The International Racquetball Federation's 19th Racquetball World Championships are being held in San José, Costa Rica from August 10–18.

In 2016, Mexicans Álvaro Beltrán and Javier Moreno won the men's doubles World Championship for the third time as a team, when the defeated Americans Jake Bredenbeck and Jose Diaz in the final, 15–12, 15–9.

Moreno also won the title in 2000 with Luis Bustilos.

The Mexicans defeated the 2012 World Champions, Sebastian Franco and Alejandro Herrera of Colombia, in the semi-finals.

The 2018 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.