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
Main article: 2014 Racquetball World Championships – Men's Singles
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Rocky Carson 15, 15
 
 
 
 Jose Rojas 8, 12
 
 Rocky Carson15, 15
 
 
 
 Conrado Moscoso3, 8
 
 Conrado Moscoso 15, 11, 11
 
 
 Carlos Keller11, 15, 3
 

Women's singles
Main article: 2014 Racquetball World Championships – Women's Singles
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Rhonda Rajsich 15, 15
 
 
 
 Samantha Salas 11, 9
 
 Rhonda Rajsich6, 8
 
 
 
 Paola Longoria15, 15
 
 Maria Jose Vargas 5, 9
 
 
 Paola Longoria 15, 15
 

Men's doubles
Main article: 2014 Racquetball World Championships – Men's Doubles
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Ben Croft & Tom Fuhrmann 11, 2
 
 
 
 Mike Green & Vincent Gagnon 15, 15
 
 Mike Green & Vincent Gagnon 11, 5
 
 
 
 Sebastian Franco & Alejandro Herrera15, 15
 
 Conrado Moscoso & Mario Mercado 11, 2
 
 
 Sebastian Franco & Alejandro Herrera 15, 15
 

Women's doubles
Main article: 2014 Racquetball World Championships – Women's Doubles
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas 15, 15
 
 
 
 Angela Grisar & Carla Muñoz 1, 3
 
 Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas15, 15
 
 
 
 Aimee Ruiz & Janel Tisinger4, 12
 
 Veronica Sotomayor & Maria Paz Muñoz 15, 4, 4
 
 
 Aimee Ruiz & Janel Tisinger 6, 15, 11
 

Medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Mexico (MEX)2013
2 United States (USA)1225
3 Colombia (COL)1001
4 Bolivia (BOL)0123
5 Canada (CAN)0101
6 Argentina (ARG)0011
 Chile (CHI)0011
 Ecuador (ECU)0011
Totals (8 nations)44816

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
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