PAHF announces new dates for Pan Am Junior and Senior C/Ships

Mar 24, 2021 Sports

Pan Am Challenge and Pan Am Senior Championships pushed back to August this year.

Kaieteur News – Different sport disciplines including basketball and football have been returning to play in many countries with professional leagues in United States, Europe and even Central America being contested since the coronavirus pandemic gripped the world.
However, field hockey has not been able to pick up the pace and with South America’s evident challenges to contain the spread of the virus, the Pan Am junior and Pan Am Senior and Pan Am Challenge Championships have all be postponed by the Pan American Hockey Federation (PAHF).
In a press release, the PAHF explained that is understands that COVID 19 still has a big impact in the Region, therefore a new date for the Junior Pan American Championships (Qualifiers to World Cup) was agreed with host country; Chile.
The event will now take place from August 16-29 instead.
PAHF is currently working on a document that will serve as framework for the safe return to competition. The PAHF noted that, “The evolution of the COVID 19 impact continues to be very dynamic so we will continue updating our document and work with the host country to inform in due time about the protocols and requirements to enter Chile.”
Regarding the age of players and the extension of the window to play the qualifier, the International Hockey Federation (FIH) announced:
FIH Competitions Committee, unanimously agreed, that the window to hold these events (Jr World Cup Continental Qualifiers) has been extended until the end of August and that the age limit for all Junior Continental Championships held in 2021 shall be “All players shall be under 21 years of age as of 31 December 2019, that is all players shall be born on or after 1 January 1999” regardless of which month the event takes place in this year. The qualification document on the website will be updated accordingly.
For clarity, the age group limit for the Junior World Cups in December, remains as it has always been: “All players shall be under 21 years of age as of 31 December 2020 that is all players shall be born on or after 1 January 2000”.
Regarding the postponement of the Pan American Challenge and South American Championships which will both hosted in Lima, Peru, the new dates, subject to the final number of entered teams, is September 23rd – October 3rd 2021.
The PAHF detailed that, “We are working to ensure safety for all involved in our events. There is still a lot of uncertainty, regarding COVID 19 status in different countries, and many of our NAs (National Associations) are still impacted by the lock down with little activity or none.”
The PAHF Event Coordinator is working in close contact with the Health & Safety Panel, to assist host countries and participants in preparation for events. General Protocol Guidelines will be provided closer to dates of Events.

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