Softball at the 2011 Pan American Games

Softball at the 2011 Pan American Games
Softball at the 2011 Pan American Games
Venue	Pan American Softball Stadium
Dates	October 15 – October 23
Competitors	134 from 8 nations
Medalists
	«2007 2015»

Softball at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara were held in between October 17 and 23. All games were played at the Pan American Softball Stadium. Pan American softball is competed by women only, while men compete in the similar sport of baseball. Each team can enter a team of 17 athletes for a maximum of 136 competitors for this tournament.^[1]

The United States were the defending champions from the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro.

On October 23, the United States defeated Canada to win its seventh straight gold medal.

Medal summary

Medal table

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Women's	United States (USA) Chelsea Thomas Kelly Grieve Rhea Taylor Stacy Johnson Jordan Taylor Kaitlin Cochran Keilani Ricketts Whitney Canion Michelle Moultrie Christine Orgeron Molly Johnson Valerie Arioto Ashley Holcombe Lauren Gibson Amelia Leles Meagan May Taylor Hoagland	Canada (CAN) Jenna Caira Jocelyn Cater Erin Cumpstone Heather Ebert Kelsey Haberl Victoria Hayward Ashley Lanz Danielle Lopez Joey Lye Melanie Matthews Sarah Phillips Kaleigh Rafter Jillian Russell Jennifer Salling Hannah Schwarz Brittany Hicks Megan Timpf Jennifer Yee	Cuba (CUB) Ludisleydis Napoles Marlen Bubaire Lidibet Castellon Anisley Lopez Katia Coello Maylin Sanchez Yusmelis Ocaña Yaleisa Soto Yanitza Aviles Aleanna de Armas Maritza Toledo Yamisleidys Casanova Yuselys Acosta Diamela Puentes Yusmeri Pacheco Yarisleidy Rosario Leanneyi Gomez

Schedule

The competition will be spread out across seven days.^[2]

	Preliminary round		Semifinals	M	Event finals

October	17th Mon	18th Tue	19th Wed	20th Thu	21st Fri	22nd Sat	23rd Sun	Gold medals
Women's tournament							M	1

Teams

Qualification

The top 7 teams from the 2009 Pan American Championship and hosts Mexico qualified teams for the tournament.^[1]

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	–		1	Mexico
2009 Pan American Softball Championship^[3]	July 31 – August 9, 2009	Maracay	7	United States Canada Venezuela Cuba Argentina Dominican Republic Puerto Rico
TOTAL			8

Participants

Competition format

Eight teams compete in the Pan American softball tournament, and the competition consists of two rounds. The preliminary round follows a round robin format, where each of the teams plays all the other teams once. Following this, the top four teams advance to a page playoff system round consisting of two semifinal games, and finally the bronze and gold medal games.

Preliminary round

	Qualified for the semifinals
	Eliminated

All times are Central Daylight Time (UTC−5)

Rank	Team	W	L	RS	RA
1	United States	7	0	54	6
2	Cuba	5	2	28	13
3	Venezuela	5	2	31	20
4	Canada	5	2	46	23
5	Dominican Republic	2	5	22	37
6	Mexico	2	5	18	37
7	Puerto Rico	2	5	27	42
8	Argentina	0	7	4	59

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Schedule

October 17, 2011 9:00	Dominican Republic	2 – 3	Puerto Rico	Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara Attendance: 350
		http://200.57.183.69/ENG/SO/SOR173A_SOW40040010100001ENG.htm^{[permanent dead link]}

October 17, 2011 11:00	Mexico	0 – 7	Venezuela	Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara Attendance: 600
		http://200.57.183.69/ENG/SO/SOR173A_SOW40040010100014ENG.htm^{[permanent dead link]}

October 17, 2011 13:00	Argentina	0 – 7	Cuba	Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara Attendance: 100
		http://200.57.183.69/ENG/SO/SOR173A_SOW40040010100023ENG.htm^{[permanent dead link]}

October 17, 2011 16:00	Canada	10 – 2	Puerto Rico	Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara Attendance: 300
		http://200.57.183.69/ENG/SO/SOR173A_SOW40040010100013ENG.htm^{[permanent dead link]}

October 17, 2011 18:00	United States	10 – 0	Venezuela	Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara Attendance: 0
		http://200.57.183.69/ENG/SO/SOR173A_SOW40040010100021ENG.htm^{[permanent dead link]}

October 17, 2011 20:00	Mexico	1 – 3	Dominican Republic	Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara Attendance: 500
		http://200.57.183.69/ENG/SO/SOR173A_SOW40040010100002ENG.htm^{[permanent dead link]}

October 18, 2011 9:00	Venezuela	8 – 1	Argentina	Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara Attendance: 150
		http://200.57.183.69/ENG/SO/SOR173A_SOW40040010100019ENG.htm^{[permanent dead link]}

October 18, 2011 11:00	Puerto Rico	1 – 4	Cuba	Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara Attendance: 200
		http://200.57.183.69/ENG/SO/SOR173A_SOW40040010100011ENG.htm^{[permanent dead link]}

October 18, 2011 13:00	United States	10 – 0	Dominican Republic	Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara Attendance: 200
		http://200.57.183.69/ENG/SO/SOR173A_SOW40040010100006ENG.htm^{[permanent dead link]}

October 18, 2011 16:00	Canada	4 – 3	Venezuela	Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara Attendance: 350
		http://200.57.183.69/ENG/SO/SOR173A_SOW40040010100022ENG.htm^{[permanent dead link]}

October 18, 2011 18:00	Canada	2 – 4	Cuba	Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara Attendance: 773
		http://200.57.183.69/ENG/SO/SOR173A_SOW40040010100027ENG.htm^{[permanent dead link]}

October 18, 2011 20:00	Mexico	0 – 7	United States	Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara Attendance: 785
		http://200.57.183.69/ENG/SO/SOR173A_SOW40040010100017ENG.htm^{[permanent dead link]}

October 19, 2011 9:00	Canada	11 – 0	Argentina	Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara Attendance: 150
		http://200.57.183.69/ENG/SO/SOR173A_SOW40040010100025ENG.htm^{[permanent dead link]}

October 19, 2011 11:00	Argentina	1 – 11	Dominican Republic	Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara Attendance: 183
		http://200.57.183.69/ENG/SO/SOR173A_SOW40040010100004ENG.htm^{[permanent dead link]}

October 19, 2011 13:00	United States	3 – 0	Cuba	Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara Attendance: 375
		http://200.57.183.69/ENG/SO/SOR173A_SOW40040010100026ENG.htm^{[permanent dead link]}

October 19, 2011 16:00	United States	4 – 1	Puerto Rico	Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara Attendance: 415
		http://200.57.183.69/ENG/SO/SOR173A_SOW40040010100012ENG.htm^{[permanent dead link]}

October 19, 2011 18:00	Venezuela	3 – 2	Cuba	Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara Attendance: 659
		http://200.57.183.69/ENG/SO/SOR173A_SOW40040010100020ENG.htm^{[permanent dead link]}

October 19, 2011 20:00	Mexico	1 – 8	Canada	Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara Attendance: 0
		http://200.57.183.69/ENG/SO/SOR173A_SOW40040010100018ENG.htm^{[permanent dead link]}

October 20, 2011 9:00	Puerto Rico	10 – 0	Argentina	Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara Attendance: 100
		http://200.57.183.69/ENG/SO/SOR173A_SOW40040010100010ENG.htm^{[permanent dead link]}

October 20, 2011 11:00	Venezuela	10 – 3	Dominican Republic	Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara Attendance: 150
		http://200.57.183.69/ENG/SO/SOR173A_SOW40040010100003ENG.htm^{[permanent dead link]}

October 20, 2011 13:00	Canada	5 – 12	United States	Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara Attendance: 321
		http://200.57.183.69/ENG/SO/SOR173A_SOW40040010100028ENG.htm^{[permanent dead link]}

October 20, 2011 16:00	Mexico	4 – 2	Argentina	Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara Attendance: 400
		http://200.57.183.69/ENG/SO/SOR173A_SOW40040010100015ENG.htm^{[permanent dead link]}

October 20, 2011 18:00	Mexico	0 – 5	Cuba	Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara Attendance: 599
		http://200.57.183.69/ENG/SO/SOR173A_SOW40040010100016ENG.htm^{[permanent dead link]}

October 21, 2011 9:00	Cuba	6 – 1	Dominican Republic	Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara Attendance: 150
		http://200.57.183.69/ENG/SO/SOR173A_SOW40040010100005ENG.htm^{[permanent dead link]}

October 21, 2011 11:00	Canada	6 – 2	Dominican Republic	Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara Attendance: 185
		http://200.57.183.69/ENG/SO/SOR173A_SOW40040010100007ENG.htm^{[permanent dead link]}

October 21, 2011 13:00	Venezuela	10 – 5	Puerto Rico	Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara Attendance: 250
		http://200.57.183.69/ENG/SO/SOR173A_SOW40040010100009ENG.htm^{[permanent dead link]}

October 21, 2011 16:00	United States	8 – 0	Argentina	Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara Attendance: 300s
		http://200.57.183.69/ENG/SO/SOR173A_SOW40040010100024ENG.htm^{[permanent dead link]}

October 21, 2011 18:00	Mexico	12 – 5	Puerto Rico	Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara Attendance: 453
		http://200.57.183.69/ENG/SO/SOR173A_SOW40040010100008ENG.htm#^{[permanent dead link]}

Medal Round

The loser of 1&2 seed game will play the winner of the 3&4 seed game in the bronze medal match. The loser of the bronze medal match wins the bronze medal while the winner goes on to play the winner of the 1&2 seed game for the gold medal in the gold medal match.


Semifinals			Bronze medal game			Gold medal game



1	United States	13				1	United States	11

2	Cuba	1				4	Canada	1

			2	Cuba	0

			4	Canada	4

3	Venezuela	1

4	Canada	11

Semifinals

October 22, 2011 16:00	Canada	11 – 1	Venezuela	Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara Attendance: 150
		http://200.57.183.69/ENG/SO/SOR173A_SOW40040030200002ENG.htm^{[permanent dead link]}

October 22, 2011 18:00	United States	13 – 1	Cuba	Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara Attendance: 0
		http://200.57.183.69/ENG/SO/SOR173A_SOW40040030100001ENG.htm^{[permanent dead link]}

Bronze medal match

October 23, 2011 10:00	Cuba	0 – 4	Canada	Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara Attendance: 359
		Boxscore

Gold Medal Match

October 23, 2011 12:00	United States	11 – 1	Canada	Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara Attendance: 555
		http://200.57.183.69/ENG/SO/SOR173A_SOW40040050100001ENG.htm^{[permanent dead link]}

2011 Pan American Games Winners
United States 8th title

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
	United States	9 – 0
	Canada	7 – 3
	Cuba	5 – 4
4	Venezuela	5 – 3
5	Dominican Republic	2 – 5
6	Mexico	2 – 5
7	Puerto Rico	2 – 5
8	Argentina	0 – 7

References

^ ^a ^b Softball technical manual Archived 2010-11-25 at the Wayback Machine
^ Competition schedule and results^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Field half set for 2010 WWC Archived 2010-12-04 at the Wayback Machine
^ Competition summary^{[permanent dead link]}

[manual-1] Softball technical manual Archived 2010-11-25 at the Wayback Machine

[2] Competition schedule and results^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] Field half set for 2010 WWC Archived 2010-12-04 at the Wayback Machine

[4] Competition summary^{[permanent dead link]}

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