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...

Tucson, AZ, WPH Press, 11/9/25 The 2025 Race 4 Eight Memorial produced sensational handball from the R48, WR48, and SR48 pros, with Ray Ure capturing his first Race 4 Eight title in his fourth final, Niamh Heffernan adding to her 2025 WR48 Player’s Championship with her second title at the 2025 Memorial, and David Fink winning his sixteenth SR48 title. Ure’s first Race title catapulted his from #7 to #5 in the rankings, while Leo Canales’s dramatic quarterfinal comeback against Danos Cordova shot him back into the Race 4 Eight top three....

The 14th season of the WPH R48Pro is just around the corner.  With it, the WPH has lined-up six professional tour stops (Schedule) for the elite men; four stops for the pro women; three stops for the Sr 40+.  Each stop will count toward the rankings (no best of) and in the upcoming season no more double-points (Salt Lake) or LTE/Half-points; no more 3-wall stops counting toward the rankings. The methodology used for the upcoming season is attached here: WPH Mens Rankings  WPH Womens Rankings WPH Seniors Rankings More Methodology: In...

St. Louis, MO, WPH Press – Enter the January 30-February 1, 2026 St. Louis Race 4 Eight & MO State Doubles HERE The World Players of Handball and the Missouri State Handball Association are thrilled to present the 2026 St. Louis Race 4 Eight Race 4 Eight & Missouri State Doubles Championships at the US National Handball Center, located at 8701 Dunn Rd, Hazelwood, Missouri 63042 The 2026 St. Louis Race 4 Eight & Missouri State Doubles Championship will feature R48 Men’s Pro singles, WR48 pro singles, and the Missouri State...

Juarez, MEX, WPH Press – The vibrant Juarez handball community and the World Player of Handball are proud to present the 2026 R48 Men’s Pro Juarez, March 6-8, 2026. (Enter the March 6-8, 2026 R48 Men’s Pro Juarez HERE) The 2026 R48 Men’s Pro Juarez will be the fourth Race 4 Eight stop in Mexico, with the first three editions providing many of the tour’s most dramatic matches, thanks in large part to the boisterous and enthusiastic Juarez galleries. The Juarez R48 brings unmatched energy, galvanizing the players to raise their games...