
Groups, team rosters, and team captains announced for MLP Nations Cup
With just over a month until the inaugural Major League Pickleball Nations Cup, MLP announced the groups, team rosters, and team captains Thursday morning.
The three-day event will feature eight teams representing eight regions of the globe, with some of the top PPA Tour and MLP talent going head-to-head with national pride on the line.
The event will run Oct. 30-Nov. 1 at Brookhaven Country Club in Dallas, with the first two days consisting of round-robin group play and the final day featuring the top teams from each group battling in a single-elimination bracket for the first-ever MLP Nations Cup title.
Here are the groups, team rosters, and team captains for the event:
GROUP A
Team Asia Domestic: Augie Ge (China); Milan Rane (India); Jonathan Truong (Vietnam); Zoey Wang (Chinese Taipei); Jamie Wei (Chinese Taipei); Len Yang (China)… Captains Geoffrey Nguyen & Jeff Tsao
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 Canada: Victoria DiMuzio; Blaine Hovenier; Armaan Jiwa Mawji; Layne Sleeth; Ryan Torresin; Angie Walker… Captain Steve Deakin
Team USA: Tyra Black; Anna Bright; Kate Fahey; Ben Johns; CJ Klinger; Will Howells… Captain Johnny Goldberg
GROUP B
Team Asia International: Rika Fujiwara (Japan); Lingwei Kong (China); Jimmy Liong (Malaysia); Hien Truong (Vietnam); Jack Wong (Hong Kong, China); Macy Ybanez (Philippines)… Captain Madeleine Lim
Team Australia: Sarah Burr; Chris Crouch; Sahra Dennehy; Mitch Hargreaves; Danni-Elle Townsend; George Wall… Captain Sange Carter
Team Europe - East: Ivan Jakovljevic (Croatia); Andrei Daescu (Romania); Arwid Dahlin (Sweden); Lina Padegimaite (Lithuania); Tina Pisnik (Slovenia); Daria Walczak (Poland)… Captain Caleb Garrard
Team Latin America: Nico Acevedo (Chile); Mari Humberg (Brazil); Rafa Lenhard (Brazil); Eric Oncins (Brazil); Alexa Schull (Puerto Rico); Charlie Trevino (Mexico)… Captain Juan Manuel Benitez
The event will serve as the kickoff to the 2026 Opendoor Pickleball World Championships, which will run Nov. 2-8 at Brookhaven.
Find more details about the MLP Nations Cup here.
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