2008 Racquetball World Championships

	XIV Racquetball World Championships; - Ireland 2008 -
Host	Kingscourt
Dates	August 2–9
	Men teams
Champions	United States
Runners-up	Mexico
Third place	Canada
Fourth place	Bolivia
	Women teams
Champions	United States
Runners-up	Bolivia
Third place	Canada
Fourth place	Chile

The 14th Racquetball World Championships were held in Kingscourt (Ireland) from August 2 to 9, 2008, with 22 men's national teams and 15 women's national teams; and several players in the Singles and Doubles competition.

Men's team competition

First round			Second round			Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Final

			1	United States	3
17	Ireland	2	17	Ireland	0
16	Dominican R.	1				1	United States	3
						8		0
			9	Chile	1
			8	Japan	2
									1	USA	3
									5	Bolivia	0
			5	Bolivia	3
21	Poland	0	12	South Korea	0
12	South Korea	3				5	Bolivia	2
13	Guatemala	1				4	Venezuela	1
20	Catalonia	2	20	Catalonia	1
			4	Venezuela	2
												1	USA	2
												2	Mexico	1
			3	Mexico	2
19	Belgium		14		1
14	Germany					3	Mexico	2
11	Ecuador	wo				11	Ecuador	1
22	Chinese Taipei		11	Ecuador	3
			6	India	0
									3	Mexico	2
									2	Canada	1
			7	Argentina	1
			10	Costa Rica	2
						10	Costa Rica	1
15	Netherlands					2	Canada	2
18	Honduras		15	Netherlands	0
			2	Canada	3

Winners
United States

Women's team competition

Round of 16			Quarterfinals			Semi-finals			Final

			1	United States	3

			8	Venezuela	0
9	Guatemala	1

8	Venezuela	2
						1	United States	wo

						5	Chile
5	Chile	3

12	Ecuador	0
			5	Chile	2

			4	Mexico	1
13	Costa Rica	0

4	Mexico	3
									1	United States	2

									6	Bolivia	1
3	Japan	3

14	Catalonia	0
			3		1

			6	Bolivia	2
11		0

6	Bolivia	3
						6	Bolivia	2

						2	Canada	1
7	South Korea	3

10	Ireland	0
			7	South Korea

			2	Canada
15	Honduras	0

2	Canada	3

Winners
United States

Men's Singles Competition

First round			Second round			Third round			Quarterfinals			Semifinals

			1	Rocky Carson	15, 15
33	Karl Boer	13, 15, 11	33	Karl Boer	0, 4
32	Yelso Molinari	15, 14, 8				1	Rocky Carson	15, 15
						16	Leonel Simo	9, 1
			17	Marcel Czempisz	4, 4
			16	Leonel Simo	15, 15
									1	Rocky Carson	15, 15
									25	Fernando Ríos	3, 4
			9	Takaaki Hirose	11, 15, 11
41	Peter Rakowski	10, 5	24	Pablo Fajre	15, 8, 0
24	Pablo Fajre	15, 15				9	Takaaki Hirose	7, 4
25	Fernando Ríos	15, 15				25	Fernando Ríos	15, 15
40	Carlos Oviedo	6, 2	25	Fernando Ríos	15, 15
			8	Marcelo Laprea	2, 5
												1	Rocky Carson	15, 15
												4	Álvaro Beltrán	9, 8
			5	Mike Green	15, 15
37	Niklaas Deboutte	15, 12, 11	37	Nickolas Deboutte	3, 0
28	Sid Harshavat	7, 15, 7				5	Mike Green	15, 15
21	Richard van Doezum	15, 15				12	Jorge Zambrana	8, 7
44	Wen Wen-chang	7, 0	21	Richard van Doezum	13, 3
			12	Jorge Zambrana	15, 15
									5	Mike Green	14, 10
									4	Álvaro Beltrán	15, 15
			13	Sung Suk Kim	15, 3, 4
45	Mauro Barbosa	2, 1	20	F. Camacho	11, 15, 11
20	Felipe Camacho	15, 15				20	Felipe Camacho	12, 12
29	Danny Maggi	15, 15				4	Álvaro Beltrán	15, 15
36	Noel O'callaghan	5, 8	29	Danny Maggi	12, 9							Final
			4	Alvaro Beltrán	15, 15
												1	Rocky Carson	12, 15, 11
												3	Jack Huczek	15, 14, 10
			3	Jack Huczek	15, 15
35	Christian Wer	15, 15	35	Christian Wer	0, 4
30	Gerardo Fajardo	4, 12				3	Jack Huczek	15, 15
						14	Luis Pérez	0, 5
			19	Oliver Bertels	13, 9
			14	Luis Pérez	15, 15
									3	Jack Huczek	15, 15
									11	Michimune Kono	3, 4
			11	Michimune Kono	15, 15
43	Jakob Kuzniacki	0, 1	22	Sebastian Roessler	9, 12
22	Sebastian Roessler	15, 15				11	Michimune Kono	15, 15
27	José Daniel Ugalde	15, 11, 7				38	Victor Montserrat	4, 4
38	Víctor Montserrat	10, 15, 11	38	Victor Montserrat	15, 15
			6	Fabian Balmori	9, 9
												3	Jack Huczek	15, 15
												7	Vincent Gagnon	11, 8
			7	Vincent Gagnon	15, 15
39	Paul Devos	7	26	Nanda Gudderra	1, 2
26	Nanda Gudderra	13, injury fft				7	Vincent Gagnon	15, 15
23	Michiel van der Holst	15, 15				10	Ricardo Monroy	11, 11
42	Huang-jung Hsu	4, 2	23	Michael van der Holst	5, 12
			10	Ricardo Monroy	15, 15
									7	Vincent Gagnon	15, 11, 11
									2	Polo Gutierrez	5, 15, 8
			15	Sang Soo Lee	12, 15, 7
			18	Ivan Villegas	15, 12, 11
						18	Ivan Villegas	12, 1
31	Fabián Apa	5, 3				2	Polo Gutierrez	15, 15
34	Liam Hugues	15, 15	34	Liam Hughes	3, 1
			2	Polo Gutierrez	15, 15

Winner
Rocky Carson

Women's Singles Competition

First round			Second round			Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Final

1	Rhonda Rajsich	15, 15

32	Maria Aguilar	3, 0
			1	Rhonda Rajsich	15, 15

			17	Vivianna Reveron	8, 2
17	Vivianna Reveron	15, 10, 7

16	Jeong Ae Lee	6, 15, 7
						1	Rhonda Rajsich	15, 15

						8	Toshiko Sakamoto	9, 3
9	Fabiola Márquez	15, 15

24	Mónica Escobar	3, 2
			9	Fabiola Márquez	2, 9

			8	Toshiko Sakamoto	15, 15
25	Deborah Kessler	2, 0

8	Toshiko Sakamoto	15, 15
									1	Rhonda Rajsich	15, 15

									5	Paola Longoria	10, 9
5	Paola Longoria	15, 15

28	Raquel Consegal	1, 3
			5	Paola Longoria	15, 15

			12	Yazmine Sabja	14, 10
21	Andrea Gordon	5, 2

12	Yazmine Sabja	15, 15
						5	Paola Longoria	15, 15

						4	Josée Grand'Maître	10, 8
13	Eithne Skehan	2, 6

20	Cristina Córdova	15, 15
			20	Cristina Córdova	12, 6

			4	Josée Grand'Maître	15, 15
29	Cristina Amaya	6, 7

4	Josée Grand'Maître	15, 15
												1	Rhonda Rajsich	15, 15

												3	Cheryl Gudinas	13, 8
3	Cheryl Gudinas	15, 15

30	Ana Fortin	1, 2
			3	Cheryl Gudinas	15, 15

			14	Jung Eun Ane	4, 10
19	Mariana Paredes	12, 8

14	Jung Eun Ane	15, 15
						3	Cheryl Gudinas	15, 15

						11	Angela Grisar	7, 6
11	Angela Grisar	15, 15

22	Patricia Beltranena	0, 1
			11	Angela Grisar	15, 15

			6	Harumi Kajino	6, 12
27	Naomi Sasso	1, 4

6	Harumi Kajino	15, 15
									3	Cheryl Gudinas	15, 11, 11

									2	Jennifer Saunders	8, 15, 8
7	Susana Acosta	15, 15

26	Elisabet Consegal	4, 7
			7	Susana Acosta	10, 15, 11

			10	Jenny Daza	15, 13, 6
23	Yvonne Kortes	2, 0

10	Jenny Daza	15, 15
						7	Susana Acosta	13, 9

						2	Jennifer Saunders	15, 15
15	Ciara Mcmanamon	0, 1

18	Maria Paz Muñoz	15, 15
			18	Maria Paz Muñoz	14, 13, 6

			2	Jennifer Saunders	15, 15, 11
31	Ayten Kececi	3, 0

2	Jennifer Saunders	15, 15

Winner
Rhonda Rajsich

Men's doubles competition

First round			Second round			Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Final

			1	Gilberto Mejia Javier Moreno	15, 15

			17	India	4, 1
17	Gerardo Fajardo Yelso Molinari	12, 13

16	Nanda Gudderra Sid Harshavat	15, 15
						1	Mexico	WBF

						8	Chile	-



			9	Juan Luis Galvez Christian Wer	11, 7

			8	Pablo Fajre Sebastian Roessler	15, 15



									1	Mexico	15, 15

									4	Venezuela	7, 1



			5	Fabiean Apa Danny Maggi	15, 15

			12	South Korea	3, 8
21	Jakob Kuzniacki Peter Rakowski	2, 6

12	Se Young Joo Song Ha Sin	15, 15
						5	Argentina	15, 8, 4

						4	Venezuela	7, 15, 11
13	Fernando Rios Juan Diego Rodriguez	15, 15

20	Carlos Oviedo Alberto Serfaty	3, 13
			13	Ecuador	7, 7

			4	César Castro Jorge Hirsekorn	15, 15



												1	Mexico	13, 15, 7

												2	USA	15, 10, 11



			3	Kris Odegard François Viens	15, 15

			14	Netherlands	2, 2
19	Niklaas Deboutte Paul Devos	13, 4

14	Peter De Jong Edwin Schipper	15, 15
						3	Canada	15, 7, 6

						6	Japan	2, 15, 11
11	Luis Perez Leonel Simo	15, 15

22	Huang-Jung Hsu Wen-Chang Wen	3, 2
			11	Dominican Republic	13, 10

			6	Michimune Kono Hiroshi Shimizu	15, 15



									6		4, 2

									2	USA	15, 15



			7	Roland Keller Ricardo Monroy	12, 15, 11

			10	Bruno Casalvolone Joaquin Solera	15, 14, 6



						10	Bolivia	3, 7

						2	USA	15, 15
15	Joachim Loof Trevor Meyer	15, 11, 11

18	Patrick Hanley Adam Neary	13, 15, 6
			15		1, 6

			2	Jason Thoerner Mitch Williams	15, 15

Winners
United States Jason Thoerner & Mitch Williams

Women's doubles competition

Round of 16			Quarterfinals			Semi-finals			Final

			1	Jackie Paraiso Aimee Ruiz	15, 15

			8	Venezuela	3, 5
9	Mariana Paredes Vivianna Reveron	15, 15

8	Maria Gomar Lucy Zachrisson	7, 5
						1	USA	15, 15

						5	Chile	4, 5
5	Angela Grisar Fabiola Marquez	15, 15

12	Yvonne Kortes Lara Ludwig	8, 4
			5	Chile	15, 15

			4		3, 3
13	Deborah Kessler Naomi Sasso	1, 6

4	Rie Masuyama Maiko Sato	15, 15
									1	USA	15, 15

									6	Canada	8, 6
3	Paola Longoria Rosy Torres	15, 15

14	Maria Aguilar Ana Fortin	3, 3
			3	Mexico	15, 15

			6	Bolivia	12, 6
11	Clodagh McManamon Donna Ryder	3, 4

6	Jenny Daza Carola Loma	15, 15
						6	Mexico	15, 6, 9

						2	Canada	3, 15, 11
7	Yun Mi Bae Nawoo Kim	2, 4

10	Ivonne Carpio Maria Paz Muñoz	15, 15
			10	Ecuador	12, 3

			2	Genvieve Brodeur Véronique Guillemette	15, 15

Winners
United States Jackie Paraiso and Aimee Ruiz

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XIV Racquetball World Championships - Ireland 2008 -
Host	Kingscourt
Dates	August 2–9
Men teams
Champions	United States
Runners-up	Mexico
Third place	Canada
Fourth place	Bolivia
Women teams
Champions	United States
Runners-up	Bolivia
Third place	Canada
Fourth place	Chile