Padel is already looking ahead to the Brisbane 2032 Olympic Games. The International Padel Federation (FIP) has taken advantage of the official designation of October 20 as World Padel Day to highlight the sport’s global growth and reinforce its aspiration to be included in the Olympic program within six years.
The choice of date is not accidental. By way of analogy, October 20th—a date already established among the global Padel community—evokes one of the hallmarks of the sport: the dimensions of its playing court, 20 by 10 meters.
The celebration has been accompanied by an audiovisual campaign promoted by the FIP under a slogan that sums up its ambition: “Padel is ready for the future. Padel is ready for Brisbane 2032.” With the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic program already defined, the international federation now focuses its efforts on the next Olympic event, which will be held in Australia.
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To support its candidacy, the FIP highlights three main arguments: the ‘global presence, the balance of participation between women and men, and the flexibility of its competition format,’ according to a statement.
Some arguments that are supported by the figures. According to the FIP World Padel Report 2026 published on October 14, Padel currently has more than 40 million players worldwide and 91,000 courts spread across 191 countries and territories on all five continents. The document also points to female participation at 47%, a figure that the federation presents as evidence of the diversity achieved in the sport.
This expansion is complemented by a global competitive structure that helps consolidate its reach. While the FIP Promises circuit offers competitions for young players in 36 countries, the CUPRA FIP Tour is present in 59. Regarding the main professional circuit, Premier Padel extends the global projection of the sport thanks to the audiovisual operators that currently broadcast its tournaments in 244 territories across five continents.
The Olympic strategy is also supported by the growing presence of Padel in major multi-sport events. Following its participation in the 2023 European Games, Padel took a new step in 2026, with its presence in the South American, Mediterranean, and Asian Games. This is complemented by a network of 115 national federations affiliated with the FIP.
“Padel can bring to Brisbane 2032 a global community, an exciting competition for women and men, and a sport that people can discover and continue practicing long after the Games,” says Luigi Carraro, president of the International Paddle Federation, in a statement. “Our ambition is to offer the new generations, in Australia and around the world, the opportunity to dream of representing their country in the Olympic Games.”
Brisbane 2032 is, for now, an aspiration and not a guaranteed spot. On this path, World Padel Day represents a new opportunity for the FIP to reinforce its intentions and argue the potential of the 20×10 to secure its place under the five rings.
