Baseball at the 2007 Pan American Games

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Baseball at the 2007 Pan American Games
Baseball pictogram.svg
Venue Cidade do Rock
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Competitors8 teams
Medalists
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Silver medal icon.svg  
Bronze medal icon.svg  
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2011»

Baseball at the 2007 Pan American Games was contested between teams representing Brazil, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, United States, and Venezuela. The 2007 edition was the 15th Pan American Games, and was hosted by Rio de Janeiro. Baseball games took place at Cidade do Rock, which received temporary facilities for baseball competitions, with a stadium and training fields.

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Cuba entered the competition as the nine-time defending champions, having won each gold medal dating back to 1971. They successfully defended their title, with the United States finishing second.

Tournament

The competition had eight teams divided in two groups. In each group, each team played against all others once and the two best advanced to the semifinals. The best team from Group A will play the second team from Group B and vice versa. Ties within a group were broken by the team allowing the lowest number of runs to pass to the knockout round. The competition began on July 14, with the finals on July 19 (rescheduled to July 20 due to rain).

Preliminary round

Group A

TeamPldWLRFRAPct
Flag of the United States.svg USA 33020101.000
Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua 312690.333
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic 3121590.333
Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 3128210.333

Group B

TeamPldWLRFRAPct
Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba 3211580.667
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 32113100.667
Flag of Panama.svg Panama 3218140.667
Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela 3037110.000

Knockout round

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
18 July
 
 
Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua 0
 
20 July
 
Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba 4
 
Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba 3
 
18 July
 
Flag of the United States.svg USA 1
 
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 1
 
 
Flag of the United States.svg USA 2
 
Third place
 
 
20 July
 
 
Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua Cancelled
 
 
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico Cancelled

Medal chart

Gold medal america.svg Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba
Silver medal america.svg Flag of the United States.svg United States of America
Bronze medal (Americas).svg Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico and Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua (awarded to both since the event was cancelled due to rain).

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba [1] Flag of the United States.svg  United States [2] Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico [3]
Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua [4]
  • Jorge Avellan
  • Norman Cardoze
  • Larry Galeano
  • Yasmir Garcia
  • Sandor Guido
  • Armando Hernandez
  • Hesse Loaisiga
  • Edgard Lopez
  • Oswaldo Mairena
  • Sergio Mena
  • Jose Perez
  • Jairo Pineda
  • Luz Portobanco
  • Julio Raudes
  • Pedro Rayo
  • Justo Rivas
  • Henry Roa
  • Jose Saenz
  • Danilo Sotelo
  • Eddy Talavera

Notes

  1. "Baseball: Men's Team: CUB - Cuba". Rio2007.org.br. XV Pan American Games. Archived from the original on 2007-08-25.
  2. "Baseball: Men's Team: USA - United States of America". Rio2007.org.br. XV Pan American Games. Archived from the original on 2007-08-25.
  3. "Baseball: Men's Team: MEX - Mexico". Rio2007.org.br. XV Pan American Games. Archived from the original on 2007-08-25.
  4. "Baseball: Men's Team: NCA - Nicaragua". Rio2007.org.br. XV Pan American Games. Archived from the original on 2007-08-25.

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