2014 Racquetball World Championships – Women's doubles

The International Racquetball Federation's 17th Racquetball World Championships were held in Burlington, Ontario, Canada, from June 14 to 21, 2014.[1] This was the second time Worlds were in Canada. Previously, they were in Montreal in 1992.

XVII Racquetball World Championships
- Canada 2014 -
Host Burlington, Ontario
Canada Canada
Dates June 14–21
Men's singles
Women's singles
Men's doubles
Women's doubles
Gold Mexico Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas
Silver United States Aimee Ruiz & Janel Tisinger
Bronze Chile Angela Grisar & Carla Muñoz
Ecuador Veronica Sotomayor & Maria Paz Muñoz

The women's doubles defending champions were Mexicans Paola Longoria and Samantha Salas and they won gold for a third straight time. In the final, they defeated American Aimee Ruiz, a former World Champion doubles player, and Janel Tisinger in two straight games. Longoria and Salas beat the Chilean team of Angela Grisar and Carla Muñoz in the semi-finals, which was a rematch of the 2012 final.

In the other semi-final, Ruiz and Tisinger needed to come back after losing the first game against the Ecuador team of Veronica Sotomayor and Maria Paz Muñoz, winning the match in a tie-breaker.

Tournament format

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The 2014 World Championships was the first competition with an initial round robin stage that was used to seed players for an elimination qualification round. Previously, players were seeded into an elimination round based on how their countries had done at previous World Championships, and then a second team competition was also played. This year there was no team competition.

Round robin

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Pool A

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Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
  Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas 3 3 0 6 0 90 18 6
  Mariana Paredes & Mariana Tobon 3 2 1 4 2 52 57 5
  Jin Young Seok & Jung Eun Ane 3 1 2 2 4 53 60 4
  Anna Ventura & Bet Consegal 2 0 2 0 6 13 90 2

Pool B

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Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
  Aimee Ruiz & Janel Tisinger 3 3 0 6 0 90 18 6
  Véronique Guillemette & Maria Jose Vargas 3 2 1 4 2 52 57 5
  Maria Paz Muñoz & Veronica Sotomayor 3 1 2 2 4 53 60 4
  Maria Renee Rodriguez & Gabriela Martinez 2 0 2 0 6 13 90 2

Pool C

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Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
  Frédérique Lambert & Jennifer Saunders 3 3 0 6 1 98 50 6
  Natalia Mendez & Adriana Riveros 3 2 1 4 2 92 60 5
  Maria Cespedes & Merynanyelly Delgado 3 1 2 2 4 44 72 4
  Majella Haverty & Katie Kenny 2 0 2 0 6 38 90 2

Pool D

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Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
  Angela Grisar & Carla Muñoz 3 3 0 6 0 96 59 6
  Maiko Sato & Naomi Wakimoto 3 1 2 4 2 86 77 4
  Melania Sauma & Sofia Soley 3 1 2 2 4 56 75 4
  Cristina Amaya & Claudia Andrade 3 1 2 0 6 63 78 4

Elimination round

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Source[3]

Round of 16 Quarter finals Semi finals Finals
            
1   Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas 15, 15
16   Maria Renee Rodriguez & Gabriela Martinez 6, 4
1   Mexico 15, 15
8   Bolivia 5, 12
9   Melania Sauma & Sofia Soley 10, 7
8   Natalia Mendez & Adriana Riveros 15, 15
1   Mexico' 15, 15
4   Chile 1, 3
5   Véronique Guillemette & Maria Jose Vargas 15, 1, 11
12   Jin Young Seok & Jung Eun Ane 9, 15, 7
5   Argentina 15, 3, 8
4   Chile 8, 15, 11
13   Majella Haverty & Katie Kenny 7, 3
4   Angela Grisar & Carla Muñoz 15, 15
1   Mexico 15, 15
2   USA 4, 12
3   Frédérique Lambert & Jennifer Saunders 14, 15, 11
14   Cristina Amaya & Claudia Andrade 15, 6, 6
3   Canada 6, 15, 8
11   Ecuador 15, 7, 11
11   Maria Paz Muñoz & Veronica Sotomayor 15, 15
6   Mariana Paredes & Mariana Tobon 2, 9
11   Ecuador 15, 4, 4
2   USA 6, 15, 11
7   Maiko Sato & Naomi Wakimoto 15, 15
10   Maria Cespedes & Merynanyelly Delgado 9, 8
7   Japan 7, 3
2   USA 15, 15
15   Anna Ventura & Bet Consegal 0, 1
2   Aimee Ruiz & Janel Tisinger 15, 15
Winners
  Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas

References

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  1. ^ "IRF:: International Racquetball Federation - IRF XVII World Racquetball Championship Burlington 2014". Archived from the original on 2014-03-15. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
  2. ^ "IRF 2014 World Championships - Women's Doubles - Round Robin". Dropbox. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
  3. ^ "IRF 2014 World Championships - Women's Doubles". Dropbox. Retrieved 2022-12-29.