We have already talked about it: the council of the International Federation of Padel has exceptionally changed the format of the 2024 World Padel Veterans Championship – initially planned with 16 participating teams – due to the large number of requests from countries around the world. A total of 30 men's national teams and 22 women's national teams will travel to this competition, which is being played from April 15 to 20 in La Nucìa (Alicante, Spain).

This is an unprecedented success in terms of participation. Here are the countries present.

Men

Spain
Argentina
Sweden
France
Italie
Portugal
Brazil
Mexico
Chili
USA
Uruguay
Belgium
Germany
Australia
Great Britain
Denmark
Ireland
Egypt
Ecuador
Japan
Qatar
Lithuania
Finland
Netherlands
Croatia
Austria
Hungary
République tchèque
Switzerland
Norway

Women

Spain
Italie
France
Sweden
Netherlands
USA
Denmark
Great Britain
Argentina
Belgium
Brazil
Uruguay
Portugal
Germany
Chili
Australia
Egypt
Mexico
Japan
Ireland
Finland
Switzerland

Format

In the competition  male , there will be a preliminary phase on April 13 and 14 with nine European national teams: Lithuania, Finland, Netherlands, Croatia, Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Switzerland and Norway. They will be divided into three groups of three teams, with the first in each group advancing to the final phase.

Then, eight groups of three teams will form and the first in each group will advance to the quarterfinals, while the others will fight for rankings from 9th to 16th place and 17th to 24th place.

The 22 national teams participating in the competition  Women , for their part, will be divided into six groups of three and one group of four. After the group stage, the first-placed teams will compete for places 1-7, the second-placed teams will compete for places 8-14, and the third- and fourth-placed teams will compete for places 15-22 .

The categories for male and female pairs will be: over 35, over 40, over 45, over 50 and over 55.

source: FIP

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