Spain was the first and only European nation to win medals at the men's Worlds. Today, it is indisputable, Argentina and Spain are two nations for the moment apart and who demonstrated it again yesterday in the final with his superstars.

Behind, several nations are fighting to finish in third place, and this year it is France which succeeded, becoming, apart from Spain (2006), the first European nation and even the first outside the South American continent to obtain a medal in a World Cup for men.

This is to say the incredible performance of the players of Pablo Ayma and the historical value of this bronze medal.

To understand its real meaning we will take a leap into the past.

4 nations in 20 years for a bronze medal!

Since the first Worlds under the era of the International Federation of padel, only 4 nations have managed to obtain a bronze medal before 2022 for men:

  1. Brazil, the eternal and accustomed to bronze with its 14 medals. In Cancun in 2012, however, he managed to get his first silver medal in his history.
  2. Paraguay with two medals in 2012 and 2014.
  3. Uruguay with two medals. It was a long time ago, during the first two editions (1992 and 1994).
  4. Did you know, Spain only came third once, it was in 2006 in Murcia!
bronze medal team France men Dubai

First 100% European small final

France played against Portugal, surprise winner of Brazil in the quarter. Throughout the history of the world championships of padel – FIP gentlemen, this is the first time that we have met with two European nations to play in the small final.

Indeed, in the top 4, only Argentina manages to represent South America in Dubai. One thing is certain, it shows that Europe is pushing with nations that are getting stronger and stronger.

For lovers and fans of padel, we invite you to review the confrontation between Portugal and Brazil, which also falls into the history of this World Cup.

*For girls, France had already obtained a bronze medal in 2012. Portugal and Italy achieved the same result.

Franck Binisti

Franck Binisti discovers the padel at the Club des Pyramides in 2009 in the Paris region. Since padel is part of his life. You often see him touring France going to cover the major events of padel French.

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