From August 9 to 23, 2025, the second edition of the Junior Pan American Games will be held in Paraguay. An event that represents one of the most important projects of Panam Sports and that aims to detect and support the great stars that will shine in the near future. Find out here all the numbers of this great sporting event that is a qualifier for Lima 2027.
The Cali 2021 Pan American Games represented the starting point for great stars of world sport who stood out in Santiago 2023 and recently in the Paris Olympic Games.
Osmar Olvera of Mexico, Milaimys Marín of Cuba and Lucia Yépez and Glenda Morejón of Ecuador, were just some of the athletes who made it all the way to success, achieving medals in Cali 2021, Santiago 2023 and Paris 2024, in a clear demonstration of the importance of the Junior Games in our athletes of the continent.
This is due to the fact that the Juniors provide direct qualification to Lima 2027 to the athletes who win a gold medal, this being one of the great prizes of this continental event. In Cali 2021, 202 athletes qualified to the top event of the Americas, and for this new edition, the total number of qualifiers will increase to 218.
The second version of these Junior Pan American Games will be held in Asuncion, Paraguay, between August 9 and 23 and will have important numbers to highlight:
4206 athletes
41 countries
28 sports: Aquatics, Archery, Athletics, Badminton, Canoeing/Kayaking, Cycling, Fencing, Gymnastics, Golf, Judo, Karate, Rowing, Sailing, Shooting, Skating, Squash, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Tennis, Triathlon, Weightlifting, Water Skiing/Wakeboarding, Wrestling, Basketball, Handball, Hockey, Rugby 7s, and Volleyball.
43 disciplines
2 main clusters (Olympic Park and SND); 3 independent venues (Tennis, Golf and Costanera); 2 sub venues (Encarnacion and San Bernardino).
8 are the sports/disciplines added in this edition and that were not in Cali: Aquatics – Open Water, Cycling – BMX Freestyle, Golf, Shooting – Shotgun, Water Skiing, Basketball 5v5, Hockey, Rugby.
218 Qualifications to the Pan American Games Lima 2027
In addition to the 200 individual slots, the 18 slots provided by the team sports must be added:
a) Basketball – 3×3 and 5v5 (qualify 1 x gender = 4 total)
b) Handball (qualify 1 per gender = 2 total)
c) Hockey (qualify 1 per gender = 2 total)
d) Rugby (qualify 1 per gender = 2 in total)
e) Volleyball and Beach Volleyball (2 teams qualify per gender, best team from each region = 4 in total Volleyball and 4 in total Beach Volleyball).
There are 334 days left for the greatest youth festival of the continent and both Panam Sports and the Local Organizing Committee are working tirelessly to make it an unforgettable event.
Source: Panam Sports