2014 Racquetball World Championships – Men's Singles

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
Men's doubles
Women's doubles

In Men's Singles, American Rocky Carson was the three-time defending champion, and he won gold for a fourth time, which made him the most decorated men's racquetball player at the World Championships. In capturing the gold, Carson won all of his matches in two straight games.

Conrado Moscoso of Bolivia was the surprise silver medalist. Moscoso defeated the 2012 silver medalist Polo Gutierrez of Mexico in the quarterfinals and the beat fellow Bolivian Carlos Keller in the semi-finals to reach the final.

The other semi-final was between two Americans: Carson and Jose Rojas. The Americans were on the same side of the draw, because Rojas lost to Fernando Rios of Ecuador in a great match that went tie-breaker in the round robin part of the competition.[2] Sadly for Rios, his victory didn't lead to a great position in the elimination draw, as he had to play Gutierrez in the second round, as Gutierrez missed one of his round robin matches, which put him fourth in his group. Gutierrez defeated Rios in two games.

Mexican Alvaro Beltran was the other former World Champion in the men's draw (Beltran won the title in 2000), but he lost early in the elimination round as a result of a forfeit to Jose Daniel Ugalde of Ecuador.

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.

Round robin

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Pool A
Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
Rocky Carson 3306090356
Noslen Jimenez 3214376865
Fernando Kurzbard 3123465814
Jose Daniel Ugalde 3030645903

Pool B
Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
Tim Landeryou 3306196486
Victor Monterrat 3214370755
Ezequiel Paez 3123578904
Anthony DeFusto 3032670793

Pool C
Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
Jose Rojas 3215295525
Fernando Rios 3306193516
Pablo Kurzbard 3122462674
Peter Rakowski 3006109003

Pool D
Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
Samuel Murray 3306090146
Roberto Santander 3214267375
Dani Pascual 3120644604
Timothy Baghurst 00300000

Pool E
Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
Alvaro Beltran 3306090306
Andres Aviles Solera 3214268565
Michael Barrett 3030633903
Mingyu Kim 3122456714

Pool F
Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
Michimune Kono 3215287545
Francisco Troncoso 3214376655
Roman De Leon 3214397745
Rajiv Varadarajan 3030622900

Pool G
Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
Felipe Camacho 3214374825
Fernando Rivera 3122462604
Daeyong Kwon 3124484814
Polo Gutierrez 2214370664

Pool H
Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
Takaaki Hirose 3306090286
Junior Rodriguez 3214270575
Alok Mehta 3122450804
Rodrigo Salgado 3030655903

Pool I
Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
Sebastian Franco 3306090476
Conrado Moscoso 3214282635
Edwin Galicia 3122457824
Mark Murphy 3030653903

Pool J
Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
Carlos Keller 3306090266
Alejandro Herrera 3214270425
Patrick Hanley 3122458604
Pedro Manolo Sandoval 000000900

Elimination round

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                  
 
 
1 Rocky Carson 15, 15
33 Michael Barrett 3, 1
33 Michael Barrett 15, 15
32 Pedro Manolo Sandoval 0, 0
1 Rocky Carson 15, 15
17 Daeyong Kwan 4, 1
 
 
17 Daeyong Kwon 15, 15
16 Victor Monterrat 11, 3
 
 
1 Rocky Carson 15, 15
9 Sebastian Franco 8, 10
 
 
9 Sebastian Franco 15, 15
24 Francisco Troncoso 4, 1
41
24
9 Sebastian Franco 15, 15
8 Takaaki Hirose 11, 8
25
40
25 Pablo Kurzbard 8, 9
8 Takaaki Hirose 15, 15
 
 
1 Rocky Carson 15, 15
20 Jose Rojas 8, 12
 
 
5 Alvaro Beltran 0, 0
37 Jose Daniel Ugalde 15, 15 - forfeit
37 Jose Daniel Ugalde 15, 15
28 Fernando Rivera 2, 2
37 Jose Daniel Ugalde 11, 15, 4
12 Alejandro Herrera 15, 8, 11
21  
44  
21 Ezequiel Paez 1, 10
12 Alejandro Herrera 15, 15
 
 
12 Alejandro Herrera 6, 7
20 Jose Rojas 15, 15
 
 
13 Roman De Leon 7, 2
20 Jose Rojas 15, 15
45  
20  
20 Jose Rojas 15, 15
29 Edwin Galicia 4, 10
29 Edwin Galicia 15, 15
36 Rodrigo Salgado 4, 3
29 Edwin Galicia 15, 15
4 Samuel Murray 12, 12
 
 
1 Rocky Carson 15, 15
11 Conrado Moscoso 3, 8
 
 
3 Fernando Rios 5, 6
35 Polo Gutierrez 15, 15
35 Polo Gutierrez 15, 15
30 Patrick Hanley 4, 9
35 Polo Gutierrez 15, 15
14 Andres Aviles Solera 6, 6
 
 
19 Roberto Santander 15, 10, 0
14 Andres Aviles Solera 14, 15, 11
 
 
35 Polo Gutierrez 14, 15, 10
11 Conrado Moscoso 15, 2, 11
 
 
11 Conrado Moscoso 15, 15
22 Fernando Kurzbard 6, 14
43  
22  
11 Conrado Moscoso 15, 15
6 Michimune Kono 9, 11
27 Alok Mehta 15, 15
38 Anthony DeFusto 0, 0
27 Alok Mehta 6, 6
6 Michimune Kono 15, 15
 
 
11 Conrado Moscoso 15, 11, 11
10 Carlos Keller 11, 15, 3
 
 
7 Felipe Camacho 10, 15, 7
26 Mingyu Kim 15, 14, 11
39 Mark Murphy
26 Mingyu Kim
26 Mingyu Kim 7, 6
10 Carlos Keller 15, 15
23
42
23 Dani Pascual 3, 10
10 Carlos Keller 15, 15
 
 
10 Carlos Keller 15, 15
2 Tim Landeryou 6, 12
 
 
15 Junior Rodriguez 11, 7
18 Noslen Jimenez 15, 15
 
 
18 Noslen Jimenez 11, 10
2 Tim Landeryou 15, 15
31 Rajiv Varadarajan 15, 6, 4
34 Peter Rakowski 5, 15, 11
Peter Rakowski 3, 1
2 Tim Landeryou 15, 15
 
 
Winner
Rocky Carson

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-03-15. Retrieved 2014-07-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. http://www.theracquetballblog.com/17th_IRF_World Championships_Day_3
  3. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/vqu5udsf66vl1q3/AABgKmVqls7YoTrZnUb89oNDa/1-Round_Robin/R-robin-02-Men%20Singles-1.pdf
  4. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/vqu5udsf66vl1q3/AAAmVV9fhdrCwakshgxnNVqLa/2-Draws/Draw-02-Men%20Singles-2.pdf
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