National pickleball teams for the countries that don't have one yet.
We form the team, run a transparent, DUPR-verified selection that picks it, represent the athletes who make it, and connect competitive sport to longevity science. Proven in Russia. Now scaling worldwide.
The fastest-growing racquet sport has left most of the world without a team.
At the most recent Pickleball World Cup (Da Nang, Vietnam, 2026), 66 national delegations competed. Roughly 190 countries and territories fielded no team at all — only 3 of Africa's 54 nations took part. Many of these countries already have athletes who could compete internationally within months, converted from tennis, badminton, table tennis, beach tennis or padel. What they lack is a selection system and a funded route to a first international start.
Five parts, one system, ready to hand to a local partner.
National team
Partner with existing local structures, convert courts in a day, run an open selection with a published method, send the team to its first international start within one season.
Tournaments
A PRO qualifying series with a growing, published prize fund; amateur events that build the funnel; regional cups that bring country programmes together.
Athlete representation
Standard agency contracts once a team exists, commission only on sponsorship actually secured, and scouting incentives for the next generation.
Sponsorship & media
One cross-network placement across every club, channel and athlete kit, sold to one category-exclusive partner. Partner money goes to the athlete trip fund.
Longevity layer
Pickleball is the longevity sport — playable from 8 to 80 and beyond. Longevity InTime brings the science, the audience and Longevity Forums held on court.
Forming the pickleball Dream Team.
Today the best players from Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Russia, Uzbekistan and Belarus are forming the world's first united private pickleball team — selected by level, not passport, and competing under one team banner. First start: European Open, Antalya, 3–8 November 2026.
The Russia case: built as a private initiative, in weeks — not years.
No government body had to act first. A transparent, published selection method let a small, scattered pool of athletes qualify on their own schedule.
- CourtsExisting tennis and padel courts converted — four pickleball courts per tennis court, no construction.
- Open selectionPRO qualifying series with a published method and prize fund; amateur tournaments feeding the funnel.
- TeamA funded delegation formed in under nine weeks from a standing start.
- Open to residentsForeign residents compete on equal terms — and every diaspora community becomes a sponsor conversation.
Numbers worth citing
≈74,000 followers across partner channels domestically, plus ≈50,000 more through the Longevity InTime network worldwide.
Under nine weeks to a funded international team.
One tennis court → four pickleball courts, in a single day.
What we have already proven.
Every match is recorded in the global DUPR rating with a public match ID, so anyone can check any result themselves.
First open selection
17 participants, 5 anchor players, 14 matches over 5 days. Every result was adjusted against the anchor's real, live DUPR rating, so any day could be fairly compared to any other. Men's doubles champions: Romashov and Ivanov. A separate standing for foreign residents was won by Bảo Nguyễn and Hiếu Chan, with their prize funded by their own community.
"Three Countries" weekend
Our first international weekend: Russia, Kazakhstan and Vietnam. Anchor players from all three countries play paying amateur guests and each other, every match recorded in DUPR, with a transparent points model and its own prize ladder.
European Open: 24 podium places, 36 medals
At Ali Bey Club (18 courts) our athletes won 24 podium places and 36 medals in total. The Russian national team we formed took 2nd place in the gold-medal standings: 33 medals, 12 of them gold, from 40 players. Besides forming national teams in Russia and Kazakhstan, we now have players from 5 countries, with medals from 3 countries.
A working partner pipeline
Partner packages are built on the proven monthly selection format and priced against a real, already-running calendar: banking, technology (AI in medicine), university research, regional business and national-team partners. None of them asks a partner to fund just an idea.
Country programmes, then regional cups.
Once three country programmes exist in a region, the model scales sideways into a regional cup: a resort-based week, national teams meeting for the first time, streamed finals, and a story the host's tourism board wants to tell. The Islands Cup, with a multinational delegation, is the first, planned for 2027. Where there is no local representative yet, Oleg Teterin represents the project personally until one is found.
● representative or athletes in place ○ active conversations
Who we work with.
Venues & hotels
Host national qualifying games on your tennis or padel courts. Tournament traffic, media coverage and official venue status.
Federations
A ready playbook: selection method, tournament format, athlete contracts and sponsorship structure — plus experienced players and coaches.
Clubs & societies
Host a qualifying round, give your members a direct route into the national team, join our coach certification pathway.
Sponsors
A single category-exclusive placement across a whole market's clubs, channels and athlete kits — with funds going to athletes.
From one country to a worldwide team.
We are building a genuinely international roster, assembled by level of play rather than passport, aimed at winning at the sport's biggest international events, not just competing in them. The same transparent, DUPR-verified selection is applied everywhere it expands.
2027 season
A monthly international qualifier with a title partner, regional PRO days, and the Islands Cup with a multinational delegation.
190 countries
A licence for our own scoring and tournament software, and a push toward national programmes in the roughly 190 countries that do not have one yet.
"The Sphere"
A modular trophy built from 120-degree arcs: three arcs complete a circle, six arcs complete the Longevity InTime infinity mark. One arc a month, a new piece to chase all year.
Behind the project
Where sport meets longevity science.
Longevity InTime brings eight years in the longevity industry, an NVIDIA Inception membership and a worldwide audience of 200K+.
"We seek partners to co-create Longevity Forums where pickleball, its athletes, and the courts take centre stage."
Pickleball for companies: teams, clients and retreats.
Learned in one session, social by design, played by mixed ages and levels. We run everything: courts, coaches, officials, rating and awards. Every game can go into the international DUPR rating.
Corporate evenings
A team or office on court for two hours: coach, mini-tournament, no experience needed.
Company tournaments
A one-day tournament for employees, with games against our professional players and an awards ceremony.
Company league
Branches or regions play each other through the season, with a final and a ranking.
Client events
A private event for key clients: masterclass, doubles with pros, tournament and an evening programme.
50+ active longevity
Low-impact, social sessions for 50+ teams and clubs, linked to our longevity programme.
International corporate events
Multi-country team events and incentive trips, with matches counted in the global rating.
Hotels and resorts: add a pickleball retreat to your corporate offer. Our courts-on-existing-tennis-or-padel-courts model fits a hotel without construction.
Where the courts will be: a six-court indoor centre.
We plan to build pickleball centres across the countries we work in. It is offered to investors and partners who want a venue that also works as a corporate and community base. Planned, not yet open.
- 6 courts, about 1,200 m²One free retail box in a shopping centre or a hall; ceiling from 5.5 m.
- Launch in 6 to 10 weeksAfter the lease is signed: surface, nets, lighting, changing rooms, booking system.
- Three uses in one venuePublic play, corporate evenings, and qualifying events for our international series.
A full year of events.
Every match is recorded in the DUPR rating, so results are public and comparable across countries.
Monthly qualifier series
One qualifying stage a month. Winners earn support to travel to international starts.
"Weekend pickleball"
12 regional tournaments across the year: a corporate day, an open day for amateurs, and a pros-versus-amateurs day.
Islands Cup
A multinational delegation event for island countries, planned for 2027.
Our targets for 2027, not results yet: 500,000 followers and 10,000 participants across our events.
Racquet sports and a longer, healthier life: what the research says.
Two findings, worded as associations. Not medical advice.
Racquet sports and mortality
In a cohort of 80,306 British adults followed for about nine years, people who played racquet sports had around 47% lower risk of death from any cause (hazard ratio 0.53) than inactive people. It is an observational study: it shows an association, not that the sport causes the benefit.
Oja P. et al., British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2017;51(10):812-817.
A six-week pickleball pilot
A small pilot (15 adults aged 40 to 85, one hour of pickleball three times a week for six weeks), commissioned by the American Council on Exercise, reported favourable changes in blood pressure, cholesterol and aerobic fitness. It is a small study without a control group.
ACE-sponsored study led by Western State Colorado University, 2018.
Not yet an Olympic sport, and the federations are working on it.
Pickleball is not part of the Olympic programme today. In 2025 the world's pickleball federations unified and are pursuing international recognition and a place in the Olympic programme, naming 2032 and 2036 as targets. The decision belongs to the International Olympic Committee. We develop players toward that level through DUPR-verified selection and international starts.
Governance
We operate alongside national pickleball associations and the international bodies. Our players enter events under their rules, for example the first European Pickleball Open (Antalya, 3-8 November 2026).
What this means for a country
A national team that already competes, ranks and is visible when the sport reaches the next level.
A route from your local courts to international starts.
Transparent selection
Open qualifying events. Every match is recorded in the DUPR rating, so results are checked by anyone.
Places in team squads and events
Selected players travel in the Pickleball Partners team to international tournaments.
Commercial representation
We find and negotiate sponsors for you. You approve every deal, and prize money is yours.
The Dream Team
Players selected in our open events. Ratings and results are in DUPR; photos and results from the European Open (3-8 November) will be added.
Kazakhstan
DUPR ID RYO2XE
DUPR ID KXP2N6
Vietnam
DUPR ID YN0KOG
Moldova
DUPR ID RDONPE
Russia
DUPR ID M2DO2D
DUPR ID RX57KQ
DUPR ID YM2REG
DUPR ID LZM065
DUPR ID 4PK4GM
DUPR ID 9DO4E7
DUPR ID Y5R7WP
The athlete agreement is available on request.
Four ways to be part of the team.
Title partner
Your name on a series, a tournament or a regional tour.
Team partner
Your logo on the team kit at international starts.
Category partner
One partner per category, protected for the length of the package.
Corporate programme
Events for your employees and clients, run by us.
Participation can be in cash or in kind, including media support. Every contribution supports athlete travel and events. Package options and audience data are in the sponsor kit.
Merchandise
The official collection with our partners AU and pick-now. Both partners agreed to be named.
The standards we hold ourselves to.
How we select players
Open qualifying events; every match recorded in DUPR; the pairing format is published in advance.
Anti-doping and integrity
Athletes follow the anti-doping rules applied by each event. No betting on matches they play in, and no manipulation of results.
Juniors
Juniors play only with a guardian's consent and a named responsible adult. A written safeguarding policy is being finalised and will be published before any junior event.
Code of conduct
Fair play and respect for opponents, officials, venues and partners.
Bring a national team to your country.
- Oleg Teterin — Founder, Pickleball Partners / Longevity InTime
- teterin@longevityintime.org
- +255 752 690 493
- t.me/PickleballPartners
- WhatsApp: +255 752 690 493
- We reply in English, French, Vietnamese and Russian.
Country partner programme
Tell us your country, your courts, and your role. We'll send the case study and a proposed first-season plan.
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