Madrid will host the FIP World Cup Qualifiers – Europe from 22 to 26 September, the International Padel Federation confirmed on 7 August. A total of 55 national teams representing 29 countries will compete at the Pádel G24 club, with two places in the men's final stage and two in the women's on offer.
Twenty-six countries will field both a men's and a women's team. Three enter with a men's team only: Belgium and the Netherlands, already qualified for the women's final stage, and Monaco.
The FIP World Cup 2026 takes place in Doha from 2 to 7 November and will feature 32 national teams, 16 men's and 16 women's. Twelve men's places have already been allocated, including nine to the highest-ranked nations at the 2024 World Championship, one to host country Qatar, and two to the United States and Mexico, who came through the North and Central America qualifier in Toronto. Eleven women's teams are confirmed, the United States being the only side so far to qualify through a continental event.
Two qualifiers remain after Madrid. Asunción, Paraguay, hosts the South American event from 20 to 22 August, with two women's places and one men's place at stake, and the Africa–Asia qualifiers close the process with one place in each draw.
