Softball at the 2015 Pan American Games

International sporting event
Softball at the 2015 Pan American Games
Softball pictogram for the games
VenuesPan Am Ball Park
DatesJuly 12–26
No. of events2 (1 men, 1 women)
Competitors181 from 9 nations
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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]

Competition schedule

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]

P Preliminaries ½ Semifinals B 3rd place play-off F Final
Event↓/Date → 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 ½ B F
Women P P P P P ½ B F

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Canada)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Canada*2002
2 United States0101
 Venezuela0101
4 Argentina0011
 Puerto Rico0011
Totals (5 entries)2226

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament
details 		 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
Women's tournament
details 		 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

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

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

Women

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation — — 1  Canada
2013 Pan American Championship August 10–18 Puerto Rico Guaynabo 5  United States
 Cuba
 Puerto Rico
 Dominican Republic
 Brazil
TOTAL 6

Participating nations

A total of nine countries have qualified softball teams.

References

  1. ^ "Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  2. ^ "President's Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpar". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Men's and Women's Softball Selected to 2015 Pan American Games Program". www.softball.bc.ca/. Softball BC. February 12, 2013. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
  4. ^ "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  5. ^ "USA Wins Gold; Qualifies for ISF World Championships, Pan Am Games". www.calbears.com/. University of California. 18 August 2013. Archived from the original on 31 October 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "Sport Technical Manual Softball". www.scribd.com/. TO2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.