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2021 Racquetball World Championships

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XX Racquetball World Championships
- 2021 -
Host Guatemala Guatemala City
Dates November 29-December 6, 2021
Men's singles
Gold United States Alejandro Landa
Silver Costa Rica Andrés Acuña
Bronze Colombia Mario Mercado
Bolivia Conrrado Moscoso
Women's singles
Gold Mexico Paola Longoria
Silver United States Kelani Lawrence
Bronze United States Rhonda Rajsich
Argentina Natalia Méndez
Men's doubles
Gold Mexico Javier Mar & Rodrigo Montoya
Silver Bolivia Koko Keller & Conrrado Moscoso
Bronze United States Charlie Pratt & Alejandro Landa
Colombia Mario Mercado & Andrés Gómez
Women's doubles
Gold Mexico Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas
Silver United States Rhonda Rajsich & Erika Manilla
Bronze Guatemala María Renée Rodríguez & Gabriela Martínez
Argentina Natalia Méndez & Valeria Centellas

The International Racquetball Federation's 20th Racquetball World Championships was held in Guatemala City, Guatemala from November 29-December 6, 2021.[1] The event was to be held in the summer of 2020, but the COVID-19 pandemic led to the postponement of the event.

The 2021 World Racquetball Championships were the racquetball qualifying event for the 2022 World Games.

The defending champions were Rodrigo Montoya of Mexico in Men's Singles, Gabriela Martínez of Guatemala in Women's Singles, Mexicans Álvaro Beltrán and Daniel de la Rosa in Men's Doubles, and Bolivians Valeria Centellas and Yasmine Sabja in Women's Doubles. Mexico swept the team standings, topping the Men's,[2] Women's[3] and Overall[4] standings.

Tournament format

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The 2021 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. Thus, there was no team competition. Team standings were based on points earned from the singles and doubles competitions.

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Guatemala)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Mexico (MEX)3003
2 United States (USA)1225
3 Bolivia (BOL)0101
 Costa Rica (CRC)0101
5 Colombia (COL)0022
6 Argentina (ARG)0011
 Guatemala (GUA)*0011
Totals (7 entries)44614

Events

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Men's singles

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Semifinals Final
          
United States Alejandro Landa 3 15 11
Bolivia Conrrado Moscoso 15 8 6
United States Alejandro Landa[5] 15 15
Costa Rica Andrés Acuña 6 6
Colombia Mario Mercado 15 12 9
Costa Rica Andrés Acuña 12 15 11

Women's singles

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Semifinals Final
          
Mexico Paola Longoria 15 15
Argentina Natalia Méndez 10 1
Mexico Paola Longoria[6] 15 15
United States Kelani Lawrence 6 1
United States Kelani Lawrence 15 15
United States Rhonda Rajsich 12 7

Men's doubles

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Semifinals Final
          
Mexico Javier Mar & Rodrigo Montoya 15 15
United States Charlie Pratt & Alejandro Landa 2 13
Mexico Javier Mar & Rodrigo Montoya[7] 15 15
Bolivia Koko Keller & Conrrado Moscoso 10 9
Bolivia Koko Keller & Conrrado Moscoso 15 15
Colombia Mario Mercado & Andrés Gómez 1 5

Women's doubles

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Semifinals Final
          
Mexico Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas 15 15
Guatemala María Renée Rodríguez & Ana Gabriela Martínez 9 4
Mexico Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas[8] 15 15
United States Rhonda Rajsich & Erika Manilla 14 6
United States Rhonda Rajsich & Erika Manilla 6 15 11
Argentina Natalia Méndez & Valeria Centellas 15 9 8

Team standings

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Men's Teams

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Place Country
1  United States[9]
2  Mexico
3  Bolivia
4  Costa Rica

Women's Teams

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Place Country
1  Mexico[9]
2  United States
3  Argentina
4  Guatemala

Overall team standings

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Place Country
1  United States[9]
2  Mexico
3  Bolivia
4  Argentina

2022 World Games Qualifiers

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Men

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Place Player Country
1 Alejandro Landa  United States
2 Andres Acuña  Costa Rica
3 Mario Mercado  Colombia
4 Conrrado Moscoso  Bolivia
5 Jake Bredenbeck  United States
6 Andres Parrilla  Mexico
7 José Daniel Ugalde  Ecuador
8 Juan José Salvatierra  Guatemala
9 Rodrigo Montoya  Mexico
10 Diego Garcia  Argentina
11 Felipe Camacho  Costa Rica
12 Shai Manzuri  Argentina
13 Kim Mingyu  South Korea
14 Ken Cottrell  Ireland
15 Lee Gunhee  South Korea
16 Eóin Tynan  Ireland

Women

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Place Player Country
1 Paola Longoria  Mexico
2 Kelani Lawrence  United States
3 Rhonda Rajsich  United States
4 Natalia Mendez  Argentina
5 Angélica Barrios  Bolivia
6 Gabriela Martínez  Guatemala
7 Samantha Salas  Mexico
8 Maria Renee Rodriguez  Guatemala
9 Carla Muñoz  Chile
10 Maria Jose Vargas  Argentina
11 Cristina Amaya  Colombia
12 Michèle Morissette  Canada
13 Sumin Lee  South Korea
14 Aisling Hickey  Ireland
15 Majella Haverty  Ireland
16 Ayako Hanashi  Japan

References

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  1. ^ "XX World Racquetball Championships - Guatemala 2021". International Racquetball Federation. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  2. ^ "XIX World Racquetball Championships – Men's Team Standings" (PDF). International Racquetball Federation. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  3. ^ "XIX World Racquetball Championships – Women's Team Standings" (PDF). International Racquetball Federation. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  4. ^ "XIX World Racquetball Championships – Overall Team Standings" (PDF). International Racquetball Federation. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Mens Singles". International Racquetball Federation. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Womens Singles". International Racquetball Federation. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Mens Doubles". International Racquetball Federation. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  8. ^ "Womens Doubles". International Racquetball Federation. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  9. ^ a b c Kirk, Cheryl. "2021 IRF World Racquetball Championships Blog". USA Racquetball. Team USA. Archived from the original on December 14, 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  10. ^ "Qualifications for TWG 2022, Birmingham (USA)". The World Games. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  11. ^ "Qualifications for TWG 2022, Birmingham (USA)". The World Games. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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