For the moment nothing official of course, but it could be that for the first time, a World Championship of padel welcomes 17 nations among the gentlemen.

Indeed, according to a source close to the Worlds, it seems that Qatar could be a last-minute guest among the gentlemen!

Logically, the country which was to host the competition at the base did not participate in the qualifications of the Asia-Africa zone. Indeed, as the host nation, Qatar was automatically one of the 16 qualifiers. Except that in the meantime, the Qataris have been forced to give up the organization of these World Championships, giving way to the United Arab Emirates, who thus recovered at the same time the place reserved for their neighbour…

But the pill would be difficult to pass in Qatar. Indeed, the authorities would consider it unfair for the Persian Gulf country to be excluded from a competition in which it did not have the opportunity to qualify. A complicated situation that the FIP would try to manage as well as possible. According to our source, the solution of adding Qatar to one of the four men's pools and therefore having a 17-team World Cup should not be ruled out.

Will we therefore have for the first time a World Championship of padel to 17 teams? Answer in the next few hours!

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