Basque Pelota World Cup

Basque Pelota World Cup

Tournament information
Sport	Basque Pelota
Established	1995
Number of tournaments	18
Administrator	FIPV
Current champion
France (7th title)

The Basque Pelota World Cup (not to be confused with the Basque Pelota World Championship) is a set of four quadrennial tournaments organized by the International Federation of Basque Pelota on each of the disciplines of Basque Pelota: Trinquete, Fronton 30m, Fronton 36m and Fronton 54m. The FIPV organizes this tournaments on the years where the World Championships is not played.

History

The first World Cup tournament was played in 1995, only for men, in the discipline of Fronton 36m, with the modalities of Hand pelota (individual and pairs), Paleta cuero and Pala corta. The second tournament was played in 1997 in the discipline of Trinquete, including modalities of Hand pelota (men's individual and pairs), Xare, Paleta cuero and Paleta goma (men and women). The third tournament was played in 1998 in the discipline of Fronton 30m, including modalities of Frontenis (men and women) and Paleta goma (men). In 2001, the first Fronton 54m World Cup was introduced, with the modality of Cesta Punta. In 2017, FIPV organized the first World Cup of a new discipline called Frontball, though this was not included as part of the 2018 World Championships. The last World Cups were held in 2021 (Fronton 30m and Fronton 54m) and were later discontinued in favor of the Basque Pelota League of Nations, which were held for the first time in 2024

Editions

Fronton 36m World Cup

Year	Host City and Country		Best Performing Nations
1995	Pamplona, Spain		Spain	Cuba	France
1999	Almería, Spain		Spain	Cuba	France
2003	Brive, France		Spain	France	Argentina
2007	Barcelona, Spain		Spain	France	Argentina
2011	Brive, France		Canceled
2017	Anglet, France		France	Spain	Mexico

Trinquete World Cup

Year	Host City and Country		Best Performing Nations
1997	Bayonne, France		France	Argentina	Mexico
2000	Bayonne, France		Argentina Spain		France
2004	Bayonne, France		France	Cuba Mexico
2008	Havana, Cuba		France	Spain	Mexico
2012	Pamplona, Spain		France	Mexico	Argentina
2015	Guadalajara - Tepic, Mexico		Argentina	Spain	France
2019	Oloron-Sainte-Marie - Pau, France		France	Mexico	Spain

Fronton 30m World Cup

Year	Host City and Country		Best Performing Nations
1998	Valencia, Spain		Mexico	Argentina	Spain
2001	Palencia, Spain		Mexico	Argentina France
2005	Elche, Spain		Mexico	Spain	Argentina
2009	Tenerife, Spain		Spain	Mexico	Argentina
2016	Santiago, Chile		Mexico	France	Argentina
2021	Valencia, Spain		Spain	Mexico	Argentina

Fronton 54m World Cup

Year	Host City and Country		Best Performing Nations
2001	Havana, Cuba		France	Cuba	Spain
2005	Acapulco, Mexico		France	Spain	Mexico
2009	Palencia, Spain		France	Mexico	Spain
2013	Mexico, Mexico		Spain	Mexico	France
2017	Biarritz, France		France	Spain A	Spain B
2021	Zinacantepec, Mexico		Spain B	Spain A	France A

Frontball World Cup

Year	Host City and Country		Best Performing Nations
2017	Tepito, Mexico		France	Spain	Mexico

See also

Basque Pelota World Championships