Pan American Championship Explained

A Pan American Championship is a top level international sports competition between athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs in the Americas. Typically these championships are recurring, the most common formats being annual, biennial and quadrennial. The Pan American Games is the highest level sporting competition for the region. It is common for there to be sport-specific governing bodies to organise these regional competitions, such as the Pan American Judo Confederation.

Major tournaments

SportNameContinents/NationsFirst edition
ArcheryPan American Archery ChampionshipsAmericas1972
Artistic swimmingPan American Artistic Swimming ChampionshipsAmericas2010
AthleticsPan American Race Walking Cup
Pan American Combined Events Cup
Pan American Cross Country Cup
Americas1984
2005
2015
BadmintonPan American Badminton ChampionshipsAmericas1977
BaseballAmericas1985
BasketballFIBA Americas ChampionshipAmericas1980
Beach handballPan American Beach Handball ChampionshipAmericas1998
BoxingAmericas1990
Brazilian jiu-jitsuPan-American Championship (jiu-jitsu)
Pan Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship
Americas1996
2007
ChessPan American Chess ChampionshipAmericas1945
CricketICC Americas ChampionshipAmericas2000
CyclingPan American Road and Track Championships
Americas1974
1996
FencingPan American Fencing ChampionshipsAmericas2006
Field hockeyMen's Pan American Cup
Women's Pan American Cup
Americas2000
2001
Football (soccer)CONCACAF Gold Cup
Copa América
Panamerican Championship
North America-Central America-Caribbean
South America
Americas
1991
1916
1952
GymnasticsPan American Gymnastics ChampionshipsAmericas1997
HandballPan American Men's Handball Championship
Pan American Women's Handball Championship
Americas1980
1986
Ice hockeyPan American Ice Hockey TournamentAmericas2014
Indoor hockeyMen's Indoor Pan American Cup
Women's Indoor Pan American Cup
Americas2002
JudoPan American Judo ChampionshipsAmericas1952
KarateAmericas2019
KorfballPan-American Korfball ChampionshipAmericas2014
RacquetballPan American Racquetball ChampionshipsAmericas1987
Rink hockeyRink Hockey American ChampionshipAmericas2007
Rugby unionPARA Pan American Championship
Americas Rugby Championship (top 6 rugby union teams)
Americas1995
2009
SquashPan American Squash ChampionshipsAmericas2002
TaekwondoPan American Taekwondo ChampionshipsAmericas1978
TennisPan American ChampionshipsAmericas1943–1969
TriathlonAmericas1991
VolleyballVolleyball America's Cup
Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup
Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup
Americas1998
2002
2006
Water poloUANA Water Polo CupAmericas2006
WeightliftingPan American Weightlifting ChampionshipsAmericas1982
Wheelchair rugbyIWRF Americas ChampionshipAmericas2009
WrestlingPan American Wrestling ChampionshipsAmericas1984
WushuPan American Wushu ChampionshipsAmericas1996

See also