2016 Racquetball World Championships

The International Racquetball Federation's 18th Racquetball World Championships were held in Cali, Colombia from July 15 to 23, 2016. This was the first time Colombia has hosted Worlds, and the first time Worlds have been in South America since 1998, when Cochabamba, Bolivia hosted the event.

XVIII Racquetball World Championships
- Colombia 2016 -
Host Colombia Cali, Colombia
Dates July 15–23
Men's singles
Gold United States Rocky Carson
Silver Mexico Daniel De La Rosa
Bronze Bolivia Conrrado Moscoso, Canada Samuel Murray
Women's singles
Gold Mexico Paola Longoria
Silver Guatemala Gabriela Martínez
Bronze Argentina María José Vargas, Mexico Samantha Salas
Men's doubles
Gold Mexico Álvaro Beltrán & Javier Moreno
Silver United States Jake Bredenbeck & Jose Diaz
Bronze Colombia Sebastian Franco & Alejandro Herrera, Bolivia Kadim Carasco & Carlos Keller
Women's doubles
Gold United States Aimee Ruiz & Janel Tisinger
Silver Mexico Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas
Bronze Canada Frédérique Lambert & Jennifer Saunders, Bolivia Jenny Daza & Adriana Riveros

American Rocky Carson and Mexican Paola Longoria are the incumbent champions in men's and women's singles, respectively.

Longoria was also the incumbent champion in women's doubles with Samantha Salas and they also successfully defended their title. Colombians Sebastian Franco and Alejandro Herrera will be trying to defend the men's doubles title that they won in Canada two years ago.

Tournament format

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The 2016 World Championships used a two-stage format to determine the World Champions. Initially, players competed in separate groups over three days. The results were used to seed players for an elimination round. Thus, there was no team competition. Team standings were based on points earned from the singles and doubles competitions.

Events

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Men's singles

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Rocky Carson 15, 12, 11
 
 
 
  Conrrado Moscoso 12, 15, 4
 
  Rocky Carson15, 5, 11
 
 
 
  Daniel De La Rosa 11, 15, 5
 
  Samuel Murray 12, 7
 
 
  Daniel De La Rosa 15, 15
 

Women's singles

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Paola Longoria 15, 15
 
 
 
  María José Vargas 5, 5
 
  Paola Longoria 15, 15
 
 
 
  Gabriela Martínez 12, 5
 
  Samantha Salas 11, 15, 9
 
 
  Gabriela Martínez 15, 14, 11
 

Men's doubles

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Jake Bredenbeck & Jose Diaz 15, 8, 11
 
 
 
  Kadim Carasco & Carlos Keller 14, 15, 8
 
  Jake Bredenbeck & Jose Diaz 12, 9
 
 
 
  Álvaro Beltrán & Javier Moreno 15, 15
 
  Sebastian Franco & Alejandro Herrera 2, 5
 
 
  Álvaro Beltrán & Javier Moreno 15, 15
 

Women's doubles

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas 15, 15
 
 
 
  Jenny Daza & Adriana Riveros 5, 5
 
  Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas11, 15, 8
 
 
 
  Aimee Ruiz & Janel Tisinger 15, 9, 11
 
  Frédérique Lambert & Jennifer Saunders 8, 7
 
 
  Aimee Ruiz & Janel Tisinger 15, 15
 

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Mexico (MEX)2215
2  United States (USA)2103
3  Guatemala (GUA)0101
4  Bolivia (BOL)0033
5  Canada (CAN)0022
6  Argentina (ARG)0011
  Colombia (COL)0011
Totals (7 entries)44816

Team results

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Final team standings
Men's Team[1] Women's Team[2] Overall/Combined[3]
1   USA   Mexico   Mexico
2   Mexico   USA   USA
3   Bolivia   Guatemala   Bolivia
4   Canada   Canada   Canada
5   Ecuador   Bolivia   Ecuador
6   Colombia   Argentina   Guatemala
7   Costa Rica,   Japan   Ecuador   Argentina
8   Bolivia   Dominican Republic   Colombia
9   Dominican Republic   Colombia   Japan
10   Argentina   South Korea   Dominican Republic
11   Venezuela   Venezuela   Venezuela
12   Guatemala   Japan   South Korea
13   South Korea   Chile   Costa Rica
14   Puerto Rico   Ireland   Chile
15   India   Honduras   Honduras
16   Honduras   Costa Rica   Ireland
17   Chile,   England   Costa Rica   Puerto Rico
18        India
19   Indonesia     England
20       Indonesia

References

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  1. ^ "Dropbox – Error" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Dropbox – Error" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Dropbox – Error" (PDF).
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