Softball at the 2011 Pan American Games

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.Softball technical manual

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

Medal table

Medalists Women'sChelsea ThomasKelly GrieveRhea TaylorStacy JohnsonJordan TaylorKaitlin CochranKeilani RickettsWhitney CanionMichelle MoultrieChristine OrgeronMolly JohnsonValerie AriotoAshley HolcombeLauren GibsonAmelia LelesMeagan MayTaylor HoaglandJenna CairaJocelyn CaterErin CumpstoneHeather EbertKelsey HaberlVictoria HaywardAshley LanzDanielle LopezJoey LyeMelanie MatthewsSarah PhillipsKaleigh RafterJillian RussellJennifer SallingHannah SchwarzBrittany HicksMegan TimpfJennifer YeeLudisleydis NapolesMarlen BubaireLidibet CastellonAnisley LopezKatia CoelloMaylin SanchezYusmelis OcañaYaleisa SotoYanitza AvilesAleanna de ArmasMaritza ToledoYamisleidys CasanovaYuselys AcostaDiamela PuentesYusmeri PachecoYarisleidy RosarioLeanneyi Gomez

Schedule The competition will be spread out across seven days.Competition schedule and results Preliminary round Semifinals M Event finals

October 17thMon18thTue19thWed20thThu21stFri22ndSat23rdSunGoldmedalsWomen's tournament M 1

Teams

Qualification The top 7 teams from the 2009 Pan American Championship and hosts Mexico qualified teams for the tournament. EventDateLocationVacanciesQualifiedHost Nation –12009 Pan American Softball ChampionshipField half set for 2010 WWC July 31 – August 9, 2009 Maracay7 TOTAL 8

Participants

Competition format 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

Competition summary

Schedule

Medal Round 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.

Semifinals

Bronze-medal match

Gold-medal match

Final standings RankTeamRecord 9 – 0 7 – 3 5 – 44 5 – 35 2 – 56 2 – 57 2 – 58 0 – 7

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