | −28 | 3 | |
| 6 | Guyana | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 57 | −56 | 0 | |
* 17 October 2008 10:00
| Canada | 15–0 | Guyana |
| Stewart 1' Noronha-Teixeira 5' Watson 11', 67', 70' Norton 12', 65', 66' Currie 17' Erickson 31' Meakin 42', 43' Paget 51' Wiggins 54' Self 62' | Report | |
* Umpires: Diego Barbas (ARG) Grant Hundley (USA)
* 17 October 2008 14:30
| Barbados | 0–6 | Chile |
| | Report | S. Richter 25' Kapsch 28' Achondo 30' Rodríguez 40' J. Richter 46', 65' |
* Umpires: Coen van Bunge (NED) Jonathan Stoller (CAN)
* 17 October 2008 17:30
| Mexico | 8–0 | Brazil |
| Aguilar 8', 21', 50' Vásquez 17', 18', 25' Cabrera 40' León 45' | Report | |
* Umpires: Donny Gobinsingh (TTO) Fernando Gómez (ARG)
* 18 October 2008 13:30
| Canada | 3–2 | Barbados |
| Pereira 22' Meakin 39' Bissett 67' | Report | Clarke 35' Warner 49' |
* Umpires: Ayden Shrives (RSA) Diego Barbas (ARG)
* 18 October 2008 15:30
| Chile | 6–0 | Brazil |
| J. Richter 11', 39', 44' Rodríguez 28' Fuenzalida 31' Achondo 53' | Report | |
* Umpires: Devin Hooper (GUY) Donny Gobinsingh (TTO)
* 18 October 2008 17:30
| Guyana | 0–13 | Mexico |
| | Report | Aguilar 4', 35', 37', 39', 51', 70' Bórquez 5', 10', 33' Vásquez 10' Cárdenas 27' Galván 29' Pedraza 48' |
* Umpires: Grant Hundley (USA) Jamar Springer (BAR)
* 20 October 2008 16:00
| Brazil | 0–9 | Barbados |
| | Report | Walcott 15' Warner 25' Leacock 30', 61' Small 38' Clarke 43' Jordan 53', 66' Lewis 64' |
* Umpires: Jonathan Stoller (CAN) Arturo Vásquez Serrano (MEX)
* 20 October 2008 18:00
| Chile | 19–0 | Guyana |
| Rodríguez 8', 9' S. Richter 13', 20' Cortés 23' J. Richter 29', 43', 45', 58', 62' Fuenzalida 33' T. Tegtmeier 35' Kapsch 38' Soruco 50' A. Tegtmeier 51', 67' Krussig 65', 66' Eggers de Juán 70' | Report | |
* Umpires: Donny Gobinsingh (TTO) Jamar Springer (BAR)
* 20 October 2008 20:00
| Mexico | 1–0 | Canada |
| Aguilar 52' | Report | |
* Umpires: Fernando Gómez (ARG) Grant Hundley (USA)
* 21 October 2008 16:00
| Brazil | 2–0 | Guyana |
| P. Van der Heijden 21' Y. Van der Heijden 37' | Report | |
* Umpires: Arturo Vásquez Serrano (MEX) Jonathan Stoller (CAN)
* 21 October 2008 18:00
| Barbados | 4–7 | Mexico |
| Warner 43', 48', 57' Jordan 47' | Report | Cabrera 4' Vásquez 6', 22', 65' Bórquez 33' Aguilar 43', 51' |
* Umpires: Diego Barbas (ARG) Ayden Shrives (RSA)
* 21 October 2008 20:00
| Chile | 1–2 | Canada |
| J. Richter 13' | Report | Erickson 33' Bissett 63' |
* Umpires: Coen van Bunge (NED) Fernando Gómez (ARG)
* 23 October 2008 10:30
| Guyana | 1–8 | Barbados |
| Gill 68' | Report | Warner 13', 16', 18', 38' Harper 29' Wharton 42', 64' Jordan 47' |
* Umpires: Haider Rasool (PAK) Arturo Vásquez Serrano (MEX)
* 23 October 2008 14:00
| Mexico | 0–5 | Chile |
| | Report | Fuenzalida 12' T. Tegtmeier 28' S. Richter 29', 69' Kapsch 42' |
* Umpires: Diego Barbas (ARG) Fernando Gómez (ARG)
* 23 October 2008 16:00
| Canada | 7–0 | Brazil |
| Meakin 6' Erickson 14', 47' Norton 39' Watson 41' Pereira 64', 66' | Report | |
* Umpires: Donny Gobinsingh (TTO) Grant Hundley (USA)

### Classification round
#### Ninth to eleventh place classification

| Crossover | Crossover | Ninth place | Ninth place |
| 24 October | 24 October |
| Jamaica | 7 |
| Jamaica | 7 | 26 October | 26 October |
| Guyana | 0 | 26 October | 26 October |
| Guyana | 0 | Brazil | 3 |
| | | Jamaica | 0 |

##### Crossover

* 24 October 2008 11:00
| Jamaica | 7–0 | Guyana |
| Burton 19', 28', 47' Gordon 21' Hicks 32' Rowe 40' Davis 58' | Report | |
* Umpires: Arturo Vásquez Serrano (MEX) Jonathan Stoller (CAN)

##### Ninth and tenth place

* 26 October 2008 08:00
| Brazil | 3–0 | Jamaica |
| P. Van der Heijden 40' Y. Van der Heijden 42' Cantarino 51' | Report | |
* Umpires: Jamar Springer (BAR) Devin Hooper (GUY)

#### Fifth to eighth place classification

| Crossover | Crossover | Fifth Place | Fifth Place |
| 24 October | 24 October |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 26 October | 26 October |
| Barbados | 8 | 26 October | 26 October |
| Barbados | 8 | Barbados | 2 |
| 25 October | 25 October | | Barbados | 2 |
| 25 October | 25 October | Mexico | 4 |
| Mexico | 3 | Mexico | 4 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | | |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | Seventh Place | Seventh Place |
| | | 26 October | 26 October |
| | | Trinidad and Tobago | 6 |
| | | Puerto Rico | 1 |

##### Crossover

* 24 October 2008 13:30
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3–8 | Barbados |
| Tang Nian 34', 54' Vieira 70' | Report | Jordan 11', 64' Warner 17', 19', 44' Small 24' Wharton 29' Davis 45' |
* Umpires: Devin Hooper (GUY) Ayden Shrives (RSA)
* 25 October 2008 09:00
| Mexico | 3–1 | Puerto Rico |
| Aguilar 19', 48' Cabrera 22' | Report | Feliciano 35' |
* Umpires: Haider Rasool (PAK) Donny Gobinsingh (TTO)

##### Seventh and eighth place

* 26 October 2008 10:30
| Trinidad and Tobago | 6–1 | Puerto Rico |
| Pierre 16', 21', 47' Butler 41' Toussaint 54' Farrell 58' | Report | Colón 8' |
* Umpires: Arturo Vásquez Serrano (MEX) Haider Rasool (PAK)

##### Fifth and sixth place

* 26 October 2008 14:00
| Barbados | 2–4 | Mexico |
| Jordan 5', 21' | Report | Vásquez 2', 15' Aguilar 14', 42' |
* Umpires: Donny Gobinsingh (TTO) Fernando Gómez (ARG)

#### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 24 October | 24 October |
| Argentina | 6 |
| Argentina | 6 | 26 October | 26 October |
| Canada | 1 | 26 October | 26 October |
| Canada | 1 | Argentina | 3 |
| 24 October | 24 October | | Argentina | 3 |
| 24 October | 24 October | Chile | 0 |
| Chile | 6 | Chile | 0 |
| United States | 0 | | |
| United States | 0 | Third Place | Third Place |
| | | 26 October | 26 October |
| | | Canada | 2 (6) |
| | | United States (pen.) | 2 (7) |

##### Semi-finals

* 24 October 2008 18:30
| Argentina | 6–1 | Canada |
| Tolini 17', 34', 35' Agulleiro 20' Gebhardt 67' Aldino 69' | Report | Noronha-Teixeira 24' |
* Umpires: Coen van Bunge (NED) Grant Hundley (USA)
* 24 October 2008 21:00
| Chile | 6–0 | United States |
| Krussig 3' J. Richter 25', 41', 56' Rodríguez 57' S. Richter 61' | Report | |
* Umpires: Fernando Gómez (ARG) Diego Barbas (ARG)

##### Third and fourth place

* 26 October 2008 16:30
| Canada | 2–2 | United States |
| Self 13' Norton 67' | Report | Holt 18', 66' |
| Penalties |||
| | 6–7 | |
* Umpires: Diego Barbas (ARG) Coen van Bunge (NED)

##### Final

* 26 October 2008 19:00
| Argentina | 3–0 | Chile |
| Mazzilli 29', 66' Montelli 31' | Report | |
* Umpires: Grant Hundley (USA) Ayden Shrives (RSA)

## Awards

| Top Goalscorer | Player of the Tournament | Goalkeeper of the Tournament |
| Leandro Tolini | Leandro Tolini | Kevin Segeren |

## Final rankings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| | Argentina | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 3 | +47 | 18 | 2009 FIH Junior World Cup |
| | Chile | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 5 | +38 | 15 | 2009 FIH Junior World Cup |
| | United States | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 19 | −3 | 10 | 2009 FIH Junior World Cup |
| 4 | Canada | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 12 | +18 | 13 | |
| 5 | Mexico | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 12 | +24 | 18 | |
| 6 | Barbados | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 24 | +9 | 9 | |
| 7 | Trinidad and Tobago (H) | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 21 | −1 | 9 | |
| 8 | Puerto Rico | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 25 | −15 | 3 | |
| 9 | Brazil | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 30 | −25 | 6 | |
| 10 | Jamaica | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 36 | −29 | 3 | |
| 11 | Guyana | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 64 | −63 | 0 | |

## Goalscorers

There were 251 goals scored in 35 matches, for an average of 7.17 goals per match.
17 goals
* Leandro Tolini
16 goals
* Francisco Aguilar
14 goals
* Jan Richter
12 goals
* Ché Warner
11 goals
* William Holt
9 goals
* Ismael Vásquez
8 goals
* Dario Jordan
7 goals
* Juán Crúz Agulleiro
6 goals
* Alan Aldino
* Agustín Mazzilli
* Sven Richter
5 goals
* Derrick Norton
* Martín Rodríguez
* Manuel Colón
4 goals
* Guido Barreiros
* Mark Erickson
* Connor Meakin
* Jesse Watson
* Edgard Bórquez
* Mickel Pierre
3 goals
* Shonkeel Wharton
* Keegan Pereira
* Andrés Fuenzalida
* Sebastián Kapsch
* Thomás Krussig
* Charles Burton
* Eduardo Cabrera
* Ottus Feliciano
* Cogie Butler
* Matthew Tang Nian
* Akim Toussaint
* Andrew Vieira
2 goals
* Santiago Camacho
* Santiago Montelli
* Errol Clarke
* Ramón Leacock
* Jemar Small
* Patrick van der Heijden
* Yuri van der Heijden
* Stephen Bissett
* Devohn Noronha-Teixeira
* Taylor Self
* Ricardo Achondo
* Antonio Tegtmeier
* Thomás Tegtmeier
* Jóseph Agosto
* Nicholas Szoke
1 goal
* Lucás Colombo
* Martín Gebhardt
* Felipé Oleastro
* Ignacio Salas
* Nahuel Salis
* Sebastián Zocchi
* Laurando Davis
* Deron Harper
* Dario Lewis
* Jabari Walcott
* Rogerio Cantarino
* Bruce Currie
* Stephen Paget
* Hudson Stewart
* Graham Wiggins
* Estebán Cortés
* Felipé Eggers de Juán
* Ishmael Soruco
* Shaka Gill
* Jerome Davis
* Giovanni Gordon
* Orville Hicks
* Gerren Rowe
* Oscár Cárdenas
* Oscár Galván
* Míguel León
* Guillermo Pedraza
* Quinn Clarke
* Evan Farrell
* Dominic Jaikaransingh
* Dev Lum Kit
* Jonathan Ginolfi
* Manuel Martínez
* Liam Walsh