Three editions, three men's champions, and no pair has won this title twice. That is the whole record, it is too thin to lean on, and Friday is worth trying to place anyway. Siemer came to Champigny holding the title he won in Guildford in 2024 with Eisenträger, who is a German national coach now and was not in this draw. He left with silver.
Germany reached the final from the brink of elimination. Facing a match point against Italy in the second game, Seiffarth and Siemer saw an Italian ball land about ten centimetres out, and then an Italian unforced error. Germany took the second game and then the third. Nelson and Rose came through the other half against Bichler and Nerad, 25-24, 11-21, 21-12, the first of those games settled at the hard cap of 25.
Germany took the opening game of the final 21-19, and the ball that decided it was Siemer's second serve: 19-19, first serve already gone, ace, 20-19.
Then the serving went the other way and stayed there.
Nelson won two points in a row on his own delivery, an ace on Seiffarth for 16-15 and then one that Siemer never got a hand on for 17-15. Nelson and Rose took both, 21-18 and 21-17, and Rose ended the match with an ace of his own, a cut serve to the right side.
They were the pair this blog's model put first before the tournament, at 63.1 percent for gold.
Bazzani and Borsotti took the bronze from Bichler and Nerad, 21-15, 21-17, and thus secured another medal for Italy. Germany had held the other two semi-final places and leaves the division with a silver medal and a fourth. Italy had never won a medal at a world championship before Thursday of this week, and it now has two, the mixed title and this one.
The record, after three editions
Three editions, three champions, and no name on that list twice. Siemer's attempt to change it ended in the last two games of Friday afternoon.
Whether that pattern says something about the sport or is simply three results is a question for the fourth championship.
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Quick guide: the world championship in brief
Nelson and Rose of the United States. They beat Seiffarth and Siemer of Germany 19-21, 21-18, 21-17 in the final at Parc du Tremblay in Champigny-sur-Marne on Friday 4 September 2026.
Bazzani and Borsotti of Italy, who beat the German pair Bichler and Nerad 21-15, 21-17 in the third-place match.
Siemer. He won the title in Guildford in 2024 with Eisenträger, who was not in this year's draw. Siemer came back with Seiffarth, reached the final again and left with silver.
Seiffarth and Siemer beat Bazzani and Borsotti 19-21, 23-21, 21-19, saving a match point in the second game. Nelson and Rose beat Bichler and Nerad 25-24, 11-21, 21-12.
Three editions, three different winning pairs. The United States won in Molenheide in 2022 through Hammon and Marshall, Germany won in Guildford in 2024 through Eisenträger and Siemer, and the United States won again in 2026 through Nelson and Rose. No pair has won the title twice.
At Parc du Tremblay in Champigny-sur-Marne near Paris, France, from 2 to 6 September 2026. It was the third edition of the championship.