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
              
United States Rocky Carson 8 7 11 12 11
Costa Rica Andrés Acuña 11 11 7 10 4
United States Rocky Carson 11 7 4 8
Bolivia Conrrado Moscoso 8 11 11 11
Bolivia Conrrado Moscoso 11 11 11
Mexico Rodrigo Montoya 4 2 6

Women's singles

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Source:[3]

Semifinals Final
              
Bolivia Angélica Barrios 9 11 5 4
Mexico Paola Longoria 11 8 11 11
Mexico Paola Longoria 12 11 11
United States Gabriela Martínez 10 7 7
Guatemala Gabriela Martínez 12 11 11
Mexico Alexandra Herrera 10 6 9

Men's doubles

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Source:[4]

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

Women's doubles

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Mixed doubles

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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 Bolivia
9 Argentina Argentina Argentina Argentina
8 Japan Japan Bolivia Bolivia 0 2
5 Ecuador Ecuador Canada Canada 3 3
12 India India Ecuador Ecuador
Canada Canada
 Canada 2 2
Mexico Mexico 3 3
 USA
11 Chile Chile Guatemala Guatemala
6 Guatemala Guatemala  USA 0 3 0
7 Costa Rica Costa Rica Mexico Mexico 3 2 3
10 Cuba Cuba Cuba Cuba
 Mexico
Semi-finals
26 August 2022
BOL  02  Canada
Roland Keller 03 Coby Iwaasa
Roland Keller / Conrrado Moscoso 23 Coby Iwaasa / Samuel Murray
26 August 2022
USA  12  Mexico
Alejandro Landa 03 Rodrigo Montoya
Sam Bredenbeck / Charlie Pratt 32 Álvaro Beltrán / Daniel de la Rosa
Rocky Carson 03 Daniel de la Rosa
Final[8]
27 August 2022
CAN  02  Mexico
Coby Iwaasa 23 Rodrigo Montoya 11-7, 9-11, 3-11, 11-6, 11-4
Samuel Murray 23 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 Mexico
9 Colombia Colombia Colombia Colombia
8 Chile Chile Mexico Mexico 3 3
 USA 0 2
Guatemala Guatemala
United States USA
Mexico Mexico 0 3 3
Bolivia Bolivia 3 0 0
Bolivia Bolivia
Ecuador Ecuador
Bolivia Bolivia 0 3 0
7 Canada Canada Argentina Argentina 3 2 3
10 Japan Japan  Canada
Argentina Argentina
Semi-finals
26 August 2022
MEX  20  United States
Alexandra Herrera 30 Rhonda Rajsich
Paola Longoria / Samantha Salas 32 Kelani Lawrence / Hollie Scott
26 August 2022
BOL  20  Argentina
Angélica Barrios Valeria Centellas
Angélica Barrios / Jenny Daza Valeria Centellas / Natalia Mendez
Final[8]
27 August 2022
MEX  21  Bolivia
Alexandra Herrera 03 Angélica Barrios 11-6, 11-6, 11-7
Paola Longoria 30 Jenny Daza 11–4, 11–8, 11–6
Paola Longoria / Samantha Salas 30 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. 1 2 "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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