By Tariq Ali
The Mexican women's hockey team won Pan American Challenge for the first time this year beating Paraguay in the penalty shootout. Mexico scored 2-2 at the end of the full regular time, in the penalty shootout they scored 4 goals to two at Hamilton, Bermuda, 2024.
Guyana defeated Bermuda by 2-1 for the bronze medal match.
Brazil got the last fifth place in the competition.
Mexico team qualified for the Women's Pan American Cup, 2025 in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Final standings
2011 - 1 Uruguay 2 Guyana 3 Brazil 4 Paraguay 5 Bermuda - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2015 - 1 Brazil 2 Barbados 3 Peru 4 Puerto Rico 5 Panama - Chiclayo, Peru
2021 - 1 Peru 2 Trinidad and Tobago 3 , Peru 4 Brazil - Lima, Peru
2024 - 1 Mexico 2 Paraguay 3 Guyana 4 Bermuda 5 Brazil - Hamilton, Bermuda
Statistics
2011 - Matches 12 Goals 44 Average 3.67
2015 - Matches 13 Goals 61 Average 4.69
2021 - Matches 10 Goals 24 Average 2.4
2024 - Matches 10 Goals 25 Average 2.5
Highest match scores
2011 - Uruguay 6-0 Bermuda; Guyana 6-0 Bermuda; Uruguay 6-0 Guyana
2015 - Barbados 10-0 Panama
2021 - Paraguay 3-1 Brazil
2024 - Mexico 5-0 Bermuda
The hat trick scorers
2011 - nil
2015 - 3 goals - Mayara Fedrizzi - Brazil 7-0 Panama; Tammisha Small Barbados 10-0 Panama
2021 - nil
2024 - 3 goals - Grecia Mendoza - Mexico 5-0 Bermuda
The top goal scorers
2011- 4 goals - Maria Servian (Paraguay), Karina Besignano and Lucia de Maria (Uruguay)
2015 - 7 goals - Mayara Fedrizzi (Brazil)
2021 - 4 goals - Marina Montes (Peru)
2024 - 6 goals - Grecia Mendoza (Mexico)