The International Racquetball Federation's 22nd Racquetball World Championships were held in San Antonio, Texas, USA from August 24–31, 2024. This was the first time Worlds was held in the US since 1996, when it was held in Phoenix, Arizona.
The 2024 World Championships used a best of five games match format with each game to 11 points, win by 2, with rally scoring.
Canadians Coby Iwaasa and Samuel Murray defeated Mexicans Andree Parrilla and Eduardo Portillo in the final, 11–5, 6–11, 11–8, 4–11, 11–6, to win men's doubles, which was a first for both them and Canada. It was also Canada's first World Championship since 2006, when Christie Huczek won women's singles.
Tournament format The 2024 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 the medal round, with only the top two players from each group advancing to the medal round.
Men’s doubles Preliminary round Source:
Group 1 PlayersPldWLGWGLPWPLPlace Andree Parrilla & Eduardo Portillo 3 3 0 9 2 119 96 1 Diego Garcia & Gerson Miranda Martinez 3 2 1 6 5 104 93 2 Johan Igor & Alan Natera 3 1 2 7 6 120 119 3 Ayako Hanashi & Saki Kokido 3 0 3 0 9 64 99 4
Group 2 PlayersPldWLGWGLPWPLPlace Kadim Carrasco & Conrrado Moscoso 3 3 0 9 3 129 90 1 Andrés Acuña & Gabriel Garcia 3 2 1 8 4 111 102 2 Edwin Galicia & Juan Salvatierra 3 1 2 5 6 102 104 3 Diego Pimentel & Jean Marco Pumarol 3 0 3 0 9 53 99 4
Group 3 PlayersPldWLGWGLPWPLPlace Adam Manilla & Sebastian Fernandez 3 3 0 9 2 120 71 1 Juan Francisco Cueva & Jose Daniel Ugalde 3 2 1 8 3 108 88 2 Yuki Nakano & Hiroshi Shimizu 3 1 2 3 6 72 83 3 Johnny O’keeney & Scott Young 3 0 3 0 9 41 99 3
Group 4 PlayersPldWLGWGLPWPLPlace Coby Iwaasa & Samuel Murray 3 3 0 9 0 99 31 1 Gunhee Lee & Namwoo Lee 3 2 1 6 4 85 88 2 Alok Mehta & Tejas Veer 3 1 2 4 7 82 107 3 Mario Andrés Huyke & Orlando José Huyke 3 0 3 1 9 71 111 4
Medal round Source:
References
External links IRF website