Baseball_at_the_1999_Pan_American_Games

Baseball at the 1999 Pan American Games

Baseball at the 1999 Pan American Games

International sporting event

Baseball at the 1999 Pan American Games was held between July 25 and August 2 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. A total of nine teams competed: Brazil, Canada, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and the United States. The primary venue for this competition was CanWest Global Park, while Stonewall Quarry Park in Stonewall, Manitoba, was used as a secondary venue.[1][2]

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Cuba entered the competition as the seven-time defending champions, having won each gold medal dating back to 1971. They successfully defended their title, with the United States finishing second. The 1999 games were the first time professional baseball players were allowed to participate in the Pan American Games, and the top two teams qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics.[3][4][5]

Medal summary

Medal table

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Medalists

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Preliminary round

Pool A

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Source: XIII Pan American Games
(H) Hosts
July 25
14:00		 Brazil  4–16  Canada CanWest Global Park, Winnipeg
July 25
19:30		 Cuba  5–1  Mexico CanWest Global Park, Winnipeg
July 26
14:00		 United States  6–7  Canada CanWest Global Park, Winnipeg
July 26
18:00		 Mexico  10–0  Brazil Stonewall Quarry Park, Stonewall
July 27
9:00		 Mexico  1–5  United States CanWest Global Park, Winnipeg
July 27
19:30		 Cuba  10–1  Brazil CanWest Global Park, Winnipeg
July 28
14:00		 United States  10–5  Cuba CanWest Global Park, Winnipeg
July 28
19:30		 Canada  3–1  Mexico CanWest Global Park, Winnipeg
July 29
14:00		 Canada  8–1  Cuba CanWest Global Park, Winnipeg
July 29
18:00		 Brazil  2–3  United States Stonewall Quarry Park, Stonewall

Pool B

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Source: XIII Pan American Games
July 25
9:00		 Guatemala  1–10  Dominican Republic CanWest Global Park, Winnipeg
July 26
19:30		 Nicaragua  1–6  Panama CanWest Global Park, Winnipeg
July 27
18:00		 Dominican Republic  8–5  Panama Stonewall Quarry Park, Stonewall
July 28
18:00		 Guatemala  3–7  Nicaragua Stonewall Quarry Park, Stonewall
July 29
9:00		 Panama  7–3  Guatemala CanWest Global Park, Winnipeg
July 29
19:30		 Dominican Republic  2–3  Nicaragua CanWest Global Park, Winnipeg

Knockout stage

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsGold Medal Match
 
          
 
July 31 – Winnipeg
 
 
 Panama2
 
August 1 – Winnipeg
 
 United States5
 
 United States2
 
July 31 – Stonewall
 
 Mexico1
 
 Mexico5
 
August 2 – Winnipeg
 
 Nicaragua1
 
 United States1
 
July 31 – Winnipeg
 
 Cuba5
 
 Guatemala2
 
August 1 – Winnipeg
 
 Canada12
 
 Canada2
 
July 31 – Winnipeg
 
 Cuba3 Bronze Medal Match
 
 Cuba3
 
August 2 – Winnipeg
 
 Dominican Republic1
 
 Canada9
 
 
 Mexico2
 

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Winnipeg 1999 Results book" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  2. [2]
    Morgan, T. Kent (29 July 2019). "Remembering the 1999 Pan Am Games". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  3. [3]
    "USA Baseball names Pan Am roster". MiLB.com. 9 September 2010.
  4. [4]
    "Cuba defeats U.S. for Pan Am Games gold". Pocono Record. 3 August 1999. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  5. [5]
    Bjarkman, Peter C. (2019). Fidel Castro and Baseball: The Untold Story. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 191. ISBN 9781538110317.
  6. [6]
    Olderr, Steven (2003). The Pan American Games: A Statistical History, 1951-1999, bilingual edition. McFarland & Company. ISBN 9780786443369.
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