2014 Racquetball World Championships – Men's singles

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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
Men's doubles
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.

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In men's singles, American Rocky Carson was the three-time defending champion, and he won gold for a fourth time, which made him the most decorated men's racquetball player at the World Championships. In capturing the gold, Carson won all of his matches in two straight games.

Conrrado Moscoso of Bolivia was the surprise silver medalist. Moscoso defeated the 2012 silver medalist Polo Gutierrez of Mexico in the quarterfinals and the beat fellow Bolivian Carlos Keller in the semi-finals to reach the final.

The other semi-final was between two Americans: Carson and Jose Rojas. The Americans were on the same side of the draw, because Rojas lost to Fernando Rios of Ecuador in a great match that went tie-breaker in the round robin part of the competition. [2] Sadly for Rios, his victory didn't lead to a great position in the elimination draw, as he had to play Gutierrez in the second round, as Gutierrez missed one of his round robin matches, which put him fourth in his group. Gutierrez defeated Rios in two games.

Mexican Álvaro Beltrán was the other former World Champion in the men's draw (Beltran won the title in 2000), but he lost early in the elimination round as a result of a forfeit to Jose Daniel Ugalde of Ecuador.

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.

Round robin

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Pool A

PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints
Flag of the United States.svg Rocky Carson 3306090356
Flag of Cuba.svg Noslen Jimenez3214376865
Flag of Argentina.svg Fernando Kurzbard3123465814
Flag of Ecuador.svg Jose Daniel Ugalde3030645903

Pool B

PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Tim Landeryou 3306196486
Flag of Catalonia.svg Victor Monterrat3214370755
Flag of Venezuela.svg Ezequiel Paez3123578904
Flag of Ukraine.svg Anthony DeFusto3032670793

Pool C

PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints
Flag of the United States.svg Jose Rojas 3215295525
Flag of Ecuador.svg Fernando Rios3306193516
Flag of Argentina.svg Pablo Kurzbard3122462674
Flag of Poland.svg Peter Rakowski3006109003

Pool D

PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Samuel Murray 3306090146
Flag of Venezuela.svg Roberto Santander3214267375
Flag of Catalonia.svg Dani Pascual3120644604
Flag of England.svg Timothy Baghurst00300000

Pool E

PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints
Flag of Mexico.svg Álvaro Beltrán 3306090306
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Andres Aviles Solera3214268565
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Michael Barrett3030633903
Flag of South Korea.svg Mingyu Kim3122456714

Pool F

PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints
Flag of Japan.svg Michimune Kono3215287545
Flag of Chile.svg Francisco Troncoso3214376655
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Ramón de León3214397745
Flag of India.svg Rajiv Varadarajan3030622900

Pool G

PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Felipe Camacho3214374825
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Fernando Rivera3122462604
Flag of South Korea.svg Daeyong Kwon3124484814
Flag of Mexico.svg Polo Gutierrez2214370664

Pool H

PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints
Flag of Japan.svg Takaaki Hirose3306090286
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Junior Rodríguez3214270575
Flag of India.svg Alok Mehta3122450804
Flag of Chile.svg Rodrigo Salgado3030655903

Pool I

PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints
Flag of Colombia.svg Sebastian Franco 3306090476
Flag of Bolivia.svg Conrrado Moscoso 3214282635
Flag of Guatemala.svg Edwin Galicia3122457824
Flag of Ireland.svg Mark Murphy3030653903

Pool J

PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints
Flag of Bolivia.svg Carlos Keller 3306090266
Flag of Colombia.svg Alejandro Herrera3214270425
Flag of Ireland.svg Patrick Hanley3122458604
Flag of Guatemala.svg Pedro Manolo Sandoval000000900

Elimination round

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                  
 
 
1 Flag of the United States.svg Rocky Carson 15, 15
33 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Michael Barrett 3, 1
33 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Michael Barrett15, 15
32 Flag of Guatemala.svg Pedro Manolo Sandoval 0, 0
1 Flag of the United States.svg Rocky Carson 15, 15
17 Flag of South Korea.svg Daeyong Kwan 4, 1
 
 
17 Flag of South Korea.svg Daeyong Kwon15, 15
16 Flag of Catalonia.svg Victor Monterrat 11, 3
 
 
1 Flag of the United States.svg Rocky Carson 15, 15
9 Flag of Colombia.svg Sebastian Franco 8, 10
 
 
9 Flag of Colombia.svg Sebastian Franco 15, 15
24 Flag of Chile.svg Francisco Troncoso 4, 1
41 Flag placeholder.svg 
24 Flag placeholder.svg
9 Flag of Colombia.svg Sebastian Franco 15, 15
8 Flag of Japan.svg Takaaki Hirose 11, 8
25 Flag placeholder.svg
40 Flag placeholder.svg
25 Flag of Argentina.svg Pablo Kurzbard 8, 9
8 Flag of Japan.svg Takaaki Hirose 15, 15
 
 
1 Flag of the United States.svg Rocky Carson 15, 15
20 Flag of the United States.svg Jose Rojas 8, 12
 
 
5 Flag of Mexico.svg Álvaro Beltrán 0, 0
37 Flag of Ecuador.svg José Daniel Ugalde15, 15 – forfeit
37 Flag of Ecuador.svg Jose Daniel Ugalde15, 15
28 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Fernando Rivera 2, 2
37 Flag of Ecuador.svg José Daniel Ugalde 11, 15, 4
12 Flag of Colombia.svg Alejandro Herrera15, 8, 11
21  
44  
21 Flag of Venezuela.svg Ezequiel Páez 1, 10
12 Flag of Colombia.svg Alejandro Herrera15, 15
 
 
12 Flag of Colombia.svg Alejandro Herrera 6, 7
20 Flag of the United States.svg José Rojas 15, 15
 
 
13 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Ramón de León 7, 2
20 Flag of the United States.svg José Rojas 15, 15
45  
20  
20 Flag of the United States.svg José Rojas 15, 15
29 Flag of Guatemala.svg Edwin Galicia 4, 10
29 Flag of Guatemala.svg Edwin Galicia15, 15
36 Flag of Chile.svg Rodrigo Salgado 4, 3
29 Flag of Guatemala.svg Edwin Galicia15, 15
4 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Samuel Murray 12, 12
 
 
1 Flag of the United States.svg Rocky Carson 15, 15
11 Flag of Bolivia.svg Conrrado Moscoso 3, 8
 
 
3 Flag of Ecuador.svg Fernando Rios 5, 6
35 Flag of Mexico.svg Polo Gutierrez15, 15
35 Flag of Mexico.svg Polo Gutierrez15, 15
30 Flag of Ireland.svg Patrick Hanley 4, 9
35 Flag of Mexico.svg Polo Gutiérrez15, 15
14 Flag of Costa Rica.svg Andres Aviles Solera 6, 6
 
 
19 Flag of Venezuela.svg Roberto Santander 15, 10, 0
14 Flag of Costa Rica.svg Andres Aviles Solera14, 15, 11
 
 
35 Flag of Mexico.svg Polo Gutiérrez 14, 15, 10
11 Flag of Bolivia.svg Conrrado Moscoso 15, 2, 11
 
 
11 Flag of Bolivia.svg Conrrado Moscoso 15, 15
22 Flag of Argentina.svg Fernando Kurzbard 6, 14
43  
22  
11 Flag of Bolivia.svg Conrrado Moscoso 15, 15
6 Flag of Japan.svg Michimune Kono 9, 11
27 Flag of India.svg Alok Mehta15, 15
38 Flag of Ukraine.svg Anthony DeFusto 0, 0
27 Flag of India.svg Alok Mehta 6, 6
6 Flag of Japan.svg Michimune Kono 15, 15
 
 
11 Flag of Bolivia.svg Conrrado Moscoso 15, 11, 11
10 Flag of Bolivia.svg Carlos Keller 11, 15, 3
 
 
7 Flag of Costa Rica.svg Felipe Camacho 10, 15, 7
26 Flag of South Korea.svg Mingyu Kim 15, 14, 11
39 Flag of Ireland.svg Mark Murphy
26 Flag of South Korea.svg Mingyu Kim
26 Flag of Korea (1899).svg Mingyu Kim 7, 6
10 Flag of Bolivia.svg Carlos Keller 15, 15
23 Flag placeholder.svg
42 Flag placeholder.svg 
23 Flag of Catalonia.svg Dani Pascual 3, 10
10 Flag of Bolivia.svg Carlos Keller 15, 15
 
 
10 Flag of Bolivia.svg Carlos Keller 15, 15
2 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Tim Landeryou 6, 12
 
 
15 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Junior Rodríguez 11, 7
18 Flag of Cuba.svg Noslen Jiménez15, 15
 
 
18 Flag of Cuba.svg Noslen Jiménez 11, 10
2 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Tim Landeryou 15, 15
31 Flag of India.svg Rajiv Varadarajan 15, 6, 4
34 Flag of Poland.svg Peter Rakowski5, 15, 11
Flag of Poland.svg Peter Rakowski 3, 1
2 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Tim Landeryou 15, 15
 
 
Winner
Rocky Carson Flag of the United States.svg

References

  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. http://www.theracquetballblog.com/17th_IRF_World Championships_Day_3
  3. "IRF 2014 World Championships - Men's Singles - Round Robin". Dropbox. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
  4. "IRF 2014 World Championships - Men's Singles". Dropbox. Retrieved 2022-12-29.