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

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]

Softball – Women's tournament at the XVII Pan American Games
VenuePan Am Ball Park
DatesJuly 19 – 26
Competitors90 from 6 nations
Medalists
  Canada
  United States
  Puerto Rico
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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
TOTAL6


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

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

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
 G W L RS RA RD
 United States 550434+39
 Canada 5412114+7
 Puerto Rico 5321817+1
 Brazil 523719-12
 Cuba 5141023-13
 Dominican Republic 5051436-22
Qualified for the semifinals
19 July 2015
14:00
 Dominican Republic  1 – 3  Cuba President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 2,895
Boxscore
19 July 2015
16:30
 Canada  6 – 0  Brazil President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 2,234
Boxscore
19 July 2015
19:00
 Puerto Rico  2 – 9  United States President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 234
Boxscore
20 July 2015
14:00
 Brazil  0 – 7  United States President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 502
Boxscore
20 July 2015
16:30
 Puerto Rico  11 – 5  Dominican Republic President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 375
Boxscore
20 July 2015
19:00
 Canada  5 – 0  Cuba President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 546
Boxscore
21 July 2015
14:00
 Puerto Rico  3 – 2  Cuba President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 832
Boxscore
21 July 2015
16:30
 Brazil  2 – 1  Dominican Republic President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 2,900
Boxscore
21 July 2015
19:00
 Canada  0 – 7  United States President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 2,900
Boxscore
22 July 2015
14:00
 Puerto Rico  2 – 0  Brazil President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 460
Boxscore
22 July 2015
16:30
 Cuba  2 – 9  United States President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 450
Boxscore
22 July 2015
19:00
 Canada  9 – 7  Dominican Republic President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 1,200
Boxscore
23 July 2015
14:00
 Dominican Republic  0 – 11  United States President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 112
Boxscore
23 July 2015
16:30
 Brazil  5 – 3  Cuba President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 347
Boxscore
23 July 2015
19:00
 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
 Puerto Rico  12 – 2 (4)  Brazil President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 1,050
Boxscore
24 July 2015
19:00
 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
 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
 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
 Canada6 – 2
 United States6 – 1
 Puerto Rico4 – 3
4  Brazil2 – 4
5  Cuba1 – 4
6  Dominican Republic0 – 5

References
  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.
  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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