Major League Pickleball Nations Cup: Rosters, format and schedule
Major League Pickleball is debuting a brand-new event this weekend called the Nations Cup, which will feature eight teams and 48 players representing key regions from around the world in a high-stakes, high-energy international team event.
The event will serve as the official kickoff to the 2026 Pickleball World Championships, which will run over 10 days from Oct. 30-Nov. 8 at Brookhaven Country Club in the Dallas suburb of Farmers Branch, Texas.
Last year the Pickleball World Championships set new attendance, participation and viewership records for pro pickleball, and this year’s event promises to be even bigger.
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MLP Nations Cup format
There will be two groups of four teams, with each team playing everybody else in their group on Friday and Saturday.
Group A: Asia Domestic, Europe West, Canada, United States
Group B: Asia International, Australia, Europe East, Latin America
The top two teams from each group will advance to a single-elimination bracket, with the semifinals and finals on Sunday.
Semifinal matchups: Group A winner vs. Group B runner-up and Group B winner vs. Group A runner-up.
MLP Nations Cup rosters
Team USA: Anna Bright, Tyra Black, Kate Fahey, Ben Johns, CJ Klinger, Will Howells. Captain: Johnny Goldberg.
Team Canada: Victoria DiMuzio, Blaine Hovenier, Armaan Jiwa Mawji, Layne Sleeth, Ryan Torresin, Angie Walker. Captain: Steve Deakin.
Team Europe West: Judit Castillo (Spain), Helena Jansen (Spain), Will MacKinnon (Scotland), Theo Platel (France), Estee Widdershoven (Belgium), DJ Young (Spain). Captain: Chris Cantino.
Team Asia Domestic: Augie Ge (China), Milan Rane (India), Jonathan Truong (Vietnam), Zoey Wang (Chinese Taipei), Jamie Wei (Chinese Taipei), Len Yang (China). Co-captains: Geoffrey Nguyen and Jeff Tsao.
Team Australia: Sarah Burr, Chris Crouch, Sahra Dennehy, Mitch Hargreaves, Danni-Elle Townsend, George Wall. Captain: Sange Carter.
Team Latin America: Nico Acevedo (Chile), Mari Humberg (Brazil), Rafa Lenhard (Brazil), Eric Oncins (Brazil), Alexa Schull (Puerto Rico), Charlie Trevino (Mexico). Captain: Juan Benitez.
Team Europe East: Andrei Daescu (Romania), Arwid Dahlin (Sweden), Ivan Jakovljevic (Croatia), Lina Padegimaite (Lithuania), Tina Pisnik (Slovenia), Daria Walczak (Poland). Captain: Caleb Garrard.
Team Asia International: Rika Fujiwara (Japan), Lingwei Kong (China), Jimmy Liong (Malaysia), Tama Shimabukuro (Japan), Jack Wong (Hong Kong, China), Macy Ybañez (Philippines). Captain: Madeleine Lim.
MLP Nations Cup match schedule
All matches will be available on PickleballTV or the PickleballTV app.
