19/10/2026
To everyone who helped bring API 2026 to life, thank you.
Firstly, to every player who travelled from near and far to join us in Melbourne. We know it takes time, money and commitment, and it meant so much that you chose to spend these four days with us. It was an honour to host you.
After five months of planning, we welcomed more than 600 players for 580+ games across 16 courts. But what made API special was seeing the dodgeball community come together, reconnect with friends and make new ones.
Behind it all was a team who gave so much of their time and energy. There were 6 am starts, 11 pm finishes and people balancing event responsibilities with playing in multiple divisions. They kept showing up, solving problems and looking out for the players and each other.
We cared about making this a great experience for everyone who came. That’s what kept us going, and seeing the community enjoy what we had worked towards made it all worthwhile.
We’d like to recognise the people who helped make it happen.
CORE ORGANISING TEAM
Rob De Carvalho
Anh Nguyen and Dan Nguyen
Josh Quintrell
Heidi Law
Amanda Trinh
Mitch Janzen
Justin Thomas
INTEGRITY AND RULES
Devrim van Dijk, James Heron and Josh Quintrell
DODGEBALL HUB & DODGEBALL.LIVE
Megan Kay, with remote support from Max Cloutier
PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEOGRAPHY
Sagar Jamini
Kanthawat and team
CATERING
Samantha Helen
DEDICATED REFEREES
Tyler Bowen, Glen Backx, Jarrod Chutter, Matt King, James Heron, Josh Quintrell and Alessandro Sansai
COMMENTATORS
Devrim van Dijk, David Shi, Adrian Bird, Alessandro Sansai, Danny Tran, Emma Griffiths, Jenssan Nguyen, Justin Thomas and Scott Dent
PHOTOS AND PROMOTION LEADING UP TO API
Generation Dodgeball athletes Laverne Tiong, Charlotte Smith and Ainsley Nair, with special guest Randeep Kaur
SET-UP, PACK-DOWN AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN
Team New Zealand, who gave us incredible support with set-up
Johnson Li
Manny To
Matt King
Carlos Stich
Eefaaz Ahmed
Isaac Lewis
Michael Cheng
Team Foxes, who helped with pack-down
Simone Philips, who stepped in to provide physio support
New South Wales Dodgeball, for coming through with extra equipment when we needed it
Pinya-san, for designing and organising the cloth dodgeballs
To everyone who picked up a whistle, helped with line reffing, cleaned up or stepped in when something needed doing, thank you so much! Your contributions made a real difference throughout the tournament.
OUR PARTNERS AND SPONSORS
AKU Online, for your incredible support and for going above and beyond for the event.
SumaNurica, for providing gift packs for our winners and MVPs.
Kadapult, for the MVP gift vouchers.
Asahi Beverages, for providing more than 1,300 cans of Solo Energy.
A special thank you to API founder Simon for trusting us to host this year’s event and bring it to Melbourne.
As we pass the baton to the Japan API 2027 team, we wish you every success! We know how much work goes into hosting, and we hope you get to experience the same pride and joy we felt seeing it all come together.
From all of us at Generation Dodgeball, thank you for being part of API 2026. We’re proud to have hosted this community and so grateful to everyone who helped us do it.
