The number three and number four teams in the World Ranking – Argentina’s Nicolas Capogrosso & Tomas Capogrosso and rising Swedish stars Jacob Holting Nilsson & Elmer Andersson – fell into the same pool in Joao Pessoa. The Capogrossos will start off against Australian Olympians Mark Nicolaidis & Izac Carracher, while the third-seeded Swedish youngsters, who medaled at three of their last four Tour appearances, will get their first opponent from the qualifiers’ pool.
Polish Olympians Michal Bryl & Bartosz Losiak, ranked sixth in the world, will lead Pool E trying to build upon the two silvers they picked up within their three most recent participations. Powerful Dutch Olympians Steven van de Velde & Alexander Brouwer, who are chasing their first podium together since teaming up for the start of this season, will also compete in Pool E. Both pairs are awaiting their first opponents to become known on Wednesday morning.
Another big Dutch team, the world’s number seven Stefan Boermans & Yorick de Groot, will be seeded second in Joao Pessoa after picking up one gold and three bronze medals out of five Beach Pro Tour appearances this year. They will try to make the Joao Pessoa podium again, after finishing third in 2023. If they overcome their first opponent in Pool B, they will meet the winners of the match between France’s Teo Rotar & Arnaud Gauthier-Rat and Norway’s Mathias Berntsen & Hendrik Mol for the first place in the pool.
The highest ranked Brazilian duo Evandro Oliveira & Arthur Mariano Lanci, number nine in the world, and the world’s number 10 Martins Plavins & Kristians Fokerots of Latvia, will share Pool E with a couple of qualifying teams, who will challenge them in their opening matches.
The men’s qualifiers, set to get underway at 08:00 local time (11:00 UTC) on Wednesday, will feature more high-caliber teams like England’s Javier Bello & Joaquin Bello, currently number 13 in the world, France’s Remi Bassereau & Calvin Aye, placed 19th in the World Ranking, the Brazilian tandem of former world champion Andre Stein and former World Championship silver medalist Renato Lima, or veteran stars Adrian Gavira of Spain and Alex Ranghieri of Italy’s new pairings with Alejandro Huerta and Manuel Alfieri, respectively.