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2016 Racquetball World Championships – Men's doubles

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XVIII Racquetball World Championships
- Colombia 2016 -
Host Cali, Colombia Colombia
Dates July 15–23
Men's singles
Women's singles
Men's doubles
Gold Mexico Álvaro Beltrán & Javier Moreno
Silver United States Jake Bredenbeck & Jose Diaz
Bronze Colombia Sebastian Franco & Alejandro Herrera and Bolivia 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.[1] This was Colombia's first time hosting the tournament, and the first time it was held in South America since 1998, when Cochabamba, Bolivia, was host.

Mexicans Álvaro Beltrán 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.[2] 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

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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.[3]

Round robin

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Source[4]

Pool A

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

Pool B

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Players Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
Mexico Álvaro Beltrán & Javier Moreno 3 3 0 6 1 96 44 6
Costa Rica Felipe Camacho & Teobaldo Fumero 3 2 1 5 2 83 54 5
Argentina Franco Capandegui & Fernando Kurzbard 3 1 2 0 4 52 65 4
Puerto Rico Aaron Booker & John Maisonet 3 0 3 0 4 22 90 4

Pool C

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

Pool D

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

Elimination round

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Source[5]

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

References

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  1. ^ Racquetball Canada. "Competition begins for Team Canada at the 2016 World Racquetball Championships". SIRC. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  2. ^ Kirk, Cheryl. "2016 IRF Racquetball World Championships". USA Racquetball. Team USA. Archived from the original on July 16, 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Canada ready for elimination round at 2016 World Racquetball Championships". SIRC. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Elimination round – Men's Doubles". International Racquetball Federation. Dropbox. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Elimination round – Men's Doubles". International Racquetball Federation. Dropbox. Retrieved 3 November 2021.