Baseball at the 2003 Pan American Games

Baseball at the 2003 Pan American Games
VenueSanto Domingo, Dominican Republic
Competitors9 teams
Medalists
 
 
 
«1999
2007»

Baseball at the 2003 Pan American Games was contested between teams representing Bahamas, Brazil, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and the United States. The 2003 edition was the 14th Pan American Games, and was hosted by Santo Domingo.

Cuba entered the competition as the eight-time defending champions, having won each gold medal dating back to 1971. They successfully defended their title, with the United States finishing second.

Medal summary

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Cuba1001
2 United States0101
3 Mexico0011
Totals (3 entries)1113

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's  Cuba  United States  Mexico

Tournament

The competition had nine teams divided in two groups. In each group, each team played against all others once and the eight best records advanced to the quarterfinals. The best team from Group A played the lowest ranked team from Group B and vice versa. Ties within a group were broken by the team allowing the fewest runs passing to the knockout round.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Pld W L RF RA Pct
Mexico 3 2 1 0.667
Cuba 3 2 1 0.667
Brazil 3 1 2 0.333
Panama 3 1 2 0.333

Group B

Team Pld W L RF RA Pct
Nicaragua 4 4 0 1.000
USA 4 3 1 0.750
Dominican Republic 4 2 2 0.500
Guatemala 4 1 3 0.250
Bahamas 4 0 4 0.000

Knockout round

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
8 August
 
 
Mexico6
 
9 August
 
Guatemala 0
 
Mexico 2
 
8 August
 
USA3
 
Brazil 0
 
10 August
 
USA7
 
USA 1
 
8 August
 
Cuba3
 
Cuba 10
 
9 August
 
Dominican Republic 0
 
Cuba2
 
8 August
 
Nicaragua 1 Third place
 
Panama 2
 
10 August
 
Nicaragua5
 
Mexico6
 
 
Nicaragua 2
 

Medal chart

Cuba
United States of America.
Mexico

See also

References