Baseball at the 2011 Pan American Games

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Baseball at the 2011 Pan American Games
Baseball pictogram.svg
Venue Pan American Baseball Stadium
DatesOctober 19 – October 25
Competitors190 from 8 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg  
Silver medal icon.svg  
Bronze medal icon.svg  
«2007
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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]

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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

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1001
2Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0101
3Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 0011
Totals (3 entries)1113

Medalists

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men'sFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Flag of the United States.svg  United States Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba

Schedule

The competition was spread out across seven days. [3]

   Preliminary round   Semifinals M Event finals
October19th
Wed
20th
Thu
21st
Fri
22nd
Sat
23rd
Sun
24th
Mon
25th
Tue
Gold
medals
Men's tournamentM1

Teams

Qualifying Summary

The hosts Mexico, along with the top seven teams at the Pan American Qualification tournament qualified to compete at the games. [2]

EventDateLocationVacanciesQualified
Host Nation1Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Qualifying TournamentOct 1 – Oct 13, 2010 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Mayagüez, Carolina and Ponce 7Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
TOTAL8

Participants

Format

Ties are broken via the following the criteria, with the first option used first, all the way down to the last option:

  1. Head to head results.
  2. Run average (not the run difference) between the tied teams. [2]

Preliminary round

All times are local Central Daylight Time (UTC−5) [4]

Qualified for the quarterfinals

Group A

TeamGWLRSRARDTiebreaker
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 33085+3
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 321335+28
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 3121229-17
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 303721-14
October 19, 2011
19:00
Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg2–1 Flag of Panama.svg  Panama Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno
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October 20, 2011
14:00
Dominican Republic  Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg2–20 Flag of the United States.svg  United States Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno
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October 21, 2011
10:00
United States  Flag of the United States.svg11–0 Flag of Panama.svg  Panama Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno
Boxscore

October 21, 2011
19:00
Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg3–2 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno
Boxscore

October 22, 2011
14:00
Panama  Flag of Panama.svg6–8 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno
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October 22, 2011
19:00
Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg3–2 Flag of the United States.svg  United States Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno
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Group B

TeamGWLRSRARDTiebreaker
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 3302216+6
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3211414
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 3121415-1
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 3031722-5
October 19, 2011
10:00
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg5–4 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno
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October 19, 2011
14:00
Venezuela  Flag of Venezuela.svg4–5 Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno
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October 20, 2011
10:00
Venezuela  Flag of Venezuela.svg9–6 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno
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October 20, 2011
19:00
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg5–9 Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno
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October 21, 2011
14:00
Puerto Rico  Flag of Puerto Rico.svg7–8 Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno
Boxscore

October 22, 2011
10:00
Venezuela  Flag of Venezuela.svg1–4 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno
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Elimination stage

Seventh place match

October 24, 2011
10:00
Puerto Rico  Flag of Puerto Rico.svg3–2 Flag of Panama.svg  Panama Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno
Boxscore

Fifth place match

October 25, 2011
10:00
Venezuela  Flag of Venezuela.svg7–14 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno
Boxscore
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
24 October – Lagos de Moreno
 
 
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 10
 
25 October – Lagos de Moreno
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 12
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1
 
24 October – Lagos de Moreno
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2
 
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 3
 
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 5
 
Third place
 
 
25 October – Lagos de Moreno
 
 
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 6
 
 
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 0

Semifinals

October 24, 2011
14:00
United States  Flag of the United States.svg12–10 Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno
Boxscore

October 24, 2011
19:00
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg5–3 Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno
Boxscore

Bronze medal match

October 25, 2011
14:00
Cuba  Flag of Cuba.svg6–0 Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno
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Gold medal match

October 25, 2011
19:00
United States  Flag of the United States.svg1–2 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno
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 2011 Pan American Games Baseball tournament
Winners 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Canada
1st title

Final standings

RankTeamRecord
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4–1
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3–2
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 4–1
4Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 3–2
5Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 2–2
6Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 1–3
7Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 1–3
8Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 0–4

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