The International Racquetball Federation's 17th Racquetball World Championships were held in
Burlington, Ontario
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, Canada, from June 14 to 21, 2014. This was the second time Worlds were in Canada. Previously, they were in
Montreal
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in 1992.
In men's singles, American
Rocky Carson
Rocky Carson (born May 21, 1979) is an American professional racquetball player. Carson has won a record International Racquetball Federation (IRF)World Championships in Men's Singles, and 2 Pan American Games gold medals in singles. He was the ...
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
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. In capturing the gold, Carson won all of his matches in two straight games.
Conrrado Moscoso
Conrrado Moscoso (born September 26, 1995) is a Bolivian racquetball player. He is a formeInternational Racquetball Federation(IRF) Men's Singles World Champion, which he won at the 2022 Racquetball World Championships in San Luis Potosí, Mexi ...
of Bolivia was the surprise silver medalist. Moscoso defeated the
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silver medalist Polo Gutierrez of Mexico in the quarterfinals and the beat fellow Bolivian
Carlos Keller
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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. 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
Álvaro Beltrán (born October 15, 1978), is a Mexican professional racquetball player. Beltrán is the currenInternational Racquetball Federation(IRF) World Champion in Men's Doubles with Daniel De La Rosa, winning the title in 2022 in San Luis ...
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
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
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Pool E
Pool F
Pool G
Pool H
Pool I
Pool J
Elimination round
References
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2014 Racquetball World Championships