{"id":4343,"date":"2026-06-30T23:32:50","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T14:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/tournament\/kansai-pickleball-qualifier\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T22:07:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T13:07:43","slug":"kansai-pickleball-qualifier","status":"publish","type":"tournament","link":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/tournament\/kansai-pickleball-qualifier\/","title":{"rendered":"PB1 CUP 2026 Kansai Qualifier\uff5cCompeting for a national-tournament spot at Esaka Tennis Center in Osaka"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Tournament overview<\/h2>\n<p>The PB1 CUP 2026 Kansai Qualifier is a regional qualifier of the \"PB1 CUP,\" in which representative players who win through the regional qualifiers in eight areas nationwide decide Japan's No. 1. Held at Esaka Tennis Center in Suita City, Osaka Prefecture, players compete for the Kansai area representative spots.<\/p>\n<h2>Event information<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dates<\/strong>: Sunday, August 16, 2026<\/li>\n<li><strong>Venues<\/strong>: Esaka Tennis Center (Suita City, Osaka Prefecture)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location<\/strong>: Suita City, Osaka Prefecture<\/li>\n<li><strong>Host<\/strong>: Pickleball One Inc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Tournament format<\/h2>\n<p>An individual-entry format held in three categories \u2014 Open, 35+, and 50+ \u2014 where partners are randomly reshuffled each match in an individual-ranking format. The entry fee is 7,000 yen per person (tax included). The top men and women in each category earn the right to enter the national tournament held November 1 in Ikebukuro, Tokyo. Applications are accepted via the official entry form.<\/p>\n<h2>Reference Links<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pickle-one.com\/news\/pb1-cup2026\/\">PB1 CUP 2026 official guide<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"pt-listing-note\">This information is introduced based on publicly available information. To request corrections or removal of listed content, see<a href=\"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/event-listing-policy\/\">here<\/a>\u3002<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ssp_meta_description":"","swell_btn_cv_data":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"tournament_level":[173],"tournament_area":[175],"tournament_year":[188],"tournament_status":[191],"region":[],"event_type":[],"class_list":["post-4343","tournament","type-tournament","status-publish","hentry","tournament_level-regional","tournament_area-osaka","tournament_year-188","tournament_status-upcoming"],"acf":{"date_start":"20260816","date_end":null,"entry_deadline":null,"venue_name":"\u6c5f\u5742\u30c6\u30cb\u30b9\u30bb\u30f3\u30bf\u30fc","is_official":false,"capacity":"","entry_url":"https:\/\/forms.gle\/JyFoGFEMyTEE4zkK6"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tournament\/4343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tournament"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tournament"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4343"},{"taxonomy":"tournament_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tournament_level?post=4343"},{"taxonomy":"tournament_area","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tournament_area?post=4343"},{"taxonomy":"tournament_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tournament_year?post=4343"},{"taxonomy":"tournament_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tournament_status?post=4343"},{"taxonomy":"region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region?post=4343"},{"taxonomy":"event_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_type?post=4343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}