2016 Racquetball World Championships – Men's Doubles

XVIII Racquetball World Championships
- Colombia 2016 -
Host Cali, Colombia Colombia
Dates July 15 - July 23
Men's singles
Women's singles
Men's doubles
Gold Mexico Alvaro Beltran & 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 are being held in Cali, Colombia from July 15 to 23, 2016. This was the first time Worlds have been Colombia, and the first time the event is being 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[1]

Pool A

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 Jose Salvatierra 3 1 2 2 4 51 84 4
Honduras Raul Banegas & Sergio Ortega 3 0 3 0 6 41 90 3

Pool B

Players Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
Mexico Alvaro Beltran & 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

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

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[2]

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 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 United States 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 Japan 5, 4
11 Guatemala Hanzel Martinez & Juan Jose 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 Alvaro Beltran & Javier Moreno 15, 15
Winners
Mexico Alvaro Beltran & Javier Moreno

References

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