Baseball at the 2019 Pan American Games

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.

Baseball at the 2019 Pan American Games
Baseball pictogram for the 2019 games
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
Puerto Rico    Canada    Nicaragua
«2015 2023»

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

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's tournament	Puerto Rico Fernando Cabrera Freddie Cabrera Luis Cintrón Fernando Cruz Jeffrey Domínguez Bryan Escanio Edwin Gómez Jay González Andrés López Kevin Luciano Brahiam Maldonado Iván Maldonado Miguel Martínez Ozzie Martínez Luis Mateo Efraín Nieves Jorge Padilla José Rivera César Rivera Wilfredo Rodríguez Orlando Román Ramesis Rosa Giovanni Soto Kevin Torres	Canada Ben Abram Phillippe Aumont Jordan Balazovic Eric Cerantola Michael Crouse Wes Darvill RJ Freure Tyson Gillies Dustin Houle Edouard Julien Ryan Kellogg Jordan Lennerton Chris Leroux Jonathan Malo Will McAffer Dustin Molleken Connor Panas Tristan Pompey Jordan Procyshen Jasvir Rakkar Scott Richmond Evan Rutckyj Rene Tosoni Eric Wood	Nicaragua Benjamín Alegría Luis Alen Isaac Benard Jimmy Bermúdez Dwight Britton Jorge Bucardo Wilber Bucardo Jilton Calderón Darrel Campbell Ofilio Castro Berman Espinoza Rafael Estrada Fidencio Flores Jesús Garrido Ernesto Glasgon Elías Gutiérrez Wilton López Gustavo Martínez Marvin Martínez Edgard Montiel Javier Robles Junior Téllez Norlando Valle Wuillians Vasquez

Participating nations

See also: Baseball at the 2019 Pan American Games – Men's team rosters

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

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
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

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

All times are Peru Standard Time (UTC−5)

Preliminary round

Group A

	GP	W	L	RS	RA	DIFF
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
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July 30 10:05	Puerto Rico	7–3	Nicaragua	Baseball Stadium, Lima Attendance: 1,059
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July 31 10:05	Nicaragua	4–2	Dominican Republic	Baseball Stadium, Lima Attendance: 577
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July 31 19:05	Puerto Rico	4–1	Peru	Baseball Stadium, Lima Attendance: 2,850
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August 1 15:05	Dominican Republic	1–2 (F/10)	Puerto Rico	Baseball Stadium, Lima Attendance: 1,780
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August 1 19:05	Peru	0–10 (F/7)	Nicaragua	Baseball Stadium, Lima Attendance: 1,994
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Group B

	GP	W	L	RS	RA	DIFF
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
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July 29 15:05	Argentina	0–10 (F/8)	Canada	Baseball Stadium, Lima Attendance: 2,355
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July 30 15:05	Colombia	4–2	Argentina	Baseball Stadium, Lima Attendance: 1,560
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July 30 19:05	Canada	8–6	Cuba	Baseball Stadium, Lima Attendance: 1,123
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July 31 15:05	Cuba	10–0 (F/7)	Argentina	Baseball Stadium, Lima Attendance: 987
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August 1 10:05	Colombia	3–10	Canada	Baseball Stadium, Lima Attendance: N/A
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Placement matches

Seventh place match

August 2 10:05	Peru	1–20 (F/5)	Argentina	Baseball Stadium, Lima Attendance: 1,125
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Fifth place match

August 3 10:05	Dominican Republic	10–9 (F/10)	Cuba	Baseball Stadium, Lima Attendance: 2,415
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Super round

	GP	W	L	RS	RA	DIFF
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
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August 2 19:05	Nicaragua	1–11 (F/7)	Colombia	Baseball Stadium, Lima Attendance: 1,513
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August 3 15:05	Nicaragua	0–10 (F/7)	Canada	Baseball Stadium, Lima Attendance: 1,979
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August 3 19:05	Puerto Rico	2–1	Colombia	Baseball Stadium, Lima Attendance: 2,313
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Medal matches

Bronze medal match

August 4 11:05	Colombia	0–6	Nicaragua	Baseball Stadium, Lima Attendance: N/A
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Gold medal match

August 4 18:05	Puerto Rico	6–1	Canada	Baseball Stadium, Lima Attendance: N/A
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2019 Pan American Games winners
Puerto Rico 1st title

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
	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

• Baseball at the 2020 Summer Olympics