From the 31st of October until the 5th of November 2022, there is the World Cup Padel in Dubai. Both categories of men and woman take place at the same time.

Groups

Men

There are four groups, group A consisting of Spain, Uruguay, Great Britain and Portugal, group B with Argentina, Italy, our own Belgium and our neighbours the Netherlands. Then group C with Brazil, Chile, United Arab Emirates and Ecuador. Then the group exsisting of 5 countries in stead of 4, France, Paraguay, Mexico, Egypt and Qatar.

Woman

For the category woman there it is the same format but different countries. Group A consisting of Spain, Germany, United States and Chile. Group B with Argentina, our own Belgium, Uruguay and Japan. Group C exsisting of Italy, Mexico, the Netherland and Portugal and last but not least another 5 country group consisting of France, Brazil, Paraguay, Sweden and the United Arab Emirates.

Belgium

I’m very excited to see what the two belgium teams will achieve during this world cup. The men Maxime Deloyer and Montoisy stranded in the quarter finals against France. They lost with 2-1. Our woman, Boeykens Elyne and Wyckaert Elizabeth went to the semi-finals and played against Spain where they lost 2-0.

I think it is known that belgium have good tennis players, to see that we also have good padel players is good to see. I hope that we can progress further with this up and coming sport.