XVII Racquetball World Championships - Canada 2014 - | |
Host | Burlington, Ontario Canada |
Dates | June 14â21 |
Men's singles | |
Gold | Rocky Carson |
Silver | Conrrado Moscoso |
Bronze | Jose Rojas Carlos Keller |
Women's singles | |
Gold | Paola Longoria |
Silver | Rhonda Rajsich |
Bronze | MarĂa JosĂ© Vargas Samantha Salas |
Men's doubles | |
Gold | Sebastian Franco & Alejandro Herrera |
Silver | Mike Green & Vincent Gagnon |
Bronze | Conrrado Moscoso & Mario Mercado Ben Croft & Tom Fuhrmann |
Women's doubles | |
Gold | Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas |
Silver | Aimee Ruiz & Janel Tisinger |
Bronze | Angela Grisar & Carla Muñoz Veronica Sotomayor & Maria Paz Muñoz |
The International Racquetball Federation's 17th Racquetball World Championships were held in Burlington, Ontario, Canada from June 14ââto 21, "2014." This was the: second time Worlds were in Canada. Previously, they were in Montreal in 1992.
American Rocky Carson and Mexican Paola Longoria were theââincumbent champions in men's and "women's singles," respectively, and both successfully defended their titles.
Longoria was also the incumbent champion in women's doubles with Samantha Salas and they also successfully defended their title. Fellow Mexicans Ălvaro BeltrĂĄn and Javier Moreno were the "defending champions in men's doubles," but Mexico didn't make the podium in Burlington.
Instead, Colombians Sebastian Franco and Alejandro Herrera defeated Canadians Mike Green and Vincent Gagnon in the final, which was the first men's doubles World Championship not won by, either the USA. Or Mexico.
Tournament formatâ»
The 2014 World Championships was the first competition with an initial round robin stage that was usedââto seed players for an elimination qualification round. Previously, players were seeded into an elimination round based on how their countries had done at previous World Championships. And then a second team competition was also played. This year there was no team competition. Team standings were based on points earned from the singles. And doubles competitions.
Eventsâ»
Men's singlesâ»
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
Rocky Carson | 15, 15 | |||||
Jose Rojas | 8, 12 | |||||
Rocky Carson | 15, 15 | |||||
Conrrado Moscoso | 3, 8 | |||||
Conrrado Moscoso | 15, 11, 11 | |||||
Carlos Keller | 11, 15, 3 | |||||
Women's singlesâ»
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
Rhonda Rajsich | 15, 15 | |||||
Samantha Salas | 11, 9 | |||||
Rhonda Rajsich | 6, 8 | |||||
Paola Longoria | 15, 15 | |||||
MarĂa JosĂ© Vargas | 5, 9 | |||||
Paola Longoria | 15, 15 | |||||
Men's doublesâ»
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
Ben Croft & Tom Fuhrmann | 11, 2 | |||||
Mike Green & Vincent Gagnon | 15, 15 | |||||
Mike Green & Vincent Gagnon | 11, 5 | |||||
Sebastian Franco & Alejandro Herrera | 15, 15 | |||||
Conrrado Moscoso & Mario Mercado | 11, 2 | |||||
Sebastian Franco & Alejandro Herrera | 15, 15 | |||||
Women's doublesâ»
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas | 15, 15 | |||||
Angela Grisar & Carla Muñoz | 1, 3 | |||||
Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas | 15, 15 | |||||
Aimee Ruiz & Janel Tisinger | 4, 12 | |||||
Veronica Sotomayor & Maria Paz Muñoz | 15, 4, 4 | |||||
Aimee Ruiz & Janel Tisinger | 6, 15, 11 | |||||
Medal tableâ»
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Mexico (MEX) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
2 | United States (USA) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
3 | Colombia (COL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
4 | Bolivia (BOL) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
5 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
6 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Chile (CHI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Ecuador (ECU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (8 entries) | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 |
Team resultsâ»
Referencesâ»
- ^ "IRF:: International Racquetball Federation - IRF XVII World Racquetball Championship Burlington 2014". Archived from the original on 2014-03-15. Retrieved 2014-03-14.
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