The International Racquetball Federation's 18th Racquetball World Championships were held in Cali, Colombia, from July 15 to 23, 2016.[1] This was the first time Worlds were in Colombia, and the first time the event was held in South America since 1998, when Cochabamba, Bolivia, was host.
In the final, Americans Aimee Ruiz and Janel Tisinger upset Mexicans Paola Longoria and Samantha Salas,[2] who were the three time defending champions in women's doubles. Ruiz and Tisinger were silver medalists in 2014, when they lost to the Mexicans in the final. The win was Ruiz's third World Championship in women's doubles, as she also won in 2006 with Laura Fenton and 2008 with Jackie Paraiso. It was Tisinger's first World Championship.
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.[3]
Round robin
Source[4]
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
| Players
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Pld
|
W
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
PF
|
PA
|
Points
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| Ecuador Maria Paz Muñoz & Veronica Sotomayor
|
3 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
90 |
36 |
6
|
| Japan Maiko Sato & Naomi Wakimoto
|
3 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
91 |
96 |
5
|
| Dominican Republic Maria Cespedes & Merynanyelly Delgado
|
3 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
75 |
75 |
4
|
| Republic of Ireland Majella Haverty & Donna Ryder
|
3 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
6 |
45 |
94 |
3
|
Elimination round
Source[5]
| Round of 16
| | | Quarter finals
| | | Semi finals
| | | Finals
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| 1
| Mexico Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas
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| | 1
| Mexico Mexico
| 15, 15
| |
|
| |
| | | 8
| Guatemala Guatemala
| 2, 5
| |
| 9
| Colombia Cristina Amaya & Carolina Gomez
| 15, 13, 8
| |
| |
| 8
| Guatemala Maria Rene Rodriguez & Gabriela Martinez
| 13, 15, 11
| |
| | 1
| Mexico Mexico
| 15, 15
| |
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| |
| | | 5
| Bolivia Bolivia
| 5, 5
| |
| 5
| Bolivia Jenny Daza & Adriana Riveros
| 15, 15
| | |
| |
| 12
| South Korea Jin Young Seok & Jung Eun Ane
| 10, 6
| |
| | 5
| Bolivia Bolivia
| 15, 15
| |
|
| |
| | | 4
| Ecuador Ecuador
| 9, 8
| |
| 13
| Republic of Ireland Majella Haverty & Donna Ryder
| 4, 3
| |
| |
| 4
| Ecuador Maria Paz Muñoz & Veronica Sotomayor
| 15, 15
| |
| | 1
| Mexico Mexico
| 11, 15, 8
| |
|
| |
| | | 2
| United States USA
| 15, 9, 11
| |
| 3
| Canada Frédérique Lambert & Jennifer Saunders
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| | 3
| Canada Canada
| 15, 15
| |
|
| |
| | | 11
| Argentina Argentina
| 7, 9
| |
| 11
| Argentina Pia Dati & Maria Jose Vargas
| 15, 15
| |
| |
| 6
| Japan Harumi Kajino & Toshiko Sakamoto
| 7, 9
| |
| | 3
| Canada Canada
| 8, 7
| |
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| |
| | | 2
| United States USA[6]
| 15, 15
| |
| 7
| Venezuela Mariana Tobon & Lilian Zea
| 3, 6
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| 10
| Dominican Republic Maria Cespedes & Merynanyelly Delgado
| 15, 15
| |
| | 10
| Dominican Republic Dominican Republic
| 6, 8
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| | | 2
| United States USA
| 15, 15
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| 2
| United States Aimee Ruiz & Janel Tisinger
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References
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