2014 Racquetball World Championships

XVII Racquetball World Championships - Canada 2014 -
Host	Burlington, Ontario Canada
Dates	June 14 - June 21
Men's singles
Gold	Rocky Carson
Silver	Conrado Moscoso
Bronze	Jose Rojas Carlos Keller
Women's singles
Gold	Paola Longoria
Silver	Rhonda Rajsich
Bronze	Maria Jose Vargas Samantha Salas
Men's doubles
Gold	Sebastian Franco & Alejandro Herrera
Silver	Mike Green & Vincent Gagnon
Bronze	Conrado Moscoso & Mario Mercado Ben Croft & Tom Fuhrmann
Women's doubles
Gold	Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas
Silver	Aimee Ruiz & Janel Tisinger
Bronze	Angela Grisar & Carla Muñoz Veronica Sotomayor & Maria Paz Muñoz

The International Racquetball Federation's 17th Racquetball World Championships were held in Burlington, Ontario, Canada from June 14 to 21, 2014. This was the second time Worlds were in Canada. Previously, they were in Montreal in 1992.

American Rocky Carson and Mexican Paola Longoria were the incumbent champions in men's and women's singles, respectively, and both successfully defended their titles.

Longoria was also the incumbent champion in women's doubles with Samantha Salas and they also successfully defended their title. Fellow Mexicans Alvaro Beltran and Javier Moreno were the defending champions in men's doubles, but Mexico didn't make the podium in Burlington.

Instead, Colombians Sebastian Franco and Alejandro Herrera defeated Canadians Mike Green and Vincent Gagnon in the final, which was the first Men's Doubles World Championship not won by either the USA or Mexico.

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. This year there was no team competition. Team standings were based on points earned from the singles and doubles competitions.

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