Softball at the 2015 Pan American Games

Softball
at the XVII Pan American Games
VenuesPan Am Ball Park
DatesJuly 12–26, 2015
Competitors181 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 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 25Sun 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 Argentina 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 Puerto Rico 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.

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. 1 2 "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)
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