Softball at the 2011 Pan American Games explained

Event:Softball
Games:2011
Venue:Pan American Softball Stadium
Dates:October 15 – October 23
Competitors:134
Nations:8
Win Label:Winning score
Prev:2007
Next:2015

Softball at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara were held in between October 17 and 23. All games were played at the Pan American Softball Stadium. Pan American softball is competed by women only, while men compete in the similar sport of baseball. Each team can enter a team of 17 athletes for a maximum of 136 competitors for this tournament.[1]

The United States were the defending champions from the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro.

On October 23, the United States defeated Canada to win its seventh straight gold medal.

Medal summary

Medalists

Women's
Chelsea Thomas
Kelly Grieve
Rhea Taylor
Stacy Johnson
Jordan Taylor
Kaitlin Cochran
Keilani Ricketts
Whitney Canion
Michelle Moultrie
Christine Orgeron
Molly Johnson
Valerie Arioto
Ashley Holcombe
Lauren Gibson
Amelia Leles
Meagan May
Taylor Hoagland

Jenna Caira
Jocelyn Cater
Erin Cumpstone
Heather Ebert
Kelsey Haberl
Victoria Hayward
Ashley Lanz
Danielle Lopez
Joey Lye
Melanie Matthews
Sarah Phillips
Kaleigh Rafter
Jillian Russell
Jennifer Salling
Hannah Schwarz
Brittany Hicks
Megan Timpf
Jennifer Yee

Ludisleydis Napoles
Marlen Bubaire
Lidibet Castellon
Anisley Lopez
Katia Coello
Maylin Sanchez
Yusmelis Ocaña
Yaleisa Soto
Yanitza Aviles
Aleanna de Armas
Maritza Toledo
Yamisleidys Casanova
Yuselys Acosta
Diamela Puentes
Yusmeri Pacheco
Yarisleidy Rosario
Leanneyi Gomez

Schedule

The competition will be spread out across seven days.[2]

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Teams

Qualification

The top 7 teams from the 2009 Pan American Championship and hosts Mexico qualified teams for the tournament.[1]

EventDateLocationVacanciesQualified
Host Nation1
2009 Pan American Softball Championship[3] July 31 – August 9, 2009 Maracay7





TOTAL 8

Participants

Competition format

Eight teams compete in the Pan American softball tournament, and the competition consists of two rounds. The preliminary round follows a round robin format, where each of the teams plays all the other teams once. Following this, the top four teams advance to a page playoff system round consisting of two semifinal games, and finally the bronze and gold medal games.

Preliminary round

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Schedule

Medal Round

The loser of 1&2 seed game will play the winner of the 3&4 seed game in the bronze-medal match. The loser of the bronze-medal match wins the bronze medal while the winner goes on to play the winner of the 1&2 seed game for the gold medal in the gold-medal match.

Gold-medal match


Final standings

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9 – 0
7 – 3
5 – 4
45 – 3
52 – 5
62 – 5
72 – 5
80 – 7

Notes and References

  1. http://www.guadalajara2011.org.mx/documentos/manuales/eng/technical/tm_softball.pdf Softball technical manual
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20111015101440/http://info.guadalajara2011.org.mx/ENG/ZZ/ZZS103A_SO@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ENG.htm Competition schedule and results
  3. http://www.internationalsoftball.com/english/latest_news/pascw09.asp Field half set for 2010 WWC
  4. http://200.57.183.69/ENG/SO/SOR176A_SOW400400@@@@@@@@ENG.htm Competition summary