Padel allows us to observe a fairly clear trend: many players are ready to change nationality to participate in international tournaments by nation.

We know it when we are Argentine ou Spanish, the places are very expensive, and if you are not part of the world top 30, it is almost impossible to play a world cup for his native country or his training country.

To understand this phenomenon, just look at the map of nationalities in the world top 100. Here we will focus mainly on the gentlemen, where this trend is particularly observed.

Distribution of nationalities of players in the world top 100: 7 countries present

Historically, theItaly has a strong connection with theArgentina. Many Argentines have more or less distant ancestors from Italy. Thus, the Italian team has often been strengthened by former Argentines. naturalized Italians, to boost the performance of theItaly during major international competitions.

We saw it again recently during the last European Padel Championships en Sardaigne, where the two best Italian players were: Facundo Dominguez (60e) and Aris Patiniotis (71e).

Other countries are also equipping themselves with players Argentine ou Spanish. For example, for the next world championships, the United Arab Emirates should qualify quite easily. Indeed, we find in its ranks the native of Tenerife, Inigo Jofre (53rd world player and new partner of Juan Tello), as well as the 58th player in the world, Arnau Ayats, native Vic in Catalonia. These two Spaniards, having no chance of reaching the Spanish selection, will wear the colors of the United Arab Emirates

. And according to our sources, other movements could occur in the region.

If, indeed, the Spanish et Argentines looking for ways to participate in the World Cup, they will easily find nations willing to welcome them with open arms.

Consequence, even if this phenomenon remains still measured and will not have real impacts for well-balanced nations like the France, Portugal, Sweden or the Belgium, some nations, until now at the bottom of the world rankings, could make a spectacular leap.

Events at the next world championships, which will take place in about a month at Doha.

Franck Binisti

Franck Binisti discovered padel at the Club des Pyramides in 2009 in the Paris region. Since then, padel has been part of his life. You often see him touring France to cover major French padel events.

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