Baseball at the 2003 Pan American Games

Cuba retained the Pan American Games baseball title, with its ninth consecutive gold medal at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

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 least number of runs passing to the knockout round.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Pld W L RF RA Pct
MexicoMexico 3210.667
CubaCuba 3210.667
BrazilBrazil 3120.333
PanamaPanama 3120.333

Group B

Team Pld W L RF RA Pct
NicaraguaNicaragua 4401.000
United StatesUSA 4310.750
Dominican RepublicDominican Republic 4220.500
GuatemalaGuatemala 4130.250
The BahamasBahamas 4040.000

Knockout round

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
8 August        
 MexicoMexico  6
9 August
 GuatemalaGuatemala  0  
 MexicoMexico  2
8 August
   United StatesUSA  3  
 BrazilBrazil  0
10 August
 United StatesUSA  7  
 United StatesUSA  1
8 August
   CubaCuba  3
 CubaCuba  10
9 August
 Dominican RepublicDominican Republic  0  
 CubaCuba  2 Third place
8 August
   NicaraguaNicaragua  1  
 PanamaPanama  2  MexicoMexico  6
 NicaraguaNicaragua  5    NicaraguaNicaragua  2
10 August

Medal chart

Cuba Cuba
United States United States of America.
Mexico Mexico