Official announcement of the XI European Padel Championship

The attention of the world of sports has been caught by the growth of Padel, with special focus throughout the Olympic movement. The latter has been providing special attention to the development that our sport is having. We are now reaching a crucial stage in which we shall demonstrate to the entire world our organizational skills, allowing us to get closer to our dream of having padel included in the Olympic movement.

 

In this respect, we remind you that the FIP, Padel’s highest authority in the entire world, is the only entity recognized by the Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF), – which is the is the association constituted by the international sports federations and the entity that recognizes the international federations responsible for the development of each sport that serves as an antechamber to the Olympic movement -, as the entity responsible for the organization of padel worldwide.

 

As predicted in the FIP Statutes, only the FIP is entitled to organize international padel championships or events, both at continental and world level. In other words, the FIP is today the one entitled to organize or to assign the organization of any championships that award the title of world champion or continental champion.

 

In this regard, it must be highlighted that any championship or event not included in the FIP calendar and not recognized by the FIP, shall be considered as a private event and any title awarded therein is not official and therefore not recognized by the different sectors of sports worldwide.

 

As it has been announced earlier, the official XI European Padel Championship will be played from 3 to 9 November 2019.

 

As such, it is a pleasure to inform you that the organization of the eleventh edition of the European Padel Championship has been assigned by the FIP’s board to the Italian Federation, and will be held in Italy.

 

Any other padel championship scheduled or publicized for that week does not have FIP’s support or recognition, having to be considered a private event without the entitlement to award any official title. The European padel federations, members of the IPF, as a consequence of its affiliation to the said organization, they have the implicit commitment to participate and respect the official competitions owned or organized by the FIP.

 

We are confident that the upcoming XI European Padel Championship will be a great event, organized by following the highest international sporting standards, with great diffusion throughout all media, and involving the entire international sports community.

 

We rely on all our member associations to the realization of a great European championship!

 

Finally, we call for the unity of our sport for the new and primal era that we are living, for which we are working all united, to make padel stronger, independent and “Olympic”.

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The first FIP RISE will be in the Netherlands

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The Netherlands has the chance to organize the first FIP RISE tournament and it will give the first official points in the new era of the unified ranking system.

From 28th to 30th June, the tournament will take place in the facilities of  TPC Daalmeer Alkmaar.

The prize money is 3000€ and the winners will get 20 points that count already for WPT and FIP ranking

All the semifinals and finals can be followed streaming in our social networks.

Thanks to the NPB and Norberto Nesi, the organization has met all the required conditions in such a short time to be the first one organizing one of these new types of tournaments.

Interview with Norberto Nesi (chairman NPB)

Last point final 2018

Ganadores el año pasado de la FIP250.

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New circuit FIP TOUR

With the agreement reached with World Padel Tour where the ranking will be for the first time unified and unique in the world, the International Federation is already working on the execution of a more ambitious international project.

The FIP TOUR whose objective is not other than to help players that can achieve professionalism in a more progressive way, giving more opportunities to local players and especially helping the different federations to organize international impact tournaments.

The circuit will be played in all countries that meet minimum requirements to be able to organize the stages that will be composed of three categories:

With the inclusion of those new tournaments the system of points  will be as it follows:

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The International Padel Federation and World Padel Tour agree on the unification of ranking

The ranking, or the scoring system, will be unique and recognizable worldwide from this season. This is the main agreement between the two highest padel organizations, the World Padel Tour (WPT) and the International Padel Federation (FIP).

WPT and FIP continue to strengthen their collaboration. Both entities have decided to unify the Ranking by points in the male and female categories, an initiative that lays the foundations of determined joint cooperation of both organizations for the professional development of the padel and that will be a reality from next July 1st.

The initiative carried out by both entities will provide the padel with a more professionalized view of the sport. On the one hand, WPT will continue as an international reference for the professional padel and, on the other hand, the FIP will serve as a support point for the national federations, which will equip the circuit with world-class tournaments, boosting the local game, helping to increase the level and number of players and with it the development of the padel.

From this same season, the scoring system is organized around seven newly created categories designed to facilitate the access of the maximum number of players to the professional Circuit. To the four categories organized by World Padel Tour (Master Final, Master, Open and Challenger), which will maintain the current score, there are three others: FIP Star, FIP Rise and FIP Promotion, whose organization will depend directly and exclusively on the FIP, including all regulatory aspects (calendar, composition, regulations and requirements).

The new tournament configuration will allow players from all over the world to earn points that will allow them to participate in WPT events. A system, in short, that will give them the opportunity to play in tournaments organized in their countries of origin and accumulate experience and ranking.

This is the new typology of tournaments that will add to the new unified ranking

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New FIP image

Dear friends,

We want to share with you the new image of the FIP.

We have been studying different designs for a long time and, after a lot of work, we believe that this new image is the best for the new stage of the FIP.

Thanks to this design, the FIP can finally have a modern and current logo, which reflects its identity and importance, being a logo strong, visual and recognizable.

We are convinced that this new image will be to the liking of all the world of padel and that it will be an icon in the padel industry.

We proudly announce our new image, which I hope you like as much as we do, being this the logo to embrace of all of you.

We hope that it will serve as an impetus for this new stage of the FIP, full of new changes in favor of the development of padel.

 

 

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