Softball at the 2015 Pan American Games

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Softball at the XVII Pan American Games
Softball-picto.png
Softball pictogram for the games
Venues Pan Am Ball Park
DatesJuly 12–26
No. of events2 (1 men, 1 women)
Competitors181 from 9 nations
«2011
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Softball competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto was held from July 12 to 26 at the Pan Am Ball Park, in Ajax, Ontario. [1] [2] Men's softball returned to the Pan American Games sports program after last being competed in 2003. [3] A total of six men and women's teams competed in each tournament respectively. [3]

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Competition schedule

The Pan Am Ball Park in Ajax, was the venue for the softball competitions Softball2015pan.jpg
The Pan Am Ball Park in Ajax, was the venue for the softball competitions

The following is the competition schedule for the softball competitions: [4]

PPreliminaries½SemifinalsB3rd place play-offFFinal
Event↓/Date →Sun 12Mon 13Tue 14Wed 15Thu 16Fri 17Sat 18Sun 19Mon 20Tue 21Wed 22Thu 23Fri 24Sat 25Sun 26
Men PPPPP½BF
Women PPPPP½BF

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Canada)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada*2002
2Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0101
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 0101
4Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 0011
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 0011
Totals (5 entries)2226

Medalists

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's tournament
details
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  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
Flag of Venezuela.svg  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
Flag of Argentina.svg  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
Women's tournament
details
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Jenna Caira
Jocelyn Cater
Larissa Franklin
Sara Groenewegen
Megan Gurski
Karissa Hovinga
Joey Lye
Erika Polidori
Kaleigh Rafter
Sara Riske
Jenn Salling
Megan Timpf
Logan White
Natalie Wideman
Jen Yee
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Valerie Arioto
Ally Carda
Raven Chavanne
Amanda Chidester
Kellie Fox
Lauren Gibson
Janelle Lindvall
Haylie McCleney
Jessica Moore
Michelle Moultrie
Sara Nevins
Sierra Romero
Kelsey Stewart
Janie Takeda
Jaclyn Traina
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Karla Claudio
Dayanira Diaz
Quianna Diaz-Patterson
Elicia D'Orazio
Sahvanna Jaquish
Galis Lozada
Yairka Moran
Yahelis Munoz
Kiara Nazario
Aleshia Ocasio
Nicole Osterman
Gabriela Palacios
Shemiah Sanchez
Monica Santos
Yazmin Torres

Qualification

A total of six men's teams and six women's team qualified to compete at the games. The top six teams (including Canada) at the 2013 Pan American Women's championships [5] and 2014 Pan American Men's championships [6] qualified to compete at the games. Each team can contain a maximum of fifteen athletes. [7]

Men

EventDateLocationVacanciesQualified
Host Nation1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
2014 Pan American ChampionshipOctober 25 – November 1 Flag of Argentina.svg Paraná 5Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
TOTAL6

Women

EventDateLocationVacanciesQualified
Host Nation1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
2013 Pan American ChampionshipAugust 10–18 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Guaynabo 5Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
TOTAL6

Participating nations

A total of nine countries have qualified softball teams.

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