Pan American U11 & U13 Championships 2025

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Pan American U11 & U13 Championships 2025 (Pan American Minicadet Championships) takes place from September 3 to 10, 2025 in Antigua Guatemala (Guatemala). The tournament is organized by the Federación Nacional de Tenis de Mesa de Guatemala (National Table Tennis Federation of Guatemala, FNTMG) under the auspices of ITTF Americas (Pan American Table Tennis Confederation). The championships feature competitions among minicadets (under 11 and 13 years old).

The event includes team, doubles, mixed doubles and singles competitions for boys and girls in the minicadet age categories (U11 & U13).

Participants
Participants of the Pan American U11 & U13 Championships 2025 (Players list) - participants list of the Pan American U11 & U13 Championships 2025 on the ITTF website
Only associations with no outstanding debts (including 2025 membership fees to ITTF-Americas) are eligible to nominate players. The eligibility of players is regulated by articles 3.8 and 4.2.3 of the ITTF Handbook. Each association may nominate up to 4 players per gender. The 8 players invited by the U11 and U13 World Ranking may only compete in singles and doubles (pairs in doubles may only consist of players from the same association).
Players born on or after January 1, 2012, are eligible to compete in the Under 11 category.
Players born on or after January 1, 2010, are eligible to compete in the Under 13 category.

Playing System
Team Event

The New Swaythling Cup format will be used. Each national association may enter one team per category and gender, except the host association, which is allowed to enter two teams. A team shall consist of a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 4 players.
Order of play:

1. A – X
2. B – Y
3. C – Z
4. A – Y
5. B – X

All matches are played best of five games, up to three wins. The competition will be played in two stages:

• Stage 1: preliminary groups of 3–4 teams (round-robin system).
• Stage 2: knockout stage for positions 1–8 (main draw) and 9–16 (consolation event).

The host association may enter double the number of teams.

Doubles Events

The doubles (BD, GD) and mixed doubles (XD) competitions will be played in a knockout format. Each national association may enter up to 2 pairs in each doubles event and 4 pairs in mixed doubles. Matches are best of 5 games. Pairs must consist of players from the same association. The host association may enter double the number of pairs.

Singles Event

The singles competitions will be played in two stages:

• Stage 1: groups of 3–4 players. Matches best of 5 games.
• Stage 2: knockout stage. Matches best of 5 games.

Useful links

Pan American U11 & U13 Championships 2025 - link to the Pan American U11 & U13 Championships 2025 on the ITTF website
Pan American U11 & U13 Championships 2025 - link to the Pan American U11 & U13 Championships 2025 on the ITTF Americas website
ITTF Campeonato Panamericano U11 & U13 2025 GUA - playlist of the Pan American U11 & U13 Championships 2025 on the ITTF Americas YouTube channel
Pan American U11 & U13 Championships 2025 Playing System - playing system of the Pan American U11 & U13 Championships 2025 on the ITTF Americas website
Pan American U11 & U13 Championships 2025 General Schedule - schedule of the Pan American U11 & U13 Championships 2025 on the ITTF website
Participants of the Pan American U11 & U13 Championships 2025 (Players list) - participants list of the Pan American U11 & U13 Championships 2025 on the ITTF website

 

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Pan American U11 & U13 Championships (Mini-Cadet Pan American Championships) is the continental table tennis championship for mini-cadets (U13 & U11), organized by the local organizing committee (table tennis federation) under the auspices of ITTF Americas (Pan American Table Tennis Confederation).

Currently, the competitions include team, doubles, mixed doubles, and singles events for boys and girls in two age categories — U13 & U11.

Tournament History

Previously, youth competitions of this level were held in different regions: North, Central, and Latin America, as well as the Caribbean. However, after the creation of ITTF Americas — the Pan American Table Tennis Confederation — it was decided to organize joint tournaments, where players and teams are selected from across the continents according to specific quotas.
The first such tournament took place in Cuenca (Ecuador) in 2021. The inaugural champions were Bedoya Sebastian (Colombia) and Lin Yishiuan (USA) in the U13 category, as well as Otalvaro Emanuel (Colombia) and Piyadasa Tashiya (USA) in the U11 category.
Currently, the competitions include team, doubles, mixed doubles, and singles events for boys and girls in two age categories — U13 & U11. The only change came in 2025, when the team event format switched from the Courbillon Cup system to the new New Swaythling Cup system, which requires three players (instead of two). Therefore, at this championship, only the host nation is allowed to field two teams.
The record holders of the tournament so far are Otalvaro Emanuel (Colombia) and Piyadasa Tashiya (USA), each having won one gold medal in singles in the U11 and U13 categories respectively.