2018 Racquetball World Championships – Men's doubles

The International Racquetball Federation's 19th Racquetball World Championships are being held in San José, Costa Rica from August 10–18. This is the first time Worlds have been Costa Rica, and the first time a Central American country has hosted the event.

XIX Racquetball World Championships
- Costa Rica 2018 -
HostCosta Rica San José, Costa Rica
DatesAugust 10–18
Men's singles
Women's singles
Men's doubles
Gold Mexico Álvaro Beltrán & Daniel de la Rosa
Silver United States Rocky Carson & Sudsy Monchik
Bronze Bolivia Roland Keller & Conrrado Moscoso
Canada Tim Landeryou & Samuel Murray
Women's doubles

In 2016, Mexicans Álvaro Beltrán 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 2012 World Champions, Sebastian Franco and Alejandro Herrera of Colombia, in the semi-finals.

Tournament format

The 2018 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

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Pool A

PlayersPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints
Álvaro Beltrán & Daniel de la Rosa3306090286
Edwin Galicia & Christian Wer3214383765
Yuki Nakano & Hiroshi Shimizu3124270744
Alok Mehta & Thirumurugan Thiyagarajan3030625903

Pool B

PlayersPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints
Fernando Kurzbard & Shai Manzuri3306196456
Gabriel Garcia & Alexander Pirie3212458825
Sebastian Franco & Mario Mercado3124286554
Rodrigo Salgado & Francisco Troncoso3031641993
  • Note – Costa Rica defeated Colombia by injury forfeit after Colombia had won game one.

Pool C

PlayersPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints
Rocky Carson & Sudsy Monchik3306090266
Juan Francisco Cueva & Jose Daniel Ugalde3214376615
Ricardo Gomez & Luis Felipe Zea3123458474
Ken Cottrell & Eoin Tynan3030623903

Pool D

PlayersPldWLGFGAPFPAPoints
Roland Keller & Conrrado Moscoso3306193576
Samuel Murray & Tim Landeryou3215289605
Luis Perez & Ramon De Leon3122468794
Moon Gyun Kim & Daeyong Kwon3030636903

Medal round

Round of 16Quarter finalsSemi finalsFinals
            
1 Álvaro Beltrán & Daniel de la Rosa15, 15
16 Rodrigo Salgado & Francisco Troncoso8, 8
1 Mexico15, 15
9 Dominican Republic11, 11
9 Ramon De Leon & Luis Perez15, 15
8 Juan Francisco Cueva & Jose Daniel Ugalde9, 11
1 Mexico15, 15
4 Bolivia14, 8
5 Gabriel Garcia & Alexander Pirie11, 15, 9
12 Yuki Nakano & Hiroshi Shimizu15, 12, 11
12  Japan4, 8
4 Bolivia15, 15
13 Ken Cottrell & Eoin Tynan5, 13
4 Roland Keller & Conrrado Moscoso15, 15
1 Mexico10, 15, 11
3  USA15, 9, 2
3 Rocky Carson & Sudsy Monchik15, 14, 11
14 Daeyong Kwon & Moon Gyun Kim4, 15, 3
3 USA15, 15
11 Colombia11, 13
11 Sebastian Franco & Mario Mercado15, 15
6 Edwin Galicia & Christian Wer12, 5
3 USA15, 15
7  Canada12, 2
7 Tim Landeryou & Samuel Murray15, 15
10 Ricardo Gomez & Luis Felipe Zea9, 6
7 Canada15, 15
2 Argentina3, 9
15 Alok Mehta & Thirumurugan Thyagarajan1, 7
2 Fernando Kurzbard & Shai Manzuri15, 15
Winners
Álvaro Beltrán & Daniel de la Rosa

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