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The 2025 Junior Pan American Games (Spanish: Juegos Panamericanos Junior 2025), also named Asu25, 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 set to be 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]
| Host | Asunción, Paraguay |
|---|---|
| Motto | The Heart in the Games Spanish: El Corazón en los Juegos[1] |
| Nations | 41 |
| Opening | August 9 |
| Closing | August 23 |
| Main venue | Estadio General Pablo Rojas |
Candidate cities
editThree 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]
Venues
editMost 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 | Luque | Beach volleyball |
| National Hockey Centre | Field hockey | ||
| National Skating Centre | Speed skating | ||
| National Archery Centre | Archery | ||
| Olympic Training Centre | Basketball 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 | Block 1 | Asunción | Weightlifting |
| Block 2 | Fencing | ||
| National Squash Centre | Squash | ||
| Paraguayan Volleyball Federation | Volleyball | ||
| Gymnastics Pavilion | Gymnastics | ||
| Paraguayan Table Tennis Federation | Table tennis | ||
| SND Arena | Handball | ||
| Costanera Sur | Road cycling | ||
| Bahía de Asunción | Rowing Canoeing | ||
| Rakiura Resort | Tennis | ||
| Asunción Golf Club | Golf | ||
| Manene Lake | Ypacaraí | Water skiing | |
| San José Beach | San Juan del Paraná | Open water swimming Triathlon Sailing | |
| Club Agua Vista | Encarnación | Mountain biking | |
The Games
editSports
edit28 sports are expected to be contested. The full sport program was confirmed in 2024. For the 2025 edition, seven disciplines were added: open water swimming, basketball, BMX freestyle, water skiing, golf, field hockey, and rugby sevens. Sports included for the previous editions but dropped for the present were baseball, bowling, boxing, modern pentathlon, and softball.[2]
- Aquatics
Artistic swimming ()
Diving ()
Open water swimming ()
Swimming ()
Archery ()
Athletics ()
Badminton ()- Basketball
Basketball ()
3x3 basketball ()
Canoeing ()
Cycling ()
Fencing ()
Field hockey ()
Golf ()
Gymnastics ()
Handball ()
Judo ()
Karate ()- Roller sports
Rowing ()
Rugby sevens ()
Sailing ()
Shooting ()
Squash ()
Table tennis ()
Taekwondo ()
Tennis ()
Triathlon ()- Volleyball
Beach volleyball ()
Volleyball ()
Water skiing ()
Weightlifting ()
Wrestling ()
Participating National Olympic Committees
editAll 41 nations who are members of the Panam Sports were expected to compete. The numbers in parentheses represents the number of athletes qualified.
References
edit- ^ "ASU2025 PRESENTS OFFICIAL MOTTO FOR THE JUNIOR PAN AMERICAN GAMES: "THE HEART IN THE GAMES"". PanAm Sports. January 23, 2025. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
- ^ a b "PANAM SPORTS DEFINES THE SPORTS PROGRAM FOR THE ASUNCION 2025 JUNIOR PAN AMERICAN GAMES". PanAm Sports. December 17, 2024. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
- ^ "Paraguay buscará alojar los Panamericanos Junior 2025". Secretaría Nacional de Deportes (in Spanish). September 28, 2022. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
- ^ "Lima apoya al Comité Olímpico Peruano para albergar los Juegos Panamericanos Junior 2025". Depor (in Spanish). September 26, 2022. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
- ^ "SANTA MARTA OFFICIALLY SUBMITS BID TO BECOME HOST CITY OF 2025 JUNIOR PAN AMERICAN GAMES". PanAm Sports. July 27, 2022. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
- ^ "ASUNCION IS ELECTED HOST OF THE NEXT JUNIOR PAN AMERICAN GAMES 2025". PanAm Sports. November 28, 2022. Retrieved May 2, 2025.