XVIII Racquetball World Championships- Colombia 2016 - Host Cali, Colombia Dates July 15–23 Men's singles Gold Rocky Carson Silver Daniel De La Rosa Bronze Conrrado Moscoso, Samuel Murray Women's singles Gold Paola Longoria Silver Gabriela Martínez Bronze María José Vargas, Samantha Salas Men's doubles Gold Álvaro Beltrán & Javier Moreno Silver Jake Bredenbeck & Jose Diaz Bronze Sebastian Franco & Alejandro Herrera, Kadim Carasco & Carlos Keller Women's doubles Gold Aimee Ruiz & Janel Tisinger Silver Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas Bronze Frédérique Lambert & Jennifer Saunders, Jenny Daza & Adriana Riveros
The International Racquetball Federation's 18th Racquetball World Championships were held in Cali, Colombia from July 15 to 23, 2016. This was the first time that Colombia had hosted Worlds, and the first time Worlds had been held in South America since 1998, when Cochabamba, Bolivia hosted the event.
American Rocky Carson and Mexican Paola Longoria were the incumbent champions in men's and women's singles, respectively.
Longoria was also the incumbent champion in women's doubles with Samantha Salas, and they successfully defended their title. Colombians Sebastian Franco and Alejandro Herrera tried to defend the men's doubles title that they won in Canada two years prior.
Tournament format The 2016 World Championships used a two-stage format to determine the World Champions. Initially, players competed in separate groups over three days. The results were used to seed players for an elimination round. Thus, there was no team competition. Team standings were based on points earned from the singles and doubles competitions.
Events
Men's singles
Women's singles
Men's doubles
Women's doubles
Medal table
Team results
Final team standingsMen's teamWomen's teamOverall/combined 1 USA Mexico Mexico 2 Mexico 3 Bolivia Guatemala Bolivia 4 5 Ecuador Bolivia Ecuador 6 Colombia Argentina Guatemala 7 Costa Rica, Ecuador Argentina 8 Bolivia Dominican Republic Colombia 9 Dominican Republic Colombia 10 Argentina Dominican Republic 11 Venezuela Venezuela Venezuela 12 Guatemala 13 Costa Rica 14 Puerto Rico 15 India Honduras Honduras 16 Honduras Costa Rica Ireland 17 , England Costa Rica 18 19 20
References
External links IRF website