The 16th Racquetball World Championships were held in

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) from August 3 to 11, 2012, with players from 22 different countries. The championships had two parts. First, individual competitions for men's and women's singles and doubles, which took place over the first four days. Then following an off day, there was a team competition on the last three days in which countries competed against each other in a best of three match format involving two singles matches and a doubles match. This is the second time the

Racquetball World Championships The World Racquetball Championships is the top international racquetball competition organized by the International Racquetball Federation (IRF). History The first event was held in 1981 as part of the 1981 World Games. The second World Championsh ...

were held in Santo Domingo. The previous time was 2006. The 2012 World Racquetball Championships were also the qualifying event for the

2013 World Games The 2013 World Games ( es, Juegos Mundiales 2013), the ninth World Games, were an international multi-sport event held in the city of Cali, Colombia, from July 25 to August 4. Host city allocation history The 2013 World Games were initially all ...

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. The top 16 players in Santo Domingo will qualify to compete in Cali. This only applies to men's and women's singles as the World Games will not have doubles competitions. __TOC__

Medal table

Men's Singles Competition

Women's Singles Competition

Men's Doubles Competition

Women's Doubles Competition

Men's team competition

Women's team competition

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References

External links

IRF Website
Racquetball World Championships

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