Event Categories

The 2018 XVI Pan American Junior Championships will comprise three main events: Individual, Doubles and Teams.

INDIVIDUAL EVENT
Each country shall be permitted to enter up to four (4) men and four (4) women.

DOUBLES EVENT
Each country shall be permitted to be represented by one (1) men’s couple, one (1) women’s couple and (1) mixed couple.

TEAMS EVENT
Each country shall be permitted to participate with a men’s team and a women’s team (minimum of 2 and maximum of 4 athletes).

ELIGIBILITY

A National Federation is eligible to enter in a championship if it is a paid-up Full Member of the FPS and is not indebted to the FPS by its failure to pay any relevant FPS dues or Championship entry fees. The members must have paid member dues for the quadrennial to date starting after the Pan American Games and finished the year of the Games.

All players must be under the age of 19 as of the final day of the championship. Players must provide a copy of their passport to the Championship office prior to the first Technical Meeting. In the case of any queries, the original passport must be shown to the Technical Director.

ELEGIBILITY OF ATHLETES
A player is eligible to represent a country in a Panamerican Championship if he has been born in the country, or is a citizen of, or became a naturalized citizen of, or has resided in, the country for at least three years immediately preceding the Championship.
NOTE: Notwithstanding the above, a player is ineligible to represent a country if he has represented another country in the three years preceding the Start Date in a recognized International Squash Championship (e.g. WSF World Championship, Regional Championship, official Match between National Federations) in any age group.

NATIONALITY OF COMPETITORS
in the year preceding a Pan Am Games, where the Panamerican Championships is the qualifying event for the Pan Am Games, the athlete eligibility for the events is the same. Any competitor in the qualifying event Pan American Championships must be a national of the country (i.e. hold a passport) of the FPS member entering them.

RULES

The Championships will be carried out in accordance with the Official Regulations established by the Panamerican Squash Federation (FPS) - in force at the date of the competitions.

OFFICIAL BALL

The official ball for the competitions shall be DUNLOP as determined by the Organizing Committee: black double yellow dot, green dot (altitude) and/or white (glass court) for all the courts.

PROTECTIVE EYEWEAR

All players and attendees must comply with the WSF Protective Eyeware Regulation http://www.worldsquash.org/ws/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/140425_Protective-Eyewear-Information.pdf, which requires that eyewear meet specific standards at all times during accredited play. If a player persists in entering the court without eyewear, the player will lose the match. Additionally, the wearing of protective eyewear is mandatory for all participants in doubles event.