How the first day of the World Cup is played

The group stage of the XVI World Padel Tournament in Dubai has started. The 17 participating teams are ready to see who will become the champion. Padel Alto tells you how the first round of the world cup will be.

The wait is over, and the biggest tournament in world padel is finally starting: The Dubai World Padel Championship is here.

The group stage begins today and will take place between 31 October and 2 November. This year' s edition of the tournament will have 17 teams divided into three groups of four teams (A, B and C) and one group of five teams (D).

The top two teams from each group will advance to the quarter-finals, the third teams from each group will compete for positions nine to twelve, while the rest of the teams will fight for positions thirteen to seventeen.

All matches of the opening phase will be broadcasted on the FIP YouTube channel.

This will be the order of play on the opening day (Local time):

Men’s draw

Group A

19:00h – Spain Vs Uruguay

19:00h – Great Britain Vs Portugal

Group B

19:00h – Italy Vs Netherlands

19:00h – Argentina Vs Belgium

Group C

15:00h – Chile Vs Ecuador

19:00h – Brazil Vs UAE

Group D

15:00h – France Vs Mexico

15:00h –Paraguay Vs Qatar

Women’s draw

Group A

15:00h – Spain Vs USA

19:00h – Germany Vs Chile

Group B

15:00h –Argentina Vs Uruguay

15:00h – Belgium Vs Japan

Group C

15:00h – Mexico Vs Portugal

15:00h – Italy Vs Netherlands

Group D

19:00h – France Vs Sweden

19:00h – Paraguay Vs UAE

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