August 22th. 2025
Donley/Sherman from USA, Women’s Beach Volleyball Gold at the Junior Pan American Games

ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay, August 22, 2025. Donley/Sherman from the United States claimed the women’s beach volleyball gold medal at the II Junior Pan American Games Asunción 2025, defeating Sara/Rodríguez from Venezuela in the final held this Friday at the Pynandí Stadium of the Paraguayan Olympic Committee. The Americans Emma Donley and Portia Sherman dominated. More Español

August 22th. 2025
United States, GOLD Medal in Men’s Beach Volleyball at the Junior Pan American Games

ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay, August 22, 2025. The United States won the gold medal in men’s beach volleyball at the II Junior Pan American Games Asunción 2025, by defeating Brazil in the final this Friday at the Pynandí Stadium of the Paraguayan Olympic Committee. The United States, with Gage Basey and Thomas Hurst, won the gold medal by defeating Isac Farias and José Jonathan Heleno de Menezes of Brazil 2 sets to 1. The Americans comfortably won the first set (21-11), the Brazilians recovered in the second set (21-16), leaving everything to the tie-break, in which the Stars and Stripes took the victory 15-7.  More Español

August 21th. 2025
Women’s Beach Volleyball Final between the United States and Venezuela

ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay, August 21, 2025.- This Thursday the women’s beach volleyball final of the II Junior Pan American Games Asunción 2025 was defined, between the United States and Venezuela at the Pynandí Stadium of the Paraguayan Olympic Committee. Emma Donley and Portia Sherman of the United States had a tough first set, before defeating Jaeya Brach and Sophia Hladyniuk of Canada 22-20 and 21-17, who fought until the last point, staying just short in both sets.  More Español

August 21th. 2025
United States and Brazil will play the Men's Beach Volleyball final

ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay, August 21, 2025.- The United States and Brazil will play for the gold medal in men’s beach volleyball at the II Junior Pan American Games Asunción 2025, after defeating Venezuela and Argentina in semifinals, respectively, at the Pynandí Stadium of the Paraguayan Olympic Committee. Gage Basey and Thomas Hurst defeated the Venezuelan pair of Enyenser Delgado and Juliangel Zaid 2-1 (22-24, 21-16, 15-11), in a spectacular semifinal in which the Americans had to give their all to overcome the South Americans. More Español

August 20th. 2025
Venezuela, Paraguay, Canada and USA are in the women’s semifinals

ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay, August 20, 2025.- The women’s beach volleyball semifinals at the II Junior Pan American Games Asunción 2025 were defined, between Venezuela against Paraguay and the United States against Canada. The semifinals will be played this Thursday at the Pynandí Stadium of the Paraguayan Olympic Committee. Sara López and Darlin Rodríguez from Venezuela qualified for the semifinal by defeating Estephannie Castillo/Yezet Romero of Peru 2-0 (21-11, 21-13) in quarterfinals. Meanwhile, Denisse Álvarez/Fiorella Núñez from Paraguay defeated María Isabel Chacón/María José Galindo from Bolivia in a thrilling match 2-1 (19-21, 21-10, 15-6). Earlier in the round of 16, the Paraguayans had defeated Laura Molina/Sofía Vega from Costa Rica 2-0 (21-13, 21-9). More Español

August 20th. 2025
Men’s Beach Volleyball Semifinals Defined

ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay, August 20, 2025.- After an intense day of men’s beach volleyball at the II Junior Pan American Games Asunción 2025, the semifinals were defined and will be played this Thursday at the Pynandí Stadium of the Paraguayan Olympic Committee. The champion will secure a direct berth to the Lima 2027 Pan American Games. In addition, the highest-ranked team from the opposite continental confederation that does not win gold will also qualify. At 5:00 PM (local time), the first semifinal will be played between Argentina (Marcos Ezequiel González/Fausto Inostroza) and Brazil (Isac Farias/José Jonathan Heleno de Menezes). Brazil reached this stage after defeating Canadians David Chaput and Cameron McGregor 2-0 (21-19, 21-18). More Español

August 19th. 2025
Total Excitement in the Women’s Beach Volleyball

ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay, August 19, 2025.- The women’s beach volleyball group stage at the II Junior Pan American Games Asunción 2025 concluded with thrilling battles across all four pools defining the pairs advancing to the knockout rounds. The U.S. duo Donley/Sherman secured first place in Pool A after a perfect (3-0) run, capped by a hard-fought 2-1 victory (22-24, 21-15, 16-14) over the local pair Denisse/Fio from Paraguay, who finished second with a 2-1 record. Argentina (Abdala/Najul) placed third (1-2), while Nicaragua (Brenes/Silva) closed in fourth (0-3). The U.S. now awaits the winner of the match between Drik/Kailin (CUB) vs Beleño/Gaviria (COL).  More Español

August 19th. 2025
El Salvador, USA, Venezuela and Brazil dominate Men Pool Play in Beach Volleyball

ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay, August 19, 2025.- El Salvador, United States, Venezuela and Brazil went undefeated in men pool play at the Beach Volleyball tournament of the II Junior Pan American Games Asunción 2025, held at the Estadio Pynandí of the Paraguayan Olympic Committee, securing the top spot in their respective pools and advancing with authority to the knockout stage. In Pool A, twins Yoel and Christopher Guardado of El Salvador remained flawless, without dropping a single set in the group stage. On Tuesday, they sealed first place with a 2-0 (21-18, 21-12) win over Paraguay’s Juanangel Gómez and Camilo Vargas.  More Español

August 18th. 2025
Seven Undefeated Teams in the Women’s Division

ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay, August 18, 2025.- The Women’s Division of Beach Volleyball at the II Junior Pan American Games Asunción 2025, held at the Pynandí Stadium of the Paraguayan Olympic Committee, began with seven pairs that did not suffer defeat. With two wins in Pool A are Denisse Álvarez/Fiorella Núñez of Paraguay and Emma Donley/Portia Sherman of the United States. These two teams will face off on Tuesday, at 1:00 PM (local time). Paraguay defeated Nicaragua’s Nahima Silva/Norma Brenes 2-0 (21-11, 21-7) and Maia Najul/Marisa Abdala of Argentina 2-1 (22-24, 21-15, 15-11), in what was perhaps the best match of the day, while the United States also beat Argentina (18-21, 21-18, 15-11)  More Español

August 18th. 2025
Men’s Division of the Junior Pan American Games begins with 6 undefeated pairs

ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay, August 18, 2025.- The start of the Men’s Beach Volleyball tournament at the II Junior Pan American Games Asunción 2025, held at the Pynandí Stadium of the Paraguayan Olympic Committee, left six undefeated pairs after the first day of competition. Of the six teams,  the United States and El Salvador achieved two victories. Venezuela, Canada, Brazil, and Costa Rica each recorded one win, and on Tuesday, when the group stage concludes, these teams will play two matches, while the Salvadorans and Americans will only play one. The Guardado brothers from El Salvador, Yoel and Christopher, in Pool A, secured two victories by 2 sets to 0.  More Español

August 16th. 2025
All is Ready for the Start of Beach Volleyball of the II Junior Pan American Games

ASUNCION, Paraguay, August 17, 2025. Today, the registration of the 32 pairs, 16 in each division (men’s and women’s), and the technical meeting were held, where all the details were explained about how the beach volleyball tournament at the II Junior Pan American Games Asuncion 2025 will be carried out. The event begins this Monday, August 18, at the Pynandi Stadium of the Paraguayan Olympic Committee, with 24 matches: 12 in the men’s division and 12 in the women’s. The Brazilian pairs arrive as the defending champions, after winning the I Junior Pan American Games held in Cali, four years ago. The tournament will begin with the Men’s Division. On the main court, the local team of Juanangel Gomez and Camilo Vargas will face Julian Bristol/Clerique Ward of Saint Kitts and Nevis at 10:00 AM (local time). At the same time, on court 2, the Salvadoran twin pair Yoel and Christopher Guardado will face Martin Etcheberry/Fernando Quintero of Chile. More Español

August 16th. 2025
Beach Volleyball Set to Shine in Asunción 2025

ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay, August 16, 2025.- The sand of the Beach Volleyball Stadium at the Paraguayan Olympic Committee is set to welcome 32 teams from 19 countries for the highly anticipated beach volleyball tournament of the II Junior Pan American Games Asunción 2025. With 16 teams per gender chasing glory, the top prize is more than just a medal: the champion will secure a direct berth to the Lima 2027 Pan American Games. In addition, the highest-ranked team from the opposite continental confederation that does not win gold will also qualify. A total of eight teams (4 per gender) will qualify to Lima 2027. Brazil  More Español

October 10th. 2024
NORCECA Confirms Beach Volleyball Teams Qualified for Asunción 2025

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, October 10, 2024 .- Following the conclusion of the qualification system for the second edition of the Junior Pan American Games to be held in 2025 in Asunción, Paraguay, NORCECA confirms the teams qualified for Beach Volleyball. Thanks to efforts of the Pan American Volleyball Union (UPV) with the Pan Am Sports organization, it was confirmed that Beach Volleyball at Asunción 2025 will feature 16 teams per gender, equally distributed between the NORCECA and South American (CSV) Confederations; 8 teams per gender for each Confederation.  More Español

September 5th. 2024

Find out the Sports, Disciplines, ages and number of athletes for the Asuncion 2025 Junior Pan American Games

From August 9th to the 23rd, 2025, the second edition of the Junior Pan American Games will be held in Paraguay. This event is one of the most important projects of Panam Sports and its aim is to detect and support the great stars that will shine in the near future. More Español