Baseball at the 2011 Pan American Games

Baseball at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara was held between October 19 and 25, 2011. All games were played at the Pan American Baseball Stadium in Lagos de Moreno, Mexico. The draw for the competition took place in July 2011, in which the eight teams were drawn into two groups of four.[1]

Baseball at the 2011 Pan American Games
VenuePan American Baseball Stadium
Lagos de Moreno, Mexico
DatesOctober 19 – October 25
Competitors190 from 8 nations
Medalists
Gold medal 
Silver medal 
Bronze medal 
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Baseball was competed by men only, while women competed in the similar sport of softball. Each team could enter a team of 24 athletes for a maximum of 192 competitors for this tournament.[2] The tournament was played using designated hitter rules.[2]

Cuba entered the tournament having won 10 consecutive baseball gold medals at the Pan American Games, dating back to 1971. Canada won the tournament, defeating the United States in the gold medal game. Cuba finished in third place, winning the bronze medal.

Medal summary edit

Medal table edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Canada1001
2  United States0101
3  Cuba0011
Totals (3 entries)1113

Medalists edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's   Canada   United States   Cuba

Schedule edit

The competition was spread out across seven days.[3]

    Preliminary round     Semifinals  M  Event finals
October 19th
Wed
20th
Thu
21st
Fri
22nd
Sat
23rd
Sun
24th
Mon
25th
Tue
Gold
medals
Men's tournament M 1

Teams edit

Qualifying Summary edit

The hosts Mexico, along with the top seven teams at the Pan American Qualification tournament qualified to compete at the games.[2]

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation 1   Mexico
Qualifying Tournament Oct 1 – Oct 13, 2010   Mayagüez, Carolina and Ponce 7   United States
  Cuba
  Venezuela
  Dominican Republic
  Panama
  Canada
  Puerto Rico
TOTAL 8

Participants edit

Format edit

  • Eight teams are split into 2 preliminary round groups of 4 teams each. The top 2 teams from each group qualify for the knockout stage.
  • The third and fourth placed teams in each group will play each other for fifth and seventh place respectively.
  • In the semifinals, the matchups are as follows: A1 vs. B2 and B1 vs. A2
  • The winning teams from the semifinals play for the gold medal. The losing teams compete for the bronze medal.

Ties are broken via the following the criteria, with the first option used first, all the way down to the last option:

  1. Head to head results.
  2. Run average (not the run difference) between the tied teams.[2]

Preliminary round edit

All times are local Central Daylight Time (UTC−5)[4]

Qualified for the quarterfinals

Group A edit

Team G W L RS RA RD Tiebreaker
  Mexico 3 3 0 8 5 +3
  United States 3 2 1 33 5 +28
  Dominican Republic 3 1 2 12 29 -17
  Panama 3 0 3 7 21 -14
October 19, 2011
19:00
Mexico   2–1   Panama Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno
http://200.57.183.69/ENG/BB/BBR173A_BBM40040010100001ENG.htm[permanent dead link]

October 20, 2011
14:00
Dominican Republic   2–20   United States Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno
http://200.57.183.69/ENG/BB/BBR173A_BBM40040010100002ENG.htm[permanent dead link]

October 21, 2011
10:00
United States   11–0   Panama Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno
Boxscore

October 21, 2011
19:00
Mexico   3–2   Dominican Republic Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno
Boxscore

October 22, 2011
14:00
Panama   6–8   Dominican Republic Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno
http://200.57.183.69/ENG/BB/BBR173A_BBM40040010100005ENG.htm[permanent dead link]

October 22, 2011
19:00
Mexico   3–2   United States Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno
http://200.57.183.69/ENG/BB/BBR173A_BBM40040010100006ENG.htm[permanent dead link]

Group B edit

Team G W L RS RA RD Tiebreaker
  Cuba 3 3 0 22 16 +6
  Canada 3 2 1 14 14
  Venezuela 3 1 2 14 15 -1
  Puerto Rico 3 0 3 17 22 -5
October 19, 2011
10:00
Canada   5–4   Puerto Rico Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno
http://200.57.183.69/ENG/BB/BBR173A_BBM40040010200001ENG.htm[permanent dead link]

October 19, 2011
14:00
Venezuela   4–5   Cuba Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno
http://200.57.183.69/ENG/BB/BBR173A_BBM40040010200002ENG.htm[permanent dead link]

October 20, 2011
10:00
Venezuela   9–6   Puerto Rico Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno
http://200.57.183.69/ENG/BB/BBR173A_BBM40040010200003ENG.htm[permanent dead link]

October 20, 2011
19:00
Canada   5–9   Cuba Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno
http://200.57.183.69/ENG/BB/BBR173A_BBM40040010200004ENG.htm[permanent dead link]

October 21, 2011
14:00
Puerto Rico   7–8   Cuba Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno
Boxscore

October 22, 2011
10:00
Venezuela   1–4   Canada Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno
http://200.57.183.69/ENG/BB/BBR173A_BBM40040010200006ENG.htm[permanent dead link]

Elimination stage edit

Seventh place match edit

October 24, 2011
10:00
Puerto Rico   3–2   Panama Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno
Boxscore

Fifth place match edit

October 25, 2011
10:00
Venezuela   7–14   Dominican Republic Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno
Boxscore
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
October 24
 
 
  Cuba10
 
October 25
 
  United States12
 
  United States1
 
October 24
 
  Canada2
 
  Mexico3
 
 
  Canada5
 
Third place
 
 
October 25
 
 
  Cuba6
 
 
  Mexico0

Semifinals edit

October 24, 2011
14:00
United States   12–10   Cuba Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno
Boxscore

October 24, 2011
19:00
Canada   5–3   Mexico Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno
Boxscore

Bronze medal match edit

October 25, 2011
14:00
Cuba   6–0   Mexico Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno
http://200.57.183.69/ENG/BB/BBR173A_BBM40040040200002ENG.htm[permanent dead link]

Gold medal match edit

October 25, 2011
19:00
United States   1–2   Canada Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno
http://200.57.183.69/ENG/BB/BBR173A_BBM40040040100001ENG.htm[permanent dead link]


 2011 Pan American Games winners 
 
Canada
1st title

Final standings edit

Rank Team Record
    Canada 4–1
    United States 3–2
    Cuba 4–1
4   Mexico 3–2
5   Dominican Republic 2–2
6   Venezuela 1–3
7   Puerto Rico 1–3
8   Panama 0–4

Statistics leaders edit

References edit

External links edit