Pickleball Finland in brief
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Pickleball Finland is the 1st and Original Ambassador of Pickleball in Finland since Jan. 2014. Our goal is to professionally grow the awareness of pickleball and bring more people to this great sport from all around Finland. We serve people with a huge heart and undeniable passion for pickleball!
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Pickleball Finland organizes demo sessions, personal coaching for beginners, events, as well as the biggest national and international tournaments for players at all levels. Pickleball Finland also organizes weekly playing sessions in Espoo for players at all levels. If you're visiting Finland and already play pickleball, you are warmly welcome to have fun and hit the ball with us!
Pickleball Finland collaborates widely with international top pros and pickleball players, associations and organizations as well as leading equipment manufacturers. We follow closely what’s happening in the Pickleball scene both in Finland and internationally, and spread information to pickleball players through our website and social media channels.
We are also the 1st supplier of pickleball equipment in Finland. Pickleball Finland is the sole distributor for Paddletek, Selkirk, Joola, Franklin, Diadem and TMPR Sports, the industry leading brands and pickleball paddle manufacturers. We also import and retail other pickleball equipment and accessories. If you are interested in ordering equipment, use the contact form to send in your order or inquiry.
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Pickleball in Finland
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Pickleball landed in Finland in January 2014, when Ray Schiltz (d. 2025) from U.S. moved to his wife’s home country with some paddles and balls in his moving goods and started to look for a partner to play the game he loved. Before that Pickleball was not known in Finland at all. At first Ray and his friend Tuomo Antikainen, the founder and prime mover and shaker of Pickleball Finland, played together but eventually started to find more and more people to join their game sessions at two different venues in Espoo, close to Helsinki.
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Pickleball Finland was founded in 2014. We opened our website and social media accounts Facebook page, Instagram).
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In a very short period of time Pickleball Finland has spread the sport all around the country. Currently pickelball is already being played in over 130 cities and towns; e.g. in gyms, sports institutes and leisure centers, olympic training centers, schools, municipalities, rehabilitation centers and of course all over the country by individuals who want to play this great sport in their own hometown.
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In November 2015 Pickleball Finland arranged the 1st ever Pickleball Tournament in the country. The 1st Finnish Open Pickleball Championships took place in Espoo, near Helsinki with Finnish and International players competing in singles, doubles and mixed doubles categories. Read more about our tournaments.
