2018 Racquetball World Championships – Men's Doubles

The International Racquetball Federation's 19th Racquetball World Championships are being held in San José, Costa Rica from August 10-18. This is the first time Worlds have been Costa Rica, and the first time a Central American country has hosted the event.

XIX Racquetball World Championships
- Costa Rica 2018 -
Host San José, Costa Rica
Dates August 10-18
Men's singles
Women's singles
Men's doubles
Gold Alvaro Beltran & Daniel De La Rosa
Silver Rocky Carson & Sudsy Monchik
Bronze Roland Keller & Conrrado Moscoso
Tim Landeryou & Samuel Murray
Women's doubles

In 2016, 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 2012 World Champions, Sebastian Franco and Alejandro Herrera of Colombia, in the semi-finals.

Tournament format

The 2018 World Championships used a two stage format with an initial group stage that was a round robin with the results used to seed players for a medal round.

Group stage

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Pool A

Players Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
Alvaro Beltran & Daniel De La Rosa 3306090286
Edwin Galicia & Christian Wer 3214383765
Yuki Nakano & Hiroshi Shimizu 3124270744
Alok Mehta & Thirumurugan Thiyagarajan 3030625903

Pool B

Players Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
Fernando Kurzbard & Shai Manzuri 3306196456
Gabriel Garcia & Alexander Pirie 3212458825
Sebastian Franco & Mario Mercado 3124286554
Rodrigo Salgado & Francisco Troncoso 3031641993
  • Note - Costa Rica defeated Colombia by injury forfeit after Colombia had won game one.

Pool C

Players Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
Rocky Carson & Sudsy Monchik 3306090266
Juan Francisco Cueva & Jose Daniel Ugalde 3214376615
Ricardo Gomez & Luis Felipe Zea 3123458474
Ken Cottrell & Eoin Tynan 3030623903

Pool D

Players Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
Roland Keller & Conrrado Moscoso 3306193576
Samuel Murray & Tim Landeryou 3215289605
Luis Perez & Ramon De Leon 3122468794
Moon Gyun Kim & Daeyong Kwon 3030636903

Medal round

Round of 16 Quarter finals Semi finals Finals
            
1 Alvaro Beltran & Daniel De La Rosa 15, 15
16 Rodrigo Salgado & Francisco Troncoso 8, 8
1 Mexico 15, 15
9 Dominican Republic 11, 11
9 Ramon De Leon & Luis Perez 15, 15
8 Juan Francisco Cueva & Jose Daniel Ugalde 9, 11
1 Mexico 15, 15
4 Bolivia 14, 8
5 Gabriel Garcia & Alexander Pirie 11, 15, 9
12 Yuki Nakano & Hiroshi Shimizu 15, 12, 11
12 Japan 4, 8
4 Bolivia 15, 15
13 Ken Cottrell & Eoin Tynan 5, 13
4 Roland Keller & Conrrado Moscoso 15, 15
1 Mexico 10, 15, 11
3 USA 15, 9, 2
3 Rocky Carson & Sudsy Monchik 15, 14, 11
14 Daeyong Kwon & Moon Gyun Kim 4, 15, 3
3 USA 15, 15
11 Colombia 11, 13
11 Sebastian Franco & Mario Mercado 15, 15
6 Edwin Galicia & Christian Wer 12, 5
3 USA 15, 15
7 Canada 12, 2
7 Tim Landeryou & Samuel Murray 15, 15
10 Ricardo Gomez & Luis Felipe Zea 9, 6
7 Canada 15, 15
2 Argentina 3, 9
15 Alok Mehta & Thirumurugan Thyagarajan 1, 7
2 Fernando Kurzbard & Shai Manzuri 15, 15
Winners
Alvaro Beltran & Daniel De La Rosa

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References

  1. http://www.internationalracquetball.com
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-08-06. Retrieved 2019-09-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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