Softball at the 2019 Pan American Games

Softball at the XVIII Pan American Games
Softball pictogram
Venue Softball stadium
Dates July 28 – August 10, 2019
Competitors 180 from 8 nations
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Softball competitions at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru are scheduled to be held from July 28 to August 10. The venue for the competition is the softball stadium located at the Villa María del Triunfo cluster. A total of six men's and six women's teams (each consisting up to 15 athletes) competed in each tournament. This means a total of 180 athletes are scheduled to compete.[1]

Competition schedule

The following is the competition schedule for the softball competitions:

PPreliminaries ½Semifinals B3rd place play-off FFinal
Event↓/Date →Sun 28Mon 29Tue 30Wed 31Thu 1Fri 2Sat 3Sun 4Mon 5Tue 6Wed 7Thu 8Fri 9Sat 10
MenPPPPP½BF
WomenPPPPP½BF

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament
Women's tournament

Participating nations

A total of 8 countries qualified softball teams. The numbers in parenthesis represents the number of participants qualified.

Qualification

A total of six men's teams and six women's team will qualify to compete at the games in each tournament. The host nation (Peru) qualified in each tournament, along with the top five teams at the 2017 Pan American Championships in each event.[1]

Men

Event Dates Location Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation N/A N/A 1  Peru
2017 Pan American Championships[2] 15–24 September Dominican Republic Santo Domingo 5  Venezuela
 Argentina
 United States
 Mexico
 Cuba
Total6

Women

Event Dates Location Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation N/A N/A 1  Peru
2017 Pan American Championships[4] 4–13 August Dominican Republic Santo Domingo 5  United States
 Canada
 Puerto Rico
 Mexico
 Venezuela
Total6

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. "Venezuela is Pan American Men's Softball Champions". www.wbsc.org/. World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). 25 September 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  3. "Canadian softballers fail in bid for Pan Am Games spot". The Telegram. St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  4. "USA wins Pan American Women's Softball Championship over Mexico, qualify for Chiba 2018". www.wbsc.org/. World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). 14 August 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
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