The first
qualifier ever.
This is how it went.
Two Ukrainian national teams went to Madrid. The men won their group and lost the quarter-final to Great Britain. The women won two of three and finished second in theirs. Europe's four places in Doha went to Germany, the Netherlands and Great Britain. Every score is below.
Ukraine played the World Cup qualifiers for the first time in its history. We wanted to win it. This time: a quarter-final.
- 2national teams
- 4matches won
- 1group won
- ¼final, men
Six group matches, one quarter-final.
Both teams drew groups of four. The men went through as winners after two 3-0s and a 1-2 to Greece, and met Great Britain in the last eight. The women beat Georgia and Romania, lost to Croatia, and second place was not enough.
- 013:0
- 023:0
- 031:2
- 0:3
- 013:0
- 022:1
- 031:2
Twelve players.
Six men and six women carried the first Ukrainian entry to a World Cup qualifier. Names as the federation announced them.
Men
Women
Who played which rubber is not listed here: FIP publishes that per match and we have not cross-checked every line. The twelve names are the federation's.
Three days of groups, one day of knockout.
- 22–24 SeptemberGroup stage. Men: Romania 3-0, Czechia 3-0, Greece 1-2 — first. Women: Georgia 3-0, Romania 2-1, Croatia 1-2 — second.
- 25 SeptemberQuarter-final. Great Britain 0-3: Loughlan/Harris, Medina Murphy/Patacho and Jones/Salisbury took the three rubbers. The men's run ended here.
- 26 SeptemberLast day in Madrid. Germany beat Great Britain in the men's and Denmark in the women's; the Netherlands beat Belgium; Great Britain beat Poland. Those were the four tickets.
- 2–7 NovemberFinal stage, Doha, Qatar. 32 national teams, 16 and 16. Ukraine is not among them. Asia and Africa decide the last two places in Kuwait, 26–30 October.
27 men's and 20 women's teams.
Men · eight groups
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Women · six groups
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Sixteen and sixteen. Not us, this time.
Thirteen teams in each draw already held a place. Madrid added two to each, marked in green. Kuwait adds the last one.
Men · 15 of 16
Women · 15 of 16
The sixteenth in each draw comes out of the Asia & Africa qualifier in Kuwait, 26–30 October.
Doha will be on YouTube.
FIP streams its championships on its own channel. The final stage runs 2–7 November; the order of play comes out the evening before each day. We will be watching, and taking notes for next time.
Where this comes from.
Every score, name and date on this page is taken from the sources below — nothing is filled in. Where a source does not say something, this page does not say it either.
- Khreshchatyk — Ukraine wins its qualifying groupgroup results of both teams, the twelve names, 25 September
- FIP — Qualifiers Europe, day 4the quarter-final against Great Britain, 0-3, the pairs
- FIP — Germany secure double qualificationthe four European places, the Kuwait qualifier, Doha dates
- FIP — “Road to Doha makes a stop in Madrid”group draws, format, nations qualified before Madrid
- FIP — the event pagefull results and draws
The rubber-by-rubber scores and who played which match are deliberately not printed: we have them from the event page only, and one misread name on a national team page is worse than a missing line.
Padel Heads Laboratory · Lisboa · updated 6 October 2026