21 countries and 4 continents reflect the internationalization of the World Padel Tour

The best padel in the world continues to grow around the planet.

The World Padel Tour is as international as it’s ever been. In total, 700 players from 4 continents and 21 countries have been present throughout the 16 tournaments on this season’s calendar.

The progressive growth of padel, boosted by the international expansion carried out by the World Padel Tour, has seen more countries around the globe represented at every tournament.

As padel continues to consolidate itself at traditional countries such as Spain or Argentina, new members are joining the great padel family. The professional tour is a huge attraction in different countries and new facilities are being built, with the number of players increasing. The recipe is starting to bear its fruits and more and more countries are starting to form a part of the World Padel Tour.Screen Shot 2017-01-13 at 6.40.38 PM

Spain and Argentina are still the two giants of the game, both in terms of players and the rankings. Spain, with 290 male players and 167 female players in the rankings, has the largest amount of professional players. In Europe, Portugal is the second nation with the largest presence with 30 players in both categories. After Portugal comes France with 27 players and there are a further five nations in Europe with at least one representative on tour.

Argentina, with 19 female players and 118 male players, has the largest presence out of any South American nation. Brazil, where padel is gradually growing, follows with 10 professional players, which includes the world number 1 Pablo Lima and one of the world’s best, Marcello Jardim. Chile, Uruguay, Peru and Venezuela are also showing signs of growth.

Mexico, one of the birth places of padel, also has one representative in each category.

Africa has two professional players, with South Africa and Cameroon the pioneering nations in the continent.

Padel has also reached the Middle East after touching down in the United Arab Emirates, which is present in the men’s tour.

The internationalization process, guided by the World Padel Tour, continues to advance and we will surely witness more nations joining next season.

Article from www.worldpadeltour.com

 

Three players from Los Angeles will be part of the USA Women’s Padel Team.

For the first time in the history of Padel in USA 3 girls (Colleen, Gina and Shannon) from  Los Angeles, California will be part of the USA PADEL WOMEN’S TEAM in the next World Championship in Mallorca, Spain.

The Spanish Padel Federation will organise the World  Padel Championship for National Teams and National Couples 2014, from October  20th to the 26th in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

The Tournament will take place at three different locations : Palacio Municipal de Son Moix, Club Pins Padel  and Palma Pádel.

The Championship will  have both female and male teams and couples. Every country shall designate their own teams .

There are two modes of play in women’s and men’s teams and doubles. In the team matches, each country chooses a team that will compete to the best of three points. It starts with a league format and then moves to a knockout table. The team competition is such that, by the end, all the teams are ranked.

In the doubles category, each country is represented by up to four teams of two players competing in a knockout table; two teams from the same nation may compete against each other.

While  waiting for the International Federation to inform whether 14 men’s and 14 women’s teams or 16 men’s and 12 women’s teams will take part, we do know that there will be about 266 members from official federations: 224 players 28 technicians and 14 managers. This is wealth created by padel”.

Good luck to the WOMEN’S PADEL USA TEAM!

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