2016 Racquetball World Championships – Men's Doubles
The International Racquetball Federation's 18th Racquetball World Championships are being held in Cali, Colombia from July 15 to 23, 2016. This was the first time Worlds have been Colombia, and the first time the event is being held in South America since 1998, when Cochabamba, Bolivia was host.
Mexicans Alvaro Beltran 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 defending World Champions, Sebastian Franco and Alejandro Herrera of Colombia, in the semi-finals.
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.
Round robin[1]
Pool A
| Players |
Pld |
W |
L |
GF |
GA |
PF |
PA |
Points |
|---|
 Jake Bredenbeck & Jose Diaz |
3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 92 | 54 | 6 |
 Fernando Rios & Jose Daniel Ugalde |
3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 92 | 48 | 5 |
 Hanzel Martinez & Juan Jose Salvatierra |
3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 51 | 84 | 4 |
 Raul Banegas & Sergio Ortega |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 41 | 90 | 3 |
Pool B
| Players |
Pld |
W |
L |
GF |
GA |
PF |
PA |
Points |
|---|
 Alvaro Beltran & Javier Moreno |
3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 96 | 44 | 6 |
 Felipe Camacho & Teobaldo Fumero |
3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 83 | 54 | 5 |
 Franco Capandegui & Fernando Kurzbard |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 52 | 65 | 4 |
 Aaron Booker & John Maisonet |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 90 | 4 |
Pool C
| Players |
Pld |
W |
L |
GF |
GA |
PF |
PA |
Points |
|---|
 Sebastian Franco & Alejandro Herrera |
3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 96 | 42 | 6 |
 Mike Green & Tim Landeryou |
3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 80 | 64 | 5 |
 Luis Perez & Ramon De Leon |
3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 70 | 51 | 4 |
 Alok Mehta & Thirumurugan Thiyagarajan |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 90 | 3 |
Pool D
| Players |
Pld |
W |
L |
GF |
GA |
PF |
PA |
Points |
|---|
 Kadim Carrasco & Carlos Keller |
3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 90 | 28 | 6 |
 Yuki Nakano & Michimune Kono |
3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 66 | 79 | 4 |
 Luis Reveron & Alejandro Santos |
3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 74 | 86 | 4 |
 Park Ju Yong & Daeyong Kwon |
3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 57 | 94 | 4 |
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Elimination round[2]
| Round of 16
| | | Quarter finals
| | | Semi finals
| | | Finals
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| 1
| Jake Bredenbeck & Jose Diaz
| 15, 15
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| 16
| Park Ju Yong & Daeyong Kwon
| 8, 5
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| | 1
| USA
| 15, 15
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| | 8
| Costa Rica
| 9, 9
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| 9
| Ramon De Leon & Luis Perez
| 15, 10, 7
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| 8
| Felipe Camacho & Teobaldo Fumero
| 14, 15, 11
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| | 1
| USA
| 15, 8, 11
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| | 4
| Bolivia
| 14, 15, 8
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| 5
| Mike Green & Tim Landeryou
| 15, 15
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| 12
| Franco Capandegui & Fernando Kurzbard
| 9, 5
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| | 5
| Canada
| 15, 2, 8
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| | 4
| Bolivia
| 6, 15, 11
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| 13
| Raul Banegas & Sergio Ortega
| 9, 4
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| 4
| Kadim Carrasco & Carlos Keller
| 15, 15
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| | 1
| USA
| 12, 9
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| | 2
| Mexico
| 15, 15
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| 3
| Sebastian Franco & Alejandro Herrera
| 15, 15
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| 14
| Aaron Booker & John Maisonet
| 2, 1
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| | 3
| Colombia
| 15, 15
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| | 11
| Japan
| 5, 4
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| 11
| Hanzel Martinez & Juan Jose Salvatierra
| 11, 5
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| 6
| Michimune Kono & Yuki Nakano
| 15, 15
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| | 3
| Colombia
| 2, 5
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| | 2
| Mexico
| 15, 15
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| 7
| Fernando Rios & Jose Daniel Ugalde
| 15, 15
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| 10
| Luis Reveron & Alejandro Santos
| 1, 7
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| | 10
| Ecuador
| 7, 6
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| | 2
| Mexico
| 15, 15
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| 15
| Alok Mehta & Thirumurugan Thiyagarajan
| 3, 2
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| 2
| Alvaro Beltran & Javier Moreno
| 15, 15
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