2016 Racquetball World Championships – Women's doubles

XVIII Racquetball World Championships - Colombia 2016 -
Host	Cali, Colombia
Dates	July 15–23
Men's singles
Women's singles
Men's doubles
Women's doubles
Gold	Aimee Ruiz & Janel Tisinger
Silver	Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas
Bronze	Jenny Daza & Adriana Riveros Frédérique Lambert & Jennifer Saunders

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 the event was held in South America since 1998, when Cochabamba, Bolivia, was host.

In the final, Americans Aimee Ruiz and Janel Tisinger upset Mexicans Paola Longoria and Samantha Salas, ^[2] who were the three time defending champions in women's doubles. Ruiz and Tisinger were silver medalists in 2014, when they lost to the Mexicans in the final. The win was Ruiz's third World Championship in women's doubles, as she also won in 2006 with Laura Fenton and 2008 with Jackie Paraiso. It was Tisinger's first World Championship.

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

Players	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	PF	PA	Points
Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas	2	2	0	4	0	53	8	4
Mariana Tobon & Lilian Zea	3	1	1	2	3	43	56	3
Cecilia Cerquetti & Pia Dati	3	0	2	1	4	30	62	2

Pool B

Players	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	PF	PA	Points
Aimee Ruiz & Janel Tisinger	2	2	0	4	1	62	41	4
María Rene Rodríguez & Gabriela Martinez	2	1	1	2	2	46	42	3
Jin Young Seok & Jung Eun Ane	2	0	2	1	4	36	62	2

Pool C

Players	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	PF	PA	Points
Frédérique Lambert & Jennifer Saunders	2	2	0	4	0	60	24	4
Jenny Daza & Adriana Riveros	2	1	1	2	2	44	44	3
Cristina Amaya & Claudia Andrade	2	0	2	0	4	24	60	2

Pool D

Players	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	PF	PA	Points
Maria Paz Muñoz & Veronica Sotomayor	3	3	0	6	0	90	36	6
Maiko Sato & Naomi Wakimoto	3	2	1	4	4	91	96	5
María Céspedes & Merynanyelly Delgado	3	1	2	3	4	75	75	4
Majella Haverty & Donna Ryder	3	0	3	1	6	45	94	3

Elimination round

Source ^[5]

	Round of 16					Quarter finals					Semi finals					Finals
	1	Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas
						1	Mexico	15, 15
						8	Guatemala	2, 5
	9	Cristina Amaya & Carolina Gomez	15, 13, 8
	8	María Rene Rodríguez & Gabriela Martinez	13, 15, 11
											1	Mexico	15, 15
											5	Bolivia	5, 5
	5	Jenny Daza & Adriana Riveros	15, 15
	12	Jin Young Seok & Jung Eun Ane	10, 6
						5	Bolivia	15, 15
						4	Ecuador	9, 8
	13	Majella Haverty & Donna Ryder	4, 3
	4	María Paz Muñoz & Verónica Sotomayor	15, 15
																1	Mexico	11, 15, 8
																2	USA	15, 9, 11
	3	Frédérique Lambert & Jennifer Saunders
						3	Canada	15, 15
						11	Argentina	7, 9
	11	Pia Dati & Maria Jose Vargas	15, 15
	6	Harumi Kajino & Toshiko Sakamoto	7, 9
											3	Canada	8, 7
											2	USA [6]	15, 15
	7	Mariana Tobon & Lilian Zea	3, 6
	10	María Céspedes & Merynanyelly Delgado	15, 15
						10	Dominican Republic	6, 8
						2	USA	15, 15
	2	Aimee Ruiz & Janel Tisinger

Winners
Aimee Ruiz & Janel Tisinger

References

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3. "Canada ready for elimination round at 2016 World Racquetball Championships". SIRC. SIRC. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
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5. "IRF 2016 World Championships - Women's Doubles". Dropbox. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
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