Lithuania stopped in the group stage at the padel World Cup qualifiers in Madrid

The men beat Georgia but lost to Germany and finished second in Group B; the women lost both ties in Group D.

Lithuania's men's padel team finished second in Group B at the FIP World Cup European qualifiers in Madrid and did not reach the quarter-finals.

The Lithuanians lost 0-3 to Germany and beat Georgia 2-1. Only the group winners went through, and in Group B that was Germany.

The men's squad registered for the tournament was Skirmantas Macinskas, Nojus Poska, Kasparas Poska, Matas Poska, Emilis Baltrimaitis, Jevgenijus Grigorenko, Oskaras Kalinauskas and Titas Mikelevicius.

The women were drawn in Group D and lost both of their ties, 0-3 to Poland and 1-2 to Switzerland, which ended their tournament.

The qualifiers ran in Madrid from 22 to 26 September, with four places at the FIP World Cup on the line. The World Cup itself is played in Doha, Qatar, from 2 to 7 November. The last two places are decided at the Asia-Africa qualifiers in Kuwait from 26 to 30 October.

More than 50 men's and women's group matches were played in Madrid over the first three days alone. Estonia was also among the nations entered for the European qualifiers.

Sources: Sportas.lt, Padel FIP

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