Baseball at the 2015 Pan American Games

Baseball at the 2015 Pan American Games
Baseball pictogram for the 2015 games
VenuePan Am Ball Park
DatesJuly 11–26
No. of events2 (1 men, 1 women)
Competitors258 from 8 nations
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Baseball competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto was held from July 11 to 26 at the Pan Am Ball Park, in Ajax, Ontario.[1][2]

Women's baseball made its Pan American Games debut, after being added to the program at the 2013 Pan American Sports Organization's general assembly.[3] A total of seven men's and five women's teams competed in each tournament respectively.[3]

Competition schedule

The Pan Am Ball Park in Ajax, was the venue for the baseball competitions

The following was the competition schedule for the baseball competitions:[4]

P Preliminaries ½ Semifinals B Bronze medal match F Final
Event↓/Date → Sat 11 Sun 12 Mon 13 Tue 14 Wed 15 Thu 16 Fri 17 Sat 18 Sun 19 Mon 20 Tue 21 Wed 22 Thu 23 Fri 24 Sat 25 Sun 26
Men P P P P P P P ½ B F
Women P P P P P B F

Medal summary

Medal table

Baseball competition at the President's Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark

  *   Host nation (Canada)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Canada*1102
 United States1102
3 Cuba0011
 Venezuela0011
Totals (4 entries)2226

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament
details 		 Canada
 United States
 Cuba
Women's tournament
details 		 United States[5][6]
 Canada[7]
 Venezuela[8]
  • Migreily Angulo
  • Ofelia Arrieche
  • Sor Brito
  • Dayvis Cazorla
  • Giddelys Cumana
  • Ingrid Escobar
  • Osmari Garcia
  • Daily Gimenez
  • Lelis Gomez
  • Oriannys Hernandez
  • Kerlys Pérez
  • Marianne Pérez
  • Esquia Rengel
  • Leonela Reyes
  • Maria Rincon
  • Astrid Rodriguez
  • Patricia Segovia
  • Maigleth Torres

Qualification

A total of seven men's teams and five women's team qualified to compete at the games. For the men's tournament, the host nation Canada along with the United States (for its contributions to the game) qualified automatically. The top four teams at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games also qualified. The last qualifier saw one team qualify from the 2015 South American Championships.[9] For the women's tournament, Canada as host nation qualified automatically, along with the top four nations at the qualification event held in March 2015.[10] Men's rosters can have a maximum of 24 athletes, while women's rosters can have a maximum of 18 athletes.[10][11]

Men

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation — — 1  Canada
Qualified automatically — — 1  United States
2014 Central American and Caribbean Games[12] November 15–21 Mexico Veracruz 4  Cuba
 Nicaragua
 Dominican Republic
 Puerto Rico
2015 South American Championships[13] February 28 – March 7 Brazil Cuiabá 1  Colombia
Total 7

Women

See also: Baseball at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's tournament
Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation — — 1  Canada
2015 Pan American Women's Baseball Championships[14] March 8–15 Dominican Republic Concepción de la Vega 4  United States
 Venezuela
 Cuba
 Puerto Rico
Total 5

Participating nations

A total of eight countries qualified baseball teams. The numbers in parentheses represents the number of participants qualified.

References

  1. ^ "President's Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 18 August 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  3. ^ a b "2015 Pan Am Games to include women's baseball". baseball.ca/. Baseball Canada. February 11, 2013. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
  4. ^ "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  5. ^ "2015 Women's Pan American Games Roster". USAbaseball.com. USA Baseball. Archived from the original on 14 August 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  6. ^ "Baseball: Women: Team Roster: USA – United States" (PDF). Toronto2015.org. Pan American Games. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  7. ^ "Baseball: Women: Team Roster: CAN – Canada" (PDF). Toronto2015.org. Pan American Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  8. ^ "Baseball: Women: Team Roster: VEN – Venezuela" (PDF). Toronto2015.org. Pan American Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  9. ^ "Otorgara beisbol de los JCC plazas a Juegos Pan Americanos 2015" [The Central American and Caribbean Games will award places in baseball for the 2015 Pan American Games]. www.imagendelgolfo.com.mx/ (in Spanish). 5 October 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  10. ^ a b "Sport Technical Manual Baseball". www.scribd.com/. TO2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  11. ^ Morosi, Jon Paul (21 January 2014). "Sources: MLB to allow minor leaguers to play in Pan American Games". www.foxsports.com/. FOX Sports. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  12. ^ "Cuba, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico qualify for Pan Am Games". baseball.ca/. Baseball Canada. 21 November 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  13. ^ "No. 19 Colombia beats No. 15 Brazil to win South American Championship, qualify for Pan Am Games". ibaf.org/. International Baseball Federation (IBAF). 7 March 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  14. ^ "USA wins Women's Baseball Pan Am Qualifier". ibaf.org/. International Baseball Federation (IBAF). 12 March 2015. Archived from the original on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.