2018 Basque Pelota World Championships

2018 Basque Pelota World Championships

Logo of competition.
Tournament information
Location	Barcelona, Spain
Dates	14–20 October
Administrator	FIPV
Teams	14
Website	mundialpilota2018.org
Final positions
Champions	France
1st runners-up	Spain
2nd runners-up	Mexico

The 2018 Basque Pelota World Championships were the 18th edition of the Basque Pelota World Championships organized by the FIPV.

Participating nations

• Argentina (10)
• Bolivia (4)
• Brasil (1)
• Chile (7)
• Cuba (11)
• El Salvador (2)
• France (14)
• Guatemala (1)
• Italy (1)
• Mexico (12)
• Peru (2)
• Spain (14)
• United States (5)
• Uruguay (8)

Events

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

Trinquete, 5 events disputed

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

Fronton (30 m), 4 events disputed

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

Fronton (36 m), 4 events disputed

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

Fronton (54 m), 1 event disputed

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

Medal table

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