By Tariq Ali
Trinidad & Tobago men's hockey team won the men's hockey Pan American Challenge Championship 2024 in Lima, Peru. In the final match at Andres Avelino Caceras Sports Complex, Lima, Peru, Trinidad & Tobago defeated Peru by a good margin 6-0.
Paraguay defeated Guatemala by 2-1 to win the bronze medal.
Trinidad & Tobago qualified for the men's Pan American Cup 2025 to be held in Montevideo, Uruguay, next August.
Final Standings of the Pan American Champions Challenge
1 Trinidad & Tobago 2 Peru 3 Paraguay 4 Guatemala
Highest match scores
Trinidad & Tobago 13-0 Paraguay
Trinidad & Tobago 11-0 Guatemala
Trinidad & Tobago 13-1 Paraguay
Hat trick scorers in a match
7 goals - Teague Marcano - Trinidad & Tobago 13-1 Paraguay
6 goals - Teague Marcano - Trinidad & Tobago 13-0 Paraguay
4 goals - Teague Marcano - Trinidad & Tobago 9-0 Guatemala
4 goals - Teague Marcano - Trinidad & Tobago 6-1 Peru
4 goals - Teague Marcano - Trinidad & Tobago 11-0 Guatemala
3 goals - Shaquille Daniel - Trinidad 7 Tobago 11-0 Guatemala
Top goal scorer
29 goals - Teague Marcano - Trinidad & Tobago
World Records established by Teague Marcano
Most goals scored in an edition
The goal machine of Trinidad & Tobago, Teague Marcano created a new world record mark by scoring most goals in an edition of any field hockey international competition.
Teague Marcano scored 29 goals in this edition.
Following is the list of the players who scored most goals in an edition of the International field hockey competitions
29 goals - Teague Marcano (Trinidad & Tobago) - Pan American Challenge, Lima, 2024
26 goals - Jorge Lombi (Argentina) - Pan American Cup, London, 2004
25 goals - Yoandy Blanco (Cuba) - Pan American Qualifiers, Havana, 2003
22 goals - Darshan Singh (India) - Invitational event, Ahmedabad, 1962
19 goals - Jorge Lombi (Argentina) - World Cup Qualifiers, Edinburgh, 2001
18 goals - Ties Kruize (Netherlands) - Olympic Games, Munich, 1972
18 goals - Paul Litjens (Netherlands) - Invitational event, Amsterdam, 1978
18 goals - Sam Ben (Venezuela) - FIH Hockey World League (Round 1), Suva, 2016
18 goals - Jang Jong-hyun (South Korea) - Asian Games, 2022, Hangzhou, 2023
18 goals - Harmanpreet Singh (India) - FIH Hockey Pro League, 2021-22
18 goals - Harmanpreet Singh (India) - FIH Hockey Pro League, 2022-23
Teague Marcano scored 29 goals in an edition of the Pan American Challenge, Lima, 2024, he scored five hat tricks including two double hat tricks in this edition, a world record
Following is the list of the players who scored most hat tricks in an edition
5 hat tricks - Paul Litjens (Netherlands) - Invitational event, Amsterdam, 1978
5 hat tricks - Teague Marcano (Trinidad & Tobago) - Pan American Challenge, Lima, 2024
4 hat tricks - Jorge Lombi (Argentia) - World Cup Qualifiers, Edinburgh, 2001
4 hat tricks - Jorge Lombi (Argentina) - Pan American Cup, London, Canada, 2004
4 hat tricks - Yoandy Blanco (Cuba) - Pan American Qualifiers, Havana, 2003
Following is the list of the players scored most hat tricks in the consecutive matches
5 hat tricks - Paul Litjens (Netherlands) - Invitational event, Amsterdam, 1978
5 hat tricks - Teague Marcano (Trinidad & Tobago) - Pan American Challenge, Lima, 2024