XIX Racquetball World Championships- Costa Rica 2018 - Host Guatemala City, Guatemala Dates November 29-December 6 Men's singles Gold Alejandro Landa Silver Andrés Acuña Bronze Conrrado Moscoso Mario Mercado Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles
The International Racquetball Federation's 20th Racquetball World Championships were held in Guatemala City, Guatemala from November 26 to December 6. This was the first time that Worlds had been held in Guatemala, and the second consecutive time a Central American country had hosted the event, after Costa Rica in 2018.
American Alejandro Landa won men's singles in Guatemala by defeating Costa Rican Andrés Acuña in the final. Mexico born Landa was representing the USA for the first time at Worlds. Acuña was the surprising finalist, and the first Costa Rican to reach the final. He claimed the 2nd seed position by winning pool B in the group stage of matches, including a win over defending champion Mexican Rodrigo Montoya.
Tournament format The 2021 World Championships used a two-stage format with an initial group stage that was a round robin, with the results used to seed players for a medal round.
Group stage Pool A PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints Alejandro Landa 2 2 0 4 0 60 21 4 Ramón de León 2 1 1 2 3 41 64 3 Felipe Camacho 2 0 2 1 4 43 59 2
Pool B PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints Andrés Acuña 2 2 0 4 0 60 20 4 Rodrigo Montoya 2 1 1 2 2 39 43 4 Shai Manzuri 2 0 2 0 4 24 60 2
Pool C PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints Jake Bredenbeck 2 2 0 4 1 67 25 4 Juan Francisco Cueva 2 1 1 3 2 49 60 3 Kim Mingyu 2 0 2 0 4 29 60 2
Pool D PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints Andree Parrilla 3 3 0 6 1 94 39 6 Diego García 3 2 1 5 3 97 57 5 Francis Guillemette 3 1 2 3 4 58 76 4 Eoin Tynan 3 0 3 0 6 13 90 3
Pool E PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints Conrrado Moscoso 3 3 0 6 0 90 29 6 Jose Daniel Ugalde 3 2 1 4 2 73 43 5 Lee Gunhee 3 1 2 2 4 49 87 4 Ken Cottrell 3 0 3 0 6 34 90 3
Pool F PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints Mario Mercado 3 3 0 6 0 90 36 6 Juan José Salvatierra 3 2 1 4 3 68 71 5 Lee Connell 3 1 2 3 4 78 85 4 Rodrigo Salgado 3 0 3 0 6 36 90 3
Pool G PlayerPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints Luis Aguilar 3 3 0 6 1 96 71 6 Javier Martinez 3 2 1 2 3 62 81 5 Set Cubillos 3 1 2 4 4 87 80 4 Rafael Gatica 3 0 3 1 4 60 73 3
Note: Rafael Gatica replaced Pedro Castro, who was injured in the first match of the group against Javier Martinez after winning game one.
Medal round
Winner Alejandro Landa
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