Pan Am Championships

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The Pan American Badminton Championships is a tournament organized since 1977 by the Badminton Pan America (BPA) to crown the best badminton players in the Americas. The tournament was held every year from 1977 until 1980, then every two years from 1987 until 2007. It is now organized annually, except once every four years when the Pan American Games multi-sports event is held. Badminton is part of the Pan American Games since 1995. Since then, 2007 was the only year both events (the Pan American Badminton Championships and the Pan American Games) were held simultaneously in the same year. The Pan American Badminton Championships once had a Grand Prix status.

Pan Am-mesterskaberne er et stort badmintonstævne, som afholdes hvert andet år af den panamerikanske badmintonforbund (PABF). Turneringen er åben for alle medlemmer PABF, og det konkurreres i fem discipliner: herresingle, damesingle, herredouble, damedouble og mixed double.

Den første turnering blev afholdt i 1977 i Vancouver, Canada, og den er siden blevet afholdt i forskellige byer i Amerika. Den seneste turnering blev afholdt i Guadalajara, Mexico, i 2019.

Pan Am-mesterskaberne er en af de vigtigste badmintonstævner i Amerika, og det tiltrækker nogle af de bedste badmintonspillere fra hele kontinentet. Turneringen er også en kvalifikationsturnering til verdensmesterskaberne og OL.