Baseball at the 2011 Pan American Games in
Guadalajara
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was held between October 19 and 25, 2011. All games were played at the
Pan American Baseball Stadium in
Lagos de Moreno
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, Mexico. The draw for the competition took place in July 2011, in which the eight teams were drawn into two groups of four.
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.
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Events
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. 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
Medalists
Schedule
The competition was spread out across seven days.
Teams
Qualifying Summary
The hosts Mexico, along with the top seven teams at the Pan American Qualification tournament qualified to compete at the games.
Participants
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Format
* Eight teams are split into 2 preliminary round groups of 4 teams each. The top 2 teams from each group qualify for the knockout stage.
* The third and fourth placed teams in each group will play each other for fifth and seventh place respectively.
* In the semifinals, the matchups are as follows: A1 vs. B2 and B1 vs. A2
* The winning teams from the semifinals play for the gold medal. The losing teams compete for the bronze medal.
Ties are broken via the following the criteria, with the first option used first, all the way down to the last option:
# Head to head results.
# Run average (not the run difference) between the tied teams.
Preliminary round
All times are local Central Daylight Time
The North American Central Time Zone (CT) is a time zone in parts of Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America, some Caribbean Islands, and part of the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
Central Standard Time (CST) is six hours behind Coordinate ...
(UTC−5)
Group A
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Group B
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Elimination stage
Seventh place match
Fifth place match
Semifinals
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Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
Final standings
Statistics leaders
Batting
Pitching
Best Pitchers
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References
External links
Schedule
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Events at the 2011 Pan American Games
Pan American Games
The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is held ...
2011
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2011 Pan American Games
The 2011 Pan American Games, officially the XVI Pan American Games, was an international multi-sport event that was held from October 14–30, 2011, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Some events were held in the nearby cities of Ciudad Guzmán, ...