Pan American Championship

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Countries usually participating in Pan American championships

A Pan American Championship is a top-level international sports competition between athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs in the Americas. Typically these championships are recurring, the most common formats being annual, biennial and quadrennial. The Pan American Games is the highest level sporting competition for the region. It is common for there to be sport-specific governing bodies to organise these regional competitions, such as the Pan American Judo Confederation.

Major tournaments

Sport	Name	Continents/Nations	First edition
File:Archery pictogram.svg Archery	Pan American Archery Championships	Americas	1972
File:Synchronized swimming pictogram.svg Artistic swimming	Pan American Artistic Swimming Championships	Americas	2010
File:Pictgram running man.svg Athletics	Pan American Race Walking Cup Pan American Combined Events Cup Pan American Cross Country Cup	Americas	1984 2005 2015
File:Badminton pictogram.svg Badminton	Pan American Badminton Championships	Americas	1977
File:Baseball pictogram.svg Baseball	Pan American Baseball Championship / Copa América	Americas	1985
File:Basketball pictogram.svg Basketball	FIBA AmeriCup	Americas	1980
File:Beach handball pictogram.svg Beach handball	Pan American Beach Handball Championship	Americas	1998
File:Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing	Pan American Boxing Championships	Americas	1990
File:Jiu-jitsu pictogram.svg Brazilian jiu-jitsu	Pan IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship Pan IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship	Americas	1996 2007
File:Chess pictogram.svg Chess	Pan American Chess Championship	Americas	1945
File:Cricket pictogram.svg Cricket	ICC Americas Championship	Americas	2000
File:Cycling pictogram.svg Cycling	Pan American Cycling Championships Pan American Mountain Bike Championships	Americas	1974 1996
File:Fencing pictogram.svg Fencing	Pan American Fencing Championships	Americas	2006
File:Field hockey pictogram.svg Field hockey	Men's Pan American Cup Women's Pan American Cup	Americas	2000 2001
File:Football pictogram.svg Football (soccer)	CONCACAF Gold Cup Copa América Panamerican Championship	North America-Central America-Caribbean South America Americas	1991 1916 1952
File:Gymnastics pictogram.svg Gymnastics	Pan American Gymnastics Championships	Americas	1997
File:Handball pictogram.svg Handball	Pan American Men's Handball Championship Pan American Women's Handball Championship	Americas	1980 1986
File:Ice hockey pictogram.svg Ice hockey	Pan American Ice Hockey Tournament	Americas	2014
File:Indoor hockey pictogram.svg Indoor hockey	Men's Indoor Pan American Cup Women's Indoor Pan American Cup	Americas	2002
File:Judo pictogram.svg Judo	Pan American Judo Championships	Americas	1952
File:Karate pictogram.svg Karate	Pan American Karate Championships	Americas	2019
File:Korfball pictogram.svg Korfball	Pan-American Korfball Championship	Americas	2014
File:Racquetball pictogram.svg Racquetball	Pan American Racquetball Championships	Americas	1987
File:Roller hockey pictogram.svg Rink hockey	Rink Hockey American Cup	Americas	2007
File:Rugby union pictogram.svg Rugby union	PARA Pan American Championship Americas Rugby Championship (top 6 rugby union teams)	Americas	1995 2009
File:Squash pictogram.svg Squash	Pan American Squash Championships	Americas	2002
File:Taekwondo pictogram.svg Taekwondo	Pan American Taekwondo Championships	Americas	1978
File:Tennis pictogram.svg Tennis	Pan American Championships	Americas	1943–1969
File:Triathlon pictogram.svg Triathlon	Pan American Triathlon Championships	Americas	1991
File:Volleyball (indoor) pictogram.svg Volleyball	Volleyball America's Cup Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup	Americas	1998 2002 2006
File:Water polo pictogram.svg Water polo	Pan American Water Polo Championships	Americas	2006
File:Weightlifting pictogram.svg Weightlifting	Pan American Weightlifting Championships	Americas	1982
File:Wheelchair rugby - Paralympic pictogram.svg Wheelchair rugby	IWRF Americas Championship	Americas	2009
File:Wrestling pictogram.svg Wrestling	Pan American Wrestling Championships	Americas	1984
File:Wushu pictogram.svg Wushu	Pan American Wushu Championships	Americas	1996

See also

• Pan American Games, a multi-sport event between competitors from all nations in the Americas
• Championship
• World championship
  • African Championship
  • Asian Championship
  • Central American Championships (disambiguation)
  • European Championship
    • European Junior Championships (disambiguation)
  • North American Championship
    • Canadian Championships
  • Oceania Championship
  • South American Championship