2023 Pan American Racquetball Championships Explained

The 2023 Pan American Championships were held in Guatemala City, Guatemala, April 1–8.[1] Bolivian Conrrado Moscoso won Men's Singles for the second consecutive year,[2] and Montserrat Mejia won Women's Singles for the first time.[3] Moscoso's win was the fourth consecutive Bolivian gold in Men's Singles, as Carlos Keller won the two events prior to Moscoso. Mejia is the second Mexican woman to win Women's Singles after Paola Longoria.

Mejia also won Women's Doubles with Alexandra Herrera,[4] with fellow Mexicans Rodrigo Montoya and Eduardo Portillo winning Men's Doubles.[5] Meija is the 3rd women to win both Women's Singles and Doubles in the same year after Longoria (4 times) and American Rhonda Rajsich (once). Moscoso won the Mixed Doubles title with Angélica Barrios,[6] so he is the first player to win singles, doubles and mixed doubles at the Pan American Championships.

The 2023 Pan American Championships were the qualifying event for the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, so players played for all of the places from first on down. The top 10 men's and women's teams qualified for the Pan American Games with the top three teams plus Chile, as the host nation, allowed to send 3 athletes to Chile, and the other six nations allowed to send 2 athletes, so a total of 24 men and 24 women will compete in racquetball in Chile.[7]

Because of the time needed to complete the Pan Am Games qualifying, there was no Team competition this year's Pan American Championships.

Some of the matches, including all of the finals, from Guatemala were covered on the PanAm Sports Channel.[8]

Tournament format

The competition had five events: Men's and Women's Singles and Doubles and Mixed Doubles. Each individual event had a group stage followed by a medal round. The results of the group stage were used to seed players for the medal round. The group stage began April 1 and concluded April 3. The medal round began April 4 and concluded April 8.

Participating nations

A total of 63 athletes (34 men & 29 women) from 14 countries participated.[9]

Medal summary

Medalists

Men's events
Singles[10]
Doubles[11]
Women's events
Singles[12]
Doubles[13] [14]
Mixed events
Doubles[15] ----

Men's singles

[16]

Preliminary round

Group 1
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Carlos Keller2 2 0 6 2 85 76 1
Diego Garcia2 1 1 4 3 68 63 2
Edwin Galicia2 0 2 1 6 65 79 3
Group 2
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Jake Bredenbeck2 2 0 6 0 70 41 1
Juan Salvatierra2 1 1 3 3 55 62 2
Fernando Kurzbard2 0 2 0 6 47 69 3
Group 3
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Conrrado Moscoso2 2 0 6 0 66 33 1
Trevor Webb2 1 1 3 3 127 101 5
Ramón De León2 0 2 0 6 49 70 3
Group 4
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Thomas Carter3 3 0 9 0 99 39 1
Jose Daniel Ugalde3 2 1 6 3 78 59 2
Set Cubillos3 1 2 3 6 60 81 3
Ronal Cardona3 0 3 0 9 41 99 4
Group 5
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Samuel Murray3 0 3 9 1 104 62 1
Andrés Acuña3 2 1 7 3 100 60 2
Diego Gatica3 1 2 3 6 23 66 3
Abraham Mercado3 0 3 0 9 27 66 4
Group 6
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Eduardo Portillo3 3 0 9 1 110 56 1
Juan Francisco Cueva3 2 1 7 4 107 98 2
Maikel Moyet 3 1 2 3 6 77 92 3
Carlos Medrano3 0 3 1 9 66 114 4
Group 6
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Andree Parrilla3 3 0 9 0 102 52 1
Gabriel Garcia3 2 1 6 3 85 65 2
Yandy Espinosa3 1 2 3 7 67 97 3
Rafael Gatica3 0 3 1 9 68 108 4

Medal round

[17]

Note: Samuel Murray was injured in the group stage in Canada's doubles match versus Mexico, so Coby Iwaasa was substituted for him in the singles medal round.[18]

Men's doubles

[19]

Group 1
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Rodrigo Montoya & Eduardo Portillo2 2 0 5 2 80 56 1
Coby Iwaasa & Samuel Murray2 1 1 5 2 67 61 2
Fernando Kurzbard & Daniel Maggi2 0 2 0 6 37 67 3

Note: Murray was injured in the 5th game of Canada's match versus Mexico, and Canada forfeited that match. Due to the injury, Trevor Webb was substituted for Murray in the medal round.

Group 2
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Kadim Carrasco & Conrrado Moscoso3 3 0 9 1 109 58 1
Jake Bredenbeck & Sam Bredenbeck3 2 1 7 4 106 87 2
Edwin Galicia & Christian Wer3 1 2 4 6 82 99 3
Ronal Cardona & Eduardo Medrano3 0 3 0 9 46 99 4
Group 3
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Andrés Acuña & Gabriel Garcia3 3 0 9 3 129 84 1
Juan Francisco Cueva & Jose Daniel Ugalde3 2 1 7 3 95 85 2
Yandy Espinosa & Maikel Moyet3 1 2 3 8 90 108 3
Rafael Gatica & Rodrigo Salgado3 0 3 4 9 98 135 4

Medal Round

[20]

Women's singles

[21]

Preliminary round

Group 1
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Angélica Barrios2 2 0 6 0 68 39 1
Carla Muñoz2 1 1 3 3 57 54 2
Anna Aguilar2 0 2 0 6 35 67 3
Group 2
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Natalia Mendez2 2 0 6 0 67 39 1
Cristina Amaya2 1 1 3 3 57 51 2
Maria José Muñoz2 0 2 0 6 32 66 3
Group 3
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Gabriela Martinez3 3 0 9 0 99 37 1
Yasmine Sabja3 2 1 3 3 59 49 2
Paula Mansilla3 1 2 3 6 57 74 3
Samira Ferrer Marcilli3 0 3 0 6 11 66 4
Group 4
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María José Vargas3 3 0 9 1 108 53 1
Maria Paz Muñoz3 2 1 7 4 103 81 2
Maria Paz Riquelme3 1 2 3 8 80 110 3
Jimena Gomez3 0 3 3 9 76 123 4
Group 5
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Paola Longoria3 3 0 9 0 99 44 1
Rhonda Rajsich3 2 1 6 5 110 114 2
Merynanyelly Delgado3 1 2 5 8 118 138 3
Juliette Parent3 0 3 2 9 88 119 4
Group 6
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Montserrat Mejia3 3 0 9 1 109 70 1
Erika Manilla3 2 1 6 4 102 93 2
Maricruz Ortiz3 1 2 5 6 97 95 3
Michèle Morissette3 0 3 0 9 50 100 4

Medal round

[12]

Women's doubles

[22]

Preliminary round

Group 1
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Gabriela Martinez & Maria Renee Rodriguez 2 2 0 6 1 74 60 1
Valeria Centellas & Natalia Méndez2 1 1 4 3 66 59 2
Michèle Morissette & Danielle Ramsay2 0 2 0 6 46 67 3
Group 2
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Alexandra Herrera & Montserrat Mejia2 2 0 6 1 76 48 1
Erika Manilla & Michelle Key2 1 1 4 3 70 67 2
Carla Muñoz & Paula Javiera Mansilla Sid3 0 2 0 6 35 66 3
Group 3
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Angélica Barrios & Jenny Daza3 3 0 9 2 120 74 1
Cristina Amaya & Maria Paz Riquelme3 2 1 7 4 93 102 2
Maria José Muñoz & Ana Sarmiento3 1 2 5 8 119 117 3
Maricruz Ortiz & Jimena Gomez3 0 3 2 9 75 114 4

Medal round

[13]

Mixed doubles

[23]

Group 1
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Rodrigo Montoya & Paola Longoria3 3 0 9 0 99 48 1
Juan Salvatierra & Gabriela Martinez3 2 1 6 4 97 80 2
Coby Iwaasa & Danielle Ramsay3 1 2 4 6 81 98 3
Merynanyelly Delgado & Ramón De León3 0 3 0 9 48 99 4
Group 2
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Angélica Barrios & Conrrado Moscoso3 3 0 9 2 116 79 1
Jaime Mansilla & Carla Muñoz3 2 1 6 4 100 77 2
Felipe Camacho & Maricruz Ortiz3 1 2 6 6 102 110 3
Samira Ferrer Marcilli & Maikel Moyet 3 0 3 0 9 47 99 4
Group 3
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Diego Garcia & Maria Jose Vargas3 3 0 9 1 110 78 1
3 2 1 7 5 133 118 2
Juan Francisco Cueva & Maria Paz Muñoz3 1 2 5 6 114 124 3
Cristina Amaya & Set Cubillos3 0 3 0 9 66 103 4

Medal Round

[24]

2023 Pan American Games Qualifying Playdowns

3rd place

[25]

Note: Bredenbeck won by forfeit.

5th-8th place

[26]

Note: Parrilla won by forfeit against Portillo.

9th-16th place

Note: Ugalde won by forfeit against Cueva.

Note: Salvatierra won by forfeit against Galicia. Galicia won over Kurzbard by injury forfeit.

5th-8th place

Note: Canada and Guatemala defeated Argentina by injury default.

9th-11th place

Men's qualifying standings

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1 Rodrigo Montoya & Eduardo Portillo
2 Kadim Carrasco & Conrrado Moscoso
3 Jake Bredenbeck & Sam Bredenbeck
4 Andrés Acuña & Gabriel Garcia
5 Juan Francisco Cueva & Jose Daniel Ugalde
6 Eduardo Portillo Coby Iwaasa & Trevor Webb
7 Edwin Galicia & Christian Wer
8 Trevor Webb Fernando Kurzbard & Daniel Maggi
9 Yandy Espinosa & Maikel Moyet
10 Jose Daniel Ugalde Rafael Gatica & Rodrigo Salgado
11 Thomas Carter Ronal Cardona & Eduardo Medrano
12 Gabriel Garcia
13 Juan Salvatierra
14 Juan Francisco Cueva
15 Edwin Galicia
16 Fernando Kurzbard
17 Set Cubillos
18 Maikel Moyet
19 Ramón De León
20 Diego Gatica
21 Carlos Medrano
22 Abraham Mercado
23 Rafael Gatica
24 Yandy Espinosa
25 Ronal Cardona

3rd place

[27]

Note: Mendez won by forfeit.

5th-8th place

Note: Martinez won by forfeit against Amaya.

9th-16th place

Note: Maria Paz Muñoz won by forfeit against Maria José Muñoz.

17th-25th place

Note: Parent had a forfeit win over Morissette, and Mansilla had a forfeit win over Riquelme.

9th place

Women's qualifying standings

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1 Alexandra Herrera & Montserrat Mejia
2 Gabriela Martinez & Maria Renee Rodriguez
3 Angélica Barrios & Jenny Daza
4 Maricruz Ortiz Valeria Centellas & Natalia Mendez
5 Erika Manilla & Michelle Key
6 Yasmine Sabja Maria José Muñoz & Ana Sarmiento
7 Cristina Amaya & Maria Paz Riquelme
8 Michèle Morissette & Danielle Ramsay
9 Jimena Gomez & Maricruz Ortiz
10 Carla Muñoz
11 Erika Manilla
12 Maria Paz Muñoz
13 Merynanyelly Delgado
14 Maria José Muñoz
15 Rhonda Rajsich
16 Anna Aguilar
17 Juliette Parent
18 Michèle Morissette
19 Paula Mansilla
20 Maria Paz Riquelme
21 Jimena Gomez
22 Samira Ferrer Marcilli

5th-8th place

Note: Ecuador's win over Colombia was by forfeit.

9th-12th place

Note: The Dominican Republic defeated Costa Rica by forfeit.

Mixed Doubles qualifying standings

width=25Place width=350Mixed doubles
1 Angélica Barrios & Conrrado Moscoso
2 Paola Longoria & Rodrigo Montoya
3 Sam Bredenbeck & Michelle Key
4 Diego Garcia & Maria Jose Vargas
5 Juan Francisco Cueva & Maria José Muñoz
6 Cristina Amaya & Set Cubillos
7 Gabriela Martinez & Juan Salvatierra
8 Jaime Mansilla & Carla Muñoz
9 Coby Iwaasa & Danielle Ramsay
10 Ramón De León & Merynanyelly Delgado
11 Felipe Camacho & Maricruz Ortiz
12 Samira Ferrer Marcilli & Maikel Moyet

Notes and References

  1. Web site: XXXIV PAN AMERICAN RACQUETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS . International Racquetball Federation . 15 April 2023.
  2. Web site: Moscoso expresa su emoción tras avanzar a los Panamericanos 2023 . Opinión . 20 April 2023.
  3. Web site: México, campeón del Panamericao de Raquetbol en mayores y juveniles . PressReader . La Jornada . 20 April 2023.
  4. Web site: LA RAQUETBOLISTA MEXICANA ALEXANDRA HERRERA Y MONTSERRAT MEJÍA SE CORONAN EN DOBLES DEL PANAMERICANO 2023 . NETA . NETA AGENCIA DEPORTIVA . 20 April 2023.
  5. Web site: Vuelve Rodrigo Montoya a Chihuahua cargado de oro y plata . Tiempo la noticia digital . tiempo.com.mx . 20 April 2023.
  6. Web site: Montilla . Willmary . El chuquisaqueño Conrrado Moscoso ganó el Panamericano de Ráquetbol en Guatemala . Bolivia.com . 20 April 2023.
  7. Web site: TEAM USA EARNS MEDALS AND AWARDS, QUALIFIES FOR POSITIONS FOR PAN AM GAMES . https://web.archive.org/web/20230420033646/https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Racquetball/Features/2023/April/18/TEAM-USA-EARNS-MEDALS-AND-AWARDS-QUALIFIES-FOR-POSITIONS-FOR-PAN-AM-GAMES . dead . April 20, 2023 . USA Racquetball . Team USA . 20 April 2023.
  8. Web site: XXXIV Pan Am Racquetball Championships . Pan Am Sports Channel . Panam Sports . 20 April 2023.
  9. Web site: Participants list - XXX!V Pan American Championships . R2 Sports . 15 April 2023.
  10. Web site: XXXIV Pan American Championships - Men's Singles . R2 Sports . 10 April 2023.
  11. Web site: XXXIV Pan American Championships - Men's Doubles . R2 Sports . 10 April 2023.
  12. Web site: XXXIV Pan American Championships - Women's Singles . R2 Sports . 10 April 2023.
  13. Web site: XXXIV Pan American Championships - Women's Doubles . R2 Sports . 10 April 2023.
  14. Web site: Castro . Claudia . Gabriela Martínez y María Renée Rodríguez ganaron medalla de plata en Panamericano . Guatemala.com . 20 April 2023.
  15. Web site: XXXIV Pan American Championships - Mixed Doubles . R2 Sports . 10 April 2023.
  16. Web site: XXXIV' Pan American Championships - Men's Singles - Group Stage . R2 Sports . 10 April 2023.
  17. Web site: XXXIV Pan American Championships - Men's Singles - Playoff . R2 Sports . 10 April 2023.
  18. Web site: Racquetball Canada . Team Canada's Pan Am Championships Come to a Close . SIRC . 17 April 2023.
  19. Web site: XXXIV Pan American Championships - Men's Doubles . R2 Sports . 12 April 2023.
  20. Web site: XXXIV Pan American Championships - Men's Doubles . R2 Sports . 12 April 2023.
  21. Web site: XXXIV Pan American Championships - Women's Singles . R2 Sports . 10 April 2023.
  22. Web site: XXXIV Pan American Championships - Women's Doubles . R2 Sports . 10 April 2023.
  23. Web site: XXXIV Pan American Championships - Mixed Doubles . R2 Sports . 10 April 2023.
  24. Web site: XXXIV Pan American Championships - Mixed Doubles - Playoff . R2 Sports . 10 April 2023.
  25. Web site: XXXIV Pan American Championships - Men's 3rd place . R2 Sports . 10 April 2023.
  26. Web site: XXXIV Pan American Championships - Men's 5-8 places . R2 Sports . 10 April 2023.
  27. Web site: XXXIV Pan American Championships - Women's Competition . R2 Sports . 10 April 2023.

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