Baseball at the 2019 Pan American Games
Baseball at the 2019 Pan American Games | |||||||
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Venue | Villa María del Triunfo Lima Province, Peru | ||||||
Dates | July 29 – August 4, 2019 | ||||||
No. of events | 1 (1 men) | ||||||
Competitors | 192 from 8 nations | ||||||
Medalists | |||||||
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Baseball at the 2019 Pan American Games was held from July 27 to August 4. The venue for the competition was the baseball stadium located at the Villa María del Triunfo cluster.[1][2] The tournament was part of the 2019 edition of the Pan American Games, hosted by Lima, Peru.
A total of eight men's teams (each consisting of up to 24 players) competed. Thus, a total of 192 athletes were scheduled to compete.[3] After having been contested for the first time in 2015, women's baseball was dropped for this edition.[4]
Puerto Rico won the gold medal game over Canada, 6–1, and were undefeated during the tournament. Nicaragua finished in third place.
The top finishers in the event that were not already qualified for the 2019 WBSC Premier12 were awarded the final one or two spots (depending on other qualification paths) in the Americas Qualifying Event for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[5] Nicaragua and Colombia so qualified for the Americas Qualifying Event via their third-place and fourth-place finishes.
Medalists
[edit]Participating nations
[edit]A total of 8 countries qualified baseball teams.
- Argentina (24 athletes)
- Canada (24)
- Colombia (24)
- Cuba (24)
- Dominican Republic (24)
- Nicaragua (24)
- Peru (24)
- Puerto Rico (24)
Qualification
[edit]Eight men's teams qualified to compete at the games in each tournament. The host nation (Peru) qualified in each tournament, along with winner of the South American Championship, the top two teams at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games and the top four teams at the Pan American Qualification tournament.
Event | Dates | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
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Host Nation | — | — | 1 | Peru |
2018 South American Championships[6] | April 15–21 | Buenos Aires | 1 | Argentina |
2018 Central American and Caribbean Games | July 20–29 | Barranquilla | 2 | Puerto Rico Cuba |
2019 Pan American Games Qualifier[7][8][9] | January 29 – February 3 | Ibiúna-São Paulo | 4 | Dominican Republic Colombia Nicaragua Canada |
Total | 8 |
Competition format
[edit]The eight teams were split into groups of four, with the top two teams in each group advancing to the "super round". The third placed team in each group played for fifth place, while fourth in each group played for seventh. In the super round, each team played the two teams from the other group, with the result against the team from its group carried over. The top two in this round played for gold, with the other two teams playing for bronze.[10]
Results
[edit]All times are Peru Standard Time (UTC−5)
Preliminary round
[edit]Group A
[edit]GP | W | L | RS | RA | DIFF | |
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Puerto Rico | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | +8 |
Nicaragua | 3 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 9 | +8 |
Dominican Republic | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | +4 |
Peru | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 24 | −14 |
Qualified for the Super round |
July 29 19:05 |
Dominican Republic | 10–3 | Peru | Baseball Stadium, Lima Attendance: 2,798 |
Boxscore |
July 30 10:05 |
Puerto Rico | 7–3 | Nicaragua | Baseball Stadium, Lima Attendance: 1,059 |
Boxscore |
July 31 10:05 |
Nicaragua | 4–2 | Dominican Republic | Baseball Stadium, Lima Attendance: 577 |
Boxscore |
July 31 19:05 |
Puerto Rico | 4–1 | Peru | Baseball Stadium, Lima Attendance: 2,850 |
Boxscore |
August 1 15:05 |
Dominican Republic | 1–2 (F/10) | Puerto Rico | Baseball Stadium, Lima Attendance: 1,780 |
Boxscore |
August 1 19:05 |
Peru | 0–10 (F/7) | Nicaragua | Baseball Stadium, Lima Attendance: 1,994 |
Boxscore |
Group B
[edit]GP | W | L | RS | RA | DIFF | |
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Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 9 | +19 |
Colombia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
Cuba | 3 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 14 | +3 |
Argentina | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 24 | −22 |
Qualified for the Super round |
July 29 10:05 |
Cuba | 1–6 | Colombia | Baseball Stadium, Lima Attendance: 2,456 |
Boxscore |
July 29 15:05 |
Argentina | 0–10 (F/8) | Canada | Baseball Stadium, Lima Attendance: 2,355 |
Boxscore |
July 30 15:05 |
Colombia | 4–2 | Argentina | Baseball Stadium, Lima Attendance: 1,560 |
Boxscore |
July 30 19:05 |
Canada | 8–6 | Cuba | Baseball Stadium, Lima Attendance: 1,123 |
Boxscore |
July 31 15:05 |
Cuba | 10–0 (F/7) | Argentina | Baseball Stadium, Lima Attendance: 987 |
Boxscore |
August 1 10:05 |
Colombia | 3–10 | Canada | Baseball Stadium, Lima Attendance: N/A |
Boxscore |
Placement matches
[edit]Seventh place match
[edit]August 2 10:05 |
Peru | 1–20 (F/5) | Argentina | Baseball Stadium, Lima Attendance: 1,125 |
Boxscore |
Fifth place match
[edit]August 3 10:05 |
Dominican Republic | 10–9 (F/10) | Cuba | Baseball Stadium, Lima Attendance: 2,415 |
Boxscore |
Super round
[edit]GP | W | L | RS | RA | DIFF | |
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Puerto Rico | 3 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 9 | +8 |
Canada | 3 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 11 | +14 |
Colombia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 13 | +2 |
Nicaragua | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 28 | −24 |
August 2 15:05 |
Puerto Rico | 8–5 | Canada | Baseball Stadium, Lima Attendance: 2,100 |
Boxscore |
August 2 19:05 |
Nicaragua | 1–11 (F/7) | Colombia | Baseball Stadium, Lima Attendance: 1,513 |
Boxscore |
August 3 15:05 |
Nicaragua | 0–10 (F/7) | Canada | Baseball Stadium, Lima Attendance: 1,979 |
Boxscore |
August 3 19:05 |
Puerto Rico | 2–1 | Colombia | Baseball Stadium, Lima Attendance: 2,313 |
Boxscore |
Medal matches
[edit]Bronze medal match
[edit]August 4 11:05 |
Colombia | 0–6 | Nicaragua | Baseball Stadium, Lima Attendance: N/A |
Boxscore |
Gold medal match
[edit]August 4 18:05 |
Puerto Rico | 6–1 | Canada | Baseball Stadium, Lima Attendance: N/A |
Boxscore |
2019 Pan American Games winners |
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Puerto Rico 1st title |
Final standings
[edit]Rank | Team | Record |
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Puerto Rico | 6–0 | |
Canada | 4–2 | |
Nicaragua | 3–3 | |
4 | Colombia | 3–3 |
5 | Dominican Republic | 2–2 |
6 | Cuba | 1–3 |
7 | Argentina | 1–3 |
8 | Peru | 0–4 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Pan American Schedule" (PDF). www.lima2019.pe. Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). June 13, 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 16, 2019. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
- ^ Etchells, Daniel (March 11, 2019). "Lima 2019 inaugurates first sporting venue for Pan American Games". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
- ^ "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. April 25, 2018. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
- ^ Hinkson, Kamila (July 23, 2019). "'It's hard to take': Women's baseball players on the outside looking in at Pan Am Games". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
- ^ "WBSC reveals Tokyo 2020 Olympic Qualifiers for Baseball, Softball". World Baseball Softball Confederation. March 24, 2018. Archived from the original on October 1, 2019. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
- ^ "Argentina wins South American Baseball Championship, earns Pan American Games berth". www.wbsc.org/. World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). April 22, 2018. Archived from the original on June 22, 2019. Retrieved April 28, 2018.
- ^ Montealto, Carlos A. (September 15, 2018). "Repechaje de Beisbol para Lima 2019 ya tiene fecha" [Baseball Qualifiers for Lima 2019 have a date]. El Nuevo Diario (in Spanish). Managua, Nicaragua. Archived from the original on September 15, 2018. Retrieved September 15, 2018.
- ^ "Canada, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua advance to the Pan American Games Lima 2019". www.wbsc.org/. World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). February 1, 2019. Archived from the original on February 2, 2019. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
- ^ "Final Four Baseball Teams Qualify for Lima 2019". www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. February 1, 2019. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
- ^ "Beisbol Manual Tecnico" [Baseball Technical Manual] (PDF). www.eventosdelciclo.cog.org.gt/ (in Spanish). Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). Retrieved June 16, 2019.