FootGolf France secures five-year boost with Eldera and Spark Merch

FootGolf France has secured a five-year partnership with Eldera and Spark Merch, a deal the federation is presenting as a structural upgrade rather than a simple branding exercise. The agreement is meant to strengthen the sport’s image, support affiliated clubs, professionalize the ecosystem and create new opportunities for players, with the next World Cup looming as the immediate test.

That matters because French footgolf is no longer operating like a loose club scene. FootGolf France, the AFFG, says its club network is the local relay that keeps the sport expanding, and its public list now stretches across Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Nantes, Metz, Reims, Rouen, Lens, Nice and other regions. The federation says the base has been growing for more than a year, and the Eldera tie-up is meant to turn that momentum into a more durable structure.

The commercial side of the sport is also tightening. FootGolf France’s 2026 season page says the FootGolf Cup will be supplemented by FIFG World Tour events at the 1000, 500, 250 and 100 levels. It also says a FIFG World Tour license costs 20 euros and is mandatory for French players entering those tiers, a small but telling detail that shows how participation is becoming more formalized from domestic play to international competition.

The competitive target is already in view in Acapulco, Mexico. The 2026 FIFG FootGolf World Championship is scheduled as a 12-day event from May 27 to June 7, with individual competition first and the team championship following from June 2 to June 7. The official FIFG event site lists 1,240 players and 64 teams at Turtle Dunes Country Club and Tres Vidas Golf Club, while the published schedule shows registration and practice running from May 26 to 29 before competition begins.

FootGolf France has tied its World Cup selection to participation in 12 FootGolf Cup stages, with provisional 2026 allocations set at 26 men’s spots, nine senior spots and three women’s spots before final cutoffs later in the year. That makes the Eldera and Spark Merch partnership more than a sponsorship announcement: it arrives as the federation tries to build a cleaner route from local club play to the highest level.

The timing was reinforced on June 7, when FootGolf France said Team France won two world titles in Acapulco, with the men claiming a third crown and the women their first. If Eldera is going to prove its value over five years, the measure will not be logo placement. It will be whether French clubs keep multiplying, the national pathway stays full, and Team France keeps arriving at major events with a deeper, better-supported system behind it.