2016 Racquetball World Championships – Women'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
Women's doubles
Gold Gold medal.svg Flag of the United States.svg Aimee Ruiz & Janel Tisinger
Silver Silver medal.svg Flag of Mexico.svg Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas
Bronze Bronze medal.svg Flag of Bolivia.svg Jenny Daza & Adriana Riveros
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 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.

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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

PlayersPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints
Flag of Mexico.svg Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas 220405384
Flag of Venezuela.svg Mariana Tobon & Lilian Zea3112343563
Flag of Argentina.svg Cecilia Cerquetti & Pia Dati3021430622

Pool B

PlayersPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints
Flag of the United States.svg Aimee Ruiz & Janel Tisinger 2204162414
Flag of Guatemala.svg María Rene Rodríguez & Gabriela Martinez 2112246423
Flag of South Korea.svg Jin Young Seok & Jung Eun Ane2021436622

Pool C

PlayersPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Frédérique Lambert & Jennifer Saunders 2204060244
Flag of Bolivia.svg Jenny Daza & Adriana Riveros2112244443
Flag of Colombia.svg Cristina Amaya & Claudia Andrade2020424602

Pool D

PlayersPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints
Flag of Ecuador.svg Maria Paz Muñoz & Veronica Sotomayor3306090366
Flag of Japan.svg Maiko Sato & Naomi Wakimoto3214491965
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg María Céspedes & Merynanyelly Delgado3123475754
Flag of Ireland.svg Majella Haverty & Donna Ryder3031645943

Elimination round

Source [5]

Round of 16 Quarter finals Semi finals Finals
            
1 Flag of Mexico.svg Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas
 
1 Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico15, 15
8 Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala 2, 5
9 Flag of Colombia.svg Cristina Amaya & Carolina Gomez 15, 13, 8
8 Flag of Guatemala.svg María Rene Rodríguez & Gabriela Martinez 13, 15, 11
1 Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico15, 15
5 Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia 5, 5
5 Flag of Bolivia.svg Jenny Daza & Adriana Riveros15, 15
12 Flag of South Korea.svg Jin Young Seok & Jung Eun Ane 10, 6
5 Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia15, 15
4 Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador 9, 8
13 Flag of Ireland.svg Majella Haverty & Donna Ryder 4, 3
4 Flag of Ecuador.svg María Paz Muñoz & Verónica Sotomayor15, 15
1 Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 11, 15, 8
2 Flag of the United States.svg USA15, 9, 11
3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Frédérique Lambert & Jennifer Saunders
 
3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada15, 15
11 Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 7, 9
11 Flag of Argentina.svg Pia Dati & Maria Jose Vargas 15, 15
6 Flag of Japan.svg Harumi Kajino & Toshiko Sakamoto 7, 9
3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 8, 7
2 Flag of the United States.svg USA [6] 15, 15
7 Flag of Venezuela.svg Mariana Tobon & Lilian Zea 3, 6
10 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg María Céspedes & Merynanyelly Delgado15, 15
10 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic 6, 8
2 Flag of the United States.svg USA15, 15
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2 Flag of the United States.svg Aimee Ruiz & Janel Tisinger
Winners
Flag of the United States.svg Aimee Ruiz & Janel Tisinger

References

  1. "Competition begins for Team Canada at the 2016 World Racquetball Championships". SIRC. 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. SIRC. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  4. "IRF 2016 World Racquetball Championship - Women Doubles". Dropbox. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  5. "IRF 2016 World Championships - Women's Doubles". Dropbox. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  6. Canada, Racquetball. "Canada Wins Two Bronze Medals at World Racquetball Championships". SIRC. SIRC. Retrieved 3 November 2021.