United States of America is the Pan Am Junior 2023 Champion Team of the XXXI YONEX Pan Am Junior Championships 2023, competition held in Lima, Peru, from July 13 to 15.
Check here full results.
Team USA defeated Team Canada 3-0 in the final tie and raised the Pan Am Junior Champion Trophy!
USA started the competition as seeded 1, leading the Group A with victories against Brazil (5-0), Chile (5-0) and Peru (5-0). In Semifinals, they defeated Mexico in straight matches (3-0) to face Canada in the final.
Ella Lin, Ryan Ma and Chloe Ho/Veronica Yang gave to USA their third Pan Am Junior 2023 Team crown in a row, and their 13th title in this event.
Canada Team reached the silver medal after leading Group B and defeated Peru in Semifinals by 3-0.
Local Team, Peru, managed to won the bronze medal after defeating Chile (5-0) and Brazil (3-0) to reach semifinals but losing there against Canada (0-3). For the third place, Peru team defeated Mexico (3-0).
Final Ranking:
- USA
- CAN
- PER
- MEX
- BRA
- CHI
- ECU
- CRC
The award ceremony was led by Mr. German Valdez, Badminton Pan Am COO, Mr. Gonzalo Castillo, president of the Peru Badminton Federation and Mr. Alvaro Castro, Director of Legado Project (local organization).
