2014 Racquetball World Championships

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XVII Racquetball World Championships
- Canada 2014 -
Host Burlington, Ontario
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
DatesJune 14–21
Men's singles
Gold Gold medal.svg Flag of the United States.svg Rocky Carson
Silver Silver medal.svg Flag of Bolivia.svg Conrrado Moscoso
Bronze Bronze medal.svg Flag of the United States.svg Jose Rojas
Flag of Bolivia.svg Carlos Keller
Women's singles
Gold Gold medal.svg Flag of Mexico.svg Paola Longoria
Silver Silver medal.svg Flag of the United States.svg Rhonda Rajsich
Bronze Bronze medal.svg Flag of Argentina.svg María José Vargas
Flag of Mexico.svg Samantha Salas
Men's doubles
Gold Gold medal.svg Flag of Colombia.svg Sebastian Franco & Alejandro Herrera
Silver Silver medal.svg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mike Green & Vincent Gagnon
Bronze Bronze medal.svg Flag of Bolivia.svg Conrrado Moscoso & Mario Mercado
Flag of the United States.svg Ben Croft & Tom Fuhrmann
Women's doubles
Gold Gold medal.svg Flag of Mexico.svg Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas
Silver Silver medal.svg Flag of the United States.svg Aimee Ruiz & Janel Tisinger
Bronze Bronze medal.svg Flag of Chile.svg Angela Grisar & Carla Muñoz
Flag of Ecuador.svg Veronica Sotomayor & Maria Paz Muñoz

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.

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American Rocky Carson and Mexican Paola Longoria were the incumbent champions in men's and women's singles, respectively, and both successfully defended their titles.

Longoria was also the incumbent champion in women's doubles with Samantha Salas and they also successfully defended their title. Fellow Mexicans Álvaro Beltrán and Javier Moreno were the defending champions in men's doubles, but Mexico didn't make the podium in Burlington.

Instead, Colombians Sebastian Franco and Alejandro Herrera defeated Canadians Mike Green and Vincent Gagnon in the final, which was the first men's doubles World Championship not won by either the USA or Mexico.

Tournament format

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. Team standings were based on points earned from the singles and doubles competitions.

Events

Men's singles

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
Flag of the United States.svg Rocky Carson 15, 15
 
 
 
Flag of the United States.svg Jose Rojas 8, 12
 
Flag of the United States.svg Rocky Carson 15, 15
 
 
 
Flag of Bolivia.svg Conrrado Moscoso 3, 8
 
Flag of Bolivia.svg Conrrado Moscoso 15, 11, 11
 
 
Flag of Bolivia.svg Carlos Keller 11, 15, 3
 

Women's singles

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
Flag of the United States.svg Rhonda Rajsich 15, 15
 
 
 
Flag of Mexico.svg Samantha Salas 11, 9
 
Flag of the United States.svg Rhonda Rajsich 6, 8
 
 
 
Flag of Mexico.svg Paola Longoria 15, 15
 
Flag of Argentina.svg María José Vargas 5, 9
 
 
Flag of Mexico.svg Paola Longoria 15, 15
 

Men's doubles

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
Flag of the United States.svg Ben Croft & Tom Fuhrmann 11, 2
 
 
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mike Green & Vincent Gagnon 15, 15
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mike Green & Vincent Gagnon 11, 5
 
 
 
Flag of Colombia.svg Sebastian Franco & Alejandro Herrera15, 15
 
Flag of Bolivia.svg Conrrado Moscoso & Mario Mercado 11, 2
 
 
Flag of Colombia.svg Sebastian Franco & Alejandro Herrera15, 15
 

Women's doubles

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
Flag of Mexico.svg Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas 15, 15
 
 
 
Flag of Chile.svg Angela Grisar & Carla Muñoz 1, 3
 
Flag of Mexico.svg Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas 15, 15
 
 
 
Flag of the United States.svg Aimee Ruiz & Janel Tisinger 4, 12
 
Flag of Ecuador.svg Veronica Sotomayor & Maria Paz Muñoz 15, 4, 4
 
 
Flag of the United States.svg Aimee Ruiz & Janel Tisinger 6, 15, 11
 

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)2013
2Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States  (USA)1225
3Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia  (COL)1001
4Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia  (BOL)0123
5Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)0101
6Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina  (ARG)0011
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile  (CHI)0011
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador  (ECU)0011
Totals (8 entries)44816

Team results

Final team standings
Men's Team [2] Women's Team [3] Overall/Combined [4]
1 Flag of the United States.svg USA Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico Flag of the United States.svg USA
2 Flag of Bolivia.svg BoliviaFlag of the United States.svg USA Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico
3 Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia
4Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Flag of Argentina.svg ArgentinaFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
5 Flag of Mexico.svg MexicoFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg CanadaFlag of Colombia.svg Colombia
6 Flag of Ecuador.svg EcuadorFlag of Chile.svg Chile Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador
7Flag of Japan.svg Japan Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
8Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
9 Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela Flag of Colombia.svg ColombiaFlag of Japan.svg Japan
10 Flag of Argentina.svg ArgentinaFlag of Japan.svg JapanFlag of Chile.svg Chile
11 Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela
12 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica
13Flag of Catalonia.svg Catalunya Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic
14Flag of Chile.svg Chile Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala
15 Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland
16Flag of Cuba.svg CubaFlag of Catalonia.svg CatalunyaFlag of Catalonia.svg Catalunya
17Flag placeholder.svgFlag of Cuba.svg CubaFlag of Cuba.svg Cuba
18 Flag of Guatemala.svg GuatemalaFlag placeholder.svg -Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico
19Flag of India.svg IndiaFlag placeholder.svg -Flag of India.svg India
20 Flag of Poland.svg PolandFlag placeholder.svg - Flag of Poland.svg Poland
20 Flag of Ukraine.svg UkraineFlag placeholder.svg - Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine

References

  1. "IRF:: International Racquetball Federation - IRF XVII World Racquetball Championship Burlington 2014". Archived from the original on 2014-03-15. Retrieved 2014-03-14.
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