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.

Countries usually participating in Pan American championships.

Major tournaments

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

See also

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