Baseball at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's tournament

Baseball – Women's tournament at the XVII Pan American Games
Venue President's Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark
Dates July 20–26, 2015
Competitors 90 from 5 nations
Medalists
  United States
  Canada
  Venezuela

The women's baseball tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, was held at the President's Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark in Ajax, from July 20 to 26.[1] Women's baseball was making its Pan American Games debut, after being added to the program at the 2013 Pan American Sports Organization's general assembly.[2]

For these Games, the women competed in a 5-team tournament. The teams were grouped into one single pool and all teams played each other in a round-robin preliminary round. The top two teams after the round robin played for gold, and teams ranked third and fourth contested the bronze-medal match.[3]

Qualification

A total of five women's team qualified to compete at the games. Canada as host nation qualified automatically, along with the top four nations at the qualification event held in March 2015.[3] Women's rosters can have a maximum of 18 athletes.[3][4]

Summary

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation N/A N/A 1  Canada
2015 Pan American Women's Baseball Championships[5] March 8–15 Dominican Republic Concepción de la Vega 4  United States
 Venezuela
 Cuba
 Puerto Rico
Total5

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Women's tournament  United States (USA)[6][7]
 Canada (CAN)[8]
 Venezuela (VEN)[9]
  • Migreily Angulo
  • Ofelia Arrieche
  • Sor Brito
  • Dayvis Cazorla
  • Giddelys Cumana
  • Ingrid Escobar
  • Osmari Garcia
  • Daily Gimenez
  • Lelis Gomez
  • Oriannys Hernandez
  • Kerlys Pérez
  • Marianne Pérez
  • Esquia Rengel
  • Leonela Reyes
  • Maria Rincon
  • Astrid Rodriguez
  • Patricia Segovia
  • Maigleth Torres

Rosters

At the start of tournament, all five participating countries had up to 18 players on their rosters.[3]

Results

The official detailed schedule was revealed on April 20, 2015.[10]

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)

Preliminary round

The Pan Am Ball Park in Ajax, was the venue for the women's baseball competition
Team
 G W L RS RA RD
 United States 440337+26
 Canada 431269+17
 Venezuela 4223230+2
 Puerto Rico 4131727–10
 Cuba 404843–35
Qualified for the Gold medal match
Qualified for the Bronze medal match
20 July 2015
15:00
 United States  10–6  Venezuela President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 847
Boxscore
20 July 2015
19:00
 Cuba  1–13  Canada President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 1,602
Boxscore
21 July 2015
15:00
 Cuba  5–6  Puerto Rico President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 975
Boxscore
21 July 2015
19:00
 Venezuela  3–9  Canada President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 1,375
Boxscore
22 July 2015
15:00
 Canada  3–2  Puerto Rico President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 1,775
Boxscore
22 July 2015
19:00
 United States  11–0  Cuba President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 773
Boxscore
23 July 2015
15:00
 Cuba  2–13  Venezuela President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 977
Boxscore
23 July 2015
19:00
 Puerto Rico  0–9  United States President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 547
Boxscore
24 July 2015
15:00
 Venezuela  10–9  Puerto Rico President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 1,803
Boxscore
24 July 2015
19:00
 Canada  1–3  United States President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 3,469
Boxscore

Medal round

  Bronze medal     Gold medal
                 
     Canada 3
   Venezuela 1      United States 11
   Canada 6  

Bronze medal match

25 July 2015
19:00
 3rd, bronze medalist(s) Venezuela  1–6  Canada President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 2,847
Boxscore

Gold medal match

26 July 2015
12:00
 2nd, silver medalist(s) Canada  3–11  United States 1st, gold medalist(s) President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 5,224
Boxscore

Final standings

Rank Team Record
 United States5–0
 Canada4–2
 Venezuela2–3
4  Puerto Rico1–3
5  Cuba0–4

References

  1. ↑ "Pan Am Games Detailed Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. September 15, 2014. Retrieved September 16, 2014.
  2. ↑ "2015 Pan Am Games to include women's baseball". baseball.ca/. Baseball Canada. February 11, 2013. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Sport Technical Manual Baseball". scribd.com. TO2015. Retrieved June 13, 2015.
  4. ↑ Morosi, Jon Paul (January 21, 2014). "Sources: MLB to allow minor leaguers to play in Pan American Games". foxsports.com/. FOX Sports. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
  5. ↑ "USA wins Women's Baseball Pan Am Qualifier". ibaf.org/. International Baseball Federation (IBAF). March 12, 2015. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
  6. ↑ "2015 Women's Pan American Games Roster". USAbaseball.com. USA Baseball. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Baseball: Women: Team Roster: USA - United States" (PDF). Toronto2015.org. Pan American Games. July 19, 2015. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Baseball: Women: Team Roster: CAN - Canada" (PDF). Toronto2015.org. Pan American Games. July 19, 2015. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Baseball: Women: Team Roster: VEN - Venezuela" (PDF). Toronto2015.org. Pan American Games. July 19, 2015. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
  10. ↑ Kennedy, Brendan (April 20, 2015). "Pan Am Games baseball schedule announced". Toronto Star. Toronto, Canada. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
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