title: Softball at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's tournament
text: # Softball at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's tournament
  
  The men's softball tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, was held at the Pan Am Ball Park in Ajax, Ontario from July 12 to 18.
  
  Men's softball returned to the Pan American Games sports program after last being competed in 2003.
  
  For these Games, the men competed in a 6-team tournament. The teams were grouped into one single pool and all teams played each other in a round-robin preliminary round. The top four teams would advance to the semifinals.
  
  ## Qualification
  
  A total of six men's team qualified to compete at the games. Canada as host nation qualified automatically, along with the top five nations at the qualification event held in October 2014. Each team can contain a maximum of fifteen athletes.
  
  ### Summary
  
  | Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Host Nation | — | — | 1 | Canada |
  | 2014 Pan American Championship | October 25 – November 1 | Paraná | 5 | Venezuela Argentina United States Dominican Republic Mexico |
  | TOTAL | | | 6 | |
  
  ## Rosters
  
  At the start of tournament, all six participating countries had up to 15 players on their rosters.
  
  * Argentina
  * Canada
  * Dominican Republic
  * Mexico
  * United States
  * Venezuela
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Men's tournament | Canada Ryan Boland Sean Cleary Jeff Ellsworth Brad Ezekiel Ian Fehrman Jason Hill Brandon Horn Paul Koert Derek Mayson Steve Mullaley Mathieu Roy Jason Sanford Kevin Schellenberg Andy Skelton Ryan Wolfe | Venezuela Arturo Acacio Yeider Chirinos Joan Colombo Rafael Flores Pedro Gonzalez Ramon Jones Jorge Lima Edwin Linares Tulio Linares Iran Paez Luiger Pinto Kerlis Rivero Rogelio Sequera Erick Urbaneja John Zambrano | Argentina Mauricio Caceres Santiago Carril Sebastian Gervasutti Gustavo Godoy Manuel Godoy Roman Godoy Juan Malarczuk Huemul Mata Teo Migliavacca Mariano Montero Pablo Montero Bruno Motroni Fernando Petric Juan Potolicchio Juan Zara |
  
  ## Competition format
  
  In the first round of the competition, teams were divided into one pool of six teams, and play followed round robin format with each of the teams playing all other teams in the pool once.
  
  Following the completion of the pool games, the top four teams advanced to a page playoff round consisting of two semifinal games, and the final and grand final. All games were played over seven innings.
  
  ## Results
  
  The official detailed schedule was revealed on May 1, 2015.
  
  All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)
  
  ### Preliminary round
  
  | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | Qualification |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Canada | 5 | 5 | 0 | 33 | 13 | +20 | Qualified for the semifinals |
  | Argentina | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 15 | +4 | Qualified for the semifinals |
  | Venezuela | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | +4 | Qualified for the semifinals |
  | United States | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | +6 | Qualified for the semifinals |
  | Mexico | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 22 | −6 | |
  | Dominican Republic | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 33 | −28 | |
  
  Home team in each game is listed first.
  
  | 12 July 2015 10:00 | Dominican Republic | 0–10 | United States | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 1,010 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 12 July 2015 10:00 | | Boxscore | | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 1,010 |
  | 12 July 2015 16:30 | Argentina | 3–0 | Venezuela | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 200 |
  | 12 July 2015 16:30 | | Boxscore | | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 200 |
  | 12 July 2015 19:00 | Canada | 10–5 | Mexico | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 1,243 |
  | 12 July 2015 19:00 | | Boxscore | | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 1,243 |
  | 13 July 2015 14:00 | Mexico | 5–3 | Argentina | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 220 |
  | 13 July 2015 14:00 | | Boxscore | | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 220 |
  | 13 July 2015 16:30 | Venezuela | 5–1 | Dominican Republic | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 129 |
  | 13 July 2015 16:30 | | Boxscore | | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 129 |
  | 13 July 2015 19:00 | United States | 2–3 | Canada | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 2,230 |
  | 13 July 2015 19:00 | | Boxscore | | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 2,230 |
  | 14 July 2015 14:00 | United States | 1–3 | Venezuela | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 132 |
  | 14 July 2015 14:00 | | Boxscore | | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 132 |
  | 14 July 2015 16:30 | Dominican Republic | 2–4 | Mexico | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 363 |
  | 14 July 2015 16:30 | | Boxscore | | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 363 |
  | 14 July 2015 19:00 | Argentina | 3–9 | Canada | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 2,890 |
  | 14 July 2015 19:00 | | Boxscore | | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 2,890 |
  | 15 July 2015 14:00 | Venezuela | 5–1 | Mexico | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 215 |
  | 15 July 2015 14:00 | | Boxscore | | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 215 |
  | 15 July 2015 16:30 | Argentina | 3–1 | United States | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 301 |
  | 15 July 2015 16:30 | | Boxscore | | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 301 |
  | 15 July 2015 19:00 | Canada | 7–2 | Dominican Republic | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 632 |
  | 15 July 2015 19:00 | | Boxscore | | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 632 |
  | 16 July 2015 14:00 | Dominican Republic | 0–7 | Argentina | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 340 |
  | 16 July 2015 14:00 | | Boxscore | | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 340 |
  | 16 July 2015 16:30 | Canada | 4–1 | Venezuela | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 2,010 |
  | 16 July 2015 16:30 | | Boxscore | | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 2,010 |
  | 16 July 2015 19:00 | Mexico | 1–2 | United States | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 89 |
  | 16 July 2015 19:00 | | Boxscore | | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 89 |
  
  ### Medal round
  
  | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Grand Final | Grand Final | Grand Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Canada | 2 | | | | 1 | Canada | 2 |
  | 2 | Argentina | 0 | | | | 3 | Venezuela | 1 |
  | | | | 2 | Argentina | 0 | | | |
  | | | | 3 | Venezuela | 2 | | | |
  | 3 | Venezuela | 1 | | | | | | |
  | 4 | United States | 0 | | | | | | |
  
  **Semifinals**
  
  | 17 July 2015 16:30 | Venezuela | 1–0 | United States | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 521 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 17 July 2015 16:30 | | Boxscore | | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 521 |
  | 17 July 2015 19:00 | Canada | 2–0 | Argentina | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 1,030 |
  | 17 July 2015 19:00 | | Boxscore | | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 1,030 |
  
  **Final**
  
  | 18 July 2015 12:00 | Argentina | 0–2 | Venezuela | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 2,999 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 18 July 2015 12:00 | | Boxscore | | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 2,999 |
  
  **Grand Final**
  
  | 18 July 2015 15:00 | Canada | 2–1 | Venezuela | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 3,030 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 18 July 2015 15:00 | | Boxscore | | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax Attendance: 3,030 |
  
  * 2015 Pan American Games winners
  * Canada 8th title
  
  ## Final standings
  
  | Rank | Team | Record |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Canada | 7 – 0 |
  | | Venezuela | 5 – 3 |
  | | Argentina | 3 – 4 |
  | 4 | United States | 2 – 4 |
  | 5 | Mexico | 2 – 3 |
  | 6 | Dominican Republic | 0 – 5 |
  