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	Cali, Colombia
Dates	July 15 - July 23
Men's singles
Gold	Rocky Carson
Silver	Daniel De La Rosa
Bronze	Conrado Moscoso, Samuel Murray
Women's singles
Gold	Paola Longoria
Silver	Gabriela Martinez
Bronze	Maria Jose Vargas, Samantha Salas
Men's doubles
Gold	Alvaro Beltran & Javier Moreno
Silver	Jake Bredenbeck & Jose Diaz
Bronze	Sebastian Franco & Alejandro Herrera, Kadim Carasco & Carlos Keller
Women's doubles
Gold	Aimee Ruiz & Janel Tisinger
Silver	Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas
Bronze	Frédérique Lambert & Jennifer Saunders, 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

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

Men's singles

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

Women's singles

	Semi-finals				Final
	Paola Longoria	15, 15
	Maria Jose Vargas	5, 5
					Paola Longoria	15, 15
					Gabriela Martinez	12, 5
	Samantha Salas	11, 15, 9
	Gabriela Martinez	15, 14, 11

Men's doubles

	Semi-finals				Final
	Jake Bredenbeck & Jose Diaz	15, 8, 11
	Kadim Carasco & Carlos Keller	14, 15, 8
					Jake Bredenbeck & Jose Diaz	12, 9
					Alvaro Beltran & Javier Moreno	15, 15
	Sebastian Franco & Alejandro Herrera	2, 5
	Alvaro Beltran & Javier Moreno	15, 15

Women's doubles

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

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Mexico (MEX)	2	2	1	5
2	United States (USA)	2	1	0	3
3	Guatemala (GUA)	0	1	0	1
4	Bolivia (BOL)	0	0	3	3
5	Canada (CAN)	0	0	2	2
6	Argentina (ARG)	0	0	1	1
	Colombia (COL)	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 nations)		4	4	8	16

Team results

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

1. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/iwxe9csqywg1fz0/AAAFhc3vQPcU_tmljEerFq8sa/Puntajes%20por%20Pais%20-%20Masculino.pdf?dl=0
2. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/iwxe9csqywg1fz0/AAB-MFh6QRd7tC-k12P_CYfHa/Puntajes%20por%20Pais%20-%20Femenino.pdf?dl=0
3. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/iwxe9csqywg1fz0/AAD396AwImXb2Mv7kbaoSKBka/Puntajes%20por%20Pais%20-%20Combinado.pdf?dl=0

External links

• IRF website