Softball at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's tournament
| Softball – Men's tournament at the XVII Pan American Games | |||||||
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| Venue | Pan Am Ball Park | ||||||
| Dates | July 12 – 18 | ||||||
| Competitors | 90 from 6 nations | ||||||
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The men's softball tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, was held at the Pan Am Ball Park in Ajax, Ontario from July 12 to 18.[1]
Men's softball returned to the Pan American Games sports program after last being competed in 2003.[2]
For these Games, the men competed in a 6-team tournament. The teams were grouped into one single pool and all teams played each other in a round-robin preliminary round. The top four teams would advance to the semifinals.[3]
Qualification[]
A total of six men's team qualified to compete at the games. Canada as host nation qualified automatically, along with the top five nations at the qualification event held in October 2014.[4] Each team can contain a maximum of fifteen athletes.[5]
Summary[]
| Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host Nation | N/A | N/A | 1 |  Canada
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| 2014 Pan American Championship | October 25 – November 1 |  Paraná
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5 |  Venezuela Argentina United States Dominican Republic Mexico
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| TOTAL | 6 | |||
Rosters[]
At the start of tournament, all six participating countries had up to 15 players on their rosters.[5]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's tournament | Canada |
Venezuela |
Argentina |
Competition format[]
In the first round of the competition, teams were divided into one pool of six teams, and play followed round robin format with each of the teams playing all other teams in the pool once.[5]
Following the completion of the pool games, the top four teams advanced to a page playoff round consisting of two semifinal games, and the final and grand final. All games were played over seven innings.[5]
Results[]
The official detailed schedule was revealed on May 1, 2015.[6]
All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)
Preliminary round[]
| G | W | L | RS | RA | RD | |
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| Canada
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5 | 5 | 0 | 33 | 13 | +20 |
| Argentina
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5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 15 | +4 |
| Venezuela
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5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | +4 |
| United States
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5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | +6 |
| Mexico
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5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 22 | -6 |
| Dominican Republic
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5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 33 | -28 |
| Qualified for the semifinals |
Home team in each game is listed first.
| 12 July 2015 10:00 |
Dominican Republic
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0–10 | United States
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President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 1,010 |
| Boxscore |
| 12 July 2015 16:30 |
Argentina
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3–0 | Venezuela
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President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 200 |
| Boxscore |
| 12 July 2015 19:00 |
Canada
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10–5 | Mexico
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President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 1,243 |
| Boxscore |
| 13 July 2015 14:00 |
Mexico
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5–3 | Argentina
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President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 220 |
| Boxscore |
| 13 July 2015 16:30 |
Venezuela
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5–1 | Dominican Republic
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President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 129 |
| Boxscore |
| 13 July 2015 19:00 |
United States
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2–3 | Canada
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President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 2,230 |
| Boxscore |
| 14 July 2015 14:00 |
United States
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1–3 | Venezuela
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President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 132 |
| Boxscore |
| 14 July 2015 16:30 |
Dominican Republic
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2–4 | Mexico
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President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 363 |
| Boxscore |
| 14 July 2015 19:00 |
Argentina
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3–9 | Canada
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President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 2,890 |
| Boxscore |
| 15 July 2015 14:00 |
Venezuela
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5–1 | Mexico
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President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 215 |
| Boxscore |
| 15 July 2015 16:30 |
Argentina
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3–1 | United States
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President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 301 |
| Boxscore |
| 15 July 2015 19:00 |
Canada
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7–2 | Dominican Republic
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President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 632 |
| Boxscore |
| 16 July 2015 14:00 |
Dominican Republic
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0–7 | Argentina
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President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 340 |
| Boxscore |
| 16 July 2015 16:30 |
Canada
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4–1 | Venezuela
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President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 2,010 |
| Boxscore |
| 16 July 2015 19:00 |
Mexico
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1–2 | United States
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President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 89 |
| Boxscore |
Medal round[]
| Semifinals | Final | Grand Final | |||||||||||
| 1 | Canada
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| 2 | Argentina
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| 2 | Argentina
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0 | 3 | Venezuela
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| 3 | Venezuela
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| 3 | Venezuela
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| 4 | United States
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Semifinals[]
| 17 July 2015 16:30 |
Venezuela
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1–0 | United States
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President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 521 |
| Boxscore |
| 17 July 2015 19:00 |
Canada
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2–0 | Argentina
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President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 1,030 |
| Boxscore |
Final[]
| 18 July 2015 12:00 |
 Argentina
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0–2 | Venezuela
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President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 2,999 |
| Boxscore |
Grand Final[]
| 18 July 2015 15:00 |
 Canada
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2–1 | Venezuela 
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President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 3,030 |
| Boxscore |
| 2015 Pan American Games Winners |
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 Canada 8th title |
Final standings[]
| Rank | Team | Record |
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Canada |
7 – 0 |
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Venezuela |
5 – 3 |
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Argentina |
3 – 4 |
| 4 | United States |
2 – 4 |
| 5 | Mexico |
2 – 3 |
| 6 | Dominican Republic |
0 – 5 |
References[]
- ^ "Pan Am Games Detailed Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
- ^ "Men's and Women's Softball Selected to 2015 Pan American Games Program". softball.bc.ca/. Softball BC. February 12, 2013. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
- ^ McNair, Brian (1 May 2015). "Softball medals expected for Canada at Pan Am Games in Ajax". durhamregion.com. Ajax, Ontario. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
- ^ "Throwing error costly for Canada at Pan American softball tournament". The Guardian (Charlottetown). Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. 1 November 2014. Archived from the original on 2 November 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
- ^ a b c d "Sport Technical Manual Softball". scribd.com. TO2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
- ^ "Pan Am softball schedule features Canada, U.S. rivalry". CBC Sports. Toronto, Canada. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
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