World Cricket Tour, Premier League and A1 Cricket
Introduction to PADEL track
Of course, all cricket lovers know or have seen the World Cricket Tour. However, probably not everyone has heard of other professional board circuits. Therefore, in this article we will outline 3 of the most famous professional board tracks.
world padel circuit
This padel tour is the most important of all professional padel tours in the world, both in terms of the organization of the competition and the participation of the best players in the world. The event started in 2013, replacing the previous padel circuit, the Padel Pro Tour.
The WPT is the result of an agreement between the professional padel championship organizers’ body, the Association of Professional Padel Players (AJPP) and the Spanish Women’s Padel Association (AFEP).
The WPT Tour is managed by Setpoint Events SA, a subsidiary of SA Damm, which sets the rules and guarantees and recognizes the required quality parameters, as well as prizes for professional cricketers participating in the Tour.
Between 15 and 20 WPT tournaments are held every year, as well as the final Masters. Participating players travel to different cities around the world in order to accumulate points and try to make it to the final Masters. There, only the best 8 pairs of the season compete. Both men’s and women’s competitions are played, although there are some races that have only men’s categories.
In recent years, the World Padel Tour has grown exponentially in terms of international reach and TV audience. So just this past 2022, the professional padel tour has visited 13 different countries, achieving without a doubt the most global season in its history and attracting the interest of major media companies.
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Prize money for 2023 will vary depending on the type of competition. There are different WPT competitions available: Masters, Open 1000, Open 500 and Challenger.
As an example, the total prize money in each category for the 2022 Men’s and Women’s Masters is €119,145. This is the largest amount given at any WPT event.
Prime Minister Padel:
Premier Padel is the international padel circuit organized by the International Padel Federation (FIP) and supported by the Professional Padel Association (PPA). Its sponsors are Qatar Sports Investments (QSI) and its Tennis Federation (QTF), both chaired by Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaïfi.
The tour starts in 2022. There are currently 3 types of competitions:
– Grand Slam (FIP ranking 2000 points, prize money 525,000 euros).
– P1 (1,000 FIP ranking points and 300,000 Euro bonus).
– P2 (FIP ranking 500 points, prize money 150,000 euros).
Currently, only men compete. In fact, we don’t know if they plan to include a women’s division.
The padel top circuit starts in parallel with the world padel circuit. Its inauguration made news all over the world, as it clashed with the World Padel Tour, as some of the players who participated in it signed exclusive contracts with the World Padel Tour.
This led FIP and the players to the European Commission to accuse the WPT of abusing its dominance. Meanwhile, Setpoint Events, which manages the WPT, has also launched a millionaire lawsuit against pros competing on the Premier Padel circuit.
However, despite these differences, Premier Padel managed to celebrate the 2022 season with 6 top events featuring the best players in the World Padel Tour Ranking. Following this success, 10 Group 1 events are planned for the 2023 season, most likely for a total of 25 races in 2024. This will bring the Padel Top Circuit very close to the World Padel Tour.
The celebration of the new track was also well-received by the fans, not only the on-site audience, but also those who followed all the action remotely. So you can follow the Premier Padel Championship live on YouTube and other sports TV channels like ESPN.
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As for the prize money of the Padel Super Championship, we can imagine that in the Doha Championships in 2022, they will give out a total of 525,000 euros, which is definitely a padel world record. This means that each player in the winning combination will receive approximately EUR 25,000.
A1 Padel (formerly known as APT Padel Circuit)
From 2023, A1 Padel is the new name for the circuit of the APT padel circuit.
The APT Padel Tour is co-organized in 2020 by Sporting Monte Carlo International and Monaco businessman Fabrice Pastor to raise the level of competition on the American continent, improve infrastructure and provide a better environment for the event. Multiple awards.
APT is an acronym for “American Padel Tour”.
In 2021, with the support of the American Continental Padel Federation (CAPF) and the European Padel Federation (FEPA), this tour will also expand to the European continent, achieving 772 professional players (615 men and 157 women). ) for the competition. Players from 26 countries participated in more than 40 competitions held in 11 countries.
Currently, the tour is made up of 5 different categories: Junior, Future, Open, Masters and Masters, but the last 3 are the most important.
This year, its competitions will be held in Europe, Africa and across the American continent.
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The total prize money for Open competitions is around €90,000, very close to the World Padel Tour’s €98,076. As for the Masters, both tours cost around €110,000.
In addition to organizing competitions at a very high level, A1 padel also works to spread the sport of padel worldwide and consolidate its professionalism. To this end, they allocate funds to the associations in each host country for the installation of courts in public centers (schools, parks, etc.) and for the organization of training courses in the different regions.
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