2016 Racquetball World Championships – Men's singles

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XVIII Racquetball World Championships
- Colombia 2016 -
Host Flag of Colombia.svg Cali, Colombia
DatesJuly 15–23
Men's singles
Gold Gold medal.svg Flag of the United States.svg Rocky Carson
Silver Silver medal.svg Flag of Mexico.svg Daniel De La Rosa
Bronze Bronze medal.svg Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg Conrrado Moscoso
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Samuel Murray
Women's singles
Men's doubles
Women's doubles

The International Racquetball Federation's 18th Racquetball World Championships were held in Cali, Colombia, from July 15 to 23, 2016. [1] This was the first time Worlds were in Colombia, and the first time a South American country hosted the event since 1998, when Cochabamba, Bolivia, was the host city.

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American Rocky Carson won gold for the fifth consecutive time, extending his career record, when he defeated Mexican Daniel De La Rosa, in the final, 15–11, 5–15, 11–5. [2] But it was the first time that Carson needed a tie-breaker to win the final, and he also needed three games to advance to the final, as Bolivian Conrrado Moscoso took him to a tie-breaker in the semi-finals.

Tournament format

The 2016 World Championships used a two stage format with an initial group stage that was a round robin with the results used to seed players for a medal round. [3]

Round robin

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Pool A

PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints
Flag of the United States.svg Rocky Carson 2204060284
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Luis Perez2112246363
Flag of Ecuador.svg Jose Daniel Ugalde2020418602

Pool B

PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Andres Acuña3306090326
Flag of Colombia.svg Alejandro Herrera3214279475
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Ramon De Leon3122448664
Flag of Indonesia.svg Djoko Boentaran3030620903

Pool C

PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints
Flag of the United States.svg Chris Crowther 3316090296
Flag of Venezuela.svg Cesar Castillo3204271535
Flag of Argentina.svg Franco Capandegui3122452604
Flag of England.svg Timothy Baghurst3030619902

Pool D

PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints
Flag of Ecuador.svg Fernando Rios3306090286
Flag of Colombia.svg Set Cubillos3214275635
Flag of South Korea.svg Im Ji Soo3122458804
Flag of Honduras.svg Sergio Ortega3030638903

Pool E

PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints
Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg Conrrado Moscoso 3306090236
Flag of Argentina.svg Fernando Kurzbard3214267475
Flag of Venezuela.svg Alejandro Santos3122454644
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg John Maisonet3030613903

Pool F

PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Samuel Murray 3306199536
Flag of Ecuador.svg Jose Daniel Ugalde3214483815
Flag of South Korea.svg Daeyong Kwon3123580945
Flag of Honduras.svg Raul Banegas30336761100

Pool G

PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints
Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg Roland Keller3306090246
Flag of Japan.svg Hirotake Usami3214276465
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Aaron Booker3122448744
Flag of India.svg Sriram Ravindran2030620903

Pool H

PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints
Flag of Mexico.svg Javier Mar3306090286
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Pedro Castro 3124267834
Flag of Guatemala.svg Edwin Galicia3122472844
Flag of Chile.svg Francisco Troncoso3120674864

Pool I

PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints
Flag of Mexico.svg Daniel De La Rosa 3306090226
Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Nakano3214269585
Flag of Guatemala.svg Juan Jose Salvatierra3122456804
Flag of India.svg Rajiv Varadhrajan3030635903

Medal round

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                  
 
 
1 Flag of the United States.svg Rocky Carson 15, 15
33 Flag of India.svg Sriram Ravindran 2, 3
33 Flag of India.svg Sriram Ravindran
32 Flag of Indonesia.svg Djoko Boentaran
1 Flag of the United States.svg Rocky Carson 15, 15
17 Flag of Colombia.svg Alejandro Herrera 12, 2
 
 
17 Flag of Colombia.svg Alejandro Herrera15, 4, 11
16 Flag of Venezuela.svg Cesar Castillo 13, 15, 5
 
 
1 Flag of the United States.svg Rocky Carson 15, 15
8 Flag of Mexico.svg Javier Mar 9, 9
 
 
9 Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Nakano15, 15
24 Flag of South Korea.svg Daeyong Kwon 12, 9
41 Flag placeholder.svg
24 Flag placeholder.svg
9 Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Nakano 5, 6
8 Flag of Mexico.svg Javier Mar15, 15
25 Flag placeholder.svg
40 Flag placeholder.svg
25 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Aaron Booker 8, 9
8 Flag of Mexico.svg Javier Mar15, 15
 
 
1 Flag of the United States.svg Rocky Carson 15, 12, 11
5 Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg Conrrado Moscoso 12, 15, 4
 
 
5 Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg Conrrado Moscoso 15, 15
37 Flag of Chile.svg Francisco Troncoso 8, 5
37  
28  
5 Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg Conrrado Moscoso 15, 15
12 Flag of Japan.svg Hirotake Usami 5, 9
21  
44  
21 Flag of Argentina.svg Franco Capandegui 4, 9
12 Flag of Japan.svg Hirotake Usami15, 15
 
 
5 Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg Conrrado Moscoso 11, 15, 11
4 Flag of Ecuador.svg Fernando Rios 15, 0, 1
 
 
13 Flag of Ecuador.svg Jose Daniel Ugalde15, 15
20 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Ramon De Leon 10, 12
45  
20  
13 Flag of Ecuador.svg Jose Daniel Ugalde 11, 5
4 Flag of Ecuador.svg Fernando Rios15, 15
29  
36  
29 Flag of Honduras.svg Raul Banegas 10, 2
4 Flag of Ecuador.svg Fernando Rios15, 15
 
 
1 Flag of the United States.svg Rocky Carson 15, 5, 11
10 Flag of Mexico.svg Daniel De La Rosa 11, 15, 5
 
 
3 Flag of the United States.svg Chris Crowther 15, 15
35 Flag of England.svg Timothy Baghurst 5, 7
35 Flag of England.svg Timothy Baghurst
30 Flag of Honduras.svg Sergio Ortega
3 Flag of the United States.svg Chris Crowther 15, 15
14 Flag of Argentina.svg Fernando Kurzbard 8, 8
 
 
19 Flag of Costa Rica.svg Jose Ubilla 15, 6, 7
14 Flag of Argentina.svg Fernando Kurzbard5, 15, 11
 
 
3 Flag of the United States.svg Chris Crowther 15, 3, 7
6 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Samuel Murray 7, 15, 11
 
 
11 Flag of Guatemala.svg Edwin Galicia14, 15, 11
22 Flag of South Korea.svg Im Ji Soo 15, 9, 9
43  
22  
11 Flag of Guatemala.svg Edwin Galicia 11, 15, 1
6 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Samuel Murray 15, 13, 11
27  
38  
27 Flag of India.svg Juan Jose Salvatierra 2, 8
6 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Samuel Murray 15, 15
 
 
6 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Samuel Murray 12, 7
10 Flag of Mexico.svg Daniel De La Rosa 15, 15
 
 
7 Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg Roland Keller15, 9, 11
26 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Pedro Castro 10, 15, 3
39  
26  
7 Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg Roland Keller 10, 0
10 Flag of Mexico.svg Daniel De La Rosa 15, 15
23 Flag placeholder.svg
42 Flag placeholder.svg
23 Flag of Venezuela.svg Alejandro Santos 0, 2
10 Flag of Mexico.svg Daniel De La Rosa 15, 15
 
 
10 Flag of Mexico.svg Daniel De La Rosa 15, 15
18 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Luis Perez 6, 0
 
 
15 Flag of Colombia.svg Set Cubillos 7, 11
18 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Luis Perez15, 15
 
 
18 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Luis Perez15, 10, 11
2 Flag of Costa Rica.svg Andres Acuña 10, 15, 7
31 Flag of India.svg Rajiv Varadhrajan
34 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg John Maisonet
Flag of India.svg Rajiv Varadhrajan 0, 3
2 Flag of Costa Rica.svg Andres Acuña15, 15
 
 
Winner
Flag of the United States.svg Rocky Carson

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