Baseball at the 2011 Pan American Games
Baseball at the 2011 Pan American Games | |||||||
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Venue | Pan American Baseball Stadium | ||||||
Dates | October 19 – October 25 | ||||||
Competitors | 190 from 8 nations | ||||||
Medalists | |||||||
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Baseball at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara was held between October 19 and 25, 2011. All games were played at the Pan American Baseball Stadium in Lagos de Moreno, Mexico. The draw for the competition took place in July 2011, in which the eight teams were drawn into two groups of four.[1]
Baseball was competed by men only, while women competed in the similar sport of softball. Each team could enter a team of 24 athletes for a maximum of 192 competitors for this tournament.[2] The tournament was played using designated hitter rules.[2]
Cuba entered the tournament having won 10 consecutive baseball gold medals at the Pan American Games, dating back to 1971. Canada won the tournament, defeating the United States in the gold medal game. Cuba finished in third place, winning the bronze medal.
Medal summary
[edit]Medal table
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Canada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2 | United States | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
3 | Cuba | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (3 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Medalists
[edit]Schedule
[edit]The competition was spread out across seven days.[3]
Preliminary round | Semifinals | M | Event finals |
October | 19th Wed |
20th Thu |
21st Fri |
22nd Sat |
23rd Sun |
24th Mon |
25th Tue |
Gold medals |
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Men's tournament | M | 1 |
Teams
[edit]Qualifying Summary
[edit]The hosts Mexico, along with the top seven teams at the Pan American Qualification tournament qualified to compete at the games.[2]
Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
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Host Nation | – | – | 1 | Mexico |
Qualifying Tournament | Oct 1 – Oct 13, 2010 | Mayagüez, Carolina and Ponce | 7 | United States Cuba Venezuela Dominican Republic Panama Canada Puerto Rico |
TOTAL | 8 |
Participants
[edit]Format
[edit]- Eight teams are split into 2 preliminary round groups of 4 teams each. The top 2 teams from each group qualify for the knockout stage.
- The third and fourth placed teams in each group will play each other for fifth and seventh place respectively.
- In the semifinals, the matchups are as follows: A1 vs. B2 and B1 vs. A2
- The winning teams from the semifinals play for the gold medal. The losing teams compete for the bronze medal.
Ties are broken via the following the criteria, with the first option used first, all the way down to the last option:
- Head to head results.
- Run average (not the run difference) between the tied teams.[2]
Preliminary round
[edit]All times are local Central Daylight Time (UTC−5)[4]
Qualified for the quarterfinals |
Team | G | W | L | RS | RA | RD | Tiebreaker |
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Mexico | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | – |
United States | 3 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 5 | +28 | – |
Dominican Republic | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 29 | -17 | – |
Panama | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 21 | -14 | – |
October 19, 2011 19:00 |
Mexico | 2–1 | Panama | Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno |
http://200.57.183.69/ENG/BB/BBR173A_BBM40040010100001ENG.htm[permanent dead link] |
October 20, 2011 14:00 |
Dominican Republic | 2–20 | United States | Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno |
http://200.57.183.69/ENG/BB/BBR173A_BBM40040010100002ENG.htm[permanent dead link] |
October 21, 2011 10:00 |
United States | 11–0 | Panama | Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno |
Boxscore |
October 21, 2011 19:00 |
Mexico | 3–2 | Dominican Republic | Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno |
Boxscore |
October 22, 2011 14:00 |
Panama | 6–8 | Dominican Republic | Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno |
http://200.57.183.69/ENG/BB/BBR173A_BBM40040010100005ENG.htm[permanent dead link] |
October 22, 2011 19:00 |
Mexico | 3–2 | United States | Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno |
http://200.57.183.69/ENG/BB/BBR173A_BBM40040010100006ENG.htm[permanent dead link] |
Team | G | W | L | RS | RA | RD | Tiebreaker |
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Cuba | 3 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 16 | +6 | – |
Canada | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 14 | – | – |
Venezuela | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 15 | -1 | – |
Puerto Rico | 3 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 22 | -5 | – |
October 19, 2011 10:00 |
Canada | 5–4 | Puerto Rico | Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno |
http://200.57.183.69/ENG/BB/BBR173A_BBM40040010200001ENG.htm[permanent dead link] |
October 19, 2011 14:00 |
Venezuela | 4–5 | Cuba | Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno |
http://200.57.183.69/ENG/BB/BBR173A_BBM40040010200002ENG.htm[permanent dead link] |
October 20, 2011 10:00 |
Venezuela | 9–6 | Puerto Rico | Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno |
http://200.57.183.69/ENG/BB/BBR173A_BBM40040010200003ENG.htm[permanent dead link] |
October 20, 2011 19:00 |
Canada | 5–9 | Cuba | Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno |
http://200.57.183.69/ENG/BB/BBR173A_BBM40040010200004ENG.htm[permanent dead link] |
October 21, 2011 14:00 |
Puerto Rico | 7–8 | Cuba | Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno |
Boxscore |
October 22, 2011 10:00 |
Venezuela | 1–4 | Canada | Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno |
http://200.57.183.69/ENG/BB/BBR173A_BBM40040010200006ENG.htm[permanent dead link] |
Elimination stage
[edit]Seventh place match
[edit]October 24, 2011 10:00 |
Puerto Rico | 3–2 | Panama | Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno |
Boxscore |
Fifth place match
[edit]October 25, 2011 10:00 |
Venezuela | 7–14 | Dominican Republic | Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno |
Boxscore |
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
24 October – Lagos de Moreno | ||||||
Cuba | 10 | |||||
25 October – Lagos de Moreno | ||||||
United States | 12 | |||||
United States | 1 | |||||
24 October – Lagos de Moreno | ||||||
Canada | 2 | |||||
Mexico | 3 | |||||
Canada | 5 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
25 October – Lagos de Moreno | ||||||
Cuba | 6 | |||||
Mexico | 0 |
Semifinals
[edit]October 24, 2011 14:00 |
United States | 12–10 | Cuba | Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno |
Boxscore |
October 24, 2011 19:00 |
Canada | 5–3 | Mexico | Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno |
Boxscore |
Bronze medal match
[edit]October 25, 2011 14:00 |
Cuba | 6–0 | Mexico | Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno |
http://200.57.183.69/ENG/BB/BBR173A_BBM40040040200002ENG.htm[permanent dead link] |
Gold medal match
[edit]October 25, 2011 19:00 |
United States | 1–2 | Canada | Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno |
http://200.57.183.69/ENG/BB/BBR173A_BBM40040040100001ENG.htm[permanent dead link] |
2011 Pan American Games Baseball tournament Winners |
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Canada 1st title |
Final standings
[edit]Rank | Team | Record |
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Canada | 4–1 | |
United States | 3–2 | |
Cuba | 4–1 | |
4 | Mexico | 3–2 |
5 | Dominican Republic | 2–2 |
6 | Venezuela | 1–3 |
7 | Puerto Rico | 1–3 |
8 | Panama | 0–4 |
Statistics leaders
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Batting[edit]
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Pitching[edit]
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References
[edit]- ^ Boletín COPABE Archived 2012-03-25 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- ^ a b c d Baseball technical manual
- ^ Competition schedule and results
- ^ Competition summary[dead link]
- ^ Best Offensive Players[dead link]
- ^ Best Pitchers[dead link]