The Affiliation of Pickleball Gamers (APP) and Humana Inc. have introduced the 2026 occasion calendar for the Humana Cup, a season-long crew competitors for skilled gamers aged 50 and older, additional reinforcing pickleball’s world progress at a time when the game continues to develop throughout Asia and past.
Because the official healthcare companion of the APP Tour, Humana will as soon as once more assist the Humana Cup, which enters its third full season in 2026. The competitors is the primary season-long crew format solely for senior skilled gamers, that includes two divisions: Champions (50 and older) and Masters (60 and older).
“We’re thrilled to carry one other season of Humana Cup to the APP’s aggressive panorama,” mentioned APP Founder Ken Herrmann. He credited Humana’s continued assist in showcasing among the world’s most skilled pickleball gamers, noting that final season’s competitors got here all the way down to the wire and expressing pleasure for the 2026 marketing campaign, which can span occasions from Seattle to Fort Lauderdale.
The 2026 Humana Cup will likely be contested throughout seven APP Tour stops in america, with groups accumulating outcomes all through the season in pursuit of the Humana Cup title. These occasions are as follows:
- 26–29 March 2026: AARP Open – Seattle
- 11–14 June 2026: APP Vlasic Basic – Cincinnati
- 23–26 July 2026: APP Chicago Open benefiting Shriners Youngsters’s
- 20–23 August 2026: APP Detroit Open^
- 15–18 October 2026: Humana APP Louisville Open
- 12–15 November 2026: APP Arizona Open
- 3–6 December 2026: APP Tour Championships
^ Champions (50+) execs solely
* All dates and areas topic to vary
“Humana is proud to champion wholesome growing older alongside the APP by way of the Humana Cup,” mentioned Angela Dean, Humana’s Director of Model Sponsorships and Experiential. She highlighted pickleball’s function in fostering motion, connection, and pleasure, whereas noting the corporate’s anticipation of welcoming gamers to Louisville, Kentucky, Humana’s company hometown, later within the season.
The competitors will function six Champions professional groups and 6 Masters professional groups, totaling greater than 150 gamers. Crew captains are anticipated to draft their respective squads within the coming weeks.
At every tour cease, groups will compete in males’s doubles, girls’s doubles, and blended doubles in a round-robin format. The season will conclude with a closing weekend on the APP’s world headquarters at The Fort in Fort Lauderdale, the place the general Humana Cup crew champions will likely be decided. The 2025 version of the competitors featured 12 whole groups, with full outcomes out there at TheAPP.world.
