Tournaments, tours & leagues worldwide

The International Padel Federation (FIP) is the world governing body of padel: it sets the rules, maintains the world rankings, organizes national team competitions and, together with Qatar Sports Investments, runs the professional tour Premier Padel. Around 100 national federations are members — in Germany, the German Padel Federation (DPV).

Premier Padel has been the single major professional tour since 2024: the former World Padel Tour (2013–2023) was fully absorbed into Premier Padel after the takeover by Qatar Sports Investments. Tournaments are played at several tiers — the higher the tier, the more world ranking points and prize money:

The official FIP calendar lists 24 tournaments for 2026 including the Finals, in 16 countries on five continents (as of September 2026). The Qatar Major in Doha was postponed in March 2026, and in May 2026 the Kuwait tournament was upgraded from P1 to Major.Of special note for Germany: the Germany Premier Padel P2 in Düsseldorf (October 2026). Play is single elimination, best of 3 sets, doubles only — with the Star Point rule since 2026.

Below Premier Padel sits the CUPRA FIP Tour — the FIP’s worldwide development circuit with the categories Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze. This is where up-and-coming players collect the ranking points they need to qualify for Premier Padel tournaments. In 2026 the tour comprises over 200 tournaments in 78 countries; for young talent there is also the FIP Promises.

• FIP World Cup (world championship): every two years, 16 men’s and 16 women’s national teams. The 2026 edition takes place in Doha in November (record prize money of €1.2 million, split equally). Record winners up to the 2024 edition: Argentina (men, 12 titles) and Spain (women, 9 titles).
• FIP Euro Padel Cup (European championship): a record 66 national teams took part in 2025; final round of the best 8 nations.

• The FIP Ranking counts the best 22 results from the last 52 weeks across Premier Padel and the CUPRA FIP Tour. Points expire after one year and have to be "defended".
• The Race Ranking counts only the current calendar year: the 16 best pairs per gender qualify for the Finals in Barcelona.
• Tournament entry is allocated via the combined ranking of both partners — the best pairs go straight into the main draw, followed by qualifying and wildcards.

In Germany, league play is organized by the German Padel Federation (DPV) — 2026 marks the 7th season, with over 500 teams and more than 3,000 active players (2025).

• Four nationwide tiers: 1. Bundesliga, 2. Bundesliga, Regionalliga (regional league) and Oberliga (upper league) — below them, the Landesligen (state leagues) run by the state federations.
• Age groups: women D00/D35/D45/D55 and men H00/H35/H45/H55/H60.
• Match day format: each tie consists of 3 doubles (played in the order doubles 3, 2, 1); a team needs at least 6 players per match day. In most divisions the third set is a champions tie-break.
• All players need a DPV license; results are handled via the RankedIn platform.

• Spain: the Federación Española de Pádel organizes national championships — including pairs and club team championships across several categories (padelfederacion.es/Campeonatos).
• Italy: Serie A and Serie B team championships under the tennis and padel federation FITP (fitp.it/Padel).
• Netherlands: the Eredivisie Padel as the top team league of the federation KNLTB (KNLTB regulations).
• Sweden: the Swedish Padel League (SPL), the national team league of the Swedish Padel Federation (svenskpadel.se).

Padel is not an Olympic sport: it is not among the sports on the official program for Los Angeles 2028. The FIP describes its goal as the “pathway towards Olympic inclusion”. Padel is already on the program of continental multi-sport events such as the South American Games 2022, the European Games 2023 and the Mediterranean Games 2026, and in November 2025 the Olympic Council of Asia recognized the FIP and added padel to the Asian Games.