2014 Racquetball World Championships

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.

XVII Racquetball World Championships - Canada 2014 -
Host	Burlington, Ontario Canada
Dates	June 14 - June 21
Men's singles
Gold	Rocky Carson
Silver	Conrado Moscoso
Bronze	Jose Rojas Carlos Keller
Women's singles
Gold	Paola Longoria
Silver	Rhonda Rajsich
Bronze	Maria Jose Vargas Samantha Salas
Men's doubles
Gold	Sebastian Franco & Alejandro Herrera
Silver	Mike Green & Vincent Gagnon
Bronze	Conrado Moscoso & Mario Mercado Ben Croft & Tom Fuhrmann
Women's doubles
Gold	Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas
Silver	Aimee Ruiz & Janel Tisinger
Bronze	Angela Grisar & Carla Muñoz Veronica Sotomayor & Maria Paz Muñoz

American Rocky Carson and Mexican Paola Longoria were the incumbent champions in men's and women's singles, respectively, and both successfully defended their titles.

Longoria was also the incumbent champion in women's doubles with Samantha Salas and they also successfully defended their title. Fellow Mexicans Alvaro Beltran and Javier Moreno were the defending champions in men's doubles, but Mexico didn't make the podium in Burlington.

Instead, Colombians Sebastian Franco and Alejandro Herrera defeated Canadians Mike Green and Vincent Gagnon in the final, which was the first Men's Doubles World Championship not won by either the USA or Mexico.

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. This year there was no team competition. Team standings were based on points earned from the singles and doubles competitions.

Events

Men's singles

	Semi-finals				Final
	Rocky Carson	15, 15
	Jose Rojas	8, 12
					Rocky Carson	15, 15
					Conrado Moscoso	3, 8
	Conrado Moscoso	15, 11, 11
	Carlos Keller	11, 15, 3

Women's singles

	Semi-finals				Final
	Rhonda Rajsich	15, 15
	Samantha Salas	11, 9
					Rhonda Rajsich	6, 8
					Paola Longoria	15, 15
	Maria Jose Vargas	5, 9
	Paola Longoria	15, 15

Men's doubles

	Semi-finals				Final
	Ben Croft & Tom Fuhrmann	11, 2
	Mike Green & Vincent Gagnon	15, 15
					Mike Green & Vincent Gagnon	11, 5
					Sebastian Franco & Alejandro Herrera	15, 15
	Conrado Moscoso & Mario Mercado	11, 2
	Sebastian Franco & Alejandro Herrera	15, 15

Women's doubles

	Semi-finals				Final
	Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas	15, 15
	Angela Grisar & Carla Muñoz	1, 3
					Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas	15, 15
					Aimee Ruiz & Janel Tisinger	4, 12
	Veronica Sotomayor & Maria Paz Muñoz	15, 4, 4
	Aimee Ruiz & Janel Tisinger	6, 15, 11

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Mexico (MEX)	2	0	1	3
2	United States (USA)	1	2	2	5
3	Colombia (COL)	1	0	0	1
4	Bolivia (BOL)	0	1	2	3
5	Canada (CAN)	0	1	0	1
6	Argentina (ARG)	0	0	1	1
	Chile (CHI)	0	0	1	1
	Ecuador (ECU)	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 nations)		4	4	8	16

Team results

Final Team Standings
	Men's Team[2]	Women's Team[3]	Overall/Combined[4]
1	USA	Mexico	USA
2	Bolivia	USA	Mexico
3	Colombia	Ecuador	Bolivia
4	Canada	Argentina	Canada
5	Mexico	Canada	Colombia
6	Ecuador	Chile	Ecuador
7	Japan	Bolivia	Argentina
8	Costa Rica	South Korea	South Korea
9	Venezuela	Colombia	Japan
10	Argentina	Japan	Chile
11	South Korea	Venezuela	Venezuela
12	Dominican Republic	Guatemala	Costa Rica
13	Catalunya	Costa Rica	Dominican Republic
14	Chile	Ireland	Guatemala
15	Ireland	Dominican Republic	Ireland
16	Cuba	Catalunya	Catalunya
17	-	Cuba	Cuba
18	Guatemala	-	Puerto Rico
19	India	-	India
20	Poland	-	Poland
20	Ukraine	-	Ukraine

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-03-15. Retrieved 2014-03-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. "Dropbox - Error" (PDF). Dropbox.
3. "Dropbox - Error" (PDF). Dropbox.
4. "Dropbox - Error" (PDF). Dropbox.

External links

• IRF website