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 Men's doubles Women's doubles
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 Worlds were in Colombia, and the first time a South American country hosted the event since 1998, when Cochabamba, Bolivia, was the host city.
American Rocky Carson won gold for the fifth consecutive time, extending his career record, when he defeated Mexican Daniel De La Rosa, in the final, 15–11, 5–15, 11–5. But it was the first time that Carson needed a tie-breaker to win the final, and he also needed three games to advance to the final, as Bolivian Conrrado Moscoso took him to a tie-breaker in the semi-finals.
Tournament format The 2016 World Championships used a two stage format with an initial group stage that was a round robin with the results used to seed players for a medal round.
Round robin
Pool A PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints Rocky Carson 2 2 0 4 0 60 28 4 Luis Pérez 2 1 1 2 2 46 36 3 Jose Daniel Ugalde 2 0 2 0 4 18 60 2
Pool B PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints Andres Acuña 3 3 0 6 0 90 32 6 Alejandro Herrera 3 2 1 4 2 79 47 5 Ramón de León 3 1 2 2 4 48 66 4 Djoko Boentaran 3 0 3 0 6 20 90 3
Pool C PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints Chris Crowther 3 3 1 6 0 90 29 6 Cesar Castillo 3 2 0 4 2 71 53 5 Franco Capandegui 3 1 2 2 4 52 60 4 Timothy Baghurst 3 0 3 0 6 19 90 2
Pool D PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints Fernando Rios 3 3 0 6 0 90 28 6 Set Cubillos 3 2 1 4 2 75 63 5 Im Ji Soo 3 1 2 2 4 58 80 4 Sergio Ortega 3 0 3 0 6 38 90 3
Pool E PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints Conrrado Moscoso 3 3 0 6 0 90 23 6 Fernando Kurzbard 3 2 1 4 2 67 47 5 Alejandro Santos 3 1 2 2 4 54 64 4 John Maisonet 3 0 3 0 6 13 90 3
Pool F PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints Samuel Murray 3 3 0 6 1 99 53 6 José Daniel Ugalde 3 2 1 4 4 83 81 5 Daeyong Kwon 3 1 2 3 5 80 94 5 Raúl Banegas 3 0 3 3 6 76 110 0
Pool G PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints Roland Keller 3 3 0 6 0 90 24 6 Hirotake Usami 3 2 1 4 2 76 46 5 Aaron Booker 3 1 2 2 4 48 74 4 Sriram Ravindran 2 0 3 0 6 20 90 3
Pool H PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints Javier Mar 3 3 0 6 0 90 28 6 Pedro Castro 3 1 2 4 2 67 83 4 Edwin Galicia 3 1 2 2 4 72 84 4 Francisco Troncoso 3 1 2 0 6 74 86 4
Pool I PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints Daniel De La Rosa 3 3 0 6 0 90 22 6 Yuki Nakano 3 2 1 4 2 69 58 5 Juan José Salvatierra 3 1 2 2 4 56 80 4 Rajiv Varadhrajan 3 0 3 0 6 35 90 3
Medal round
Winner Rocky Carson
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