All Set for Volleyball at the II Junior

Pan American Games Asunción 2025!

ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay, August 8, 2025.– From August 9 to 23, Asunción will host the II Junior Pan American Games, with Indoor and Beach Volleyball events taking place at the Paraguayan Olympic Committee (COP) facilities, located in Luque, on the suburbs of the Paraguayan capital. This complex is considered the largest sports city in the Americas.

The Games offer an added incentive: the champion team in each discipline per gender will earn a direct berth to the 2027 Pan American Games.

The competition brings together the best teams from the North, Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation NORCECA  and the South American Volleyball Confederation CSV. Both confederations held their own qualification systems for these Games.

Indoor Volleyball

The Indoor Volleyball competition will take place at the modern COP Arena, starting with the women’s tournament from August 10 to 15, followed by the men’s tournament from August 17 to 22.

Qualified Teams – Women’s Division:
NORCECA: Cuba, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Mexico
CSV: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay

Qualified Teams – Men’s Division:
NORCECA: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Mexico
CSV: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay

Beach Volleyball

Beach Volleyball will be contested from August 18 to 22 at the Pynandi Stadium, featuring 16 teams per gender (8 from NORCECA and 8 from CSV), all vying for a place in the senior 2027 Pan American Games.

Women’s Teams – NORCECA:
Dominican Republic, Canada, Costa Rica, United States, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua

Men’s Teams – NORCECA:
Cuba, Costa Rica, Canada, El Salvador, United States, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, and St. Kitts and Nevis

Women’s Teams – CSV:
Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Venezuela, and Peru

Men’s Teams – CSV:
Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Venezuela, and Uruguay

The II Junior Pan American Games promise to be a key platform for developing the next generation of athletes across the continent, with volleyball among the most exciting sports on the schedule.