Softball at the 2015 Pan American Games

Softball at the XVII Pan American Games
Softball pictogram for the games
Venues Pan Am Ball Park
Dates July 12–26, 2015
Competitors 181 from 9 nations
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Softball competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto was held from July 12 to 26 at the Pan Am Ball Park, in Ajax, Ontario.[1][2] Men's softball returned to the Pan American Games sports program after last being competed in 2003.[3] A total of six men and women's teams competed in each tournament respectively.[3]

Competition schedule

The Pan Am Ball Park in Ajax, will be the venue for the softball competitions

The following is the competition schedule for the softball competitions:[4]

PPreliminaries ½Semifinals B3rd place play-off FFinal
Event↓/Date →Sun 12Mon 13Tue 14Wed 15Thu 16Fri 17Sat 18Sun 19Mon 20Tue 21Wed 22Thu 23Fri 24Sat 25Sun 26
MenPPPPP½BF
WomenPPPPP½BF

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Canada)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Canada*2002
2 United States0101
 Venezuela0101
4 Argentina0011
 Puerto Rico0011
Totals (5 nations)2226

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament
 Canada  Venezuela  Argentina
Women's tournament
  Canada  United States  Puerto Rico

Qualification

A total of six men's teams and six women's team qualified to compete at the games. The top six teams (including Canada) at the 2013 Pan American Women's championships[5] and 2014 Pan American Men's championships[6] qualified to compete at the games. Each team can contain a maximum of fifteen athletes.[7]

Men

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation N/A N/A 1  Canada
2014 Pan American Championship October 25 – November 1 Argentina Paraná 5  Venezuela
 Argentina
 United States
 Dominican Republic
 Mexico
TOTAL6

Women

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation N/A N/A 1  Canada
2013 Pan American Championship August 10–18 Puerto Rico Guaynabo 5  United States
 Cuba
 Puerto Rico
 Dominican Republic
 Brazil
TOTAL6

Participating nations

A total of nine countries have qualified softball teams. The numbers in parenthesis represents the number of participants entered.

References

  1. ↑ "Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  2. ↑ "President's Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpar". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Men's and Women's Softball Selected to 2015 Pan American Games Program". www.softball.bc.ca/. Softball BC. February 12, 2013. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "USA Wins Gold; Qualifies for ISF World Championships, Pan Am Games". www.calbears.com/. University of California. 18 August 2013. Archived from the original on 31 October 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "Throwing error costly for Canada at Pan American softball tournament". The Guardian (Charlottetown). Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. 1 November 2014. Archived from the original on 2 November 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  7. ↑ "Sport Technical Manual Softball". www.scribd.com/. TO2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
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