Spain crowned at the III Padball Nations Cup in Eisenstadt
The Spanish team, formed by Javier Asensio, Fide Santiago and Fran Santiago defeated the Romanian team in the final by 6-3 and 7-6.
Spain, two-time champion
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Growth of the tournament
Eight countries participated in the current edition. For the first time in this tournament there was a non-European team (Qatar). The Qataris were sixth in the aforementioned World Cup last year and achieved fifth place in the Nations Cup 2024, consolidating their rapid growth in this sport.
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Groups and complete results:
Group A: Romania, Spain, Hungary and Austria.
Group B: Italy, Portugal, Qatar and Germany.
Friday 6/9/2024.
-Group Phase:
Group A:
ROM-AUT: 6-0 6-1
ESP-HUN: 6-4 6-1
ROM-HUN: 6-0 6-1
ESP-AUT: 6-1 6-1
ROM-ESP: 6-2 3-6 7-3
HUN-AUT: 6-2 6-1
Group B:
POR-GER: 6-1 6-1
ITA-QAT: 6-4 6-4
POR-ITA: 6-4 3-6 6-1
QAT-GER: 5-7 7-6 7-1
POR-QAT: 3-6 6-2 7-3
ITA-GER: 6-3 6-3
Saturday 7/9/2024.
-Qarterfinals:
POR-HUN: 6-3 6-3
ROM-GER: 6-1 6-1
ESP-QAT: 6-2 6-2
ITA-AUT: 6-1 6-1
-Semi-Final:
ROM-POR: 6-1 6-4
SP-ITA: 6-2 6-4
Sunday 8/9/2024.
-3rd and 4th place:
POR-ITA 6-0 4-6 7-5
-Final:
ESP-ROM: 6-3 7-6.
Final positions:
1- SPAIN (Javier Asensio, Fide Santiago, Fran Santiago).
2- ROMANIA (Victoras Popescu, Olivian Surugiu, Mugurel Vrabie, Gabriel Turnea).
3- PORTUGAL (Ricardo Marques, Guilherme Henriques, Antonio Henriques, Ricardo Correia).
4- ITALY (Alessandro Vender, Simo Angiletta, Fabio Argiolas, Gianluca Loddo, Filippo Lai).
5- CATAR (Salem Al Marri, Mubarak, Al-Salem, Abdulaziz).
6- HUNGARY
7- GERMANY (Francisco Prieto, Francisco TomĆ”s āPatxoā).
8- AUSTRIA (Gyuri Garics, Alexander Hamm, Gƶkhan Ćnver).