Mexico sets cloth dodgeball nationals for Guanajuato in July 2026

Mexico’s cloth-dodgeball national championship has been set for Guanajuato from July 24-26, with three divisions, a 1,800 MXN entry fee per team per division, and eligibility open to Mexican residents and Mexicans abroad. Registration closed on July 10, giving the field a hard deadline that signals a more formal national calendar rather than an improvised one-off.

The event is posted through Dodgeball Hub and tied to Federación Mexicana de Dodgeball AC, placing it inside a system that looks increasingly built for repeatable competition. Dodgeball Hub also lists a separate Mexican national youth event across the same July 24-26 window, a scheduling overlap that suggests Mexico is stacking its cloth program with age-group and senior opportunities instead of relying on a single annual championship.

The structure matters. Three divisions create more than a title bracket, they create lanes for player development and federation visibility. The residency rule, which opens the championship to Mexicans at home and abroad, keeps the event national in identity while widening the talent pool for players who may train or compete outside the country. With the July 10 cutoff already passed, the championship now moves from registration to field-building, seeding and final preparation.

The broader backdrop shows how far the sport has advanced in Mexico. Federación Mexicana de Dodgeball says it has been promoting the sport since 2015, and the World Dodgeball Federation recognizes Mexico as one of its member nations. The WDBF also points to a deeper competitive history, including the 2019 World Championships in Cancún, and says it now counts 70 national federation members. Its cloth program is organized by men’s, women’s and mixed rankings, a reminder that the format around Guanajuato is part of a wider international structure, not a standalone local event.

Mexico’s own federation site reinforces that impression. It lists commissions for national selections, refereeing and events, publishes a senior ranking by state with weighted points by year, and maintains an interactive map of associations, leagues and teams across the country. Taken together, those pieces show a sport that is building outward from administration into competition: a nationwide ranking base, a referee and selection system, and now a cloth nationals in Guanajuato that fits cleanly into the next stage of the Mexican dodgeball calendar.