Baseball competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto was held from July 11 to 26 at the Pan Am Ball Park, in Ajax, Ontario.
Women's baseball made its Pan American Games debut, after being added to the program at the 2013 Pan American Sports Organization's general assembly. A total of seven men's and five women's teams competed in each tournament respectively.
Competition schedule
The following was the competition schedule for the baseball competitions:
PPreliminaries½SemifinalsBBronze medal matchFFinal Event↓/Date → Sat 11 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 25Sun 26 Men P P P P PP P ½ B F Women P P P P P B F
Medal summary Medal table
Medalists Men's tournament
Qualification A total of seven men's teams and five women's team qualified to compete at the games. For the men's tournament, the host nation Canada along with the United States (for its contributions to the game) qualified automatically. The top four teams at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games also qualified. The last qualifier saw one team qualify from the 2015 South American Championships. For the women's tournament, Canada as host nation qualified automatically, along with the top four nations at the qualification event held in March 2015. Men's rosters can have a maximum of 24 athletes, while women's rosters can have a maximum of 18 athletes.
Men EventDateLocationVacanciesQualifiedHost Nation1Qualified automatically12014 Central American and Caribbean GamesNovember 15–21 Veracruz42015 South American ChampionshipsFebruary 28 – March 7 Cuiabá1 Total 7
Women
EventDateLocationVacanciesQualifiedHost Nation12015 Pan American Women's Baseball ChampionshipsMarch 8–15 Concepción de la Vega4 Total 5
Participating nations A total of eight countries qualified baseball teams. The numbers in parentheses represents the number of participants qualified.
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