 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 |
| Athletes | 3,975 |
| Events | 336 in 28 sports |
| Opening | August 9 |
| Closing | August 23 |
| Opened by | Santiago Peña |
| Cauldron lighter | Fabrizio Zanotti |
| Main venue | Defensores del Chaco Stadium (opening) Olympic Park (closing) |
The2025 Junior Pan American Games (Spanish:Juegos Panamericanos Junior 2025), also namedAsu 2025, were the second edition of theJunior Pan American Games, an internationalmulti-sports event for athletes aged 17 to 22 in theAmericas, organized byPanam Sports. It was held inAsunción,Paraguay between August 9 and 23, 2025. It was the first time that thePan American Games, either senior or junior, took place inParaguay.[2]
Three cities expressed interest in hosting the games:
The voting process took place on November 28, 2022, at an assembly inMiami, United States.Asunción andSanta Marta were the only official contenders asLima 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Asunción |  Paraguay | 32 |
| Santa Marta |  Colombia | 16 |
Most events took place in venues withinAsunción andLuque, with especific events at independent venues located inYpacaraí andEncarnación.
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| Venue | City | Sports | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parque Olímpico | Los Pynandi World Cup Stadium | Gran Asunción | 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 Artistic skating | ||
| 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 | |
336 events in 28 sports were 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 andrugby sevens. Sports included for the previous editions but dropped for the present werebaseball/softball,bowling,boxing andmodern pentathlon.[2]
3x3 basketball(2) (details)
Artistic swimming(3) (details)
Diving(10) (details)
Open water swimming(2) (details)
Swimming(36) (details)
Archery(8) (details)
Athletics(45) (details)
Badminton(3) (details)
Canoeing (details)
Cycling (details)
Fencing(6) (details)
Field hockey(2) (details)
Golf(3) (details)
Gymnastics (details)
Handball(2) (details)
Judo(15) (details)
Karate(10) (details)
Artistic skating(4)(details)
Skateboarding(2) (details)
Speed skating(10)(details)
Rowing(13) (details)
Rugby sevens(2) (details)
Sailing(5) (details)
Shooting(11) (details)
Squash(7) (details)
Table tennis(7) (details)
Taekwondo(12) (details)
Tennis(5) (details)
Triathlon(3) (details)
Beach volleyball(2) (details)
Volleyball(2) (details)
Water skiing(10) (details)
Weightlifting(12) (details)
Wrestling(18) (details)All 41 nations who are members of thePanam Sports competed at this edition with a total of 3,975 athletes. The numbers in parentheses represents the number of athletes competed.
| ParticipatingNational Olympic Committees |
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| 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 | ● | ● | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Aquatics |  Artistic swimming | ● | 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) Canoeing | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | ||||||||||||
| Cycling | _pictogram.svg) BMX | ● | 2 | ● | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||
_pictogram.svg) Mountain biking | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
_pictogram.svg) Road | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
_pictogram.svg) Track | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | ||||||||||||
 Fencing | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||||
 Field hockey | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
 Golf | ● | 1 | ● | ● | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Gymnastics | _pictogram.svg) Artistic | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | |||||||||||
_pictogram.svg) Rhythmic | ● | 2 | 6 | 8 | |||||||||||||
_pictogram.svg) 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 | _pictogram.svg) Beach | ● | ● | ● | ● | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
_pictogram.svg) 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 | ||
The official medal table:[44]
* Host nation (Paraguay)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Brazil | 70 | 50 | 55 | 175 |
| 2 |  United States | 54 | 43 | 45 | 142 |
| 3 | Colombia | 48 | 27 | 40 | 115 |
| 4 |  Mexico | 29 | 45 | 55 | 129 |
| 5 |  Argentina | 27 | 38 | 30 | 95 |
| 6 |  Canada | 19 | 21 | 23 | 63 |
| 7 |  Cuba | 19 | 13 | 15 | 47 |
| 8 |  Chile | 18 | 19 | 28 | 65 |
| 9 |  Venezuela | 12 | 15 | 19 | 46 |
| 10 |  Puerto Rico | 7 | 7 | 13 | 27 |
| 11 |  Guatemala | 7 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 12 |  Ecuador | 6 | 13 | 14 | 33 |
| 13 |  Jamaica | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 |
| 14 | Paraguay* | 3 | 6 | 14 | 23 |
| 15 |  Peru | 3 | 5 | 15 | 23 |
| 16 |  Uruguay | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 |
| 17 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 |
| 18 |  Dominican Republic | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 19 |  Virgin Islands | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 20 |  Bolivia | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 21 |  Bahamas | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
 Nicaragua | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
 Panama | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 24 |  Aruba | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 |  Cayman Islands | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 26 |  Dominica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Haiti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 28 |  Bermuda | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
 El Salvador | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 30 |  British Virgin Islands | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Grenada | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 32 |  Barbados | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 |  Guyana | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 34 |  Costa Rica | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (34 entries) | 338 | 334 | 414 | 1,086 | |
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 andCazéTV (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 |
