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.
In 2016, 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. 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.
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
[1]
Pool A
| Players
|
Pld
|
W
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
PF
|
PA
|
Points
|
| Álvaro Beltrán & Daniel de la Rosa
|
3 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
90 |
28 |
6
|
| Edwin Galicia & Christian Wer
|
3 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
83 |
76 |
5
|
| Yuki Nakano & Hiroshi Shimizu
|
3 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
70 |
74 |
4
|
| Alok Mehta & Thirumurugan Thiyagarajan
|
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
25 |
90 |
3
|
Pool B
| Players
|
Pld
|
W
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
PF
|
PA
|
Points
|
| Fernando Kurzbard & Shai Manzuri
|
3 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
1 |
96 |
45 |
6
|
| Gabriel Garcia & Alexander Pirie
|
3 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
58 |
82 |
5
|
| Sebastian Franco & Mario Mercado
|
3 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
86 |
55 |
4
|
| Rodrigo Salgado & Francisco Troncoso
|
3 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
6 |
41 |
99 |
3
|
- 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
|
3 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
90 |
26 |
6
|
| Juan Francisco Cueva & Jose Daniel Ugalde
|
3 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
76 |
61 |
5
|
| Ricardo Gomez & Luis Felipe Zea
|
3 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
58 |
47 |
4
|
| Ken Cottrell & Eoin Tynan
|
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
23 |
90 |
3
|
Pool D
| Players
|
Pld
|
W
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
PF
|
PA
|
Points
|
| Roland Keller & Conrrado Moscoso
|
3 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
1 |
93 |
57 |
6
|
| Samuel Murray & Tim Landeryou
|
3 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
2 |
89 |
60 |
5
|
| Luis Perez & Ramon De Leon
|
3 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
68 |
79 |
4
|
| Moon Gyun Kim & Daeyong Kwon
|
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
36 |
90 |
3
|
Medal round
| Round of 16
| | | Quarter finals
| | | Semi finals
| | | Finals
| |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1
| Álvaro Beltrán & 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
| |
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