First team slots for Santiago 2023 awarded

Nov 24, 2022

The team competition of the Pan American Championship took place yesterday, November 23. 

The Barebow category took the first medals of the competition, but for the compound and recurve categories, in addition to the medals, the team tickets for the Pan American Games of Santiago 2023 were also at stake.

In both recurve and compound, 5 team places were given at the Pan American Championships for the top 5 teams in the team rounds. 

If there is a tie for the last qualifying position (same number of set points and/or total score in the lost match), a three-arrow shoot-off will be played between the tied teams. 

The decisive matches were the quarterfinals. All teams that won their match and advanced to the semifinals secured their tickets for the upcoming year.

 

Recurve men team

The first teams to win their ticket were Mexico and Colombia.  Mexico won against Argentina 6-0 in the quarterfinals. Colombia also won their match 6-0 against Cuba.

The next team was the USA who won 5-1 against Brazil. The fourth team to win their match was Chile. They won against Canada by one point difference in tiebreaker arrows with a final score of 5-4. Since Chile has already secured its ticket in this category, both Canada in fifth place and Brazil in sixth place earned a ticket to Santiago 2023.

  • Mexico vs Colombia for the gold
  1. USA
  2. Chile
  3. Canada 
  4. Brazil 
  5. Cuba 
  6. Argentina 

 

Recurve women team

The USA and Mexico won the first places for Santiago in the recurve women’s team. The USA won 6-0 against the Dominican Republic. Mexico also won their match 6-0 against Chile. Brazil was the third team to win their match with a final score of 6-2 against Cuba. The fourth team to advance to the semifinals was Team Canada who won 5-3 against Colombia. Colombia. Colombia stayed in the fifth position by having 3 set points.

  • United States vs. Mexico for the gold
  1. Canada
  2. Brazil
  3. Colombia 
  4. Cuba 
  5. Chile 
  6. Dominican Republic

 

Compound men team

The USA won their quarterfinal match and the ticket to the Santiago 2023 Games against Puerto Rico 230-228. Another team that won the match with 230 points was the team from El Salvador. They faced Canada with a final score of 230-228 in favor of the Salvadorans. Guatemala also won a place in this category. They won their match against Mexico 236-226. The last quarterfinal match was won by Colombia 229-224 against Costa Rica. 

Puerto Rico and Canada tied for fifth place with 228 points. A was needed to determine who would win a spot in the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago. Each team’s archer shot an arrow and Canada was the winner.

  • USA vs. Colombia for the gold
  1. Guatemala
  2. El Salvador
  3. Canada
  4. Puerto Rico
  5. Mexico
  6. Costa Rica

 

Compound women team

In the quarterfinals, Colombia won against Dominican Republic 230-225. El Salvador, Mexico and the United States won their match with 229 points. El Salvador faced Puerto Rico, 229-223. The USA faced Brazil 229-226. Finally Mexico faced Chile 229-219. By one point difference between Brazil and Dominican Republic, Brazil placed fifth and won the last spot in the compound women team. 

  • Colombia vs. Mexico for the gold
  1. USA
  2. El Salvador
  3. Brazil 
  4. Dominican Republic
  5. Puerto Rico
  6. Chile

 

The team finals for the gold medal will be held on Saturday, November 26.