2023 Pan Am Games Baseball Schedule (Courtesy WBSC Americas)
The World Baseball Softball Confederation Americas sector announced the groups and schedule for the baseball tournament at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile on Thursday.
The Pan American Games will have a total of eight nations in the baseball event, including No. 3 Mexico, No. 6 Venezuela, No. 8 Cuba, No. 10 Dominican Republic, No. 11 Panama, No. 16 Colombia, No. 24 Brazil, and host nation Chile, which is not ranked in the World Baseball Rankings. Chile has not been ranked in two consecutive World Baseball Ranking cycles, including the rankings released on December 31, 2022 and March 28, 2023, after the World Baseball Classic.
The Pan American Games baseball tournament will be held from October 18 to October 28 at the Baseball and Softball Center in Cerrillos, Chile.
Following the group stage will be the Super Round, which will be played October 25-27. The bronze medal game and gold medal game of the 2023 Pan American Games will be played on October 28.
Group A will have Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Panama, and host nation Chile. Group B will have Venezuela, Cuba, Colombia, and Brazil.
Venezuela has the highest World Baseball Ranking in Group B after winning the bronze medal at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games.
Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, and Cuba all qualified for the 2023 Pan American Games by their performance at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games this past summer in San Salvador, El Salvador.
Panama qualified for the Pan American Qualifiers in June in Buenos Aires, Argentina, when they beat host nation Argentina in the final qualifier game 9-3.
Brazil qualified in July 2022 for the 2023 Pan American Games, beating Argentina 2-0 in the 2022 South American Baseball Championship in Lima, Peru.
Colombia qualified for the 2023 Pan American Games in December 2021 at the Junior Pan American Games in Barranquilla, Colombia, beating the Dominican Republic in the gold medal game 6-3.
The last Pan American Games was held in 2019 in Lima, Peru when Puerto Rico beat Canada in the gold medal game 6-1.
The 2023 Pan American Games will be the last senior event of the international baseball calendar year from the WBSC Americas sector prior to the rankings being released on December 31, 2023.
All listed streaming updates of the 2023 Pan American Games will be provided on the WBSC Americas social media pages and website.
2023 Pan American Games Pool Round Schedule
All times are listed Eastern Daylight Time
Wednesday October 18, 2023
8:30 a.m. EDT – Mexico vs. Chile
Thursday October 19, 2023
8:30 a.m. EDT – Panama vs. Dominican Republic
2 p.m. EDT – Venezuela vs. Brazil
Friday October 20, 2023
8:30 a.m. EDT – Colombia vs. Cuba
Saturday October 21, 2023
8:30 a.m. EDT – Dominican Republic vs. Mexico
2 p.m. EDT – Chile vs. Panama
Sunday October 22, 2023
8:30 a.m. EDT – Brazil vs. Colombia
2 p.m. EDT – Cuba vs. Venezuela
Monday October 23, 2023
8:30 a.m. EDT – Panama vs. Mexico
2 p.m. EDT – Chile vs. Dominican Republic
Tuesday October 24, 2023
8:30 a.m. EDT – Brazil vs. Cuba
2 p.m. EDT – Colombia vs. Venezuela
Pan American Games Champions
| Year | Host | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1951 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Cuba | USA | Mexico |
| 1955 | Mexico City | Dominican Republic | USA | Venezuela |
| 1959 | Chicago | Venezuela | Puerto Rico | USA |
| 1963 | São Paulo, Brazil | Cuba | USA | Mexico |
| 1967 | Winnipeg, Manitoba | USA | Cuba | Puerto Rico |
| 1971 | Cali, Colombia | Cuba | USA | Colombia |
| 1975 | Mexico City | Cuba | USA | Venezuela |
| 1979 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | Cuba | Dominican Republic | Puerto Rico |
| 1983 | Caracas, Venezuela | Cuba | Nicaragua | USA |
| 1987 | Indianapolis | Cuba | USA | Puerto Rico |
| 1991 | Havana | Cuba | Puerto Rico | USA |
| 1995 | Mar del Plata, Argentina | Cuba | Nicaragua | Puerto Rico |
| 1999 | Winnipeg, Manitoba | Cuba | USA | Canada |
| 2003 | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | Cuba | USA | Mexico |
| 2007 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Cuba | USA | Mexico/Venezuela* |
| 2011 | Guadalajara, Mexico | Canada | USA | Cuba |
| 2015 | Toronto | Canada | USA | Cuba |
| 2019 | Lima, Peru | Puerto Rico | Canada | Nicaragua |
| * – Mexico and Venezuela shared bronze medal |