# 2021 Women's Pan American Challenge

The 2021 Women's Pan American Challenge was the third edition of the Women's Pan American Challenge, the quadrennial qualification tournament for the Women's Pan American Cup organized by the Pan American Hockey Federation.
The tournament was held alongside the men's tournament in Lima, Peru from 26 September to 2 October 2021. The tournament was originally scheduled to be held from 27 June to 5 July 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was postponed and on 4 February 2021 the current dates were announced. The finalists qualified for the 2022 Women's Pan American Cup.

## Preliminary round
### Pool

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Peru (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 |
| 2 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 |
| 3 | Paraguay | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Brazil | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 |

### Matches

* 26 September 2021 11:00
| Brazil | 1–2 | Paraguay |
| Queiroz 25' | Report | Samudio 23' Acuna 39' |
* Umpires: Rodrigo Rivadeneira (PER) Daniel Gonzalez Alvizuri (PER)
* 26 September 2021 13:00
| Peru | 0–1 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| | Report | Govia 60' |
* Umpires: Oscar Lares (MEX) Victoria Pazos (PAR)
* 28 September 2021 11:00
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2–2 | Paraguay |
| Hingh 41' Henry 60' | Report | Roa 45' Duarte 54' |
* Umpires: Rodrigo Rivadeneira (PER) Reinier Diaz (CUB)
* 28 September 2021 13:00
| Brazil | 0–1 | Peru |
| | Report | M. Montes 4' |
* Umpires: Victoria Pazos (PAR) Luis Cardona (GUA)
* 29 September 2021 11:00
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1–1 | Brazil |
| Henry 46' | Report | Fedrizzi 32' |
* Umpires: Victoria {azos (PAR) Rodrigo Rivadeneira (PER)
* 29 September 2021 13:00
| Peru | 2–1 | Paraguay |
| M. Montes 9' V. Montes 45+' | Report | Catebra 43' |
* Umpires: Mary Driscoll (USA) Luis Cardona (GUA)

## Classification round
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 1 October | 1 October |
| Peru | 2 |
| Peru | 2 | 2 October | 2 October |
| Brazil | 0 | 2 October | 2 October |
| Brazil | 0 | Peru | 2 |
| 1 October | 1 October | | Peru | 2 |
| 1 October | 1 October | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 |
| Paraguay | 2 (3) | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 |
| Trinidad and Tobago (s.o.) | 2 (4) | | |
| Trinidad and Tobago (s.o.) | 2 (4) | Third place | Third place |
| | | 2 October | 2 October |
| | | Brazil | 1 |
| | | Paraguay | 3 |

### Semi-finals

* 1 October 2021 11:00
| Peru | 2–0 | Brazil |
| Moccagatta 10' M. Montes 37' | Report | |
* Umpires: Oscar Lares (MEX) Mary Driscoll (USA)
* 1 October 2021 13:00
| Paraguay | 1–1 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Catebra 51' | Report | Sh. de Freitas 37' |
| Penalties |||
| Zambrini Sanchez Samudio Cacace Romero Cacace | 3–4 | Sa. de Freitas Olton Govia Henry Hingh Govia |
* Umpires: Rodrigo Rivadeneira (PER) Reinier Diaz (CUB)

### Third place game

* 2 October 2021 11:00
| Brazil | 1–3 | Paraguay |
| Schlemper 50' | Report | Samudio 4' Sanchez 24' Catebra 55' |
* Umpires: Daniel Gonzalez Alvizuri (PER) Rodrigo Rivadeneira (PER)

### Final

* 2 October 2021 15:00
| Peru | 2–0 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Alonso 26' M.Montes 44' | Report | |
* Umpires: Oscar Lares (MEX) Luis Cardona (GUA)

## Statistics
### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Qualification |
| 1 | Peru (H) | 2022 Pan American Cup |
| 2 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2022 Pan American Cup |
| 3 | Paraguay | |
| 4 | Brazil | |

### Goalscorers

There were 24 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 2.4 goals per match.
4 goals
* Marina Montes
3 goals
* María Catebra
2 goals
* Ana Samudio
* Zene Henry
1 goal
* Mayara Fedrizzi
* Alice Queiroz
* Gabriela Schlemper
* Lilian Acuna
* Astrid Duarte
* Veronica Roa
* Agustina Sanchez
* Solange Alonso
* Ana Moccagatta
* Victoria Montes
* Shaniah de Freitas
* Brianna Govia
* Brittney Hingh
Source: FIH