2025/26 Race 4 Eight Schedule
[Race 4 Eight Pre Qualifiers in Red]
Tucson, AZ, WPH Press –
The World Players of Handball is proud to present the fourteenth Race 4 Eight season, featuring six stops starting in October of 2025 and ending in the spring of 2026.
The 2024/25 Race 4 Eight season featured the most pro player participation in history, with the emergence of a number of young stars on the R48 and WR48 and thrilling conclusions to the R48 Men’s Pro and WR48 that saw the season-ending battle for the Player’s Cup come down to the final points of the eight-month season.
The Race 4 Eight tour has produced electrifying handball since the inception of the tour in 2011, featuring the game’s greatest players battling on the world’s most preeminent stage. The 2025/26 season will see the Race 4 Eight return to Portland, Tucson, St. Louis, Juarez, Los Angeles, and Salt Lake City, with the Race 4 Eight pros playing in the many of the most distinguished and fan-friendly handball facilities in the world.
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Players can enter all stops on the 2025/26 Race 4 Eight season below w/all 6 main Race stops counted toward the rankings (December Icebreaker and March Hall of Fame do not count toward rankings)
2025/26 Race 4 Eight Schedule [Race 4 Eight Pre Qualifiers in red]
Race 4 Eight Pre Qualifier at the Abierto Mexicano De Handball Juarez
September 5-7, 2025
25-and-under R48 Abierto Pre Qualifier champion: Andres Cordova
R2 page HERE
2025 Abierto Mexicano De Handball Juarez recap HERE
Race 4 Eight Pre Qualifier at the Tall Corn
September 19-21, 2025
R48 Tallcorn R48 Pre Qualifier champion: Bryan Trejo
R2 page HERE
2025 Tallcorn recap HERE
Race 4 Eight Pre Qualifier at the 2025 Fall Aggieland Classic
October 3-5, 2025
25-and-under R48 Aggieland Pre Qualifier champion: Ashley Fusilier
25-and-under WR48 Aggieland Pre Qualifier champion: Amesley Davis
2025 Fall 2025 Aggieland Classic recap HERE
2025 R48Pro Season 14 Stop #1 – Portland Classic: October 10-12, 2025
October 10-12, 2025 – Portland, Oregon
R48 Men’s Pro
2025 R48 Portland Classic champion: Martin Mulkerrins
R2 page HERE
2025 Portland Classic recap HERE
Race 4 Eight Pre Qualifier at the Denver Athletic Club
October 24-26, 2025
R2 page HERE
DAC R48 Pre Qualifier champion: Eli Gutierrez
Race 4 Eight Pre Qualifier at the Denver Athletic Club recap HERE
Race 4 Eight Memorial
November 7-9, 2025
R48, WR48, SR48
Memorial R48 champion: Ray Ure
Memorial WR48 champion: Niamh Heffernan
Memorial SR48 champion: David Fink
R2 page HERE
2025 Memorial recap HERE
Race 4 Eight Pre Qualifier at the 41st Annual Dr. Thomas H. Burnett Bear Bash
November 7-9, 2025
Bear Bash R48 Pre Qualifier champion: Garrett Bacon
Bear Bash WR48 champion: Hannah Grace
R2 page HERE
Race 4 Eight Pre Qualifier at the 41st Annual Dr. Thomas H. Burnett Bear Bash recap HERE
Race 4 Eight Pre Qualifier at the Texas State Singles Championships
November 14-16, 2025
TX State Singles R48 Pre Qualifier Champion: Danos Cordova/*Diarmuid Mulkerrins
TX State Singles WR48 Pre Qualifier Champion: Aoife Holden/*Kristen Hughes
*Denotes that Diarmuid Mulkerrins/Kristen Hughes lost in the final but won the travel stipend
R2 page HERE
2025 Texas State Singles R48 Pre Qualifier recap HERE
Race 4 Eight Pre Qualifier at the Minnesota State Championships
November 21-23, 2025
MN State Singles R48 Pre Qualifier Champion: *Ray Ure/Bryan Trejo
*Denotes that Bryan Trejo lost in the final but won the travel stipend
Entry page HERE
Race 4 Eight Pre Qualifier at the Minnesota State Championships recap HERE
Race 4 Eight Pre Qualifier at the Wine Country Turkey Shoot
November 21-23, 2025
2025 Wine Country Turkey Shoot R48 Pre Qualifier Champion: Coleman McGrath
R2 page HERE
Race 4 Eight Pre Qualifier at the at the Wine Country Turkey Shoot recap HERE
December 3-Wall Icebreaker (Non-Race)
December 13-14, 2025 – Tucson, Arizona
Men’s Pro
R2 page HERE
2025 Icebreaker press release HERE
WAC Classic R48 Pre Qualifier
January 16-18, 2026
R2 page HERE
2026 WAC Classic R48 Pre Qualifier press release HERE
Bear Valley Classic R48 Pre Qualifier
January 17-18, 2026
Bear Valley Classic R48 Pre Qualifier press release and entry info HERE
R48 & WR48 Pre Qualifier at the George Lee, Dallas, TX
January 23-25, 2026
Entry page coming
2026 George Lee R48/WR48 press release coming
2026 R48Pro Season 14 Stop #3 – Race STL & MO State Doubles: January 30-Feb 1, 2026
January 30-February 1, 2026 – St Louis, Missouri
R48, WR48
R2 page HERE
2026 St. Louis Race 4 Eight press release HERE
R48 and WR48 Pre Qualifier at the 2026 USHA Collegiate Nationals
February 18-22, 2026
Entry page coming
R48 and WR48 Pre Qualifier at the 2026 USHA Collegiate Nationals press release coming
2026 R48Pro Season 14 Stop #4 – Juarez Open: March 6-8, 2026
March 6-8, 2026 – Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
R48 Men’s Pro
R2 page HERE
2026 Juarez press release HERE
2026 R48Pro Season 14 Stop #5 – LAAC Open: March 20-22, 2026
March 20-22, 2026 – Downtown Los Angeles, California
R48, WR48, SR48
R2 page HERE
2026 LAAC press release HERE
2026 Hall of Fame (Non-Race)
April 10-12, 2026 – Tucson, Arizona
Men’s Pro
R2 page HERE
2026 Hall of Fame press release HERE
2026 R48Pro Season 14 Stop #6 – The Aces Player’s Championship: May 1-3, 2026
May 1-3, 2026 – Salt Lake City, Utah
R48, WR48, SR48
R2 page HERE
2026 Aces Player’s Championship press release HERE
WPH RACE 4 EIGHT: The World Players of Handball’s Race 4 Eight Powered by ESPN features Race 4 Eight stops around the country, all culminating with The Player’s Championship in Utah each May. Similar to NASCAR’s Nextel Cup and the FedEx PGA Playoffs, players earn points in the Race 4 Eight’s regular season stops to qualify for the season-ending Player’s Championship and bonus prizes. The top 8 elite men will receive bonus cash after the season-ending rankings are tallied up; meanwhile, the top 4 Sr 40+ and Women’s ‘Fab Four’ will also receive bonuses. The amount of these bonuses fluctuate from year-to-year Please contact the WPH for this season’s bonus structure. Email the WPH for detailed explanations regarding the ranking system, seeds and bonus pay-outs at season’s end: info@wphlive.tv
For more information on the WPH Race 4 Eight title sponsor opportunity, please contact World Players of Handball Executive Director David Vincent at info@wphlive.tv or World Players of Handball Development Director David Fink at david.fink@wphlive.tv. For more information on the World Players of Handball, please visit wphlive.tv
Tournament seeds reflect rankings at the time of the event but are not the sole determining factor. The WPH retains the discretion to seed players based on their skill level, recent performance, and injury status.
The Executive Director will seed each tournament in a manner that respects the objectivity of the WPH rankings, while acknowledging that some unranked players are strong enough to disrupt the integrity of a draw if not seeded subjectively. Therefore, the seeding process will involve the objective constraint that no ranked player may be seeded ahead of a higher ranked player, while allowing for the subjective seeding of any unranked player the Executive Director deems strong enough to disrupt the draw.