2014 Racquetball World Championships – Men's Doubles

XVII Racquetball World Championships
- Canada 2014 -
Host Burlington, Ontario
Canada Canada
Dates June 14 - June 21
Men's singles
Women's singles
Men's doubles
Gold Colombia Sebastian Franco & Alejandro Herrera
Silver Canada Mike Green & Vincent Gagnon
Bronze Bolivia Conrado Moscoso & Mario Mercado
United States Ben Croft & Tom Fuhrmann
Women's doubles

The International Racquetball Federation's 17th Racquetball World Championships were held in Burlington, Ontario, Canada from June 14 to 21, 2014.[1] This was the second time Worlds were in Canada. Previously, they were in Montreal in 1992.

The Men's Doubles final was between two surprise finalists, as neither the #1 seeded USA team of Ben Croft & Tom Fuhrmann and #2 seeds Mexicans Alvaro Beltran and Edson Martinez made the final. In fact, the Mexicans didn't even make the podium.

Instead, Colombians Sebastian Franco and Alejandro Herrera defeated Canadians Mike Green and Vincent Gagnon in the final, which was the first Men's Doubles World Championship not won by either the USA or Mexico. The Canadians had defeated the Colombians in two straight games in the round robin stage of play, but Colombia was able to reverse that result in the final.

Franco and Herrera defeated Beltran and Martinez in the quarter-finals, denying the Mexicans a place on the podium, and then beat Bolivians Conrado Moscoso and Mario Mercado in the semi-finals. Green and Gagnon beat Americans Croft and Fuhrmann in the other semi-final. Croft won gold in Men's Doubles (with Mitch Williams) at his previous appearance at Worlds in 2010.

Tournament format

The 2014 World Championships was the first competition with an initial round robin stage that was used to seed players for an elimination qualification round. Previously, players were seeded into an elimination round based on how their countries had done at previous World Championships, and then a second team competition was also played.

Round robin[2]

Pool A

Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
United States Ben Croft & Tom Fuhrmann 2 2 0 4 0 60 23 4
Costa Rica Joaquin Solera & Pablo Sauma 2 1 1 2 2 43 40 3
Chile Francisco Troncoso & Rodrigo Salgado 2 0 2 0 4 20 60 2

Pool B

Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
Mexico Alvaro Beltran & Edson Martinez 2 2 0 4 0 60 15 4
Dominican Republic Joaquin Solera & Pablo Sauma 2 1 1 2 2 45 30 3
Guatemala Pedro Manolo Sandoval & Edwin Galicia 0 0 2 0 4 0 60 0

Pool C

Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
Venezuela Cesar Castillo & Cesar Castro 3 3 0 6 1 95 64 4
Ecuador Fernando Rios & Jose Daniel Alvarez 3 2 1 5 3 105 61 3
South Korea Mingyu Kim & Daeyong Kwon 3 1 2 3 4 71 68 0
Catalonia Victor Montserrat & Dani Pascual 3 0 3 0 6 25 90 0

Pool D

Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
Canada Mike Green & Vincent Gagnon 3 3 0 6 0 90 38 6
Colombia Sebastian Franco & Alejandro Herrera 3 2 1 4 2 82 52 5
Japan Hiroshi Shimizu & Michimune Kono 3 1 2 2 4 59 68 4
Puerto Rico Michael Barrett & Fernando Rivera 3 0 3 0 6 17 90 3

Pool E

Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
Argentina Daniel Maggi & Shai Manzuri 3 3 0 6 1 97 45 6
Bolivia Conrado Moscoso & Mario Mercado 3 2 1 5 2 88 57 5
Republic of Ireland Pat O'Donnell & Conor Skehan 3 1 2 2 4 53 75 4
India Pratap Ballalasamudra & Sumeet Kamat 3 0 3 0 6 29 90 3

Elimination round[3]

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter finals Semi finals Finals
               
1 United States Ben Croft & Tom Fuhrmann
 
1 United States USA 15, 15
17 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 0, 0 - forfeit
17 Puerto Rico Michael Barrett & Fernando Rivera 15, 15
16 India Pratap Ballalasamudra & Sumeet Kamat 6, 4
1 United States USA 15, 15
8 Ecuador Ecuador 11, 13
9 Dominican Republic Luis Perez & Junior Rodriguez
9 Dominican Republic Dominican Republic 13, 3
8 Ecuador Ecuador 15, 15
8 Ecuador Fernando Rios & Jose Daniel Alvarez
1 United States USA 11, 2
13 Canada Canada 15, 15
5 Argentina Daniel Maggi & Shai Manzuri
5 Argentina Argentina 15, 15 - forfeit
12 Guatemala Guatemala 0, 0
12 Guatemala Pedro Manolo Sandoval & Edwin Galicia
12 Argentina Argentina 7, 7
13 Canada Canada 15, 15
13 South Korea Mingyu Kim & Daeyong Kwon
13 South Korea South Korea 10, 1
4 Canada Canada 15, 15
 
4 Canada Mike Green & Vincent Gagnon
4 Canada Canada 11, 5
7 Colombia Colombia 15, 15
3 Venezuela Cesar Castillo & Cesar Castro
 
3 Venezuela Veneuela 15, 15
14 Japan Japan 6, 14
 
14 Japan Hiroshi Shimizu & Michimune Kono
3 Venezuela Venezuela 15, 6, 9
6 Bolivia Bolivia 10, 15, 11
11 Chile Francisco Troncoso & Rodrigo Salgado
11 Chile Chile 8, 5
6 Bolivia Bolivia 15, 15
6 Bolivia Conrado Moscoso & Mario Mercado
6 Bolivia Bolivia 11, 2
7 Colombia Colombia 15, 15
7 Colombia Sebastian Franco & Alejandro Herrera
7 Colombia Colombia 10, 15, 11
10 Costa Rica Costa Rica 15, 9, 6
10 Costa Rica Joaquin Solera & Pablo Sauma
10 Colombia Colombia 15, 6, 11
2 Mexico Mexico 14, 15, 9
15 Republic of Ireland Pat O'Donnell & Conor Skehan 15, 15
18 Catalonia Victor Montserrat & Dani Pascual 10, 13
18 Republic of Ireland Ireland 1, 12
2 Mexico Mexico 15, 15
 
Mexico Alvaro Beltran & Edson Martinez
Winners
Colombia Sebastian Franco & Alejandro Herrera

References

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