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Softball at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's tournament

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Softball – Women's tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games
VenuePan Am Ball Park
DatesJuly 19 – 26
Competitors90 from 6 nations
Medalists
Gold medal 
Silver medal 
Bronze medal 
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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]

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

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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

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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

Rosters

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At the start of tournament, all six participating countries had up to 15 players on their rosters.[4]

Medalists

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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

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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

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The official detailed schedule was revealed on May 1, 2015.[5]

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)

Preliminary round

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The Pan Am Ball Park in Ajax, the venue for the women's softball competition
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
Source: [citation needed]
19 July 2015
14:00
Dominican Republic  1 – 3  Cuba President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 2,895
Boxscore

19 July 2015
16:30
Canada  6 – 0  Brazil President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 2,234
Boxscore

19 July 2015
19:00
Puerto Rico  2 – 9  United States President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 234
Boxscore

20 July 2015
14:00
Brazil  0 – 7  United States President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 502
Boxscore

20 July 2015
16:30
Puerto Rico  11 – 5  Dominican Republic President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 375
Boxscore

20 July 2015
19:00
Canada  5 – 0  Cuba President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 546
Boxscore

21 July 2015
14:00
Puerto Rico  3 – 2  Cuba President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 832
Boxscore

21 July 2015
16:30
Brazil  2 – 1  Dominican Republic President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 2,900
Boxscore

21 July 2015
19:00
Canada  0 – 7  United States President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 2,900
Boxscore

22 July 2015
14:00
Puerto Rico  2 – 0  Brazil President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 460
Boxscore

22 July 2015
16:30
Cuba  2 – 9  United States President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 450
Boxscore

22 July 2015
19:00
Canada  9 – 7  Dominican Republic President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 1,200
Boxscore

23 July 2015
14:00
Dominican Republic  0 – 11  United States President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 112
Boxscore

23 July 2015
16:30
Brazil  5 – 3  Cuba President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 347
Boxscore

23 July 2015
19:00
Canada  1 – 0  Puerto Rico President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 2,050
Boxscore

Medal round

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SemifinalsBronze MedalGold Medal
1 United States51 United States2
2 Canada22 Canada4(8)
2 Canada7
3 Puerto Rico4
3 Puerto Rico12(4)
4 Brazil2

Semifinals

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24 July 2015
16:30
Puerto Rico  12 – 2 (4)  Brazil President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 1,050
Boxscore

24 July 2015
19:00
United States  5 – 2  Canada President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 2,145
Boxscore

Bronze Medal Game

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25 July 2015
17:00
Canada  7 – 4  Puerto Rico 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 2,267
Boxscore

Gold Medal Game

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26 July 2015
11:00
2nd place, silver medalist(s) United States  2 – 4 (8)  Canada 1st place, gold medalist(s) President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 3,000
Boxscore


 2015 Pan American Games winners 

Canada
2nd title

Final standings

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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

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  1. ^ "Pan Am Games Detailed Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  2. ^ McNair, Brian (1 May 2015). "Softball medals expected for Canada at Pan Am Games in Ajax". durhamregion.com. Ajax, Ontario. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  3. ^ "USA Wins Gold; Qualifies for ISF World Championships, Pan Am Games". calbears.com/. University of California. 18 August 2013. Archived from the original on 31 October 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  4. ^ a b c d "Sport Technical Manual Softball". scribd.com/. TO2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  5. ^ "Pan Am softball schedule features Canada, U.S. rivalry". CBC Sports. Toronto, Canada. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.