2014 Racquetball World Championships – Women'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
Women's doubles
Gold Mexico Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas
Silver United States Aimee Ruiz & Janel Tisinger
Bronze Chile Angela Grisar & Carla Muñoz
Ecuador Veronica Sotomayor & Maria Paz Muñoz

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 Women's Doubles defending champions were Mexicans Paola Longoria and Samantha Salas and they won gold for a third straight time. In the final, they defeated American Aimee Ruiz, a former World Champion doubles player, and Janel Tisinger in two straight games. Longoria and Salas beat the Chilean team of Angela Grisar and Carla Muñoz in the semi-finals, which was a rematch of the 2012 final.

In the other semi-final, Ruiz and Tisinger needed to comeback after losing the first game against the Ecuador team of Veronica Sotomayor and Maria Paz Muñoz, winning the match in a tie-breaker.

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. This year there was no team competition.

Round robin[2]

Pool A

Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
Mexico Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas 3 3 0 6 0 90 18 6
Venezuela Mariana Paredes & Mariana Tobon 3 2 1 4 2 52 57 5
South Korea Jin Young Seok & Jung Eun Ane 3 1 2 2 4 53 60 4
Catalonia Anna Ventura & Bet Consegal 2 0 2 0 6 13 90 2

Pool B

Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
United States Aimee Ruiz & Janel Tisinger 3 3 0 6 0 90 18 6
Argentina Véronique Guillemette & Maria Jose Vargas 3 2 1 4 2 52 57 5
Ecuador Maria Paz Muñoz & Veronica Sotomayor 3 1 2 2 4 53 60 4
Guatemala Maria Rene Rodriguez & Gabriela Martinez 2 0 2 0 6 13 90 2

Pool C

Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
Canada Frédérique Lambert & Jennifer Saunders 3 3 0 6 1 98 50 6
Bolivia Natalia Mendez & Adriana Riveros 3 2 1 4 2 92 60 5
Dominican Republic Maria Cespedes & Merynanyelly Delgado 3 1 2 2 4 44 72 4
Republic of Ireland Majella Haverty & Katie Kenny 2 0 2 0 6 38 90 2

Pool D

Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
Chile Angela Grisar & Carla Muñoz 3 3 0 6 0 96 59 6
Japan Maiko Sato & Naomi Wakimoto 3 1 2 4 2 86 77 4
Costa Rica Melania Sauma & Sofia Soley 3 1 2 2 4 56 75 4
Colombia Cristina Amaya & Claudia Andrade 3 1 2 0 6 63 78 4

Elimination round[3]

Round of 16 Quarter finals Semi finals Finals
            
1 Mexico Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas 15, 15
16 Guatemala Maria Rene Rodriguez & Gabriela Martinez 6, 4
1 Mexico Mexico 15, 15
8 Bolivia Bolivia 5, 12
9 Costa Rica Melania Sauma & Sofia Soley 10, 7
8 Bolivia Natalia Mendez & Adriana Riveros 15, 15
1 Mexico Mexico' 15, 15
4 Chile Chile 1, 3
5 Argentina Véronique Guillemette & Maria Jose Vargas 15, 1, 11
12 South Korea Jin Young Seok & Jung Eun Ane 9, 15, 7
5 Argentina Argentina 15, 3, 8
4 Chile Chile 8, 15, 11
13 Republic of Ireland Majella Haverty & Katie Kenny 7, 3
4 Chile Angela Grisar & Carla Muñoz 15, 15
1 Mexico Mexico 15, 15
2 United States USA 4, 12
3 Canada Frédérique Lambert & Jennifer Saunders 14, 15, 11
14 Colombia Cristina Amaya & Claudia Andrade 15, 6, 6
3 Canada Canada 6, 15, 8
11 Ecuador Ecuador 15, 7, 11
11 Ecuador Maria Paz Muñoz & Veronica Sotomayor 15, 15
6 Venezuela Mariana Paredes & Mariana Tobon 2, 9
11 Ecuador Ecuador 15, 4, 4
2 United States USA 6, 15, 11
7 Japan Maiko Sato & Naomi Wakimoto 15, 15
10 Dominican Republic Maria Cespedes & Merynanyelly Delgado 9, 8
7 Japan Japan 7, 3
2 United States USA 15, 15
15 Catalonia Anna Ventura & Bet Consegal 0, 1
2 United States Aimee Ruiz & Janel Tisinger 15, 15
Winners
Mexico Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas

References

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