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.

Find out here all the numbers of this major sports event that will be qualifying for Lima 2027.

The Cali 2021 Pan American Games represented the starting point for great stars of international sport who excelled in Santiago 2023 and recently in the Paris Olympic Games.

Osmar Olvera of Mexico, Milaimys Marin of Cuba and Lucia Yepez and Glenda Morejon of Ecuador were just some of the athletes who made it all the way to success, winning medals in Cali 2021, Santiago 2023 and Paris 2024, in a clear demonstration of the importance of the Junior Games for our continent’s athletes.

This is due to the fact that the Junior Games will provide direct qualification for Lima 2027 to athletes who win a gold medal, this being one of the great prizes of this continental event. In Cali 2021, 202 athletes qualified for the most important sports event of the Americas, and for this new edition of the event, the number of qualifications will increase to 218.

The second edition of the Junior Pan American Games will be held in Asuncion, Paraguay, on August 9th to the 23rd, 2025, and the following figures may be highlighted:

4206 athletes

41 countries

28 sports: Aquatics, Archery, Athletics, Badminton, Canoe/Kayak, Cycling, Fencing, Gymnastics, Golf, Judo, Karate, Rowing, Sailing, Sport Shooting, Skating, Squash, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Tennis, Triathlon, Weightlifting, Water Ski/Wakeboard, Wrestling, Handball, Hockey, Rugby 7s and Volleyball

43 disciplines

2003 to 2013  Years of birth of the participating athletes

8 are the sports/disciplines that were not in Cali and that have been added to this edition: Aquatics – Open Water, Cycling – BMX Freestyle, Golf, Shooting – Shotgun, Water Ski, 5v5 Basketball, Hockey, Rugby

218 Qualifications for the Lima 2027 Pan American Games

In addition to the 200 individual quotas, 18 team quotas must be added:

a) Basketball – 3x3 and 5v5 (1 per gender will qualify = 4 in total)
b) Handball (1 per gender will qualify = 2 in total)
c) Hockey (1 per gender will qualify = 2 in total)
d) Rugby (1 per gender will qualify = 2 in total)
e) Volleyball and Beach Volleyball (2 teams per gender will qualify, the best team of each region = 4 Volleyball teams in total and 4 Beach Volleyball teams in total)

Indoor 192 athletes, U23 (Born in 2003 or after)

Beach 64 athletes, U23 (Born in 2023 or after)

There are 334 days to go before the continent's biggest youth festival and both Panam Sports and the Local Organizing Committee are working tirelessly to make it an unforgettable event.

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