XIX Racquetball World Championships 2018 Host San José, Costa Rica Dates August 10–18, 2018 Men's singles Gold Rodrigo Montoya Silver Charlie Pratt Bronze David Horn Sebastian Franco Women's singles Gold Gabriela Martínez Silver Paola Longoria Bronze María José Vargas Natalia Mendez Men's doubles Gold Álvaro Beltrán & Daniel de la Rosa Silver Rocky Carson & Sudsy Monchik Bronze Roland Keller & Conrrado Moscoso Tim Landeryou & Samuel Murray Women's doubles Gold Valeria Centellas & Yazmine Sabja Silver Alexandra Herrera & Montserrat Mejía Bronze Gabriela Martínez & Maria Renee Rodriguez Cristina Amaya & Adriana Riveros
The International Racquetball Federation's 19th Racquetball World Championships were held in San José, Costa Rica from August 10–18, 2018. Originally, the event was to be held in Haining, China, but on March 17, 2018, the IRT announced via its Facebook page that the venue would be changed due to complications. Cali, Colombia was the first alternative choice, but there were complications there as well, so on June 16, 2018, the IRF announced via Facebook that San José, Costa Rica would host Worlds.
Rodrigo Montoya of Mexico won men's singles for the first time, defeating the USA's Charlie Pratt in the final. In women's singles, Gabriela Martínez of Guatemala upset the three-time defending champion Mexican Paola Longoria to win gold. Álvaro Beltrán and Daniel de la Rosa won men's doubles in three games over Rocky Carson and Sudsy Monchik of the US, and Bolivians Valeria Centellas and Yasmine Sabja became the first women from South America to win Women's doubles after defeating Mexicans Alexandra Herrera and Monserrat Mejia in a three-game final.
2018 was the first year in which the USA did not win a gold medal at Worlds. On five occasions the USA swept the gold medals in men's and women's singles and doubles: 1981, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2008. Also, 2018 was the third time that three countries won a gold medal at Worlds; that first happened in 2006 and 2014.
Tournament format The 2018 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.
Medal table
Events
Men's singles
Women's singles
Men's doubles
Women's doubles
Team results
Final team standingsMen's teamPointsWomen's teamPointsOverall/combinedPoints 1 Mexico 432 Mexico 352 Mexico 784 2 USA 392 Guatemala 332 546 3 Colombia 216 Bolivia 268 Bolivia 480 4 Bolivia 212 Argentina 248 Guatemala 414 5 196 Colombia 196 Colombia 412 6 Argentina 126 154 Argentina 374 7 Dominican Republic 110 110 280 8 Costa Rica 108 84 Dominican Republic 174 9 Ecuador 90 82 , 166 10 84 74 11 Guatemala 82 Dominican Republic 64 Ecuador 146 12 Venezuela 64 Ecuador 56 122 13 56 48 Costa Rica 118 14 48 Venezuela, Costa Rica 10 Ireland 88 15 Ireland 40 Venezuela 74 16 India 35 India 35 17 18 18 Switzerland 5 Switzerland 5
References
External links IRF website