Padel at the 2023 European Games

Padel at the 2023 European Games takes place at the Main Square in Kraków. This will be the first staging of the sport in any major continental multi-sports event and marks a significant step in the evolution of the relatively young sport.

Padel
at the 2023 European Games
VenueMain Square, Kraków
Dates21–25 June
Competitors126 from 24 nations
← inaugural
tbc →

Padel is a racket sport sharing some similarities with real tennis, tennis, squash and paddleball. It is played solely in pairs.

The competition consists of three events; men's doubles, women's doubles and mixed doubles and is scheduled to take place between 21 and 25 June 2023.[1]

Qualification

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The National Committees qualified for the final phase of the Padel World Championships will qualify two pairs in the respective gender while the National Committees that participated in the European qualification for these Championships will qualify only one pair in the respective sex. .

National Committees that have qualified for the World Championship Finals will qualify two pairs for the Mixed Doubles competitions. Only athletes registered in the men's and women's events can participate in the mixed event.

Venue

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The competition will be held at the Kraków main square on a specially built temporary court.

Medal summary

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Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Poland)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Spain2215
2  Italy1113
3  Portugal0011
Totals (3 entries)3339

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's doubles
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  Spain (ESP)
Daniel Santigosa
David Gala
  Spain (ESP)
Alonso Rodríguez
Pablo García
  Portugal (POR)
Afonso Fazendeiro
Miguel Oliveira
Women's doubles
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  Italy (ITA)
Carolina Orsi
Giorgia Marchetti
  Spain (ESP)
Marta Barrera
Marta Caparrós
  Italy (ITA)
Chiara Pappacena
Giulia Sussarello
Mixed doubles
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  Spain (ESP)
Noa Cánovas
Daniel Santigosa
  Italy (ITA)
Marco Cassetta
Giulia Sussarello
  Spain (ESP)
Araceli María Martínez
David Gala

Participating nations

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Twenty-four nations sent padel tennis players to compete in the events.[2]

References

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