Results Summary for 2018 IRF World Championships

Here’s a rundown of all the results from the 19th International Racquetball Federation (IRF) World Championships that took place in San José, Costa Rica last week. Mexico was the top medalling nation with four: two gold and two silver. That helped them finish as the top team in both Men’s and Women’s competitions as well as Overall.

The USA had three medals, which was second most, and they were all in the men’s divisions, so they finished second in the Men’s Team standings, and second in the Overall Team standings, which we’re surprised at, as the USA women’s results were poor and Bolivia finished in the top four in both women’s and men’s team totals. Thus, we would have guessed Bolivia would be ahead of the USA in the Overall standings, but that doesn’t appear to be the case.

(note: the IRF via their Facebook page has released only the top 4 team finishers and done so by simply listing them; no point totals are given).

The next IRF event will be the Senior World Championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico, August 28-September 2, then the World Junior Championships will be held in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, November 3-10.

18th IRF World Championships
August 10-18, 2018
San José, Costa Rica

Men's Singles

GOLD - Rodrigo Montoya (Mexico)
SILVER - Charlie Pratt (USA)
BRONZE - David Horn (USA) & Sebastian Franco (Colombia)

Women's Singles

GOLD - Ana Gabriela Martinez (Guatemala)
SILVER - Paola Longoria (Mexico)
BRONZE - Maria Jose Vargas (Argentina) & Natalia Mendez (Argentina)

Men's Doubles

GOLD - Alvaro Beltran & Daniel De La Rosa (Mexico)
SILVER - Rocky Carson & Sudsy Monchik (USA)
BRONZE - Roland Keller & Conrrado Moscoso (Bolivia) and Tim Landeryou & Samuel Murray (Canada)

Women's Doubles

GOLD - Valeria Centellas & Yazmine Sabja (Bolivia)
SILVER - Monserrat Mejia & Alexandra Herrera (Mexico)
BRONZE - Cristina Amaya & Adriana Riveros (Colombia) and Maria Renee Rodriguez & Gabriela Martinez (Guatemala)

Medal Table

1. Mexico - 2 gold, 2 silver, 0 bronze = 4 medals
2. USA - 0, 2, 1 = 3
3. Bolivia - 1, 0, 1 = 2
3. Guatemala - 1, 0, 1 = 2
5. Argentina - 0, 0, 2 = 2
5. Colombia - 0, 0, 2 = 2
7. Canada - 0, 0, 1 = 1

Men's Team Standings

1. Mexico
2. USA
3. Colombia
4. Bolivia

Women's Team Standings

1. Mexico
2. Guatemala
3. Bolivia
4. Argentina

Overall Team Standings

1. Mexico
2. USA
3. Bolivia
4. Guatemala

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