The women's baseball tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, was held at the President's Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark in Ajax, from July 20 to 26.[1] Women's baseball was making its Pan American Games debut, after being added to the program at the 2013 Pan American Sports Organization's general assembly.[2] All women's matches happened on the main field.
| Baseball – Women's tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games | |||||||
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| Venue | President's Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark | ||||||
| Dates | July 20–26, 2015 | ||||||
| Competitors | 90 from 5 nations | ||||||
| Medalists | |||||||
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For these Games, the women competed in a 5-team tournament. The teams were grouped into one single pool and all teams played each other in a round-robin preliminary round. The top two teams after the round robin played for gold, and teams ranked third and fourth contested the bronze-medal match.[3]
Qualification edit
A total of five women's team qualified to compete at the games. Canada as host nation qualified automatically, along with the top four nations at the qualification event held in March 2015.[3] Women's rosters can have a maximum of 18 athletes.[3][4]
Summary edit
| Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host Nation | — | — | 1 |  Canada
|
| 2015 Pan American Women's Baseball Championships[5] | March 8–15 |  Concepción de la Vega
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4 |  United States Venezuela Cuba Puerto Rico
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| Total | 5 |
Medalists edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's tournament |  United States[6][7]
|
 Canada[8]
|
 Venezuela[9]
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Rosters edit
At the start of tournament, all five participating countries had up to 18 players on their rosters.[3]
Results edit
The official detailed schedule was revealed on April 20, 2015.[10]
All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)
Preliminary round edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States
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4 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 7 | +26 | 1.000 | — | Advanced to the Gold medal match |
| 2 | Canada
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4 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 9 | +17 | .750 | 1 | Advance to the Bronze medal match |
| 3 | Venezuela
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4 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 30 | +2 | .500 | 2 | |
| 4 | Puerto Rico
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4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 27 | −10 | .250 | 3 | |
| 5 | Cuba
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4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 43 | −35 | .000 | 4 |
| 20 July 2015 15:00 |
United States
|
10–6 | Venezuela
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President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 847 |
| Boxscore |
| 20 July 2015 19:00 |
Cuba
|
1–13 | Canada
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President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 1,602 |
| Boxscore |
| 21 July 2015 15:00 |
Cuba
|
5–6 | Puerto Rico
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President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 975 |
| Boxscore |
| 21 July 2015 19:00 |
Venezuela
|
3–9 | Canada
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President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 1,375 |
| Boxscore |
| 22 July 2015 15:00 |
Canada
|
3–2 | Puerto Rico
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President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 1,775 |
| Boxscore |
| 22 July 2015 19:00 |
United States
|
11–0 | Cuba
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President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 773 |
| Boxscore |
| 23 July 2015 15:00 |
Cuba
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2–13 | Venezuela
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President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 977 |
| Boxscore |
| 23 July 2015 19:00 |
Puerto Rico
|
0–9 | United States
|
President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 547 |
| Boxscore |
| 24 July 2015 15:00 |
Venezuela
|
10–9 | Puerto Rico
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President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 1,803 |
| Boxscore |
| 24 July 2015 19:00 |
Canada
|
1–3 | United States
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President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 3,469 |
| Boxscore |
Medal round edit
| Bronze medal | Gold medal | ||||||||
| 1 | Canada
| 3 | |||||||
| 2 | Venezuela
| 1 | United States
| 11 | |||||
| 3 | Canada
| 6 | |||||||
Bronze medal match edit
| 25 July 2015 19:00 |
 Venezuela
|
1–6 | Canada
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President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 2,847 |
| Boxscore |
Gold medal match edit
| 26 July 2015 12:00 |
 Canada
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3–11 | United States 
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President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 5,224 |
| Boxscore |
Final standings edit
| Rank | Team | Record |
|---|---|---|
|
United States |
5–0 |
|
Canada |
4–2 |
|
Venezuela |
2–3 |
| 4 | Puerto Rico |
1–3 |
| 5 | Cuba |
0–4 |
References edit
- ^ "Pan Am Games Detailed Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. September 15, 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 18, 2014. Retrieved September 16, 2014.
- ^ "2015 Pan Am Games to include women's baseball". baseball.ca/. Baseball Canada. February 11, 2013. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
- ^ a b c d "Sport Technical Manual Baseball". scribd.com. TO2015. Retrieved June 13, 2015.
- ^ Morosi, Jon Paul (January 21, 2014). "Sources: MLB to allow minor leaguers to play in Pan American Games". foxsports.com/. FOX Sports. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
- ^ "USA wins Women's Baseball Pan Am Qualifier". ibaf.org/. International Baseball Federation (IBAF). March 12, 2015. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
- ^ "2015 Women's Pan American Games Roster". USAbaseball.com. USA Baseball. Archived from the original on August 14, 2017. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
- ^ "Baseball: Women: Team Roster: USA - United States" (PDF). Toronto2015.org. Pan American Games. July 19, 2015. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
- ^ "Baseball: Women: Team Roster: CAN - Canada" (PDF). Toronto2015.org. Pan American Games. July 19, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
- ^ "Baseball: Women: Team Roster: VEN - Venezuela" (PDF). Toronto2015.org. Pan American Games. July 19, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
- ^ Kennedy, Brendan (April 20, 2015). "Pan Am Games baseball schedule announced". Toronto Star. Toronto, Canada. Retrieved April 25, 2015.