# 2023 Men's Junior Pan American Championship

The 2023 Men's Junior Pan American Championship was the 13th 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 Wildey Hockey Centre in Bridgetown, Barbados and took take place from 10 to 17 April 2023. The tournament served as a direct qualifier for the 2023 Junior World Cup, with the three best placed teams qualifying.
Argentina won their 12th title by defeating Canada 6–1 in the final. The defending champions Chile won the bronze medal by defeating the United States 4–1.

## Preliminary round
### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | +18 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Chile | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Brazil | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | −13 | 0 | |
* 10 April 2023 09:00
| Argentina | 11–0 | Brazil |
| Bonanno 2' Infanzón 7', 48' Rodríguez 25' Minadeo 34', 47' Fernández 39' Montrasi 39', 40', 55' Ruiz 54' | Report | |
* Umpires: Pambavasan Manikandan (CAN) Shane Lewis (BAR)
* 11 April 2023 13:30
| Chile | 0–7 | Argentina |
| | Report | Bahl 15' Capurro 23' Aguirregomezcorta 34' Infanzón 40' Fortes 41' Bonanno 46' Toscani 54' |
* Umpires: Pambavasan Manikandan (CAN) Brian Tyson (USA)
* 12 April 2023 15:30
| Brazil | 0–2 | Chile |
| | Report | Wolansky 2', 27' |
* Umpires: Shane Lewis (BAR) Brian Tyson (USA)

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | +15 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Guyana | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 3 | |
| 4 | Barbados (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0 | |
* 10 April 2023 11:00
| United States | 3–0 | Guyana |
| Katz 2', 50' Grewal 17' | Report | |
* Umpires: Kevin George (TTO) Ricardo Albertz (CHI)
* 10 April 2023 13:30
| Canada | 6–0 | Barbados |
| Loh 7', 21' Thind 50', 51', 52', 53' | Report | |
* Umpires: Reinier Diaz (CUB) Juan Rodriguez (ARG)
* 11 April 2023 15:30
| Barbados | 0–1 | Guyana |
| | Report | Favorite 14' |
* Umpires: Ricardo Albertz (CHI) Kevin George (TTO)
* 12 April 2023 09:00
| United States | 0–4 | Canada |
| | Report | Gill 12' Aranha 22' Loh 37' Sidhu 54' |
* Umpires: Reinier Diaz (CUB) Juan Rodriguez (ARG)
* 13 April 2023 13:30
| Canada | 5–0 | Guyana |
| De Souza 30' Nicholson 34' Loh 36' Sidhu 39' Aranha 45' | Report | |
* Umpires: Ricardo Albertz (CHI) Reinier Diaz (CUB)
* 13 April 2023 15:30
| Barbados | 0–3 | United States |
| | Report | Civetta 6' Johal 9', 32' |
* Umpires: Kevin George (TTO) Juan Rodriguez (ARG)

## Fifth to seventh place classification
### Bracket

| Cross-over | Cross-over | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| | | 17 April | 17 April |
| | | Guyana (p.s.o.) | 2 (3) |
| 15 April | 15 April | | Guyana (p.s.o.) | 2 (3) |
| 15 April | 15 April | Brazil | 2 (2) |
| Brazil | 2 | Brazil | 2 (2) |
| Barbados | 1 | | |

### Cross-over

* 15 April 2023 09:45
| Brazil | 2–1 | Barbados |
| Sauerbronn 12' Varela 49' | Report | Wharton 28' |
* Umpires: Juan Rodriguez (ARG) Kevin George (TTO)

### Fifth place game

* 17 April 2023 09:45
| Guyana | 2–2 | Brazil |
| Favorite 27' Williams 35' | Report | Varela 29' Santoro 34' |
| Penalties |||
| Woodroffe Savory Garnett Williams | 3–2 | Godoy Giro Ludueña Varela Cursino |
* Umpires: Juan Rodriguez (ARG) Pambavasan Manikandan (CAN)

## First to fourth place classification
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 15 April | 15 April |
| Argentina | 7 |
| Argentina | 7 | 17 April | 17 April |
| United States | 0 | 17 April | 17 April |
| United States | 0 | Argentina | 6 |
| 15 April | 15 April | | Argentina | 6 |
| 15 April | 15 April | Canada | 1 |
| Chile | 1 (1) | Canada | 1 |
| Canada (p.s.o.) | 1 (3) | | |
| Canada (p.s.o.) | 1 (3) | Third place | Third place |
| | | 17 April | 17 April |
| | | United States | 1 |
| | | Chile | 4 |

### Semi-finals

* 15 April 2023 12:00
| Argentina | 7–0 | United States |
| Minadeo 10', 29', 38' Poletti 12', 57' Fortes 30' Infanzón 42' | Report | |
* Umpires: Reinier Diaz (CUB) Pambavasan Manikandan (CAN)
* 15 April 2023 15:30
| Chile | 1–1 | Canada |
| Wolansky 43' | Report | Dhadda 47' |
| Penalties |||
| Cerda Wolansky Valenzuela Richard | 1–3 | Miranda J. Sidhu M. Sidhu Loh |
* Umpires: Brian Tyson (USA) Shane Lewis (BAR)

### Third place game

* 17 April 2023 12:30
| United States | 1–4 | Chile |
| Eisner 44' | Report | Loehnert Baeza 3', 33' Acevedo 24' De Witt 26' |
* Umpires: Shane Lewis (BAR) Kevin George (TTO)

### Final

* 17 April 2023 15:30
| Argentina | 6–1 | Canada |
| Capurro 2', 24', 28', 38' Poletti 19' Minadeo 53' | Report | Sidhu 34' |
* Umpires: Ricardo Albertz (CHI), Brian Tyson (USA)

## Statistics
### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Qualification |
| | Argentina | 2023 Junior World Cup |
| | Canada | 2023 Junior World Cup |
| | Chile | 2023 Junior World Cup |
| 4 | United States | |
| 5 | Guyana | |
| 6 | Brazil | |
| 7 | Barbados (H) | |

### Goalscorers

There were 70 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 4.67 goals per match.
6 goals
* Iñaki Minadeo
5 goals
* Bautista Capurro
4 goals
* Ramiro Infanzón
* Hudson Loh
* Robin Thind
3 goals
* Juan Montrasi
* Bautista Poletti
* Sebastián Wolansky
2 goals
* Agustín Bonanno
* Bautista Fortes
* Lucas Varela
* Brooklyn Aranha
* Jyothswaroop Sidhu
* Sebastian Loehnert Baeza
* Shaquon Favorite
* Gurcharan Johal
* Wyatt Katz
1 goal
* Marco Aguirregomezcorta
* Francisco Bahl
* Juan Fernández
* Nicolás Rodríguez
* Tomás Ruiz
* Joaquín Toscani
* Kanye Wharton
* Luiz Santoro
* Frederico Sauerbronn
* Leighton De Souza
* Satpreet Dhadda
* Ravpreet Gill
* Jude Nicholson
* Maansarovar Sidhu
* Joaquin Acevedo
* Alexei De Witt
* Warren Williams
* Luca Civetta
* Brett Eisner
* Mehtab Grewal
Source: FIH