Last weekend, between September 08 and 10, the beautiful French city became the venue for two important international paddle tennis competitions, which we talked about in previous articles ... Do you want to know what happened at the XI Open de France de Padel (Mixed Category) and in the I European Club Cup? This last event was born with the vocation of being the 'Champions League' of the paddle world.
Padel World Press .- A total of eight major clubs (Toulouse Padel Club, Tennis Squash Padel Club du Mas, Stade Toulousain, Vals Sports Axarquia, Royal Oreé, The Beach, Tennis Club Eze, Padel First) of six European nations (France, Spain, Belgium, Holland , Monaco and Switzerland) took part in the two competitions.
Both events were played simultaneously in just three days, which implied a high concentration of matches and a great demand for the teams, which had to multiply their efforts ... Especially, those that reached the final stages in both events, such as They were the Belgian Royal Oreé, Dutch Beach, Toulouse Padel Club and Vals Sports Axarquía (Málaga).
The level was very high and there were several very intense matches, which were decided in the 'super tie-break' (10 points). It was, for example, the case of the men's final of the XNUMXst European Club Cup that faced the Toulouse Padel Club, with Kevin Tournemire-Kevin Tap, with the Royal Oreé (Jeremy Leroy-Jeremy Gala). The triumph was for the latter, with an extraordinary performance by Jeremy Gala that demanded all the forces he had after having played the mixed semifinal of Padel's Open de France that same morning with Bárbara Laurent, a player who after doing A maximum effort needed medical assistance due to fatigue and she could not play the women's final of the Iª European Cup together with her partner Helena Wyckaert, which gave 3 points to the rival and, consequently, the title of Champions of the I European Cup. of Clubs.
The final results were the following:
XI Open de France by Pádel Mutuelle du Rempart 2017
- Winners: Alizé Cornet & Michael Kuzak (France).
- Finalists: Yvonne Peeters & Uriel Maarsen (Holland).
I European Cup of Clubs
- Winners: Toulouse Padel Club (France).
- Finalists: Royal Oreé (Belgium).
Some data that help us to make a more accurate picture of what has been this weekend at the organizational level:
Sqm 4.500 of surface in Plaçe du Capitole de Toulouse, 2 tracks, 2 stands with capacity for approximately 600 people, 8 clubs, 6 nations, 56 matches, 44 players, 10 arbitrators, 2 judges-arbitrators, 57 sponsors and collaborators, 25 charitable causes, 800 meals served, 7 therapists (physios, chiropractors, osteopaths, ...) available to players and the public, support ceremony for Paris 2024 with 500 athletes and managers, AECP meeting with 50 club managers and entrepreneurs and an esteemed audience that visited us from over 16.000 people. Extraordinary figures for an exceptional event.
And next year the IIª European Cup of Clubs in which 20 European clubs will participate. We will talk about this Championship in detail (structure, organization, philosophy, operation, etc.) next week in 'This is Padel', program co-produced by Padel World Press and Capital Radio.
Thanks to the official media Padel Magazine the games were enjoyed live on Facebook and we have a huge collection of photographs that illustrate the magnificent weekend, the capacity and effectiveness of the organization, the greatness of the teams and players and the essential support of sponsors and collaborators
You can review all the information, photos, videos, results and official communications clicking on this link
Fernando Blanca - World of Padel - Collaborator of Padel World Press and 'Esto es Pádel' in Capital Radio
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