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| Venue | Pan American Softball Stadium | |||||||||
| Dates | October 15 – October 23 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 134 from 8 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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«2007 2015» | ||||||||||
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.[1]
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
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 |  Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 |  Cuba | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Medalists
Schedule
The competition will be spread out across seven days.[2]
| Preliminary round | Semifinals | M | Event finals |
| October | 17th Mon |
18th Tue |
19th Wed |
20th Thu |
21st Fri |
22nd Sat |
23rd Sun |
Gold medals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's tournament | M | 1 |
Teams
Qualification
The top 7 teams from the 2009 Pan American Championship and hosts Mexico qualified teams for the tournament.[1]
| Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host Nation | – | 1 |  Mexico
| |
| 2009 Pan American Softball Championship[3] | July 31 – August 9, 2009 |  Maracay
|
7 |  United States  Canada Venezuela  Cuba  Argentina  Dominican Republic  Puerto Rico
|
| 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
| Qualified for the semifinals | |
| Eliminated |
All times are Central Daylight Time (UTC−5)
| Rank | Team | W | L | RS | RA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States |
7 | 0 | 54 | 6 |
| 2 | Cuba |
5 | 2 | 28 | 13 |
| 3 | Venezuela |
5 | 2 | 31 | 20 |
| 4 | Canada |
5 | 2 | 46 | 23 |
| 5 | Dominican Republic |
2 | 5 | 22 | 37 |
| 6 | Mexico |
2 | 5 | 18 | 37 |
| 7 | Puerto Rico |
2 | 5 | 27 | 42 |
| 8 | Argentina |
0 | 7 | 4 | 59 |
Schedule
| October 17, 2011 9:00 |
Dominican Republic
|
2 – 3 | Puerto Rico
|
Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara Attendance: 350 |
| http://200.57.183.69/ENG/SO/SOR173A_SOW40040010100001ENG.htm[permanent dead link] |
| October 17, 2011 11:00 |
Mexico
|
0 – 7 | Venezuela
|
Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara Attendance: 600 |
| http://200.57.183.69/ENG/SO/SOR173A_SOW40040010100014ENG.htm[permanent dead link] |
| October 17, 2011 13:00 |
Argentina
|
0 – 7 | Cuba
|
Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara Attendance: 100 |
| http://200.57.183.69/ENG/SO/SOR173A_SOW40040010100023ENG.htm[permanent dead link] |
| October 17, 2011 16:00 |
Canada
|
10 – 2 | Puerto Rico
|
Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara Attendance: 300 |
| http://200.57.183.69/ENG/SO/SOR173A_SOW40040010100013ENG.htm[permanent dead link] |
| October 17, 2011 18:00 |
United States
|
10 – 0 | Venezuela
|
Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara Attendance: 0 |
| http://200.57.183.69/ENG/SO/SOR173A_SOW40040010100021ENG.htm[permanent dead link] |
| October 17, 2011 20:00 |
Mexico
|
1 – 3 | Dominican Republic
|
Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara Attendance: 500 |
| http://200.57.183.69/ENG/SO/SOR173A_SOW40040010100002ENG.htm[permanent dead link] |
| October 18, 2011 9:00 |
Venezuela
|
8 – 1 | Argentina
|
Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara Attendance: 150 |
| http://200.57.183.69/ENG/SO/SOR173A_SOW40040010100019ENG.htm[permanent dead link] |
| October 18, 2011 11:00 |
Puerto Rico
|
1 – 4 | Cuba
|
Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara Attendance: 200 |
| http://200.57.183.69/ENG/SO/SOR173A_SOW40040010100011ENG.htm[permanent dead link] |
| October 18, 2011 13:00 |
United States
|
10 – 0 | Dominican Republic
|
Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara Attendance: 200 |
| http://200.57.183.69/ENG/SO/SOR173A_SOW40040010100006ENG.htm[permanent dead link] |
| October 18, 2011 16:00 |
Canada
|
4 – 3 | Venezuela
|
Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara Attendance: 350 |
| http://200.57.183.69/ENG/SO/SOR173A_SOW40040010100022ENG.htm[permanent dead link] |
| October 18, 2011 18:00 |
Canada
|
2 – 4 | Cuba
|
Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara Attendance: 773 |
| http://200.57.183.69/ENG/SO/SOR173A_SOW40040010100027ENG.htm[permanent dead link] |
| October 18, 2011 20:00 |
Mexico
|
0 – 7 | United States
|
Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara Attendance: 785 |
| http://200.57.183.69/ENG/SO/SOR173A_SOW40040010100017ENG.htm[permanent dead link] |
| October 19, 2011 9:00 |
Canada
|
11 – 0 | Argentina
|
Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara Attendance: 150 |
| http://200.57.183.69/ENG/SO/SOR173A_SOW40040010100025ENG.htm[permanent dead link] |
| October 19, 2011 11:00 |
Argentina
|
1 – 11 | Dominican Republic
|
Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara Attendance: 183 |
| http://200.57.183.69/ENG/SO/SOR173A_SOW40040010100004ENG.htm[permanent dead link] |
| October 19, 2011 13:00 |
United States
|
3 – 0 | Cuba
|
Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara Attendance: 375 |
| http://200.57.183.69/ENG/SO/SOR173A_SOW40040010100026ENG.htm[permanent dead link] |
| October 19, 2011 16:00 |
United States
|
4 – 1 | Puerto Rico
|
Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara Attendance: 415 |
| http://200.57.183.69/ENG/SO/SOR173A_SOW40040010100012ENG.htm[permanent dead link] |
| October 19, 2011 18:00 |
Venezuela
|
3 – 2 | Cuba
|
Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara Attendance: 659 |
| http://200.57.183.69/ENG/SO/SOR173A_SOW40040010100020ENG.htm[permanent dead link] |
| October 19, 2011 20:00 |
Mexico
|
1 – 8 | Canada
|
Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara Attendance: 0 |
| http://200.57.183.69/ENG/SO/SOR173A_SOW40040010100018ENG.htm[permanent dead link] |
| October 20, 2011 9:00 |
Puerto Rico
|
10 – 0 | Argentina
|
Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara Attendance: 100 |
| http://200.57.183.69/ENG/SO/SOR173A_SOW40040010100010ENG.htm[permanent dead link] |
| October 20, 2011 11:00 |
Venezuela
|
10 – 3 | Dominican Republic
|
Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara Attendance: 150 |
| http://200.57.183.69/ENG/SO/SOR173A_SOW40040010100003ENG.htm[permanent dead link] |
| October 20, 2011 13:00 |
Canada
|
5 – 12 | United States
|
Pan American Softball Stadium, Guadalajara Attendance: 321 |
| http://200.57.183.69/ENG/SO/SOR173A_SOW40040010100028ENG.htm[permanent dead link] |