Everything moving on India's road to Da Nang — trials, the squad, tickets and travel — in one running log. Newest first.
The ticket everyone had been told did not exist has appeared. General admission for the Pickleball World Cup is on sale on Ticketbox.vn, Vietnam's main ticketing platform, as seven single-day tickets running from August 31 to September 6. The cheapest is 250,000 dong — a shade over 900 rupees.
Read the full update →Ticketing for the Pickleball World Cup has finally gone live, sixteen days before the first serve. It is not what anyone waiting for it was hoping for. What went on sale is four corporate hospitality packages, and nothing else.
Read the full update →Until this week the strongest thing anyone could say about the playing field at Da Nang was that it would feature 'leading players from the PPA and APP circuits'. The tournament portal has now published its full entry list, and it can be read: names, divisions, partners and DUPR ratings, across every tier.
Read the full update →With 27 days to the Pickleball World Cup, there is still no answer to the question Indian fans are asking most: where do you actually watch it? We have published a page that tracks every route and, more usefully, says plainly what is not confirmed.
Read the full update →There is still no ticketing information for the Pickleball World Cup 2026 — no prices, no on-sale date, no seating plan, from any official channel. At eight weeks out that was unremarkable. At 27 days it is worth stating plainly rather than implying an announcement is imminent.
Read the full update →The Cup gets described as a world championship, which undersells how unusual its format is. A tie between two nations is not one match — it is decided across men's doubles, women's doubles and mixed, played round-robin with rotating partners. Reporting on the format describes it as Davis Cup crossed with the team dynamics of Major League Pickleball.
Read the full update →India's squad for Da Nang is set. The Indian Pickleball Association has named its Pro contingent for the Pickleball World Cup 2026, with Harsh Mehta as captain — completing the senior side alongside the U18 and U14 squads already picked at the Ahmedabad trials.
Read the full update →There's a new way onto India's World Cup squad for the senior categories. The Haryana Open PWR 400 has been designated an official selection event for Team India's 50+ and 60+ teams at the Pickleball World Cup 2026 — across Men's and Women's, Singles and Doubles.
Read the full update →The Junior Pickleball Championship closed on Sunday with 19 of its 20 titles decided — and the U14 and U18 singles and doubles that directly pick India's World Cup squads all settled.
Read the full update →Five more finals were decided on Saturday, taking the Junior Pickleball Championship to nine of its 20 titles. Aarin Ballani was the day's standout, winning all three U12 boys events — the singles over Raghav Kumar, the doubles with Abir Mittal, and the mixed with Vidisha Vijay Shinde.
Read the full update →Da Nang isn't just eight days of pickleball — it's a beach city ringed by mountains, marble caves and three UNESCO towns. Our new guide pulls together sixteen attractions, day trips and experiences for the Cup week, grouped by how far they are and what they cost.
Read the full update →The 2025 World Cup Junior MVP wasted no time. Veer Shah took the U16 boys singles title on the opening day of the Junior Pickleball Championship in Ahmedabad, beating fellow squad-watch name Panth Thakkar in the final.
Read the full update →The Junior Pickleball Championship — the event that decides India's U14 and U18 squads for Da Nang — starts Friday at Dinkers Pickleball Academy & Club in Shilaj, Ahmedabad. Twenty events across U12 to U18, group stages into playoffs, PWR 400 and DUPR rated.
Read the full update →India's junior squad for Da Nang gets decided this week. The IPA's Junior Pickleball Championship runs June 12–14 in Ahmedabad, with more than 100 players from Delhi, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Assam, Rajasthan, Odisha, Haryana, Gujarat and beyond competing for U14 and U18 places.
Read the full update →The Indian Pickleball Association has formally opened its selection process, aiming to field India's strongest-ever contingent at the World Cup. Squads will be picked across Open, 50+, 60+ and Junior categories.
Read the full update →For the Open, 50+ and 60+ teams, the official pathway is the Picklebay Zonals — perform there to make the rankings-led shortlist before the roster is locked.
Read the full update →Updates are editorial summaries of official IPA and event announcements — verify entries, dates and selection details against the official sources linked from each post.
