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 Championship 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 YearHost city and countryBest performing nations1995 Pamplona, Spain1999 Almería, Spain2003 Brive, France2007 Barcelona, Spain2011 Brive, FranceCanceled2017 Anglet, France
Trinquete World Cup YearHost city and countryBest performing nations1997 Bayonne, France2000 Bayonne, France2004 Bayonne, France2008 Havana, Cuba2012 Pamplona, Spain2015 Guadalajara - Tepic, Mexico2019 Oloron-Sainte-Marie - Pau, France
Fronton 30m World Cup YearHost city and countryBest performing nations1998 Valencia, Spain2001 Palencia, Spain2005 Elche, Spain2009 Tenerife, Spain2016 Santiago, Chile2021 Valencia, Spain
Fronton 54m World Cup YearHost city and countryBest performing nations2001 Havana, Cuba2005 Acapulco, Mexico2009 Palencia, Spain2013 Mexico, Mexico2017 Biarritz, France 2021 Zinacantepec, Mexico
Frontball World Cup YearHost city and countryBest performing nations2017 Tepito, Mexico
See also Basque Pelota World Championships
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