Welcome to the latest WPBL News!

Join us as we bring you everything you need to know from the last few weeks in partnership with worldpickleballmagazine.com – the world’s #1 digital magazine for pickleball stories from around the world.

WPBL On Tour is hitting new heights

Flagship Tournaments: Two of the six flagship On Tour tournaments have already been completed, setting new benchmarks in Hyderabad and New Delhi. These tournaments were electric, featuring packed crowds and first-time fans discovering pickleball in a big-event setting. Each carried a ₹15 lakh prize pool and featured some of India’s top professional players.

Here’s a recap from The Delhi Open

Nationwide Expansion: WPBL On Tour is staging more than 50 curated events across India. The league and its partners—Khelomore, Swiggy Scenes, Ferrohub, and Sisters in Sweat—are designing these events to introduce pickleball to new audiences and embed the sport into India’s cultural fabric. These events include starter camps, social mixers, women-focused pickleball sessions, and a Halloween-themed event.

Our partners in action: Khelomore has activated grassroots communities and first-time players by hosting beginner-friendly starter camps in Pune and Bangalore, and organizing a tournament in Mumbai. Ferrohub organized a unique 10K run that culminated in a pickleball activation, successfully blending sport, music, and lifestyle. Hundreds of participants experienced pickleball for the first time in this festival-like setting.

Catch glimpses from Swiggy Scene and Panda Plays Pickle’s unique Shuffle Showdown in Bangalore:

VIEW MORE | READ MORE

In the latest draft and coaching news, WPBL franchises are preparing to announce their coaching lineups ahead of Season 2. The highly anticipated 2025 WPBL Player Draft will take place toward the end of 2025. This promises to be one of the most competitive drafts in the league’s history, featuring a larger and more international player pool than ever before.

Here’s a recap from our Season 1 Player Draft:

VIEW MORE

Let us know on Instagram who you are hoping to see drafted for Season 2!

WPBL Players Star in 2025 European Championships

The 2025 European Championships took place over in Europe at the iconic Italian venue, Foro Italico in Rome. Many WPBL players from Season One starred at the event, including Karolina Owczarek, Bartosz Karbownik, Mateusz Matysik and Katie Morris. Team Spain won the overall gold medal, congratulations to Glauka Carvajal-Lane, Mauro Garcia, and Marcello Jardim. England took silver, featuring WPBL stars Thaddea Lock, Louis Laville, Molly O’Donoghue, Mollie Knaggs, and Ben Cawston.

Marcello Jardim was named the MVP of the whole event, after taking the ultimate triple crown with gold in the singles, men’s doubles, and mixed categories.

Mauro Garcia’s stunning point steals the show!

Jardim’s younger teammate, Mauro Garcia, went viral for his part in an EPIC point in the Men’s Doubles final against Austria – possibly the best pickleball point played outside of the WPBL!

WATCH MORE

Have you ever filmed a better point than this? If so, share it with us on our Instagram at @worldpickleballofficial!