2016 Racquetball World Championships – Men's Doubles

XVIII Racquetball World Championships - Colombia 2016 -
Host	Cali, Colombia
Dates	July 15 - July 23
Men's singles
Women's singles
Men's doubles
Gold	Alvaro Beltran & Javier Moreno
Silver	Jake Bredenbeck & Jose Diaz
Bronze	Sebastian Franco & Alejandro Herrera and Kadim Carrasco & Carlos Keller
Women's doubles

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 Worlds have been in Colombia, and the first time the event was held in South America since 1998, when Cochabamba, Bolivia was host.

Mexicans Alvaro Beltran and Javier Moreno won the Men's Doubles World Championship for the third time as a team, when the defeated Americans Jake Bredenbeck and Jose Diaz in the final, 15-12, 15-9. Previously, the Mexicans had won in 2006 and 2012. Moreno also won the title in 2000 with Luis Bustilos. The Mexicans defeated the defending World Champions, Sebastian Franco and Alejandro Herrera of Colombia, in the semi-finals.

Tournament format

The 2016 World Championships was a two-stage competition. There was an initial group stage played as a round robin with the results used to seed teams for the medal round.

Round robin

Source^[1]

Pool A

Players	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	PF	PA	Points
Jake Bredenbeck & Jose Diaz	3	3	0	6	1	92	54	6
Fernando Rios & Jose Daniel Ugalde	3	2	1	5	2	92	48	5
Hanzel Martinez & Juan Jose Salvatierra	3	1	2	2	4	51	84	4
Raul Banegas & Sergio Ortega	3	0	3	0	6	41	90	3

Pool B

Players	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	PF	PA	Points
Alvaro Beltran & Javier Moreno	3	3	0	6	1	96	44	6
Felipe Camacho & Teobaldo Fumero	3	2	1	5	2	83	54	5
Franco Capandegui & Fernando Kurzbard	3	1	2	0	4	52	65	4
Aaron Booker & John Maisonet	3	0	3	0	4	22	90	4

Pool C

Players	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	PF	PA	Points
Sebastian Franco & Alejandro Herrera	3	3	0	6	1	96	42	6
Mike Green & Tim Landeryou	3	2	1	5	2	80	64	5
Luis Perez & Ramon De Leon	3	1	2	2	4	70	51	4
Alok Mehta & Thirumurugan Thiyagarajan	3	0	3	0	6	21	90	3

Pool D

Players	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	PF	PA	Points
Kadim Carrasco & Carlos Keller	3	2	1	6	0	90	28	6
Yuki Nakano & Michimune Kono	3	1	2	3	4	66	79	4
Luis Reveron & Alejandro Santos	3	1	2	3	5	74	86	4
Park Ju Yong & Daeyong Kwon	3	1	2	2	5	57	94	4

Elimination round

Source^[2]

	Round of 16					Quarter finals					Semi finals					Finals
	1	Jake Bredenbeck & Jose Diaz	15, 15
	16	Park Ju Yong & Daeyong Kwon	8, 5
						1	USA	15, 15
						8	Costa Rica	9, 9
	9	Ramon De Leon & Luis Perez	15, 10, 7
	8	Felipe Camacho & Teobaldo Fumero	14, 15, 11
											1	USA	15, 8, 11
											4	Bolivia	14, 15, 8
	5	Mike Green & Tim Landeryou	15, 15
	12	Franco Capandegui & Fernando Kurzbard	9, 5
						5	Canada	15, 2, 8
						4	Bolivia	6, 15, 11
	13	Raul Banegas & Sergio Ortega	9, 4
	4	Kadim Carrasco & Carlos Keller	15, 15
																1	USA	12, 9
																2	Mexico	15, 15
	3	Sebastian Franco & Alejandro Herrera	15, 15
	14	Aaron Booker & John Maisonet	2, 1
						3	Colombia	15, 15
						11	Japan	5, 4
	11	Hanzel Martinez & Juan Jose Salvatierra	11, 5
	6	Michimune Kono & Yuki Nakano	15, 15
											3	Colombia	2, 5
											2	Mexico	15, 15
	7	Fernando Rios & Jose Daniel Ugalde	15, 15
	10	Luis Reveron & Alejandro Santos	1, 7
						10	Ecuador	7, 6
						2	Mexico	15, 15
	15	Alok Mehta & Thirumurugan Thiyagarajan	3, 2
	2	Alvaro Beltran & Javier Moreno	15, 15

Winners
Alvaro Beltran & Javier Moreno

References