Baseball at the 2019 Pan American Games

Baseball at the 2019 Pan American Games
Baseball pictogram for the 2019 games
VenueVilla María del Triunfo
Lima Province, Peru
DatesJuly 29 – August 4, 2019
No. of events1 (1 men)
Competitors192 from 8 nations
Medalists
Gold medal  Puerto Rico
Silver medal  Canada
Bronze medal  Nicaragua
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Baseball at the 2019 Pan American Games was held from July 27 to August 4. The venue for the competition was the baseball stadium located at the Villa María del Triunfo cluster.[1][2] The tournament was part of the 2019 edition of the Pan American Games, hosted by Lima, Peru.

A total of eight men's teams (each consisting of up to 24 players) competed. Thus, a total of 192 athletes were scheduled to compete.[3] After having been contested for the first time in 2015, women's baseball was dropped for this edition.[4]

Puerto Rico won the gold medal game over Canada, 6–1, and were undefeated during the tournament. Nicaragua finished in third place.

The top finishers in the event that were not already qualified for the 2019 WBSC Premier12 were awarded the final one or two spots (depending on other qualification paths) in the Americas Qualifying Event for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[5] Nicaragua and Colombia so qualified for the Americas Qualifying Event via their third-place and fourth-place finishes.

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament  Puerto Rico
 Canada
  Nicaragua

Participating nations

See also: Baseball at the 2019 Pan American Games – Men's team rosters

A total of 8 countries qualified baseball teams.

Qualification

Eight men's teams qualified to compete at the games in each tournament. The host nation (Peru) qualified in each tournament, along with winner of the South American Championship, the top two teams at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games and the top four teams at the Pan American Qualification tournament.

Event Dates Location Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation — — 1  Peru
2018 South American Championships[6] April 15–21 Argentina Buenos Aires 1  Argentina
2018 Central American and Caribbean Games July 20–29 Colombia Barranquilla 2  Puerto Rico
 Cuba
2019 Pan American Games Qualifier[7][8][9] January 29 – February 3 Brazil Ibiúna-São Paulo 4  Dominican Republic
 Colombia
 Nicaragua
 Canada
Total 8

Competition format

The eight teams were split into groups of four, with the top two teams in each group advancing to the "super round". The third placed team in each group played for fifth place, while fourth in each group played for seventh. In the super round, each team played the two teams from the other group, with the result against the team from its group carried over. The top two in this round played for gold, with the other two teams playing for bronze.[10]

Results

All times are Peru Standard Time (UTC−5)

Preliminary round

Group A

GP W L RS RA DIFF
 Puerto Rico 3 3 0 13 5 +8
 Nicaragua 3 2 1 17 9 +8
 Dominican Republic 3 1 2 13 9 +4
 Peru 3 0 3 4 24 −14
Qualified for the Super round
July 29
19:05 		Dominican Republic  10–3  Peru Baseball Stadium, Lima
Attendance: 2,798
Boxscore
July 30
10:05 		Puerto Rico  7–3  Nicaragua Baseball Stadium, Lima
Attendance: 1,059
Boxscore
July 31
10:05 		Nicaragua  4–2  Dominican Republic Baseball Stadium, Lima
Attendance: 577
Boxscore
July 31
19:05 		Puerto Rico  4–1  Peru Baseball Stadium, Lima
Attendance: 2,850
Boxscore
August 1
15:05 		Dominican Republic  1–2 (F/10)  Puerto Rico Baseball Stadium, Lima
Attendance: 1,780
Boxscore
August 1
19:05 		Peru  0–10 (F/7)  Nicaragua Baseball Stadium, Lima
Attendance: 1,994
Boxscore

Group B

GP W L RS RA DIFF
 Canada 3 3 0 28 9 +19
 Colombia 3 2 1 13 13 0
 Cuba 3 1 2 17 14 +3
 Argentina 3 0 3 2 24 −22
Qualified for the Super round
July 29
10:05 		Cuba  1–6  Colombia Baseball Stadium, Lima
Attendance: 2,456
Boxscore
July 29
15:05 		Argentina  0–10 (F/8)  Canada Baseball Stadium, Lima
Attendance: 2,355
Boxscore
July 30
15:05 		Colombia  4–2  Argentina Baseball Stadium, Lima
Attendance: 1,560
Boxscore
July 30
19:05 		Canada  8–6  Cuba Baseball Stadium, Lima
Attendance: 1,123
Boxscore
July 31
15:05 		Cuba  10–0 (F/7)  Argentina Baseball Stadium, Lima
Attendance: 987
Boxscore
August 1
10:05 		Colombia  3–10  Canada Baseball Stadium, Lima
Attendance: N/A
Boxscore

Placement matches

Seventh place match

August 2
10:05 		Peru  1–20 (F/5)  Argentina Baseball Stadium, Lima
Attendance: 1,125
Boxscore


Fifth place match

August 3
10:05 		Dominican Republic  10–9 (F/10)  Cuba Baseball Stadium, Lima
Attendance: 2,415
Boxscore


Super round

GP W L RS RA DIFF
 Puerto Rico 3 3 0 17 9 +8
 Canada 3 2 1 25 11 +14
 Colombia 3 1 2 15 13 +2
 Nicaragua 3 0 3 4 28 −24
August 2
15:05 		Puerto Rico  8–5  Canada Baseball Stadium, Lima
Attendance: 2,100
Boxscore
August 2
19:05 		Nicaragua  1–11 (F/7)  Colombia Baseball Stadium, Lima
Attendance: 1,513
Boxscore
August 3
15:05 		Nicaragua  0–10 (F/7)  Canada Baseball Stadium, Lima
Attendance: 1,979
Boxscore
August 3
19:05 		Puerto Rico  2–1  Colombia Baseball Stadium, Lima
Attendance: 2,313
Boxscore


Medal matches

Bronze medal match

August 4
11:05 		Colombia  0–6  Nicaragua 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Baseball Stadium, Lima
Attendance: N/A
Boxscore


Gold medal match

August 4
18:05 		1st place, gold medalist(s) Puerto Rico  6–1  Canada 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Baseball Stadium, Lima
Attendance: N/A
Boxscore


 2019 Pan American Games winners 

Puerto Rico
1st title

Final standings

Rank Team Record
1  Puerto Rico 6–0
2  Canada 4–2
3  Nicaragua 3–3
4  Colombia 3–3
5  Dominican Republic 2–2
6  Cuba 1–3
7  Argentina 1–3
8  Peru 0–4

See also

References

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  4. ^ Hinkson, Kamila (July 23, 2019). "'It's hard to take': Women's baseball players on the outside looking in at Pan Am Games". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
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  7. ^ Montealto, Carlos A. (September 15, 2018). "Repechaje de Beisbol para Lima 2019 ya tiene fecha" [Baseball Qualifiers for Lima 2019 have a date]. El Nuevo Diario (in Spanish). Managua, Nicaragua. Archived from the original on September 15, 2018. Retrieved September 15, 2018.
  8. ^ "Canada, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua advance to the Pan American Games Lima 2019". www.wbsc.org/. World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). February 1, 2019. Archived from the original on February 2, 2019. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
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