The International Racquetball Federation's 18th

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 Cali, Colombia from July 15 to 23, 2016. This was the first time Colombia has hosted Worlds, and the first time Worlds have been in South America since 1998, when

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, Bolivia hosted the event. American

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and Mexican

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are the incumbent champions in men's and women's singles, respectively. Longoria was also the incumbent champion in women's doubles with

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and they also successfully defended their title. Colombians Sebastian Franco and Alejandro Herrera will be trying to defend the men's doubles title that they won in Canada two years ago.

Tournament format

The 2016 World Championships used a two-stage format to determine the World Champions. Initially, players competed in separate groups over three days. The results were used to seed players for an elimination round. Thus, there was no team competition. Team standings were based on points earned from the singles and doubles competitions.

Events

Men's singles

Women's singles

Men's doubles

Women's doubles

Medal table

Team results

References

External links

IRF website
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