2025 Junior Pan American Games
 Logo of the 2025 Junior Pan American Games | |
| Host | Asunción, Paraguay |
|---|---|
| Motto | The Heart in the Games Spanish: El Corazón en los Juegos[1] |
| Nations | 41 |
| Events | 334 in 28 sports |
| Opening | August 9 |
| Closing | August 23 |
| Opened by | Santiago Peña |
| Main venue | Estadio Defensores del Chaco |
The 2025 Junior Pan American Games (Spanish: Juegos Panamericanos Junior 2025), also named Asu 2025, are the second edition of the Junior Pan American Games, an international multi-sports event for athletes aged 17 to 22 in the Americas, organized by Panam Sports. It is being held in Asunción, Paraguay between August 9 and 23, 2025. It is the first time that the Pan American Games, either senior or junior, takes place in Paraguay.[2]
Candidate cities
Three cities expressed interest in hosting the games:
- Asunción, Paraguay: At the beginning of the 2022 South American Games, held in Asunción, the President of Paraguay Mario Abdo Benítez announced that the country's capital was being submitted as the host city for the Junior Games with the intention of reusing the infrastructure used for the South American Games.[3]
- Lima, Peru: In 2022, Mayor of Lima Miguel Romero Sotelo, supported by the Peruvian Olympic Committee and the Peruvian Institute of Sport, presented a project submitting Lima as the host city for the games. Infractructure used at the 2019 Pan American Games was expected to be reused for the Junior Games.[4]
- Santa Marta, Colombia: The city was submitted as the host city, celebrating the future 500th year anniversary of the city in 2025. The Junior Games would serve as practice for future bids for other multi-sport events.[5]
The voting process took place on November 28, 2022, at an assembly in Miami, United States. Asunción and Santa Marta were the only official contenders as Lima withdrew its bid a few days before the assembly. With 32 votes over 16, Asunción was chosen as the host city for the games.[6][7]
| City | NOC | Round 1 |
|---|---|---|
| Asuncion |  Paraguay
|
32 |
| Santa Marta |  Colombia
|
16 |
Venues
Most events are set to take place in venues within Asunción and Luque, with especific events at independent venues located in Ypacaraí and Encarnación.
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| Venue | City | Sports | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parque Olímpico | Los Pynandi World Cup Stadium | Greater Asuncion | Beach volleyball |
| National Hockey Centre | Field hockey | ||
| National Skating Centre | Speed skating | ||
| National Archery Centre | Archery | ||
| Olympic Training Centre | 3x3 basketball Judo Karate Wrestling Taekwondo | ||
| Olympic Aquatic Centre | Swimming Diving Artistic swimming | ||
| Estadio Héroes de Curupayty | Rugby sevens | ||
| BMX Park | BMX racing | ||
| Athletics Track | Athletics | ||
| Skatepark | Skateboarding | ||
| Shooting Range | Shooting | ||
| Velodrome | Track cycling | ||
| Secretaría Nacional de Deportes | SND Stadium | Badminton Weightlifting | |
| Block 2 | Fencing | ||
| National Squash Centre | Squash | ||
| Paraguayan Volleyball Federation | Volleyball | ||
| Gymnastics Pavilion | Gymnastics | ||
| Table Tennis Stadium | Table tennis | ||
| SND Arena | Handball | ||
| Costanera Avenue (North) | Road cycling | ||
| Asunción Bay | Rowing Canoeing | ||
| Rakiura Resort | Tennis | ||
| Asunción Golf Club | Golf | ||
| Manene Lake | Ypacaraí | Water skiing | |
| San José Beach | Encarnación | Open water swimming Triathlon Sailing | |
| Club Agua Vista | San Juan del Paraná | Mountain biking | |
The Games
Sports
336 events in 28 sports are expected to be contested. The full sport program was confirmed in 2024. For the 2025 edition, six disciplines were added: open water swimming, BMX freestyle, water skiing, golf, field hockey and rugby sevens. Sports included for the previous editions but dropped for the present were baseball/softball, bowling, boxing and modern pentathlon.[2]
3x3 basketball (2) ()- Aquatics
Artistic swimming (3) ()
Diving (10) ()
Open water swimming (2) ()
Swimming (36) ()
Archery (8) ()
Athletics (45) ()
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Canoeing ()
- Canoe sprint (16)
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Cycling ()
- BMX racing (2)
- BMX freestyle (2)
- Mountain biking (2)
- Road (4)
- Track (12)
Fencing (6) ()
Field hockey (2) ()
Golf (3) ()_pictogram.svg.png)
Gymnastics ()
- Artistic gymnastics (14)
- Rhythmic gymnastics (8)
- Trampoline (4)
Handball (2) ()
Judo (15) ()
Karate (10) ()- Roller sports
Artistic skating (4) (details)
Skateboarding (2) ()
Speed skating (10) (details)
Rowing (13) ()
Rugby sevens (2) ()
Sailing (5) ()
Shooting (11) ()
Squash (7) ()
Table tennis (7) ()
Taekwondo (12) ()
Tennis (5) ()
Triathlon (3) ()- Volleyball
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Beach volleyball (2) ()_pictogram.svg.png)
Volleyball (2) ()
Water skiing (10) ()
Weightlifting (12) ()
Wrestling (18) ()
Participating National Olympic Committees
All 41 nations who are members of the Panam Sports were expected to compete. The numbers in parentheses represents the number of athletes qualified.
| Participating National Olympic Committees |
|---|
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Schedule
| OC | Opening ceremony | ● | Event competitions | 1 | Event finals | CC | Closing ceremony |
| August | 9 Sat |
10 Sun |
11 Mon |
12 Tue |
13 Wed |
14 Thu |
15 Fri |
16 Sat |
17 Sun |
18 Mon |
19 Tue |
20 Wed |
21 Thu |
22 Fri |
23 Sat |
Events | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ceremonies (opening / closing) | OC | CC | — | ||||||||||||||
| 3x3 basketball
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● | ● | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Aquatics | Artistic swimming
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● | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Diving
|
2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| Open water swimming
|
2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Swimming
|
8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 36 | |||||||||||
| Archery
|
● | ● | 8 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Athletics
|
8 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 45 | |||||||||||
| Badminton
|
● | ● | ● | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||
_pictogram.svg.png){kind=small} Canoeing
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4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | ||||||||||||
| Cycling | _pictogram.svg.png){kind=small} BMX
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● | 2 | ● | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||
_pictogram.svg.png){kind=small} Mountain biking
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2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Road
|
2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
_pictogram.svg.png){kind=small} Track
|
4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | ||||||||||||
| Fencing
|
2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Field hockey
|
● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Golf
|
● | 1 | ● | ● | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Gymnastics | Artistic
|
2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | |||||||||||
_pictogram.svg.png){kind=small} Rhythmic
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● | 2 | 6 | 8 | |||||||||||||
_pictogram.svg.png){kind=small} Trampoline
|
● | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Handball
|
● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 2 | |||
| Judo
|
5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 15 | ||||||||||||
| Karate
|
4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Roller sports | Artistic
|
● | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Skateboarding
|
● | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Speed
|
4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Rowing
|
● | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Rugby sevens
|
● | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Sailing
|
● | ● | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Shooting
|
● | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | ||||||||||||
| Squash
|
● | 2 | ● | 3 | ● | 2 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Table tennis
|
● | 1 | 4 | ● | ● | 2 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Taekwondo
|
4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |||||||||||||
| Tennis
|
● | ● | ● | ● | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Triathlon
|
2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Volleyball | Beach
|
● | ● | ● | ● | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Indoor
|
● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 2 | |||
| Water skiing
|
● | ● | 6 | 4 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| Weightlifting
|
4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||||
| Wrestling
|
6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |||||||||||||
| Total events | 0 | 28 | 23 | 41 | 22 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 37 | 39 | 43 | 13 | 0 | |
| Cumulative total | 0 | 28 | 51 | 92 | 114 | 125 | 137 | 148 | 168 | 187 | 204 | 241 | 280 | 323 | 336 | 336 | |
| 9 Sat |
10 Sun |
11 Mon |
12 Tue |
13 Wed |
14 Thu |
15 Fri |
16 Sat |
17 Sun |
18 Mon |
19 Tue |
20 Wed |
21 Thu |
22 Fri |
23 Sat |
Events | ||
Medal table
The official medal table:[44]
* Host nation (Paraguay)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Brazil | 63 | 39 | 48 | 150 |
| 2 |  United States | 42 | 35 | 40 | 117 |
| 3 | Colombia | 38 | 25 | 36 | 99 |
| 4 |  Mexico | 24 | 43 | 42 | 109 |
| 5 |  Argentina | 21 | 35 | 23 | 79 |
| 6 |  Chile | 18 | 16 | 22 | 56 |
| 7 | .svg.png){kind=small} Canada | 15 | 16 | 21 | 52 |
| 8 |  Cuba | 14 | 8 | 12 | 34 |
| 9 |  Venezuela | 10 | 11 | 17 | 38 |
| 10 |  Ecuador | 6 | 11 | 13 | 30 |
| 11 |  Puerto Rico | 5 | 6 | 8 | 19 |
| 12 |  Guatemala | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 13 | Paraguay* | 3 | 4 | 12 | 19 |
| 14 |  Jamaica | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 15 |  Peru | 2 | 3 | 14 | 19 |
| 16 |  Uruguay | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 |
| 17 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 |
| 18 |  Dominican Republic | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 19 |  Virgin Islands | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 20 |  Bahamas | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
 Bolivia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
 Panama | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 23 |  Aruba | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 24 |  Cayman Islands | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 25 |  Dominica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Haiti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 27 |  Bermuda | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
 El Salvador | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 29 |  British Virgin Islands | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 30 |  Barbados | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 |  Guyana | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 32 |  Nicaragua | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 33 |  Costa Rica | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (33 entries) | 280 | 278 | 346 | 904 | |
Broadcasting
The competitions are accessible globally via the Panam Sports Channel website and are also broadcast by rights-holding media partners in various countries.[45]
| Territory | Rights holder |
|---|---|
| Argentina
|
TyC Sports, DeporTV |
| Brazil
|
BandSports (cable), Brazilian Olympic Committee Channel and CazéTV (streaming) |
 Caribbean
|
Rush Sports |
| Canada
|
Fanatiz |
| Colombia
|
Win Sports |
| Costa Rica
|
Trivisión |
| Cuba
|
Tele Rebelde |
| Chile
|
Chilevisión, Televisión Nacional de Chile, Canal 13, Zapping, CDO, NTV |
| Ecuador
|
Zapping |
 Europe
|
ANOC TV |
| Mexico
|
TVC |
| Panamá
|
Medcom, TVN Media, Ser TV, COS Cable |
| Paraguay
|
Unicanal, Trece, Tigo Sports, Paraguay TV |
| Peru
|
Movistar Deportes, Zapping |
| Puerto Rico
|
Telemundo |
 Spain
|
Fanatiz |
| United States
| |
| Uruguay
|
Canal 5 |
| Venezuela
|
TVes |
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