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Padel API FIP World Cup 2026 Hello developers, The FIP World Cup starts in Doha on 2 November. Sixteen nations per category, six days, two titles. It is the best week of the year to have a padel app. The Padel API is ready. Your app can be too, in one prompt. Paste this into your AI code agent:
That is the whole update. If you prefer to see what changes, here are the three points.

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1. How it is played

Teams, not pairs. They play a round robin in groups, then a knockout. Every tie between two teams is three pair matches, and the first team to win two takes it. If the first two decide it, the third is not played. A new format field tells these tournaments apart: pairs on everything you read today, teams on these. One field, one branch. The rest of your calendar stays the same. Padel API Team Tournaments

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2. Draws and ties

Each phase is a value of the draw filter you already use. ?draw=group gives you the round robin. ?draw=main gives you the knockout, quarterfinals to final. Add ?draw=placement for the ties below the podium. Every match in a team tournament brings a new tie object:
The three matches of a tie share the same id. Group by it and you have the tie, with rubber giving the order. score and winner belong to the tie, not the match, so you never count rubbers yourself. Padel API Team Tournament Draws

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3. What changes

Three details to check before November:
  • A match can come back as not_played: both pairs on the sheet, no result. Handle it next to bye and walkover.
  • Winning the final match is not winning the title. A pair can lose its match and still be champion. Read tie.winner, not the match’s winner.
  • winners on the tournament holds the whole winning team: six players per category instead of two.
The Team Tournaments guide has the rest: the full field reference, a worked example that rebuilds a group table and the details that are easy to miss. No need to wait until November. The 2024 edition is already in the API as FIP World Padel Championships Qatar 2024, group stage and every knockout tie included. Point your integration at it now and you will be ready before the first ball in Doha.
Thank you for being part of the Padel API community. Your feedback drives what we build next. Feel free to share your thoughts or suggestions at ferran@padelapi.org. Best regards,