FIP WORLD PADEL CHAMPIONSHIPS QUALIFIERS ASIA-AFRICA IN KUWAIT CITY FROM 22 TO 27 SEPTEMBER

From September 22 to 27^th, Kuwait City will host the FIP World Padel Championships Qualifiers of Asia and Africa, event of the International Padel Federation organised by the Kuwait Padel Federation. A total of 30 national teams will take to the court, 15 in the men’s qualifiers and the same number in the women’s, divided into three groups of four and one group of three. Up for grabs in the men’s tournament will be a place in the final stage of the FIP World Padel Championships scheduled to take place in Doha (Qatar), from October 28^th to Novembre 2^nd. As for the women’s tournament, however, there will be two places up for grabs. After the South American qualifiers (of which the women’s ones remain to be played from August 30^th to 1^st September in Viña del Mar, Chile) and those of North America (6-7 September in Monterrey, Mexico), the FIP World Padel Championships Qualifiers of Asia and Africa, in which Australia will also participate representing Oceania, will complete the list of the 16 qualified for the men’s final stage and the 16 qualified of the women’s draw.

Men: Australia, Bahrain, China, Egypt, Iran, Japan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Thailand, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates.

Women: Australia, Bahrain, China, Egypt, Iran, Japan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Thailand, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates.

CARRARO “The spirit of competition under the banner of fair play, the sense of belonging within a team and the desire to honour the jersey of one’s own country illuminated the qualifiers for the FIP World Padel Championships 2024, which are being played all over the world – said FIP president Luigi Carraro –. The same colours will characterise the extraordinary challenges that will animate the qualifiers between Asian and African national teams in Kuwait, the host country that has organised this competition with great passion. It’s for all this that I want to thank the president of the Kuwait Padel Federation, Omar Ahmed Al-Zanki, and all those who have worked for this great event”.

AL-ZANKI “We are thrilled to be hosting the FIP World Padel Championships Qualifiers in our country, Kuwait – said Omar Ahmed Al-Zanki, president of the Kuwait Padel Federation –. I would like to thank the board of the International Padel Federation for accepting our bid to host the FIP World Padel Championships Qualifiers and showing their trust in us. We are excited to welcome everyone here in Kuwait and look forward to a successful event”.

The group stage will be played from Sunday 22^th to Tuesday 24^th September; quarter-finals on Wednesday 25^th, semi-finals on Thursday 26^th, finals on Friday 27^th.