2021 Racquetball World Championships – Men's doubles

The International Racquetball Federation's 20th Racquetball World Championships were held in Guatemala City, Guatemala from November 26 to December 6. This is the first time Worlds have been in Guatemala, and the second consecutive time a Central American country has hosted the event after Costa Rica in 2018.

XIX Racquetball World Championships
- Costa Rica 2018 -
Host Costa Rica San José, Costa Rica
Dates August 10–18
Men's singles
Women's singles
Men's doubles
Gold Mexico Javier Mar & Rodrigo Montoya
Silver Bolivia Roland Keller & Conrrado Moscoso
Bronze United States Charlie Pratt & Alejandro Landa
Colombia Andrés Gómez & Mario Mercado
Women's doubles

For the third straight Worlds, Mexico won gold, and this year it was Javier Mar and Rodrigo Montoya[1] winning for their first time and the seventh overall for Mexico. It was Montoya's second world title, as he won men's singles in 2018. He joins American Todd O'Neill and Mexican Álvaro Beltrán as the only men to win both singles and doubles at the World Championships. Mar and Montoya beat Bolivians Roland Keller and Conrrado Moscoso in the final, which was the first time Bolivia had reached the finals.

Tournament format

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The 2021 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.

Group stage

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Pool A

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Players Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
  Javier Mar & Rodrigo Montoya 2 2 0 4 0 60 22 4
  Gabriel Garro & Felipe Segreda 2 1 1 2 3 47 60 3
  Edwin Galicia & Christian Wer 2 0 2 1 4 43 68 2

Pool B

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Players Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
  Diego Garcia & Shai Manzuri 2 2 0 4 0 6o 36 4
  Andrés Gómez & Mario Mercado 2 1 1 2 2 55 41 3
  Lee Gunhee & Kim Mingyu 2 0 2 0 4 22 60 2

Pool C

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Players Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
  Charlie Pratt & Alejandro Landa 2 2 0 4 1 70 35 4
  Juan Francisco Cueva & Jose Daniel Ugalde 2 1 1 3 2 60 42 3
  Ken Cottrell & Eoin Tynan 2 0 2 0 4 7 60 2

Pool D

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Players Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
  Coby Iwaasa & Samuel Murray 2 2 0 4 1 65 44 4
  Roland Keller & Conrrado Moscoso 2 1 1 3 2 67 52 3
  Rafael Gatica & Rodrigo Salgado 2 0 2 0 4 24 60 2

Medal round

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Round of 16 Quarter finals Semi finals Finals
            
1   Javier Mar & Rodrigo Montoya
BYE
1   Mexico 15, 15
8   Costa Rica 5, 5
9   Ken Cottrell & Eoin Tynan 3, 3
8   Gabriel Garro & Felipe Segreda 15, 15
1   Mexico 15, 15
4   USA[2] 2, 13
5   Juan Francisco Cueva & Jose Daniel Ugalde 15, 15
12   Edwin Galicia & Christian Wer 14, 14
5   Ecuador 5, 5
4   USA 15, 15
13  
4   Charlie Pratt & Alejandro Landa 15, 15
1   Mexico 15, 15
6   Bolivia 10, 9
3   Coby Iwaasa & Samuel Murray
BYE
3   Canada 15, 12, 4
6   Bolivia 9, 15, 11
11   Lee Gunhee & Kim Mingyu 11, 4
6   Roland Keller & Conrrado Moscoso 15, 15
6   Bolivia 15, 15
7   Colombia 1, 5
7   Andrés Gómez & Mario Mercado 15, 15
10   Rafael Gatica & Rodrigo Salgado 5, 10
7   Colombia 15, 11, 11
2   Argentina 12, 15, 8
15  
2   Diego Garcia & Shai Manzuri
Winners
  Javier Mar & Rodrigo Montoya

References

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  1. ^ "Mens Doubles". International Racquetball Federation. International Racquetball Federation. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  2. ^ Kirk, Cheryl. "2021 IRF World Racquetball Championships Blog". USA Racquetball. Team USA. Archived from the original on December 14, 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.