XVIII Racquetball World Championships - Colombia 2016 -
Host	Cali, Colombia
Dates	July 15–23
Men's singles
Gold	Rocky Carson
Silver	Daniel De La Rosa
Bronze	Conrrado Moscoso Samuel Murray
Women's singles
Men's doubles
Women's doubles

The International Racquetball Federation's 18th Racquetball World Championships were held in Cali, Colombia, from July 15 to 23, 2016.^[1] This was the first time Worlds were in Colombia, and the first time a South American country hosted the event since 1998, when Cochabamba, Bolivia, was the host city.

American Rocky Carson won gold for the fifth consecutive time, extending his career record, when he defeated Mexican Daniel De La Rosa, in the final, 15–11, 5–15, 11–5.^[2] But it was the first time that Carson needed a tie-breaker to win the final, and he also needed three games to advance to the final, as Bolivian Conrrado Moscoso took him to a tie-breaker in the semi-finals.

Tournament format

The 2016 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.^[3]

Round robin

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Pool A

Player	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	PF	PA	Points
Rocky Carson	2	2	0	4	0	60	28	4
Luis Perez	2	1	1	2	2	46	36	3
Jose Daniel Ugalde	2	0	2	0	4	18	60	2

Pool B

Player	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	PF	PA	Points
Andres Acuña	3	3	0	6	0	90	32	6
Alejandro Herrera	3	2	1	4	2	79	47	5
Ramon De Leon	3	1	2	2	4	48	66	4
Djoko Boentaran	3	0	3	0	6	20	90	3

Pool C

Player	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	PF	PA	Points
Chris Crowther	3	3	1	6	0	90	29	6
Cesar Castillo	3	2	0	4	2	71	53	5
Franco Capandegui	3	1	2	2	4	52	60	4
Timothy Baghurst	3	0	3	0	6	19	90	2

Pool D

Player	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	PF	PA	Points
Fernando Rios	3	3	0	6	0	90	28	6
Set Cubillos	3	2	1	4	2	75	63	5
Im Ji Soo	3	1	2	2	4	58	80	4
Sergio Ortega	3	0	3	0	6	38	90	3

Pool E

Player	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	PF	PA	Points
Conrrado Moscoso	3	3	0	6	0	90	23	6
Fernando Kurzbard	3	2	1	4	2	67	47	5
Alejandro Santos	3	1	2	2	4	54	64	4
John Maisonet	3	0	3	0	6	13	90	3

Pool F

Player	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	PF	PA	Points
Samuel Murray	3	3	0	6	1	99	53	6
Jose Daniel Ugalde	3	2	1	4	4	83	81	5
Daeyong Kwon	3	1	2	3	5	80	94	5
Raul Banegas	3	0	3	3	6	76	110	0

Pool G

Player	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	PF	PA	Points
Roland Keller	3	3	0	6	0	90	24	6
Hirotake Usami	3	2	1	4	2	76	46	5
Aaron Booker	3	1	2	2	4	48	74	4
Sriram Ravindran	2	0	3	0	6	20	90	3

Pool H

Player	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	PF	PA	Points
Javier Mar	3	3	0	6	0	90	28	6
Pedro Castro	3	1	2	4	2	67	83	4
Edwin Galicia	3	1	2	2	4	72	84	4
Francisco Troncoso	3	1	2	0	6	74	86	4

Pool I

Player	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	PF	PA	Points
Daniel De La Rosa	3	3	0	6	0	90	22	6
Yuki Nakano	3	2	1	4	2	69	58	5
Juan Jose Salvatierra	3	1	2	2	4	56	80	4
Rajiv Varadhrajan	3	0	3	0	6	35	90	3

Medal round

	First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
						1	Rocky Carson	15, 15
						33	Sriram Ravindran	2, 3
	33	Sriram Ravindran
	32	Djoko Boentaran
											1	Rocky Carson	15, 15
											17	Alejandro Herrera	12, 2
						17	Alejandro Herrera	15, 4, 11
						16	Cesar Castillo	13, 15, 5
																1	Rocky Carson	15, 15
																8	Javier Mar	9, 9
						9	Yuki Nakano	15, 15
						24	Daeyong Kwon	12, 9
	41
	24
											9	Yuki Nakano	5, 6
											8	Javier Mar	15, 15
	25
	40
						25	Aaron Booker	8, 9
						8	Javier Mar	15, 15
																					1	Rocky Carson	15, 12, 11
																					5	Conrrado Moscoso	12, 15, 4
						5	Conrrado Moscoso	15, 15
						37	Francisco Troncoso	8, 5
	37
	28
											5	Conrrado Moscoso	15, 15
											12	Hirotake Usami	5, 9
	21
	44
						21	Franco Capandegui	4, 9
						12	Hirotake Usami	15, 15
																5	Conrrado Moscoso	11, 15, 11
																4	Fernando Rios	15, 0, 1
						13	Jose Daniel Ugalde	15, 15
						20	Ramon De Leon	10, 12
	45
	20
											13	Jose Daniel Ugalde	11, 5
											4	Fernando Rios	15, 15
	29
	36
						29	Raul Banegas	10, 2
						4	Fernando Rios	15, 15
																										1	Rocky Carson	15, 5, 11
																										10	Daniel De La Rosa	11, 15, 5
						3	Chris Crowther	15, 15
						35	Timothy Baghurst	5, 7
	35	Timothy Baghurst
	30	Sergio Ortega
											3	Chris Crowther	15, 15
											14	Fernando Kurzbard	8, 8
						19	Jose Ubilla	15, 6, 7
						14	Fernando Kurzbard	5, 15, 11
																3	Chris Crowther	15, 3, 7
																6	Samuel Murray	7, 15, 11
						11	Edwin Galicia	14, 15, 11
						22	Im Ji Soo	15, 9, 9
	43
	22
											11	Edwin Galicia	11, 15, 1
											6	Samuel Murray	15, 13, 11
	27
	38
						27	Juan Jose Salvatierra	2, 8
						6	Samuel Murray	15, 15
																					6	Samuel Murray	12, 7
																					10	Daniel De La Rosa	15, 15
						7	Roland Keller	15, 9, 11
						26	Pedro Castro	10, 15, 3
	39
	26
											7	Roland Keller	10, 0
											10	Daniel De La Rosa	15, 15
	23
	42
						23	Alejandro Santos	0, 2
						10	Daniel De La Rosa	15, 15
																10	Daniel De La Rosa	15, 15
																18	Luis Perez	6, 0
						15	Set Cubillos	7, 11
						18	Luis Perez	15, 15
											18	Luis Perez	15, 10, 11
											2	Andres Acuña	10, 15, 7
	31	Rajiv Varadhrajan
	34	John Maisonet
							Rajiv Varadhrajan	0, 3
						2	Andres Acuña	15, 15

Winner
Rocky Carson

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