Softball at the 2015 Pan American Games

Softball at the XVII Pan American Games
Venues	Pan Am Ball Park
Dates	July 12–26, 2015
Competitors	181 from 9 nations
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Softball at the 2015 Pan American Games
Tournament
men  women
Rosters
men  women

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]

P

Preliminaries

½

Semifinals

B

3rd place play-off

F

Final

Event↓/Date →	Sun 12	Mon 13	Tue 14	Wed 15	Thu 16	Fri 17	Sat 18		Sun 19	Mon 20	Tue 21	Wed 22	Thu 23	Fri 24	Sat 25	Sun 26
Men	P	P	P	P	P	½	B	F
Women									P	P	P	P	P	½	B	F

Medal table

Key

  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Canada	2	0	0	2
2	United States	0	1	0	1
2	Venezuela	0	1	0	1
4	Argentina	0	0	1	1
4	Puerto Rico	0	0	1	1
Total		2	2	2	6

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	Paraná	5	Venezuela  Argentina  United States  Dominican Republic  Mexico
TOTAL			6

Women

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	N/A	N/A	1	Canada
2013 Pan American Championship	August 10–18	Guaynabo	5	United States  Cuba  Puerto Rico  Dominican Republic  Brazil
TOTAL			6

Participating nations

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

Argentina (15) Brazil (15) Canada (30)

Cuba (15) Dominican Republic (31) Mexico (15)

Puerto Rico (15) United States (30) Venezuela (15)

References

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