2016 Racquetball World Championships – Men's doubles

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XVIII Racquetball World Championships
- Colombia 2016 -
Host Cali, Colombia Flag of Colombia.svg
DatesJuly 15–23
Men's singles
Women's singles
Men's doubles
Gold Gold medal.svg Flag of Mexico.svg Álvaro Beltrán & Javier Moreno
Silver Silver medal.svg Flag of the United States.svg Jake Bredenbeck & José Díaz
Bronze Bronze medal.svg Flag of Colombia.svg Sebastian Franco & Alejandro Herrera and Flag of Bolivia.svg Kadim Carrasco & Carlos Keller
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 Colombia's first time hosting the tournament, and the first time it was held in South America since 1998, when Cochabamba, Bolivia, was host.

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Mexicans Álvaro Beltrán and Javier Moreno won the men's doubles World Championship for the third time as a team, when the defeated Americans Jake Bredenbeck and Jose Diaz in the final, 15–12, 15–9. [2] Previously, the Mexicans had won in 2006 and 2012. Moreno also won the title in 2000 with Luis Bustilos. The Mexicans defeated the defending World Champions, Sebastian Franco and Alejandro Herrera of Colombia, in the semi-finals.

Tournament format

The 2016 World Championships was a two-stage competition. There was an initial group stage played as a round robin with the results used to seed teams for the medal round. [3]

Round robin

Source [4]

Pool A

PlayersPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints
Flag of the United States.svg Jake Bredenbeck & José Díaz3306192546
Flag of Ecuador.svg Fernando Rios & José Daniel Ugalde3215292485
Flag of Guatemala.svg Hanzel Martinez & Juan José Salvatierra3122451844
Flag of Honduras (2022-).svg Raúl Banegas & Sergio Ortega3030641903

Pool B

PlayersPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints
Flag of Mexico.svg Álvaro Beltrán & Javier Moreno3306196446
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Felipe Camacho & Teobaldo Fumero3215283545
Flag of Argentina.svg Franco Capandegui & Fernando Kurzbard3120452654
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Aaron Booker & John Maisonet3030422904

Pool C

PlayersPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints
Flag of Colombia.svg Sebastian Franco & Alejandro Herrera3306196426
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mike Green & Tim Landeryou 3215280645
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Luis Pérez & Ramón de León3122470514
Flag of India.svg Alok Mehta & Thirumurugan Thiyagarajan3030621903

Pool D

PlayersPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints
Flag of Bolivia.svg Kadim Carrasco & Carlos Keller 3216090286
Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Nakano & Michimune Kono3123466794
Flag of Venezuela.svg Luis Reveron & Alejandro Santos3123574864
Flag of South Korea.svg Park Ju Yong & Daeyong Kwon3122557944

Elimination round

Source [5]

Round of 16 Quarter finals Semi finals Finals
            
1 Flag of the United States.svg Jake Bredenbeck & José Díaz15, 15
16 Flag of South Korea.svg Park Ju Yong & Daeyong Kwon 8, 5
1 Flag of the United States.svg USA15, 15
8 Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica 9, 9
9 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Ramón de León & Luis Pérez 15, 10, 7
8 Flag of Costa Rica.svg Felipe Camacho & Teobaldo Fumero14, 15, 11
1 Flag of the United States.svg USA15, 8, 11
4 Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia 14, 15, 8
5 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mike Green & Tim Landeryou 15, 15
12 Flag of Argentina.svg Franco Capandegui & Fernando Kurzbard 9, 5
5 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 15, 2, 8
4 Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia6, 15, 11
13 Flag of Honduras (2022-).svg Raúl Banegas & Sergio Ortega 9, 4
4 Flag of Bolivia.svg Kadim Carrasco & Carlos Keller 15, 15
1 Flag of the United States.svg USA 12, 9
2 Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico15, 15
3 Flag of Colombia.svg Sebastian Franco & Alejandro Herrera15, 15
14 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Aaron Booker & John Maisonet 2, 1
3 Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia15, 15
11 Flag of Japan.svg 5, 4
11 Flag of Guatemala.svg Hanzel Martinez & Juan José Salvatierra 11, 5
6 Flag of Japan.svg Michimune Kono & Yuki Nakano15, 15
3 Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia 2, 5
2 Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico15, 15
7 Flag of Ecuador.svg Fernando Rios & Jose Daniel Ugalde15, 15
10 Flag of Venezuela.svg Luis Reveron & Alejandro Santos 1, 7
10 Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador 7, 6
2 Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico15, 15
15 Flag of India.svg Alok Mehta & Thirumurugan Thiyagarajan 3, 2
2 Flag of Mexico.svg Álvaro Beltrán & Javier Moreno15, 15
Winners
Flag of Mexico.svg Álvaro Beltrán & Javier Moreno

References

  1. Racquetball Canada. "Competition begins for Team Canada at the 2016 World Racquetball Championships". SIRC. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  2. Kirk, Cheryl. "2016 IRF Racquetball World Championships". USA Racquetball. Team USA. Archived from the original on July 16, 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  3. "Canada ready for elimination round at 2016 World Racquetball Championships". SIRC. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  4. "Elimination round – Men's Doubles". International Racquetball Federation. Dropbox. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  5. "Elimination round – Men's Doubles". International Racquetball Federation. Dropbox. Retrieved 3 November 2021.