2022 Racquetball World Championships

The International Racquetball Federation's 21st Racquetball World Championships were held at the La Loma Centro Deportivo in San Luis Potosí, Mexico from August 20–27, 2022.[1]

XXI Racquetball World Championships
- 2022 -
Host Mexico San Luis Potosí
Dates August 20–27, 2022
Men's singles
Gold Bolivia Conrrado Moscoso
Silver United States Rocky Carson
Bronze Mexico Rodrigo Montoya
Costa Rica Andrés Acuña
Women's singles
Gold Mexico Paola Longoria
Silver Guatemala Gabriela Martínez
Bronze Bolivia Angélica Barrios
Mexico Alexandra Herrera
Men's doubles
Gold Mexico Álvaro Beltrán & Daniel de la Rosa
Silver Bolivia Roland Keller & Conrrado Moscoso
Bronze United States Charlie Pratt & Sam Bredenbeck
Canada Coby Iwaasa & Samuel Murray
Women's doubles
Gold Mexico Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas
Silver Argentina Valeria Centellas & Natalia Mendez
Bronze Guatemala María Renée Rodríguez & Gabriela Martínez
Canada Frédérique Lambert & Michèle Morissette
Mixed doubles
Gold Mexico Rodrigo Montoya & Samantha Salas
Silver Canada Frédérique Lambert & Samuel Murray
Bronze Argentina Valeria Centellas & Diego Garcia
Bolivia Jenny Daza & Conrrado Moscoso
La Loma Centro Deportivo, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Tournament format

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The 2022 World Championships used a two-stage format to determine the World Champions. Initially, players competed in separate groups over three days. The results were used to seed players for an elimination round. The individual events were followed by a team competition with countries competing head to head in best of three matches: two singles matches and a doubles match.

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Mexico)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Mexico (MEX)*4026
2  Bolivia (BOL)1124
3  Canada (CAN)0123
4  Argentina (ARG)0112
  Guatemala (GUA)0112
  United States (USA)0112
7  Costa Rica (CRC)0011
Totals (7 entries)551020

Individual events

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Men's singles

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Source:[2]

Semifinals Final
              
  Rocky Carson 8 7 11 12 11
  Andrés Acuña 11 11 7 10 4
  Rocky Carson 11 7 4 8
  Conrrado Moscoso 8 11 11 11
  Conrrado Moscoso 11 11 11
  Rodrigo Montoya 4 2 6

Women's singles

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Source:[3]

Semifinals Final
              
  Angélica Barrios 9 11 5 4
  Paola Longoria 11 8 11 11
  Paola Longoria 12 11 11
  Gabriela Martínez 10 7 7
  Gabriela Martínez 12 11 11
  Alexandra Herrera 10 6 9

Men's doubles

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Semifinals Final
              
  Álvaro Beltrán & Daniel de la Rosa 12 11 11
  Charlie Pratt & Sam Bredenbeck 10 9 7
  Álvaro Beltrán & Daniel de la Rosa 7 12 11 11 11
  Roland Keller & Conrrado Moscoso 11 14 7 5 6
  Coby Iwaasa & Samuel Murray 8 6 11 9
  Roland Keller & Conrrado Moscoso 11 11 1 11

Women's doubles

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Source:[5]

Semifinals Final
              
  Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas 11 12 11
  María Renée Rodríguez & Ana Gabriela Martínez 4 10 9
  Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas 11 15 11 9 12
  Valeria Centellas & Natalia Méndez 6 17 9 11 10
  Valeria Centellas & Natalia Méndez 11 11 11
  Frédérique Lambert & Michèle Morissette 6 4 2

Mixed doubles

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Semifinals Final
              
  Rodrigo Montoya & Samantha Salas 11 11 11
  Valeria Centellas & Diego Garcia 7 9 7
  Rodrigo Montoya & Samantha Salas 11 9 11 11
  Frédérique Lambert & Samuel Murray 3 11 8 9
  Frédérique Lambert & Samuel Murray 11 11 12
  Jenny Daza & Conrrado Moscoso 9 9 10

Team events

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The team competition occurred after the individual events, and results from those events were used to seed countries for the team event. The team competition was a best of three matches: two singles and a doubles match. The order of the matches varied by round.

Men's Team

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Source:[7]

First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
  Bolivia
9   Argentina   Argentina
8   Japan   Bolivia 0 2
5   Ecuador   Canada 3 3
12   India   Ecuador
  Canada
  Canada 2 2
  Mexico 3 3
  USA
11   Chile   Guatemala
6   Guatemala   USA 0 3 0
7   Costa Rica   Mexico 3 2 3
10   Cuba   Cuba
  Mexico
Semi-finals
26 August 2022
BOL   0–2   Canada
Roland Keller 0–3 Coby Iwaasa
Roland Keller / Conrrado Moscoso 2–3 Coby Iwaasa / Samuel Murray
26 August 2022
USA   1–2   Mexico
Alejandro Landa 0–3 Rodrigo Montoya
Sam Bredenbeck / Charlie Pratt 3–2 Álvaro Beltrán / Daniel de la Rosa
Rocky Carson 0–3 Daniel de la Rosa
Final[8]
27 August 2022
CAN   0–2   Mexico
Coby Iwaasa 2–3 Rodrigo Montoya 11-7, 9-11, 3-11, 11-6, 11-4
Samuel Murray 2–3 Daniel de la Rosa 9-11, 6-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-7

Women's Team

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Source:[9]

First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
  Mexico
9   Colombia   Colombia
8   Chile   Mexico 3 3
  USA 0 2
  Guatemala
  USA
  Mexico 0 3 3
  Bolivia 3 0 0
  Bolivia
  Ecuador
  Bolivia 0 3 0
7   Canada   Argentina 3 2 3
10   Japan   Canada
  Argentina
Semi-finals
26 August 2022
MEX   2–0   United States
Alexandra Herrera 3–0 Rhonda Rajsich
Paola Longoria / Samantha Salas 3–2 Kelani Lawrence / Hollie Scott
26 August 2022
BOL   2–0   Argentina
Angélica Barrios Valeria Centellas
Angélica Barrios / Jenny Daza Valeria Centellas / Natalia Mendez
Final[8]
27 August 2022
MEX   2–1   Bolivia
Alexandra Herrera 0–3 Angélica Barrios 11-6, 11-6, 11-7
Paola Longoria 3–0 Jenny Daza 11–4, 11–8, 11–6
Paola Longoria / Samantha Salas 3–0 Angélica Barrios / Jenny Daza 11-4, 11-7, 11-3

Overall team standings

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Source:[10]

Place Country
1   Mexico
2   Bolivia
3   United States
4   Canada

References

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  1. ^ "XXI World Racquetball Championships". International Racquetball Federation. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  2. ^ "XXI World Racquetball Championships – Men's singles". R2 Sports. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  3. ^ "XXI World Racquetball Championships – Women's Singles". R2 Sports. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  4. ^ "XXI World Racquetball Championships – Men's Doubles". R2 Sports. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  5. ^ "XXI World Racquetball Championships – Women's Doubles". R2 Sports. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  6. ^ "XXI World Racquetball Championships – Mixed Doubles". R2 Sports. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  7. ^ "XXI IRF World Championships – Men's Team Competition". R2 Sports. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  8. ^ a b "Mexico sweeps team finals at 2022 IRF World Championships". The Racquetball Blog. The Racquetball Blog. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  9. ^ "XXI IRF World Championships – Women's Team Competition". R2 Sports. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  10. ^ "2022 XXI IRF World Championships Blog". USA Racquetball. Team USA. Archived from the original on August 19, 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
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