International sporting event
Softball at the 2015 Pan American Games Softball pictogram for the games
Venues Pan Am Ball Park Dates July 12–26 No. of events2 (1 men, 1 women) Competitors 181 from 9 nations
Softball competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto was held from July 12 to 26 at the Pan Am Ball Park , in Ajax, Ontario .[1] [2] Men's softball returned to the Pan American Games sports program after last being competed in 2003 .[3] A total of six men and women's teams competed in each tournament respectively.[3]
Competition schedule
The Pan Am Ball Park in Ajax , was the venue for the softball competitions
The following is the competition schedule for the softball competitions:[4]
P
Preliminaries
½
Semifinals
B
3rd place play-off
F
Final
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Sun 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 25
Sun 26
Men
P
P
P
P
P
½
B
F
Women
P
P
P
P
P
½
B
F
Medal summary
Medal table
* Host nation (Canada )
Medalists
Qualification
A total of six men's teams and six women's team qualified to compete at the games. The top six teams (including Canada) at the 2013 Pan American Women's championships[5] and 2014 Pan American Men's championships[6] qualified to compete at the games. Each team can contain a maximum of fifteen athletes.[7]
Men
Women
Participating nations
A total of nine countries have qualified softball teams.
References