First ever European Juniors Championship – here are the final standings

This Sunday, the first-ever European Juniors tournament in history ended in Valencia. Hundreds of girls and boys from more than 11 countries gathered at the Sporcity club for a real padel party. Spain was the clear dominator of the competition, although several national teams showed that the level of European padel is growing. 

The Junior European Championship held its first edition in Valencia. The junior national teams of 11 countries from all over the continent met in a competition that most of them evaluated as necessary for developing padel in minors.

Luigi Carraro, president of the FIP, told Padel Alto: 

— It is a year when the FIP calendar is tight. Still, we have decided that the first edition of the European Junior Championships had to be held this year because Europe deserved this competition.

Besides Spain, which was proclaimed champion in both categories, proving that it is still very superior within the continent, the game played by the rest of the national teams was perfect, demonstrating that European padel is growing.

This is the final ranking of the national team tournament:

Men's Category:

1. Spain
2. Portugal
3. Italy
4. Belgium
5. France
6. Netherlands
7. Sweden
8. Lithuania
9. Switzerland
10. Hungary
11. Austria

Women's Category

1. Spain
2. Sweden
3. Italy
4. France
5. Netherlands
6. Portugal
7. Belgium
8. Lithuania

In addition to the national team competition, the Open national pairs competition was held simultaneously. The champions were:

Male category:

• Pablo Cardona/Pol Hernandez, ESP (U18)
• David Gala/Santiago Jose Pineda, ESP (U16)
• Juan Zamora/Samuel Rivas, ESP (U14)

Female Category:

• Jimena Velasco/Marta Barrera, ESP (U18)
• Alejandra Alonso/Claudia Fernández, ESP (U16)
• Amanda Lopez/Martina Calvo, ESP (U14)