# Softball at the 2015 Pan American Games

Softball competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto was held from July 12 to 26 at the Pan Am Ball Park, in Ajax, Ontario. Men's softball returned to the Pan American Games sports program after last being competed in 2003. A total of six men and women's teams competed in each tournament respectively.

## Competition schedule

The following is the competition schedule for the softball competitions:
| P | Preliminaries | ½ | Semifinals | B | 3rd place play-off | F | Final |
| Event↓/Date → | Sun 12 | Mon 13 | Tue 14 | Wed 15 | Thu 16 | Fri 17 | Sat 18 | Sat 18 | Sun 19 | Mon 20 | Tue 21 | Wed 22 | Thu 23 | Fri 24 | Sat 25 | Sun 26 |
| Men | P | P | P | P | P | ½ | B | F | | | | | | | | |
| Women | | | | | | | | | P | P | P | P | P | ½ | B | F |

## Medal summary
### Medal table

* Host nation (Canada)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Canada* | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | United States | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Venezuela | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Argentina | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's tournament details | 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 |
| Women's tournament details | Canada Jenna Caira Jocelyn Cater Larissa Franklin Sara Groenewegen Megan Gurski Karissa Hovinga Joey Lye Erika Polidori Kaleigh Rafter Sara Riske Jenn Salling Megan Timpf Logan White Natalie Wideman Jen Yee | United States Valerie Arioto Ally Carda Raven Chavanne Amanda Chidester Kellie Fox Lauren Gibson Janelle Lindvall Haylie McCleney Jessica Moore Michelle Moultrie Sara Nevins Sierra Romero Kelsey Stewart Janie Takeda Jaclyn Traina | Puerto Rico Karla Claudio Dayanira Diaz Quianna Diaz-Patterson Elicia D'Orazio Sahvanna Jaquish Galis Lozada Yairka Moran Yahelis Munoz Kiara Nazario Aleshia Ocasio Nicole Osterman Gabriela Palacios Shemiah Sanchez Monica Santos Yazmin Torres |

## Qualification

A total of six men's teams and six women's team qualified to compete at the games. The top six teams (including Canada) at the 2013 Pan American Women's championships and 2014 Pan American Men's championships qualified to compete at the games. Each team can contain a maximum of fifteen athletes.

### Men

| 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 | |

### Women

| Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host Nation | — | — | 1 | Canada |
| 2013 Pan American Championship | August 10–18 | Guaynabo | 5 | United States Cuba Puerto Rico Dominican Republic Brazil |
| TOTAL | | | 6 | |

## Participating nations

A total of nine countries have qualified softball teams.
* Argentina (15 athletes)
* Brazil (15)
* Canada (30)
* Cuba (15)
* Dominican Republic (30)
* Mexico (15)
* Puerto Rico (15)
* United States (30)
* Venezuela (15)