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2021 Racquetball World Championships – Men's singles

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 Guatemala Guatemala City, Guatemala
Dates November 29-December 6
Men's singles
Gold United States Alejandro Landa
Silver Costa Rica Andres Acuña
Bronze Bolivia Conrrado Moscoso
Colombia Mario Mercado
Women's singles
Men's doubles
Women's doubles

American Alejandro Landa won men's singles in Guatemala by defeating Costa Rican Andres Acuña in the final.[1][2] Mexico born Landa was representing the USA for the first time at Worlds. Acuña was surprising finalist, and the first Costa Rican to reach the final. He claimed the 2nd seed position by winning pool B in the group stage of matches, including a win over defending champion Mexican Rodrigo Montoya.

Tournament format edit

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.[3]

Group stage edit

Pool A edit

Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
  Alejandro Landa 2 2 0 4 0 60 21 4
  Ramon De Leon 2 1 1 2 3 41 64 3
  Felipe Camacho 2 0 2 1 4 43 59 2

Pool B edit

Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
  Andres Acuña 2 2 0 4 0 60 20 4
  Rodrigo Montoya 2 1 1 2 2 39 43 4
  Shai Manzuri 2 0 2 0 4 24 60 2

Pool C edit

Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
  Jake Bredenbeck 2 2 0 4 1 67 25 4
  Juan Francisco Cueva 2 1 1 3 2 49 60 3
  Kim Mingyu 2 0 2 0 4 29 60 2

Pool D edit

Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
  Andree Parrilla 3 3 0 6 1 94 39 6
  Diego Garcia 3 2 1 5 3 97 57 5
  Francis Guillemette 3 1 2 3 4 58 76 4
  Eoin Tynan 3 0 3 0 6 13 90 3

Pool E edit

Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
  Conrrado Moscoso 3 3 0 6 0 90 29 6
  Jose Daniel Ugalde 3 2 1 4 2 73 43 5
  Lee Gunhee 3 1 2 2 4 49 87 4
  Ken Cottrell 3 0 3 0 6 34 90 3

Pool F edit

Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
  Mario Mercado 3 3 0 6 0 90 36 6
  Juan Jose Salvatierra 3 2 1 4 3 68 71 5
  Lee Connell 3 1 2 3 4 78 85 4
  Rodrigo Salgado 3 0 3 0 6 36 90 3

Pool G edit

Player Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
  Luis Aguilar 3 3 0 6 1 96 71 6
  Javier Martinez 3 2 1 2 3 62 81 5
  Set Cubillos 3 1 2 4 4 87 80 4
  Rafael Gatica 3 0 3 1 4 60 73 3

Note: Rafael Gatica replaced Pedro Castro, who was injured in the first match of the group against Javier Martinez after winning game one.

Medal round edit

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semi finals Finals
               
1   Alejandro Landa
32 BYE
1   Alejandro Landa 15, 15
16   Shai Manzuri 6, 9
17   Francis Guillemette 6, 2
16   Shai Manzuri 15, 15
1   Alejandro Landa 15, 15
9   Juan Jose Salvatierra 8, 12
9   Juan Jose Salvatierra 15, 15
24   Rodrigo Salgado 5, 9
9   Juan Jose Salvatierra 15, 12, 11
8   Javier Martinez 13, 15, 7
25   Eoin Tynan 7, 2
8   Javier Martinez 15, 15
1   Alejandro Landa 3, 15, 11
5   Conrrado Moscoso 15, 8, 6
5   Conrrado Moscoso
28 BYE
5   Conrrado Moscoso 7, 15, 11
12   Diego Garcia 15, 4, 6
21   Set Cubillos 2, 4
12   Diego Garcia 15, 15
5   Conrrado Moscoso 15, 15
4   Andre Parrilla 12, 14
13   Ramon De Leon 15, 15
20   Lee Gunghee 6, 7
13   Ramon De Leon 6, 4
4   Andre Parrilla 15, 15
29 BYE
4   Andree Parrilla
1   Alejandro Landa 15, 15
2   Andres Acuña 6, 6
3   Jake Bredenbeck
BYE
3   Jake Bredenbeck 15, 15
14   Rodrigo Montoya 10, 14
19   Lee Connell 2, 4
14   Rodrigo Montoya 15, 15
3   Jake Bredenbeck 13, 15, 4
6   Mario Mercado 15, 11, 11
11   Juan Francisco Cueva 15, 15
22   Rafael Gatica 3, 11
11   Juan Francicso Cueva 15, 6, 2
6   Mario Mercado 14, 15, 11
27 BYE
6   Mario Mercado
6   Mario Mercado 15, 12, 9
2   Andres Acuña 12, 15, 11
7   Luis Aguilar
26  
7   Luis Aguilar 8, 9
10   Jose Daniel Ugalde 15, 15
23   Ken Cottrell 2, 1
10   Jose Daniel Ugalde 15, 15
10   Jose Daniel Ugalde 6, 2
2   Andres Acuña 15, 15
15   Harumi Kajino 15, 15
18   Mingyu Kim 12, 14
15   Felipe Camacho 5, 2
2   Andres Acuña 15, 15
31 BYE
2   Andres Acuña
Winner
  Alejandro Landa[4]

References edit

  1. ^ "Mens Singles". 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.
  3. ^ "Mens Singles". International Racquetball Federation. International Racquetball Federation. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Mens Singles". International Racquetball Federation. International Racquetball Federation. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
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