Field hockey at the 2023 Pan American Games – Women's tournament facts for kids

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Women's field hockey at the 2023 Pan American Games

Argentina (here posing after defeating Canada), champions
Tournament details
Host country	Chile
City	Santiago
Dates	26 October – 4 November
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Stadium Sports Park
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (8th title)
Runner-up	United States
Third place	Chile
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	111 (5.55 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Agustina Gorzelany (11 goals)
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The women's field hockey tournament at the 2023 Pan American Games was the 10th edition of the field hockey event for women at the Pan American Games. It took place over a ten-day period beginning on 26 October, and culminating with the medal finals on 4 November.

The defending champions Argentina won their eighth title by defeating the United States 2–1 in the final. The hosts Chile won the bronze medal by defeating Canada 2–0. As winners, Argentina qualified directly for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

Qualification

A total of eight teams qualified to compete at the games. As host nation, Chile were given automatic qualification. The top two teams at both the 2022 South American Games and 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games also qualified. The remaining qualification quotas came from the 2022 Pan American Cup. As Chile finished in the top two at the 2022 South American Games, their qualification quota was added to the 2022 Pan American Cup, meaning four teams qualified from the tournament. If Canada and/or the United States had still not qualified, a play-off between the nations and the third ranked at the Pan American Cups would have taken place. As both nations qualified, the play-off was not necessary and the next best placed team at each Pan American Cup (that has not already qualified) qualified. On 13 July 2023, the Pan American Hockey Federation announced the qualified teams and pools for the event.

Qualified teams

Qualification	Date	Host	Quota(s)	Qualified team
Host country	N/A		1	N/A
2022 Pan American Cup	19–29 January	Santiago	2 4	Canada  United States  Uruguay  Trinidad and Tobago
2022 South American Games	4–12 October	Asunción	2	Chile  Argentina
2023 Central American and Caribbean Games	27 June – 5 July	Santo Domingo	2	Mexico  Cuba
Total			8

• Chile finished in the top two at the 2022 South American Games, meaning the host nation quota was reallocated as an additional quota through the 2022 Pan American Cup.
• Since Canada and the USA qualified through the Pan American Cup, an additional spot was available through the event.

Rosters

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC−4).

Pool A

26 October 2023 (2023-10-26) 09:30 Argentina  8–0  Uruguay Gorzelany  8', 15' Jankunas  27', 43' Granatto  29', 32' Thome  35' Trinchinetti  55' Report Umpires: Ayanna McClean (TTO) Meghan McClennan (CAN)

26 October 2023 (2023-10-26) 11:30 United States  15–0  Trinidad and Tobago Gonzales  2', 25' Grega  11' Hoffman  22', 28' Zimmer  27' Caarls  28', 29', 59' Tamer  41', 47', 58' Yeager  45' Sessa  55' Crouse  57' Report Umpires: Natalia Lodeiro (URU) Victoria Pazos (ARG)

28 October 2023 (2023-10-28) 09:30 Uruguay  11–0  Trinidad and Tobago Amadeo  13', 27', 29' Viana  21', 21', 48', 53' Algorta  26' Vilar  31', 35', 58' Report Umpires: Melina Illanes (ARG) Claudia Montino (CHI)

28 October 2023 (2023-10-28) 11:30 United States  1–5  Argentina Grega  9' Report Granatto  13', 44' Thome  22' Gorzelany  50', 60' Umpires: Emi Yamada (JPN) Ana Vázquez Escalanté (MEX)

30 October 2023 (2023-10-30) 09:30 Argentina  21–0  Trinidad and Tobago Campoy  9' Cairó  12', 50' Trinchinetti  17', 32' Gorzelany  22', 23', 24', 36', 43', 58' Raposo  27', 49' Sauze  28' Granatto  33', 40', 42' Thome  40', 54' Jankunas  43', 55' Report Umpires: Victoria Pazos (ARG) Emi Yamada (JPN)

30 October 2023 (2023-10-30) 17:30 Uruguay  0–3  United States Report Tamer  27' Sholder  28' Sessa  29' Umpires: Megan Robertson (CAN) Melina Illanes (ARG)

Pool B

26 October 2023 (2023-10-26) 17:30 Canada  7–1  Cuba Thompson  3', 23', 60' Walton  9', 39' Rae  30', 46' Report Vera  54' Umpires: Maggie Giddens (USA) Ana Vázquez Escalanté (MEX)

26 October 2023 (2023-10-26) 19:30 Chile  10–0  Mexico Rojas  6', 50' Urroz  16', 20', 29', 50' Villagrán  38', 58', 59' Tala  55' Report Umpires: Emi Yamada (JPN) Melina Illanes (ARG)

28 October 2023 (2023-10-28) 17:30 Mexico  1–1  Cuba Cardiel  34' Report Vera  24' Umpires: Meghan McLennan (CAN) Megan Robertson (CAN)

28 October 2023 (2023-10-28) 19:30 Canada  0–2  Chile Report Caram  43' Müller  44' Umpires: Maggie Giddens (USA) Victoria Pazos (ARG)

30 October 2023 (2023-10-30) 11:30 Mexico  0–5  Canada Report Johansen  13', 33', 56' McManus  19' Sawers  39' Umpires: Ayanna McClean (TTO) Claudia Montino (CHI)

30 October 2023 (2023-10-30) 19:30 Chile  2–0  Cuba Villagrán  9' Rojas  50' Report Umpires: Natalia Lodeiro (URU) Ana Vázquez Esclanté (MEX)

Fifth to eighth place classification

Bracket

	Cross-overs				Fifth place
	2 November
	Uruguay	3
	Mexico	0
					4 November
					Uruguay	3
					Cuba	0
					Seventh place
	2 November			4 November
	Cuba	1		Mexico	0
	Trinidad and Tobago	0			Trinidad and Tobago	1

Cross-overs

2 November 2023 (2023-11-02) 09:30 Uruguay  3–0  Mexico Amadeo  17' Viana  25', 36' Report Umpires: Meghan McClennan (CAN) Ayanna McClean (TTO)

2 November 2023 (2023-11-02) 11:45 Cuba  1–0  Trinidad and Tobago Martínez  28' Report Umpires: Claudia Montino (CHI) Natalia Lodeiro (URU)

Seventh and eighth place

4 November 2023 (2023-11-04) 09:30 Mexico  0–1  Trinidad and Tobago Report Thompson  14' Umpires: Natalia Lodeiro (URU) Claudia Montino (CHI)

Fifth and sixth place

4 November 2023 (2023-11-04) 11:45 Uruguay  3–0  Cuba Algorta  19' Amadeo  28' Curutchague  42' Report Umpires: Meghan McLennan (CAN) Victoria Pazos (ARG)

Medal round

A moment of the Argentina v Canadá match

Bracket

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	2 November
	Argentina	3
	Canada	0
					4 November
					Argentina	2
					United States	1
					Bronze medal match
	2 November			4 November
	Chile	1 (1)		Canada	0
	United States	1 (3)			Chile	2

Semi-finals

2 November 2023 (2023-11-02) 17:30 Argentina  3–0  Canada Thome  26' Jankunas  28' Raposo  44' Report Umpires: Maggie Giddens (USA) Ana Vázquez Escalanté (MEX)

2 November 2023 (2023-11-02) 19:45 Chile  1–1  United States Rojas  46' Report Sessa  12' Penalties Avelli Ananías Müller Urroz 1–3 Sessa Sessa Tamer Umpires: Melina Illanes (ARG) Megan Robertson (CAN)

Bronze medal match

4 November 2023 (2023-11-04) 17:30 Canada  0–2  Chile Report Rojas  2', 46' Umpires: Maggie Giddens (USA) Ayanna McClean (TTO)

Gold medal match

4 November 2023 (2023-11-04) 19:45 Argentina  2–1  United States Gorzelany  12' Trinchinetti  51' Report Sessa  30' Umpires: Emi Yamada (JPN) Megan Robertson (CAN)

Team details

Argentina United States GK 14 Clara Barberi DF 2 Sofía Toccalino DF 3 Agustina Gorzelany DF 4 Valentina Raposo DF 32 Valentina Costa Biondi MF 5 Agostina Alonso MF 17 Rocío Sánchez Moccia (c) MF 22 Eugenia Trinchinetti MF 26 Pilar Campoy FW 10 María José Granatto 56' FW 28 Julieta Jankunas 20' 49' Substitutions: FW 11 Delfina Thome 4' MF 18 Victoria Sauze 4' MF 20 Sofía Cairó 5' DF 50 Juana Castellaro 6' Manager: Fernando Ferrara GK 31 Kelsey Bing DF 13 Ashley Hoffman DF 21 Alexandra Hammel MF 16 Linnea Gonzales MF 2 Meredith Sholder 49' MF 3 Ashley Sessa MF 25 Karlie Kisha MF 12 Amanda Golini FW 1 Abigail Tamer FW 9 Madeleine Zimmer FW 20 Leah Crouse Substitutions: FW 4 Danielle Grega 4' DF 7 Jillian Wolgemuth 4' MF 14 Sanne Caarls 3' MF 17 Elizabeth Yeager 3' MF 27 Emma DeBerdine 3' Manager: David Passmore

Statistics

Final standings

Goalscorers

There were 111 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 5.55 goals per match.

11 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH