Only three games remain from the World Teqball Championships 2024, and the doubles finals are set to take place in Ho Chi Minh City.

After a scintillating rematch of the 2023 final in the women’s singles, we are going to have a “3/4 rematch” in the women’s doubles, as defending champions Jutatip Kuntatong (who became the first Asian individual gold-medallist on Saturday) and Suphawadi Wongkhamchan easily defeated Nanna Lind Kristensen/Mira Faeno Dahlmann (DEN) in the semifinals, then last year’s silver-medallist Petra Pechy (who replaces the suspended WR-leader Gabriella Kota) and Krisztina Acs from Hungary outdueled Brazilians Vania Moraes da Cruz/Ester Viana Mendes (BRA) in the other semifinal. Since this lineup is brand new for Team Hungary, they have not faced the Thais yet. Pechy and her regular partner, Nora Vicsek did it twice, losing in last year’s final, and in Dubai early in 2023 in the semifinal. Acs/Kota played against the Thais in the Madrid Teqball World Series gold medal game, losing in straight sets.

The title holders bounced India, Ukraine, and Denmark to the final, while the Hungarians ousted Krzystan, Lebanon, and Brazil.

The men’s doubles final will feature two nations that have never made it this far in the World Teqball Championships. Poland’s Adrian Duszak/Marek Pokwap collected huge scalps on their way to the final, crushing last year’s runner-ups Matheus Ferraz/Rodrigo Bento Medeiros (BRA) in the quarterfinals, then dethroning Csaba Banyik/Balazs Katz (HUN) in the semifinal that went to three sets. They will vie with Thailand’s Jirati Chanliang/Sorrasak Thaosiri, who previously eliminated Italy, Malaysia, Denmark and India. These two teams have never played against each other before, and where else to meet first than in a WTCH gold medal game?

Neither Krisztina Acs nor Balazs Katz had too much time to rest before the mixed doubles semis after both took the court earlier on Sunday. Despite that, they easily knocked out Amelie Julien/Hugo Rabeux (FRA) to punch their ticket for the gold medal game. They are looking confident, not dropping a single set so far, but they have to face reigning champs Wongkhamchan/Phakpong Dejaroen to win it, who also cruised through the rest of the competition before meeting Kinga Barabasi/Apor Gyorgydeak (ROU) in the semis, where they had to give their best in one of the closest matches of the whole tournament.

Acs and Katz form a non-regular team so they do not have any history against the Thais. Acs, alongside Banyik, has a 2-1 record, with the only loss coming a year ago in the semifinal, and the two wins coming in 2024. Katz never played against this Thai unit before.

Tune into the last three games of the World Teqball Championships 2024 on TEQ TV on YouTube, the first final starts at 6 PM, local time.