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 2015 Pan American Games | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Pan Am Ball Park |
| Dates | July 19 – 26 |
| Competitors | 90 from 6 nations |
| Medalists | |
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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 edit
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 edit
| Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host Nation | — | — | 1 | Canada |
| 2013 Pan American Championship | August 10–18 | Guaynabo | 5 | United States Cuba Puerto Rico Dominican Republic Brazil |
| TOTAL | 6 | |||
Rosters edit
At the start of tournament, all six participating countries had up to 15 players on their rosters.[4]
Medalists edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's tournament | 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 | 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 | 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 |
Competition format edit
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 edit
The official detailed schedule was revealed on May 1, 2015.[5]
All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)
Preliminary round edit
| Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 5 | 0 | 43 | 4 | +39 | Qualified for the semifinals |
| Canada | 5 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 14 | +7 | |
| Puerto Rico | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 17 | +1 | |
| Brazil | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 19 | −12 | |
| Cuba | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 23 | −13 | |
| Dominican Republic | 5 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 36 | −22 |
| 19 July 2015 14:00 | Dominican Republic | 1 – 3 | Cuba | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 2,895 |
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| 19 July 2015 16:30 | Canada | 6 – 0 | Brazil | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 2,234 |
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| 19 July 2015 19:00 | Puerto Rico | 2 – 9 | United States | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 234 |
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| 20 July 2015 14:00 | Brazil | 0 – 7 | United States | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 502 |
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| 20 July 2015 16:30 | Puerto Rico | 11 – 5 | Dominican Republic | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 375 |
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| 20 July 2015 19:00 | Canada | 5 – 0 | Cuba | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 546 |
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| 21 July 2015 14:00 | Puerto Rico | 3 – 2 | Cuba | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 832 |
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| 21 July 2015 16:30 | Brazil | 2 – 1 | Dominican Republic | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 2,900 |
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| 21 July 2015 19:00 | Canada | 0 – 7 | United States | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 2,900 |
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| 22 July 2015 14:00 | Puerto Rico | 2 – 0 | Brazil | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 460 |
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| 22 July 2015 16:30 | Cuba | 2 – 9 | United States | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 450 |
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| 22 July 2015 19:00 | Canada | 9 – 7 | Dominican Republic | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 1,200 |
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| 23 July 2015 14:00 | Dominican Republic | 0 – 11 | United States | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 112 |
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| 23 July 2015 16:30 | Brazil | 5 – 3 | Cuba | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 347 |
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| 23 July 2015 19:00 | Canada | 1 – 0 | Puerto Rico | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 2,050 |
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Medal round edit
| Semifinals | Bronze Medal | Gold Medal | |||||||||||
| 1 | United States | 5 | 1 | United States | 2 | ||||||||
| 2 | Canada | 2 | 2 | Canada | 4(8) | ||||||||
| 2 | Canada | 7 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Puerto Rico | 4 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Puerto Rico | 12(4) | |||||||||||
| 4 | Brazil | 2 | |||||||||||
Semifinals edit
| 24 July 2015 16:30 | Puerto Rico | 12 – 2 (4) | Brazil | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 1,050 |
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| 24 July 2015 19:00 | United States | 5 – 2 | Canada | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 2,145 |
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Bronze Medal Game edit
| 25 July 2015 17:00 | Canada | 7 – 4 | Puerto Rico | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 2,267 |
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Gold Medal Game edit
| 26 July 2015 11:00 | United States | 2 – 4 (8) | Canada | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 3,000 |
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| 2015 Pan American Games winners |
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| Canada 2nd title |
Final standings edit
| Rank | Team | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 6 – 2 | |
| United States | 6 – 1 | |
| Puerto Rico | 4 – 3 | |
| 4 | Brazil | 2 – 4 |
| 5 | Cuba | 1 – 4 |
| 6 | Dominican Republic | 0 – 5 |
References edit
- ^ "Pan Am Games Detailed Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
- ^ McNair, Brian (1 May 2015). "Softball medals expected for Canada at Pan Am Games in Ajax". durhamregion.com. Ajax, Ontario. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
- ^ . calbears.com/. University of California. 18 August 2013. Archived from the original on 31 October 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- ^ a b c d "Sport Technical Manual Softball". scribd.com/. TO2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
- ^ "Pan Am softball schedule features Canada, U.S. rivalry". CBC Sports. Toronto, Canada. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.