XIX Racquetball World Championships- Costa Rica 2018 - Host San José, Costa Rica Dates August 10–18 Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Gold Javier Mar & Rodrigo Montoya Silver Roland Keller & Conrrado Moscoso Bronze Charlie Pratt & Alejandro Landa Andrés Gómez & Mario Mercado Women's doubles
The International Racquetball Federation's 20th Racquetball World Championships were held in Guatemala City, Guatemala from November 26 to December 6. This was the first time that Worlds was held in Guatemala, and the second consecutive time a Central American country hosted the event, after Costa Rica in 2018.
For the third straight Worlds, Mexico won gold, and this year it was Javier Mar and Rodrigo Montoya winning for their first time and the seventh overall for Mexico. It was Montoya's second world title, as he won men's singles in 2018. He joined American Todd O'Neill and Mexican Álvaro Beltrán as the only men to win both singles and doubles at the World Championships. Mar and Montoya beat Bolivians Roland Keller and Conrrado Moscoso in the final, which was the first time Bolivia had reached the finals.
Tournament format The 2021 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.
Group stage Pool A PlayersPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints Javier Mar & Rodrigo Montoya 2 2 0 4 0 60 22 4 Gabriel Garro & Felipe Segreda 2 1 1 2 3 47 60 3 Edwin Galicia & Christian Wer 2 0 2 1 4 43 68 2
Pool B PlayersPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints Diego Garcia & Shai Manzuri 2 2 0 4 0 6o 36 4 Andrés Gómez & Mario Mercado 2 1 1 2 2 55 41 3 Lee Gunhee & Kim Mingyu 2 0 2 0 4 22 60 2
Pool C PlayersPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints Charlie Pratt & Alejandro Landa 2 2 0 4 1 70 35 4 Juan Francisco Cueva & Jose Daniel Ugalde 2 1 1 3 2 60 42 3 Ken Cottrell & Eoin Tynan 2 0 2 0 4 7 60 2
Pool D PlayersPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints Coby Iwaasa & Samuel Murray 2 2 0 4 1 65 44 4 Roland Keller & Conrrado Moscoso 2 1 1 3 2 67 52 3 Rafael Gatica & Rodrigo Salgado 2 0 2 0 4 24 60 2
Medal round
Winners Javier Mar & Rodrigo Montoya
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