In 2019, two European championships padel were organized: one in Italy, and the other in Portugal. Will we experience a similar situation in 2021?

Two more European Championships in 2021?

The International Federation of Padel a recently announced the dates of the European Championships that it will organize in 2021. We do not yet know where they will take place but we do know one thing: the FIP does not intend to stop organizing European Championships !

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For his part, Philippe Cerfont, President of FEPA, that we had interviewed during the first confinement, had declared: “The dialogue has stalled with the FIP”. And according to the words of Tomas Andersson, president of the Swedish association of padel, interviewed by our colleagues from Padel Fever, FEPA has she also intends to organize a European Championship in 2021 ! And they could take place… in Sweden.

Indeed, after declaring that Sweden would not participate in the European Championship organized by the FIP this summer, Thomas Andersson added that the FEPA European Championships could be held thn Sweden during the second half of October. This would obviously be good news for one of the most active countries at European level.

Which countries for which competition?

The bad news is that once again we will have two European Championships this year, a pity that the bodies that manage the padel on the Old Continent cannot get along to organize a unique competition, with all the best European players ...

Remember that in 2019, France had only participated in the FIP European Championship in Rome. The girls won the competition, the men lost in the final. Spain had only participated in the FEPA competitionMore that could change with Morcillo at the head of the Spanish Federation.

As Thomas Andersson says: “Conditions in different countries vary slightly. Some are forced to be more active with IPF, so it may be that some countries play both championships. " Which countries will participate in both competitions? For the moment we do not know more ... To be continued.

 

 

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