2016 Racquetball World Championships – Men'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.

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

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 3306192546
Fernando Rios & Jose Daniel Ugalde 3215292485
Hanzel Martinez & Juan Jose Salvatierra 3122451844
Raul Banegas & Sergio Ortega 3030641903

Pool B
Players Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
Alvaro Beltran & Javier Moreno 3306196446
Felipe Camacho & Teobaldo Fumero 3215283545
Franco Capandegui & Fernando Kurzbard 3120452654
Aaron Booker & John Maisonet 3030422904

Pool C
Players Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
Sebastian Franco & Alejandro Herrera 3306196426
Mike Green & Tim Landeryou 3215280645
Luis Perez & Ramon De Leon 3122470514
Alok Mehta & Thirumurugan Thiyagarajan 3030621903

Pool D
Players Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
Kadim Carrasco & Carlos Keller 3216090286
Yuki Nakano & Michimune Kono 3123466794
Luis Reveron & Alejandro Santos 3123574864
Park Ju Yong & Daeyong Kwon 3122557944

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
  1. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/v2edcay5i6dhtub/AADUrMzL04OHoTXCAt5c9gVAa/R-robin-Gold---02-Men-Doubles-1.pdf?dl=0
  2. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/6tknebvjcrbx2qt/AAA3WVTUMur-1eV4t9Tm-GKya/Llave-Gold---02-Men-Doubles-2.pdf?dl=0
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