2016 Racquetball World Championships
# 2016 Racquetball World Championships

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 Colombia has hosted Worlds, and the first time Worlds have been in South America since 1998, when Cochabamba, Bolivia hosted the event.

American Rocky Carson and Mexican Paola Longoria are the incumbent champions in men's and women's singles, respectively.

Longoria was also the incumbent champion in women's doubles with Samantha Salas and they also successfully defended their title. Colombians Sebastian Franco and Alejandro Herrera will be trying to defend the men's doubles title that they won in Canada two years ago.

## Tournament format

The 2016 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.

## Events

### Men's singles

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| Rocky Carson | 15, 12, 11 |
| Conrrado Moscoso | 12, 15, 4 | | |
| Conrrado Moscoso | 12, 15, 4 | Rocky Carson | 15, 5, 11 |
| | | Daniel De La Rosa | 11, 15, 5 |
| Samuel Murray | 12, 7 | Daniel De La Rosa | 11, 15, 5 |
| Daniel De La Rosa | 15, 15 | | |

### Women's singles

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| Paola Longoria | 15, 15 |
| María José Vargas | 5, 5 | | |
| María José Vargas | 5, 5 | Paola Longoria | 15, 15 |
| | | Gabriela Martínez | 12, 5 |
| Samantha Salas | 11, 15, 9 | Gabriela Martínez | 12, 5 |
| Gabriela Martínez | 15, 14, 11 | | |

### Men's doubles

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| Jake Bredenbeck & Jose Diaz | 15, 8, 11 |
| Kadim Carasco & Carlos Keller | 14, 15, 8 | | |
| Kadim Carasco & Carlos Keller | 14, 15, 8 | Jake Bredenbeck & Jose Diaz | 12, 9 |
| | | Álvaro Beltrán & Javier Moreno | 15, 15 |
| Sebastian Franco & Alejandro Herrera | 2, 5 | Álvaro Beltrán & Javier Moreno | 15, 15 |
| Álvaro Beltrán & Javier Moreno | 15, 15 | | |

### Women's doubles

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas | 15, 15 |
| Jenny Daza & Adriana Riveros | 5, 5 | | |
| Jenny Daza & Adriana Riveros | 5, 5 | Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas | 11, 15, 8 |
| | | Aimee Ruiz & Janel Tisinger | 15, 9, 11 |
| Frédérique Lambert & Jennifer Saunders | 8, 7 | Aimee Ruiz & Janel Tisinger | 15, 9, 11 |
| Aimee Ruiz & Janel Tisinger | 15, 15 | | |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Mexico (MEX) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | United States (USA) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Guatemala (GUA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Bolivia (BOL) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Colombia (COL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 |

## Team results

Final team standings :

| | Men's Team | Women's Team | Overall/Combined |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | USA | Mexico | Mexico |
| 2 | Mexico | USA | USA |
| 3 | Bolivia | Guatemala | Bolivia |
| 4 | Canada | Canada | Canada |
| 5 | Ecuador | Bolivia | Ecuador |
| 6 | Colombia | Argentina | Guatemala |
| 7 | Costa Rica, Japan | Ecuador | Argentina |
| 8 | Bolivia | Dominican Republic | Colombia |
| 9 | Dominican Republic | Colombia | Japan |
| 10 | Argentina | South Korea | Dominican Republic |
| 11 | Venezuela | Venezuela | Venezuela |
| 12 | Guatemala | Japan | South Korea |
| 13 | South Korea | Chile | Costa Rica |
| 14 | Puerto Rico | Ireland | Chile |
| 15 | India | Honduras | Honduras |
| 16 | Honduras | Costa Rica | Ireland |
| 17 | Chile, England | Costa Rica | Puerto Rico |
| 18 | | | India |
| 19 | Indonesia | | England |
| 20 | | | Indonesia |
