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

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]

Softball – Men's tournament at the XVII Pan American Games
VenuePan Am Ball Park
DatesJuly 12 – 18
Competitors90 from 6 nations
Medalists
  Canada
  Venezuela
  Argentina
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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
2014 Pan American Championship October 25 – November 1 Paraná 5  Venezuela
 Argentina
 United States
 Dominican Republic
 Mexico
TOTAL6


Rosters
Main article: Softball at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's team rosters

At the start of tournament, all six participating countries had up to 15 players on their rosters.[5]

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
The Pan Am Ball Park in Ajax, the venue for the men's softball competition
Team
 G W L RS RA RD
 Canada 5503313+20
 Argentina 5321915+4
 Venezuela 5321410+4
 United States 5231610+6
 Mexico 5231622-6
 Dominican Republic 505533-28
Qualified for the semifinals

Home team in each game is listed first.

12 July 2015
10:00
  Dominican Republic 0–10 United States  President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 1,010
Boxscore
12 July 2015
16:30
 Argentina  3–0  Venezuela President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 200
Boxscore
12 July 2015
19:00
 Canada  10–5  Mexico President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 1,243
Boxscore
13 July 2015
14:00
  Mexico 5–3 Argentina  President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 220
Boxscore
13 July 2015
16:30
 Venezuela  5–1  Dominican Republic President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 129
Boxscore
13 July 2015
19:00
  United States 2–3 Canada  President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 2,230
Boxscore
14 July 2015
14:00
  United States 1–3 Venezuela  President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 132
Boxscore
14 July 2015
16:30
 Dominican Republic  2–4  Mexico President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 363
Boxscore
14 July 2015
19:00
  Argentina 3–9 Canada  President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 2,890
Boxscore
15 July 2015
14:00
  Venezuela 5–1 Mexico  President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 215
Boxscore
15 July 2015
16:30
  Argentina 3–1 United States  President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 301
Boxscore
15 July 2015
19:00
 Canada  7–2  Dominican Republic President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 632
Boxscore
16 July 2015
14:00
  Dominican Republic 0–7 Argentina  President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 340
Boxscore
16 July 2015
16:30
  Canada 4–1 Venezuela  President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 2,010
Boxscore
16 July 2015
19:00
  Mexico 1–2 United States  President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 89
Boxscore

Medal round
  Semifinals Final Grand Final
                           
1  Canada 2  
2  Argentina 0         1  Canada 2
      2  Argentina 0   3  Venezuela 1
  3  Venezuela 2  
3  Venezuela 1
4  United States 0  

Semifinals
17 July 2015
16:30
  Venezuela 1–0 United States  President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 521
Boxscore
17 July 2015
19:00
  Canada 2–0 Argentina  President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 1,030
Boxscore

Final
18 July 2015
12:00
 Argentina  0–2  Venezuela President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 2,999
Boxscore

Grand Final
18 July 2015
15:00
 Canada  2–1  Venezuela President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 3,030
Boxscore
 2015 Pan American Games Winners 

Canada
8th title

Final standings
Rank Team Record
 Canada7 – 0
 Venezuela5 – 3
 Argentina3 – 4
4  United States2 – 4
5  Mexico2 – 3
6  Dominican Republic0 – 5

References
  1. "Pan Am Games Detailed Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  2. "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.
  3. McNair, Brian (1 May 2015). "Softball medals expected for Canada at Pan Am Games in Ajax". durhamregion.com. Ajax, Ontario. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  4. "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.
  5. "Sport Technical Manual Softball". scribd.com. TO2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  6. "Pan Am softball schedule features Canada, U.S. rivalry". CBC Sports. Toronto, Canada. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
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