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 2015 Pan American Games
VenuePan Am Ball Park
DatesJuly 12 – 18
Competitors90 from 6 nations
Medalists
Gold medal 
Silver medal 
Bronze medal 
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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

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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

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Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation 1   Canada
2014 Pan American Championship October 25 – November 1   Paraná 5   Venezuela
  Argentina
  United States
  Dominican Republic
  Mexico
TOTAL 6

Rosters

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

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament   Canada
Ryan Boland
Sean Cleary
Jeff Ellsworth
Brad Ezekiel
Ian Fehrman
Jason Hill
Brandon Horn
Paul Koert
Derek Mayson
Steve Mullaley
Mathieu Roy
Jason Sanford
Kevin Schellenberg
Andy Skelton
Ryan Wolfe
  Venezuela
Arturo Acacio
Yeider Chirinos
Joan Colombo
Rafael Flores
Pedro Gonzalez
Ramon Jones
Jorge Lima
Edwin Linares
Tulio Linares
Iran Paez
Luiger Pinto
Kerlis Rivero
Rogelio Sequera
Erick Urbaneja
John Zambrano
  Argentina
Mauricio Caceres
Santiago Carril
Sebastian Gervasutti
Gustavo Godoy
Manuel Godoy
Roman Godoy
Juan Malarczuk
Huemul Mata
Teo Migliavacca
Mariano Montero
Pablo Montero
Bruno Motroni
Fernando Petric
Juan Potolicchio
Juan Zara

Competition format

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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

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The official detailed schedule was revealed on May 1, 2015.[6]

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)

Preliminary round

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The Pan Am Ball Park in Ajax, the venue for the men's softball competition
Team Pld W L RF RA RD Qualification
  Canada 5 5 0 33 13 +20 Qualified for the semifinals
  Argentina 5 3 2 19 15 +4
  Venezuela 5 3 2 14 10 +4
  United States 5 2 3 16 10 +6
  Mexico 5 2 3 16 22 −6
  Dominican Republic 5 0 5 5 33 −28
Source: [citation needed]

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

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SemifinalsFinalGrand Final
1  Canada21  Canada2
2  Argentina03  Venezuela1
2  Argentina0
3  Venezuela2
3  Venezuela1
4  United States0

Semifinals

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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

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

Grand Final

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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

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Rank Team Record
    Canada 7 – 0
    Venezuela 5 – 3
    Argentina 3 – 4
4   United States 2 – 4
5   Mexico 2 – 3
6   Dominican Republic 0 – 5

References

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  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. ^ a b c d "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.