Softball at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's tournament

Softball – Women's tournament at the XVII Pan American Games
Softball – Women's tournament at the XVII Pan American Games
Venue	Pan Am Ball Park
Dates	July 19 – 26
Competitors	90 from 6 nations
Medalists
	Canada
	United States
	Puerto Rico
	«2011 »

The women's softball tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, held at the Pan Am Ball Park in Ajax, Ontario from July 19 to 26.^[1]

For these Games, the women 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.^[2]

Qualification[]

A total of six women'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 August 2013.^[3] Each team can contain a maximum of fifteen athletes.^[4]

Summary[]

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

Rosters[]

At the start of tournament, all six participating countries had up to 15 players on their rosters.^[4]

Medalists[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Women's tournament	Canada Jenna Caira Larissa Franklin Sara Groenewegen Joey Lye Erika Polidori Kaleigh Rafter Megan Timpf Natalie Wideman	United States Valerie Arioto Ally Carda Amanda Chidester Lauren Gibson Haylie McCleney Michelle Moultrie Sierra Romero Kelsey Stewart Janie Takeda Jaclyn Traina	Puerto Rico Aleshia Ocasio

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.^[4]

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.^[4]

Results[]

The official detailed schedule was revealed on May 1, 2015.^[5]

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)

Preliminary round[]

The Pan Am Ball Park in Ajax, the venue for the women's softball competition

Team v	G	W	L	RS	RA	RD
United States	5	5	0	43	4	+39
Canada	5	4	1	21	14	+7
Puerto Rico	5	3	2	18	17	+1
Brazil	5	2	3	7	19	-12
Cuba	5	1	4	10	23	-13
Dominican Republic	5	0	5	14	36	-22

	Qualified for the semifinals

19 July 2015 14:00 v	Dominican Republic	1 – 3	Cuba	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 2,895
		Boxscore

19 July 2015 16:30 v	Canada	6 – 0	Brazil	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 2,234
		Boxscore

19 July 2015 19:00 v	Puerto Rico	2 – 9	United States	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 234
		Boxscore

20 July 2015 14:00 v	Brazil	0 – 7	United States	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 502
		Boxscore

20 July 2015 16:30 v	Puerto Rico	11 – 5	Dominican Republic	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 375
		Boxscore

20 July 2015 19:00 v	Canada	5 – 0	Cuba	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 546
		Boxscore

21 July 2015 14:00 v	Puerto Rico	3 – 2	Cuba	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 832
		Boxscore

21 July 2015 16:30 v	Brazil	2 – 1	Dominican Republic	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 2,900
		Boxscore

21 July 2015 19:00 v	Canada	0 – 7	United States	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 2,900
		Boxscore

22 July 2015 14:00 v	Puerto Rico	2 – 0	Brazil	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 460
		Boxscore

22 July 2015 16:30 v	Cuba	2 – 9	United States	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 450
		Boxscore

22 July 2015 19:00 v	Canada	9 – 7	Dominican Republic	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 1,200
		Boxscore

23 July 2015 14:00 v	Dominican Republic	0 – 11	United States	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 112
		Boxscore

23 July 2015 16:30 v	Brazil	5 – 3	Cuba	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 347
		Boxscore

23 July 2015 19:00 v	Canada	1 – 0	Puerto Rico	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 2,050
		Boxscore

Medal round[]

Semifinals			Bronze Medal			Gold Medal

1	United States	5
2	Canada	2				1	United States	2
			2	Canada	7	2	Canada	4⁽⁸⁾
			3	Puerto Rico	4
3	Puerto Rico	12⁽⁴⁾
4	Brazil	2

Semifinals[]

24 July 2015 16:30 v	Puerto Rico	12 – 2 (4)	Brazil	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 1,050
		Boxscore

24 July 2015 19:00 v	United States	5 – 2	Canada	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 2,145
		Boxscore

Bronze Medal Game[]

25 July 2015 17:00 v	Canada	7 – 4	Puerto Rico	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 2,267
		Boxscore

Gold Medal Game[]

26 July 2015 11:00 v	United States	2 – 4 (8)	Canada	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 3,000
		Boxscore

2015 Pan American Games Winners
Canada 2nd title

Final standings[]

Rank	Team	Record
	Canada	6 – 2
	United States	6 – 1
	Puerto Rico	4 – 3
4	Brazil	2 – 4
5	Cuba	1 – 4
6	Dominican Republic	0 – 5

References[]

^ "Pan Am Games Detailed Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 16 September 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.
^ "USA Wins Gold; Qualifies for ISF World Championships, Pan Am Games". calbears.com/. University of California. 18 August 2013. Archived from the original on 31 October 2014. Retrieved 30 October 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.

[1] "Pan Am Games Detailed Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2014.

[2] McNair, Brian (1 May 2015). "Softball medals expected for Canada at Pan Am Games in Ajax". durhamregion.com. Ajax, Ontario. Retrieved 10 May 2015.

[3] "USA Wins Gold; Qualifies for ISF World Championships, Pan Am Games". calbears.com/. University of California. 18 August 2013. Archived from the original on 31 October 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.

[roster-4] "Sport Technical Manual Softball". scribd.com/. TO2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.

[5] "Pan Am softball schedule features Canada, U.S. rivalry". CBC Sports. Toronto, Canada. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.

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