Twelve pelotaris will compete in the 2026 Manomanist Championship, which will begin on April 3
The final will be played in the Navarra Arena on May 31. Compared to the 2025 event, Bakaikoa will replace Senar in Baiko and in Aspe there are no changes. In the octaves of the final, the matches will be: Dario-Elordi, Bakaikoa-Zabala, Peña II-P.
Jokin Altuna, out, and Unai Laso, waiting, both of whom are one of the great favorites to wear the cap.
Twelve pelotaris will compete inthe 2026 Manomanist Championship, which starts onFriday, April 3 and has been presented on Tuesday in Bilbao. The final will be played in the Navarra Arena on May 31. Compared to the 2025 event, the Bakaikoa-Zabalawill replace the Husbands in Baiko, and in Aspe there are no changes, since this year there will also be an hour of pelotaris.
In this context, the following twelve pelotaris will travel in the 2026 Manomanist:
As for boredom:
Jokin Altuna
Darius Gomez
Javi Zabala
Peio Etxeberria
Joseba Ezkurdia
Aitor Elordi
Here we go:
Iñaki Artola
Unai Laso
Iker Larrazabal
Erik Jaka
Jon Ander Peña
Joanes de Bakai
The Final Eight qualifiers will consist of the following matches:
April 3, Friday, in Labastida: Dario-Elordi
April 4, Friday, Logroño: Bakaikoa-Zabala
April 4, Friday, in Zarautz: Peña II-P. Etxeberria
5 April, Sunday, Estella: Ezkurdia-Jaka
In the quarter-finals league, the following matches are defined (the four heads of list have played in those encounters):
April 10, Friday, Azkoitia: Artola-Larrazabal
April 11, Saturday, in Pamplona: Altuna III-Laso
As we said earlier, the final will be played in the Navarra Arena, as they have also done in the Couples Championship.
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