# 2000 Women's Pan American Junior Championship

The 2000 Women's Junior Pan American Championship was the 4th edition of the Pan American Junior Championship, the women's international under-21 field hockey championship of the Americas organized by the Pan American Hockey Federation.
The tournament was at the Sir Garfield Sports Complex in Bridgetown, Barbados, from 13–23 April.
Argentina were the defending champions, and successfully defended their title with a 5–0 win over the United States in the final. Canada finished in third place, defeating Chile 3–2 in penalties following a 0–0 draw.

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | +15 | 9 | Advanced to Semi-finals |
| 2 | Canada | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 6 | Advanced to Semi-finals |
| 3 | Barbados (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 3 | |
| 4 | Venezuela | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 18 | −17 | 0 | |

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 1 | +41 | 12 | Advanced to Semi-finals |
| 2 | Chile | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 9 | Advanced to Semi-finals |
| 3 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 15 | −11 | 6 | |
| 4 | Bermuda | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 19 | −17 | 3 | |
| 5 | Mexico | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 20 | −19 | 0 | |

### Classification round
#### Fifth to eighth place classification

| Crossover | Crossover | Fifth Place | Fifth Place |
| 20 April | 20 April |
| Barbados | 2 |
| Barbados | 2 | 22 April | 22 April |
| Bermuda | 0 | 22 April | 22 April |
| Bermuda | 0 | Barbados (pen.) | 1 (2) |
| 20 April | 20 April | | Barbados (pen.) | 1 (2) |
| 20 April | 20 April | Trinidad and Tobago | 1 (1) |
| Trinidad and Tobago (pen.) | 0 (4) | Trinidad and Tobago | 1 (1) |
| Venezuela | 0 (2) | | |
| Venezuela | 0 (2) | Seventh Place | Seventh Place |
| | | 22 April | 22 April |
| | | Bermuda | 1 |
| | | Venezuela | 3 |

##### Crossover

* 20 April 2000 12:30
| Barbados | 2–0 | Bermuda |
| | Report | |
* 20 April 2000 15:00
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0–0 |
| | Report |
| Penalties |||
| | 4–2 |

##### Seventh and eighth place

* 22 April 2000 16:00
| Bermuda | 1–3 | Venezuela |
| | Report | |

##### Fifth and sixth place

* 22 April 2000 18:30
| Barbados | 1–1 |
| | Report |
| Penalties |||
| | 2–1 |

#### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 20 April | 20 April |
| United States | 4 |
| United States | 4 | 23 April | 23 April |
| Chile | 1 | 23 April | 23 April |
| Chile | 1 | United States | 0 |
| 20 April | 20 April | | United States | 0 |
| 20 April | 20 April | Argentina | 5 |
| Argentina | 8 | Argentina | 5 |
| Canada | 0 | | |
| Canada | 0 | Third Place | Third Place |
| | | 23 April | 23 April |
| | | Chile | 0 (2) |
| | | Canada (pen.) | 0 (3) |

##### Semi-finals

* 20 April 2000 17:30
| United States | 4–1 | Chile |
| Gannon 17' Woolley 25' Gailie 30' Welsh 66' | Report | Villagra 56' |
* 20 April 2000 20:00
| Argentina | 8–0 | Canada |
| | Report | |

##### Third and fourth place

* 23 April 2000 16:00
| Chile | 0–0 |
| | Report |
| Penalties |||
| | 2–3 |

##### Final

* 23 April 2000 18:30
| United States | 0–5 | Argentina |
| | Report | |

## Final standings

* Note: as Argentina qualified for the 2001 FIH Junior World Cup as the host nation, Chile took the remaining entry quota as the next highest ranked team.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| | Argentina | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 1 | +54 | 18 | |
| | United States | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 8 | +13 | 12 | 2001 FIH Junior World Cup |
| | Canada | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 2001 FIH Junior World Cup |
| 4 | Chile | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 10 | 2001 FIH Junior World Cup |
| 5 | Barbados (H) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 7 | |
| 6 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 17 | −11 | 8 | |
| 7 | Venezuela | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 19 | −15 | 4 | |
| 8 | Bermuda | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 24 | −21 | 3 | |
| 9 | Mexico | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 20 | −19 | 0 | |