Softball at the 2011 Pan American Games

International sporting event

Softball at the 2011 Pan American Games

Venue| Pan American Softball Stadium
Dates| October 15 – October 23
Competitors| 134 from 8 nations
Medalists
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|  Cuba

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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

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### Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  United States| 1| 0| 0| 1
2|  Canada| 0| 1| 0| 1
3|  Cuba| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (3 entries)| 1| 1| 1| 3

### Medalists

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Women's  |  United States
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 |  Canada
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 |  Cuba
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

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

| Preliminary round  |  | Semifinals  | M | Event finals

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October | 17th
Mon | 18th
Tue | 19th
Wed | 20th
Thu | 21st
Fri | 22nd
Sat | 23rd
Sun | Gold
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Women's tournament  |  |  |  |  |  |  | M | 1

## Teams

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### Qualification

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

Event  | Date  | Location  | Vacancies  | Qualified

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Host Nation  | –  |  | 1  |  Mexico
2009 Pan American Softball Championship[3] | July 31 – August 9, 2009  |  Maracay | 7  |  United States
Canada
Venezuela
Cuba
Argentina
Dominican Republic
Puerto Rico
TOTAL |  | 8 |

### Participants

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*  Argentina
*  Canada
*  Cuba
*  Dominican Republic
*  Mexico
*  Puerto Rico
*  United States
*  Venezuela

## Competition format

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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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| Qualified for the semifinals

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| Eliminated

All times are Central Daylight Time (UTC−5)

Rank | Team | W | L | RS | RA

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1 |  United States | 7 | 0 | 54 | 6
2 |  Cuba | 5 | 2 | 28 | 13
3 |  Venezuela | 5 | 2 | 31 | 20
4 |  Canada | 5 | 2 | 46 | 23
5 |  Dominican Republic | 2 | 5 | 22 | 37
6 |  Mexico | 2 | 5 | 18 | 37
7 |  Puerto Rico | 2 | 5 | 27 | 42
8 |  Argentina | 0 | 7 | 4 | 59

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### Schedule

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October 17, 2011
9:00 | Dominican Republic  | 2 – 3  |  Puerto Rico | Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara
Attendance: 350

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October 17, 2011
11:00 | Mexico  | 0 – 7  |  Venezuela | Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara
Attendance: 600

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October 17, 2011
13:00 | Argentina  | 0 – 7  |  Cuba | Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara
Attendance: 100

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October 17, 2011
16:00 | Canada  | 10 – 2  |  Puerto Rico | Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara
Attendance: 300

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October 17, 2011
18:00 | United States  | 10 – 0  |  Venezuela | Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara
Attendance: 0

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October 17, 2011
20:00 | Mexico  | 1 – 3  |  Dominican Republic | Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara
Attendance: 500

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October 18, 2011
9:00 | Venezuela  | 8 – 1  |  Argentina | Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara
Attendance: 150

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October 18, 2011
11:00 | Puerto Rico  | 1 – 4  |  Cuba | Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara
Attendance: 200

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October 18, 2011
13:00 | United States  | 10 – 0  |  Dominican Republic | Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara
Attendance: 200

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October 18, 2011
16:00 | Canada  | 4 – 3  |  Venezuela | Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara
Attendance: 350

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October 18, 2011
18:00 | Canada  | 2 – 4  |  Cuba | Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara
Attendance: 773

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October 18, 2011
20:00 | Mexico  | 0 – 7  |  United States | Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara
Attendance: 785

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October 19, 2011
9:00 | Canada  | 11 – 0  |  Argentina | Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara
Attendance: 150

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October 19, 2011
11:00 | Argentina  | 1 – 11  |  Dominican Republic | Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara
Attendance: 183

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October 19, 2011
13:00 | United States  | 3 – 0  |  Cuba | Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara
Attendance: 375

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October 19, 2011
16:00 | United States  | 4 – 1  |  Puerto Rico | Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara
Attendance: 415

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October 19, 2011
18:00 | Venezuela  | 3 – 2  |  Cuba | Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara
Attendance: 659

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October 19, 2011
20:00 | Mexico  | 1 – 8  |  Canada | Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara
Attendance: 0

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October 20, 2011
9:00 | Puerto Rico  | 10 – 0  |  Argentina | Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara
Attendance: 100

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October 20, 2011
11:00 | Venezuela  | 10 – 3  |  Dominican Republic | Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara
Attendance: 150

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October 20, 2011
13:00 | Canada  | 5 – 12  |  United States | Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara
Attendance: 321

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October 20, 2011
16:00 | Mexico  | 4 – 2  |  Argentina | Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara
Attendance: 400

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October 20, 2011
18:00 | Mexico  | 0 – 5  |  Cuba | Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara
Attendance: 599

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October 21, 2011
9:00 | Cuba  | 6 – 1  |  Dominican Republic | Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara
Attendance: 150

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October 21, 2011
11:00 | Canada  | 6 – 2  |  Dominican Republic | Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara
Attendance: 185

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October 21, 2011
13:00 | Venezuela  | 10 – 5  |  Puerto Rico | Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara
Attendance: 250

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October 21, 2011
16:00 | United States  | 8 – 0  |  Argentina | Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara
Attendance: 300s

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October 21, 2011
18:00 | Mexico  | 12 – 5  |  Puerto Rico | Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara
Attendance: 453

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## Medal Round

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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.

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| Semifinals| | | Bronze medal game| | | Gold medal game
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| 1|  United States| 13| | 1|  United States| 11
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| 2|  Cuba| 1| | | | | | 4|  Canada| 1
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### Semifinals

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October 22, 2011
16:00 | Canada  | 11 – 1  |  Venezuela | Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara
Attendance: 150

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October 22, 2011
18:00 | United States  | 13 – 1  |  Cuba | Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara
Attendance: 0

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### Bronze-medal match

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October 23, 2011
10:00 | Cuba  | 0 – 4  |  Canada | Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara
Attendance: 359

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### Gold-medal match

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October 23, 2011
12:00 | United States  | 11 – 1  |  Canada | Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara
Attendance: 555

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2011 Pan American Games Softball tournament
Winners

United States
8th title

## Final standings

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Rank  | Team  | Record

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|  United States | 9 – 0
|  Canada | 7 – 3
|  Cuba | 5 – 4
4  |  Venezuela | 5 – 3
5  |  Dominican Republic | 2 – 5
6  |  Mexico | 2 – 5
7  |  Puerto Rico | 2 – 5
8  |  Argentina | 0 – 7

## References

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1. ^ a b Softball technical manual Archived 2010-11-25 at the Wayback Machine
2. ^ Competition schedule and results
3. ^ Field half set for 2010 WWC Archived 2010-12-04 at the Wayback Machine
4. ^ Competition summary[dead link]

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