Softball at the 2015 Pan American Games

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Softball at the 2015 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]

Template:2015 Pan American Games Softball Schedule

Medal table

Key
  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue
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
details
 Canada  Venezuela  Argentina
Women's tournament
details
 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 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 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). 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. ^ a b "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. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)
  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". http://www.calbears.com/. University of California. 18 August 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2014. {{cite web}}: 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. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)