The much-anticipated draw for the inaugural Teqball World Series in Paris (18-20 March) has been published, with women’s doubles, men’s doubles, and mixed doubles teams now assessing their route to become the first World Series champion. The major event will feature 178 athletes (124 men and 54 women), from 29 countries, covering four continents.

There are 61 men’s doubles teams competing in Paris, featuring the top two ranked pairings – Csaba Banyik/Adam Blazsovics (Hungary) and Bogdan Marojevic/Nikola Mitro (Serbia). France’s Julien Grondin and Hugo Rabeux, seeded fourth in the men’s doubles, will look to use home support to their advantage as they aim to continue their impressive recent form.

There will be 29 countries represented in the men’s doubles draw, including Ukraine’s Ivan Grom and Oleh Usychenko. FITEQ is honoured to be able to support the attendance of the Ukrainian team at this week’s event, which also includes the women’s duo of Iryna Dubytska and Anastasiia Terekh. Grom and Terekh will compete in the mixed doubles. FITEQ wishes the Ukrainian team the best of luck in this week’s competition, noting that simply representing their great country with all that is going on around them deserves the utmost respect.

There will 25 teams in the women’s doubles, representing 12 countries. USA’s World Number 1 and 2 Carolyn Greco and Margaret Osmundson will be looking to avenge their 2021 Teqball World Championships final defeat to the second seed pairing of Rafaella Fontes and Natalia Guitler. France’s fifth seed Lauryne Scherrer and Lea Hoffmann will be seeking to excite the home crowd with a run into the latter knockout stages.

The mixed doubles category features 52 teams, covering 17 countries. World Number 1 pairing and reigning world champions Csaba Banyik and Zsanett Janicsek enter as firm favourites. However, Brazil’s seed 2 team of Leonardo Lindoso De Almeida and Vania Moraes Da Cruz will be full of confidence following their victory at last week’s Brazilian Teqball Tour event in Porto Alegre.

The competition format and athlete seeding can be found here. Scheduled matches and results can be found here.