XXIII IRF WORLD RACQUETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Sport Center G2
Av. Olimpia
Temuco, Araucanía 4780000
Chile
October 16 – 24, 2026
Draws: https://www.r2sports.com/website/event-website.asp?TID=54434
Chile is one hour ahead of US Eastern time. So, when you see the match times on R2 like 12 noon, that will be 11 am EST / 10 am CST / 9 am MST / 8 am PST.
USA Racquetball daily blog:
https://www.usaracquetball.com/news/2026/october/16/daily-blog-xxiii-irf-world-racquetball-championships
Each country may register two players in Singles, one team in Doubles, and one team in Mixed Doubles.
TEAM COMPETITION
Men’s Open
Women’s Open
Combined Team by points
98 participants registered from 17 countries
Argentina 8
Bolivia 8
Canada 8
Chile 12
Colombia 2
Costa Rica 5
Dominican Republic 3
Ecuador 11
Guatemala 5
Honduras 1
India 4
Ireland 8
Italy 2
Japan 7
Mexico 6
Peru 1
USA 7
The first few days will be pool play. This will produce a ranking and the top players in each division will advance into a single elimination championship bracket.
The graphic below shows how that first drop will play out.
The matches started on Saturday the 17th of October. All matches are played with the official ball of the IRF, the Gearbox Sleek Black. Click on the graphic below to acquire some to play with locally.
The broadcasts started on Saturday the 17th of October as well. There are 3 legitimate sources of match videos. In addition, individual players, families, and coaches that will stream to their personal accounts on Facebook or to their YouTube channels. Remember that the IRF does not provide streaming materials to any other parties than the ones listed below, so any social media posts that want to take you to IRF videos that don’t go to these links should be avoided like the scams they are.
IRF on YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@internationalracquetball/streams
IRF on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/internationalracquetball
PanAm Sports Channel – https://www.panamsportschannel.org/
Some of the national teams have YouTube channels as well and they will stream or upload matches throughout the event.
This first playlist is for the Japan Racquetball Federation 日本ラケットボール連盟 streamed matches. View it on YouTube.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdI7cAqByvBs&si=x0_j3RRfKqzVK696
This second playlist is for the Irish Racquetball uploaded matches. View it on YouTube.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE2Qa8tMXBSY&si=c-uynKWahhO0P8Ni
A playlist of the IRF event has been made on YouTube and embedded below.
Because YouTube has recently broken playlist embedding on WordPress, here is the link to the playlist directly:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCkhXRHVQ1C0&si=LLtl4FdvloHSpaRW
