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.
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.
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]
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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