The SKY group, the leader in the telecommunications sector in Europe with more than 25 million clients, due to an agreement with the International Padel Federation, has decided to broadcast the XI European Padel Championship on the SKY SPORT channel during the week of November 4-11 in Rome.

This agreement is a milestone in the world of Padel, never before an international channel had put the matches live in a championship of such importance.

More than 25 million of clients will enjoy the show and the entire competition through this giant of the Television.

It’s good news for the whole Padel world, especially for the Federations that will have the opportunity to best promote their activities with the sponsors and investors.

This achievement is also great for the players. They will have the chance to be on the tv for a whole week in all Europe where they will show their sports skills on the court to the public and becoming more popular in their own countries and all over the world. This will be a huge benefit for all the padel lovers who have never had the chance to watch it live.

The International Padel Federation hopes this can help them to get more sources to keep practicing Padel.

The kick-off for the eleventh edition of the European Padel Championship took place yesterday with the official invitation to European member countries.

The event will be held in Rome from November 4 to 9 at the BOLA PADEL CLUB facilities. The Italian Federation is already working to make the Championship one of the most important events of 2019 and will serve as an example of the new era promoted in the International Federation. On this occasion, the President himself personally sent a letter to all European members (see Letter invitation European Championship by Luigi Carraro) in a gesture of unity and commitment to the padel in the old continent.

The information prior to the championship is summarized in the Circular informativa n°1 Europeo 2019

From the FIP, we are sure that the tournament will be a great event and that players and federations will enjoy the competition to the fullest.

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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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: