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 Doubles.
“We are thrilled to be hosting our second Race 4 Eight event in St. Louis and the first Race event at the US National Handball Center,” stated the WPH’s Dave Fink. “The US National Handball Center is going to be the home to many of the game’s most important championships and we excited to showcase the best players in the world at the new facility.”
This is an Elite R48 Men’s Pro Stop and Women’s Pro Stop.
This is Stop #3 of the 2025/26 R48Pro Season
2026 Race 4 Eight St. Louis Info
- Date: January 30-February 1, 2026
- Site: US National Handball Center, 8701 Dunn Rd, Hazelwood, Missouri 63042
- Tournament director: WPH + Missouri State Handball Association
- Tournament sponsor: JR WPH
- Pro Events: R48 Men’s pro singles
WR48 pro singles
- Defending Race 4 Eight St. Louis champions: Killian Carroll (2024), Catriona Casey (2024)
- All players entering the 2026 Race 4 Eight St. Louis pro brackets must be current WPH members
Enter the January 30-February 1, 2026 St. Louis Race 4 Eight & MO State Doubles HERE
David Fink
WPH Senior Writer
WPH RACE 4 EIGHT: The World Players of Handball’s Race 4 Eight Powered by ESPN features six 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.