2008 Women's Pan-Am Junior Championship Explained

Tournament:	Women's Junior Pan-Am Championship
Country:	Mexico
City:	Mexico City
Dates:	6–12 October
Teams:	8
Confederations:	1
Count:	1
Matches:	20
Goals:	139
Top Scorer:	Katie O'Donnell
Top Scorer Goals:	8
Best Player:	Cristine Fingerhuth
Best Goalkeeper:	Claudia Schüler
Previous Year:	2005
Previous Tournament:	2005 Women's Pan-Am Junior Championship
Next Year:	2012
Next Tournament:	2012 Women's Pan-Am Junior Championship

The 2008 Women's Junior Pan-Am Championship was the 6th edition of the Women's Pan American Junior Championship. It was held from 6 to 12 October 2008 in Mexico City, Mexico.^[1]

The tournament served as a qualifier for the 2009 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup, held in Boston, United States in August 2009.

United States won the tournament for the 1st time, defeating Chile 2–1 in the final. Argentina won the bronze medal by defeating Mexico 8–0 in the third and fourth place playoff.^[2]

Participating nations

A total of eight teams participated in the tournament:

Results

First round

Pool A

----

Pool B

--------

Second round

Fifth to eighth place classification

Crossover

----

Fifth and sixth place

First to fourth place classification

Semi-finals

----

Final

Statistics

Final standings

Note: as the United States qualified for the 2009 Junior World Cup as the host nation, Argentina took the remaining entry quota as the next highest ranked team.

Goalscorers

Notes and References

Web site: Pan American Junior Championships - Women . . 23 August 2017 . 26 February 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220226184132/http://www.panamhockey.org/en/juniorpanams . dead .
Web site: Competitions Archives . . 23 August 2017 .