Baseball at the 2015 Pan American Games explained

Event:Baseball
Games:2015
Dates:July 11–26
Venue:Pan Am Ball Park
Competitors:258
Nations:8
Num Events:2 (1 men, 1 women)
Prev:2011
Next:2019

Baseball competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto was held from July 11 to 26 at the Pan Am Ball Park, in Ajax, Ontario.[1] [2]

Women's baseball made its Pan American Games debut, after being added to the program at the 2013 Pan American Sports Organization's general assembly.[3] A total of seven men's and five women's teams competed in each tournament respectively.[3]

Competition schedule

The following was the competition schedule for the baseball competitions:[4]

Event↓/Date → Sat 11Sun 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 25Sun 26
P P P P PP P ½ B F
WomenP P P P P B F

Medal summary

Medalists

Men's tournament

[5] [6] [7] [8]
  • Migreily Angulo
  • Ofelia Arrieche
  • Sor Brito
  • Dayvis Cazorla
  • Giddelys Cumana
  • Ingrid Escobar
  • Osmari Garcia
  • Daily Gimenez
  • Lelis Gomez
  • Oriannys Hernandez
  • Kerlys Pérez
  • Marianne Pérez
  • Esquia Rengel
  • Leonela Reyes
  • Maria Rincon
  • Astrid Rodriguez
  • Patricia Segovia
  • Maigleth Torres

Qualification

A total of seven men's teams and five women's team qualified to compete at the games. For the men's tournament, the host nation Canada along with the United States (for its contributions to the game) qualified automatically. The top four teams at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games also qualified. The last qualifier saw one team qualify from the 2015 South American Championships.[9] For the women's tournament, Canada as host nation qualified automatically, along with the top four nations at the qualification event held in March 2015.[10] Men's rosters can have a maximum of 24 athletes, while women's rosters can have a maximum of 18 athletes.[10] [11]

Men

EventDateLocationVacanciesQualified
Host Nation1
Qualified automatically1
2014 Central American and Caribbean Games[12] November 15–21 Veracruz4


2015 South American Championships[13] February 28 – March 7 Cuiabá1
Total 7

Women

See also: Baseball at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's tournament.

EventDateLocationVacanciesQualified
Host Nation1
2015 Pan American Women's Baseball Championships[14] March 8–15 Concepción de la Vega4


Total 5

Participating nations

A total of eight countries qualified baseball teams. The numbers in parentheses represents the number of participants qualified.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: President's Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark. toronto2015.org. TO2015. 30 October 2014. 26 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160326172445/http://www.toronto2015.org/venue/ajax-ballpark. dead.
  2. Web site: Competition Schedule. 18 August 2014. toronto2015.org. TO2015. 7 September 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140903164841/http://images.toronto2015.org/system/asset_pdfs/2043/original/pan-am-games-schedule.pdf?1407975204. 3 September 2014. dead .
  3. Web site: 2015 Pan Am Games to include women's baseball. February 11, 2013. baseball.ca/. Baseball Canada. October 28, 2014.
  4. Web site: Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide. 20 April 2015. toronto2015.org. TO2015. 26 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150420184712/http://images.toronto2015.org/system/asset_pdfs/4013/original/pan-am-games-ticket-guide-042015.pdf. 20 April 2015. dead .
  5. Web site: 2015 Women's Pan American Games Roster. USAbaseball.com. USA Baseball. 13 January 2015. 14 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170814053317/http://web.usabaseball.com/womens_national_team.jsp. dead.
  6. Web site: Baseball: Women: Team Roster: USA – United States. Toronto2015.org. Pan American Games. 13 January 2015.
  7. Web site: Baseball: Women: Team Roster: CAN – Canada. Toronto2015.org. Pan American Games. 13 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111427/http://results.toronto2015.org/IRS/resTO2015/pdf/TO2015/BB/TO2015_BB_C33_BBW400000C_CAN.pdf. 4 March 2016. dead .
  8. Web site: Baseball: Women: Team Roster: VEN – Venezuela. Toronto2015.org. Pan American Games. 13 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111427/http://results.toronto2015.org/IRS/resTO2015/pdf/TO2015/BB/TO2015_BB_C33_BBW400000C_CAN.pdf. 4 March 2016. dead .
  9. Web site: Otorgara beisbol de los JCC plazas a Juegos Pan Americanos 2015. es. The Central American and Caribbean Games will award places in baseball for the 2015 Pan American Games. 5 October 2014. www.imagendelgolfo.com.mx/. 17 November 2014.
  10. Web site: Sport Technical Manual Baseball. www.scribd.com/. TO2015. 13 June 2015.
  11. Web site: Sources: MLB to allow minor leaguers to play in Pan American Games. Morosi. Jon Paul. 21 January 2014. www.foxsports.com/. FOX Sports. 22 January 2014.
  12. Web site: Cuba, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico qualify for Pan Am Games. 21 November 2014. baseball.ca/. Baseball Canada. 4 January 2014.
  13. Web site: No. 19 Colombia beats No. 15 Brazil to win South American Championship, qualify for Pan Am Games. 7 March 2015. ibaf.org/. International Baseball Federation (IBAF). 8 March 2015.
  14. Web site: USA wins Women's Baseball Pan Am Qualifier. 12 March 2015. ibaf.org/. International Baseball Federation (IBAF). 15 March 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150630151222/http://www.ibaf.org/en/news/2015/03/12/usa-wins-womens-baseball-pan-am-qualifier/0721300a-27ad-4ae5-95e6-1717d846b869. 30 June 2015.