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2018 Basque Pelota World Championships

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2018 Basque Pelota World Championships
Logo of competition.
Tournament information
LocationSpain Barcelona, Spain
Dates14–20 October
AdministratorFIPV
Teams14
Websitemundialpilota2018.org
Final positions
Champions France
1st runners-up Spain
2nd runners-up Mexico
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The 2018 Basque Pelota World Championships were the 18th edition of the Basque Pelota World Championships organized by the FIPV.

Participating nations

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Events

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A total of 14 events were disputed, in 4 playing areas.[1]

Trinquete, 5 events disputed

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Hand-pelota (individual) France Baptiste Ducassou Spain Eneko Maiz Mexico Mauricio López
Hand-pelota (pairs) France Peio Larralde
Bixintxo Bilbao
Mexico Orlando Díaz
Martín Cabello
Spain Javier Luquin
Luis Sánchez
Paleta goma (men's) Argentina Facundo Andreasen
Santiago Andreasen
France Stephane Suzanne
Patxi Guillenteguy
Spain Aritz Larrarte
Sebastián Martínez
Paleta goma (women's) France Stephanie Leiza
Maritxu Housset
Argentina Sabrina Andrade
María García
Mexico Laura Puentes
Dulce Figueroa
Paleta cuero Spain Iñigo Ansó
Miguel Fernández de Lascoiti
France Denis Larretche
Valentin Cambos
Uruguay Andrés Pintos
Gastón Dufau

Fronton (30 m), 4 events disputed

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Paleta goma (men's) Mexico Arturo Rodríguez France Kevin Pucheux Argentina Federico Isaía
Paleta goma (women's) France Aizkoa Iturrino
Maritxu Housset
Spain Amaia Irazustabarrena
Maider Mendizabal
Mexico Laura Puentes
Dulce Figueroa
Frontenis (men's) Mexico Carlos Torres
Héctor Rodríguez
Spain Gustavo Vidal
Pablo Peñate
France Aritz Azpeitia
Theo Pucheux
Frontenis (women's) Mexico Guadalupe Hernández
Ariana Cepeda
France Louise Coyos
Claire Dutaret-Bordagaray
Cuba Lisandra Lima
Yasmary Medina

Fronton (36 m), 4 events disputed

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Hand-pelota (individual) Spain Javier Zabala Mexico David Álvarez France Patxi Etchegaray
Hand-pelota (pairs) Spain Xabier Sancho
Aitor Gorrotxategi
France Yves Salaberry
Xabi Mendy
Mexico Juan Medina
Rafael Morales
Paleta cuero Spain Erik Zubiri
Javier Labiano
France Benoit Chatellier
Pierre Casteran
Cuba Armando Chappi
Yoan Torreblanca
Pala corta France Dan Necol
Sylvain Brefel
Spain Esteban Gaubeka
Emiliano Skufca
Argentina Pablo Fusto
Juan Firpo

Fronton (54 m), 1 event disputed

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Jai alai Spain Aritz Erkiaga
Jonatan Hernández
France Jean Olharan
Nicolas Etcheto
France Patxi Tamborindeguy
Eric Irastorza

Medal table

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Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  France 5 7 3 15
2  Spain (host nation) 5 4 2 11
3  Mexico 3 2 4 9
4  Argentina 1 1 2 4
5  Cuba 0 0 2 2
6  Uruguay 0 0 1 1

References

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  1. ^ "Campionats del món de pilota barcelona 2018" (PDF) (in Spanish). October 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2019.