2014 Racquetball World Championships – Men's singles

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.

XVII Racquetball World Championships
- Canada 2014 -
Host Burlington, Ontario
 Canada
Dates June 14–21
Men's singles
Gold United States Rocky Carson
Silver Bolivia Conrrado Moscoso
Bronze United States Jose Rojas
Bolivia Carlos Keller
Women's singles
Men's doubles
Women's doubles

In men's singles, American Rocky Carson was the three-time defending champion, and he won gold for a fourth time, which made him the most decorated men's racquetball player at the World Championships. In capturing the gold, Carson won all of his matches in two straight games.

Conrrado Moscoso of Bolivia was the surprise silver medalist. Moscoso defeated the 2012 silver medalist Polo Gutierrez of Mexico in the quarterfinals and the beat fellow Bolivian Carlos Keller in the semi-finals to reach the final.

The other semi-final was between two Americans: Carson and Jose Rojas. The Americans were on the same side of the draw, because Rojas lost to Fernando Rios of Ecuador in a great match that went tie-breaker in the round robin part of the competition.[2] Sadly for Rios, his victory didn't lead to a great position in the elimination draw, as he had to play Gutierrez in the second round, as Gutierrez missed one of his round robin matches, which put him fourth in his group. Gutierrez defeated Rios in two games.

Mexican Álvaro Beltrán was the other former World Champion in the men's draw (Beltran won the title in 2000), but he lost early in the elimination round as a result of a forfeit to Jose Daniel Ugalde of Ecuador.

Tournament format

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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

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Pool A

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Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
  Rocky Carson 3 3 0 6 0 90 35 6
  Noslen Jimenez 3 2 1 4 3 76 86 5
  Fernando Kurzbard 3 1 2 3 4 65 81 4
  Jose Daniel Ugalde 3 0 3 0 6 45 90 3

Pool B

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Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
  Tim Landeryou 3 3 0 6 1 96 48 6
  Victor Monterrat 3 2 1 4 3 70 75 5
  Ezequiel Paez 3 1 2 3 5 78 90 4
  Anthony DeFusto 3 0 3 2 6 70 79 3

Pool C

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Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
  Jose Rojas 3 2 1 5 2 95 52 5
  Fernando Rios 3 3 0 6 1 93 51 6
  Pablo Kurzbard 3 1 2 2 4 62 67 4
  Peter Rakowski 3 0 0 6 10 90 0 3

Pool D

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Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
  Samuel Murray 3 3 0 6 0 90 14 6
  Roberto Santander 3 2 1 4 2 67 37 5
  Dani Pascual 3 1 2 0 6 44 60 4
  Timothy Baghurst 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0

Pool E

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Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
  Álvaro Beltrán 3 3 0 6 0 90 30 6
  Andres Aviles Solera 3 2 1 4 2 68 56 5
  Michael Barrett 3 0 3 0 6 33 90 3
  Mingyu Kim 3 1 2 2 4 56 71 4

Pool F

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Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
  Michimune Kono 3 2 1 5 2 87 54 5
  Francisco Troncoso 3 2 1 4 3 76 65 5
  Roman De Leon 3 2 1 4 3 97 74 5
  Rajiv Varadarajan 3 0 3 0 6 22 90 0

Pool G

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Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
  Felipe Camacho 3 2 1 4 3 74 82 5
  Fernando Rivera 3 1 2 2 4 62 60 4
  Daeyong Kwon 3 1 2 4 4 84 81 4
  Polo Gutierrez 2 2 1 4 3 70 66 4

Pool H

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Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
  Takaaki Hirose 3 3 0 6 0 90 28 6
  Junior Rodriguez 3 2 1 4 2 70 57 5
  Alok Mehta 3 1 2 2 4 50 80 4
  Rodrigo Salgado 3 0 3 0 6 55 90 3

Pool I

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Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
  Sebastian Franco 3 3 0 6 0 90 47 6
  Conrrado Moscoso 3 2 1 4 2 82 63 5
  Edwin Galicia 3 1 2 2 4 57 82 4
  Mark Murphy 3 0 3 0 6 53 90 3

Pool J

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Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
  Carlos Keller 3 3 0 6 0 90 26 6
  Alejandro Herrera 3 2 1 4 2 70 42 5
  Patrick Hanley 3 1 2 2 4 58 60 4
  Pedro Manolo Sandoval 0 0 0 0 0 0 90 0

Elimination round

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                  
 
 
1   Rocky Carson 15, 15
33   Michael Barrett 3, 1
33   Michael Barrett 15, 15
32   Pedro Manolo Sandoval 0, 0
1   Rocky Carson 15, 15
17   Daeyong Kwan 4, 1
 
 
17   Daeyong Kwon 15, 15
16   Victor Monterrat 11, 3
 
 
1   Rocky Carson 15, 15
9   Sebastian Franco 8, 10
 
 
9   Sebastian Franco 15, 15
24   Francisco Troncoso 4, 1
41   
24  
9   Sebastian Franco 15, 15
8   Takaaki Hirose 11, 8
25  
40  
25   Pablo Kurzbard 8, 9
8   Takaaki Hirose 15, 15
 
 
1   Rocky Carson 15, 15
20   Jose Rojas 8, 12
 
 
5   Álvaro Beltrán 0, 0
37   Jose Daniel Ugalde 15, 15 – forfeit
37   Jose Daniel Ugalde 15, 15
28   Fernando Rivera 2, 2
37   Jose Daniel Ugalde 11, 15, 4
12   Alejandro Herrera 15, 8, 11
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44  
21   Ezequiel Paez 1, 10
12   Alejandro Herrera 15, 15
 
 
12   Alejandro Herrera 6, 7
20   Jose Rojas 15, 15
 
 
13   Roman De Leon 7, 2
20   Jose Rojas 15, 15
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20   Jose Rojas 15, 15
29   Edwin Galicia 4, 10
29   Edwin Galicia 15, 15
36   Rodrigo Salgado 4, 3
29   Edwin Galicia 15, 15
4   Samuel Murray 12, 12
 
 
1   Rocky Carson 15, 15
11   Conrrado Moscoso 3, 8
 
 
3   Fernando Rios 5, 6
35   Polo Gutierrez 15, 15
35   Polo Gutierrez 15, 15
30   Patrick Hanley 4, 9
35   Polo Gutierrez 15, 15
14   Andres Aviles Solera 6, 6
 
 
19   Roberto Santander 15, 10, 0
14   Andres Aviles Solera 14, 15, 11
 
 
35   Polo Gutierrez 14, 15, 10
11   Conrrado Moscoso 15, 2, 11
 
 
11   Conrrado Moscoso 15, 15
22   Fernando Kurzbard 6, 14
43  
22  
11   Conrrado Moscoso 15, 15
6   Michimune Kono 9, 11
27   Alok Mehta 15, 15
38   Anthony DeFusto 0, 0
27   Alok Mehta 6, 6
6   Michimune Kono 15, 15
 
 
11   Conrrado Moscoso 15, 11, 11
10   Carlos Keller 11, 15, 3
 
 
7   Felipe Camacho 10, 15, 7
26   Mingyu Kim 15, 14, 11
39   Mark Murphy
26   Mingyu Kim
26   Mingyu Kim 7, 6
10   Carlos Keller 15, 15
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42   
23   Dani Pascual 3, 10
10   Carlos Keller 15, 15
 
 
10   Carlos Keller 15, 15
2   Tim Landeryou 6, 12
 
 
15   Junior Rodriguez 11, 7
18   Noslen Jimenez 15, 15
 
 
18   Noslen Jimenez 11, 10
2   Tim Landeryou 15, 15
31   Rajiv Varadarajan 15, 6, 4
34   Peter Rakowski 5, 15, 11
  Peter Rakowski 3, 1
2   Tim Landeryou 15, 15
 
 
Winner
Rocky Carson  

References

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  1. ^ "IRF:: International Racquetball Federation - IRF XVII World Racquetball Championship Burlington 2014". Archived from the original on 2014-03-15. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
  2. ^ http://www.theracquetballblog.com/17th_IRF_World Championships_Day_3
  3. ^ "IRF 2014 World Championships - Men's Singles - Round Robin". Dropbox. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
  4. ^ "IRF 2014 World Championships - Men's Singles". Dropbox. Retrieved 2022-12-29.