Entries have opened for the 2026 LTA Padel National League — the biggest padel team competition in Britain.
As in previous years, the competition is broken down into three divisions, with the top-ranked teams battling it out representing their clubs in Division 1.
Teams will compete for a place in the National Finals on 28-29 November, where they stand the chance of being crowned the national champions.
Rocks Lane and Harbour Club Chelsea are the respective men’s and women’s Division 1 champions.
Competition Format:
Teams will play fixtures against the other sides in their division. Each fixture consists of two matches between two different pairings, played as best of three sets with a championship tie-break (to 10 points) in the deciding set.
Division 1
Division 1 is made up of the top ranked teams, based on a promotion and relegation structure from the previous year. The teams qualified to the National Finals in the 2025 season are directly invited to participate in Division 1 in 2026. Teams will play directly to the National Finals on 28-29 November.
Division 2
Division 2 comprises the Regional Play-offs with the winners progressing through to the Division 2 Finals. The winners of the Division 2 finals will then be promoted into Division 1 for 2027 (subject to any competition changes made at the LTA’s discretion).
The rest of the teams which haven’t been allocated into Division 1 are directly allocated into Division 2 (or Division 3 dependent on entries).
Division 2 Regional Play-offs: 26-27 September
Finals: 5-6 December
Division 3
If the maximum number of teams is reached within Division 2, all new teams will be automatically placed into Division 3.
Any teams not allocated into Division 1 and Division 2 will be allocated into Division 3. Division 3 compromises of a league stage in a round robin format.
Fixtures will take place in a home and away format. It will be the team captain’s responsibility to arrange once the fixtures have been put together.
Dates
Regional Play-offs: 26 & 27 September
Finals: Division 1 – 28 & 29 November
Division 2 – 5 & 6 December
Nomination period: 1-29 June 2026
- A guide to how to enter online can be seen here.
- Details of how each division will operate can be found here.
- Further info on the event can be found here
