A Pan American Championship is a top level international sports competition between athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional
sports club
A sports club or sporting club, sometimes an athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a group of people formed for the purpose of playing sports.
Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...
s in the
Americas
The Americas, which are sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North and South America. The Americas make up most of the land in Earth's Western Hemisphere and comprise the New World.
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. Typically these championships are recurring, the most common formats being annual, biennial and quadrennial. The
Pan American Games
The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is held ...
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.
Major tournaments
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Pan American Games
The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is held ...
, a
multi-sport event
A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, featuring competition in many different sports among organized teams of athletes from (mostly) nation-states. The first major, modern, multi-sport event of interna ...
between competitors from all nations in the
Americas
The Americas, which are sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North and South America. The Americas make up most of the land in Earth's Western Hemisphere and comprise the New World.
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Championship
In sport, a championship is a competition in which the aim is to decide which individual or team is the champion.
Championship systems
Various forms of competition can be referred to by the term championship.
Title match system
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World championship
A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...
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African Championship An African Championship is a top level international sports competition between African athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs.
List of Championships
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*African Championships in Athl ...
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Asian Championship
An Asian Championship is a top level international sports competition between Asian athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs.
List of Championships (Summer Olympic Sports)
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Central American Championships (disambiguation) Central American Championships may refer to:
*Central American Handball Championship
*Central American Championships in Athletics
* Central American Junior and Youth Championships in Athletics
*Centrobasket
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European Championship
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European Junior Championships (disambiguation) The European Junior Championships can refer to:
* European Junior Alpine Skiing Championships
* EFAF European Junior Championship, biennial American football tournament
*European Athletics Junior Championships
*European Junior Badminton Championshi ...
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North American Championship A North American Championship is a top level international sports competition between North American athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs.
List of Championships
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Canadian Championships Canadian Championships refers to a number of national-level competition in Canada. It may refer to:
* Canadian Championship, a soccer tournament
* Canadian Figure Skating Championships
* Canadian Professional Figure Skating Championships
* Canadi ...
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Oceania Championship
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South American Championship A South American Championship is a top level international sports competition between South American athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs.
List of Championships
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