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from July 19 to 26. For these Games, the women competed in a 6-team tournament. The teams were grouped into one single pool and all teams played each other in a round-robin preliminary round. The top four teams would advance to the semifinals.

Qualification

A total of six women's team qualified to compete at the games. Canada as host nation qualified automatically, along with the top five nations at the qualification event held in August 2013. Each team can contain a maximum of fifteen athletes.

Summary

Rosters

At the start of tournament, all six participating countries had up to 15 players on their rosters. * * * * * *

Medalists

Competition format

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round consisting of two semifinal games, and the final and grand final. All games were played over seven innings.

Results

The official detailed schedule was revealed on May 1, 2015. ''All times are

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Preliminary round

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Medal round

Semifinals

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Bronze Medal Game

Gold Medal Game

Final standings

References

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