French Football Federation padel calendar 2027-2028 season, Digi Mart USA News: The French Tennis Federation (FFT) has unveiled its provisional calendar of federal padel competitions for the 2027-2028 sporting season. The schedule covers P2000 and P3000 events, the French Championships, interclub competitions and Tournois Nationaux Jeunes (TNJ), the national youth tournaments.
The season will run from September 1, 2027 to August 31, 2028. Venues for the competitions have not yet been determined and will be decided through a call for applications open to clubs.
The FFT Padel Tour P2000 circuit will remain a major part of the national calendar, with eight women’s and eight men’s stages scheduled during the season. Competitions may be held at clubs with four to six courts, depending on the qualifying format chosen.
The minimum prize money is set at 2,000 euros, paid by the organizing club.
The provisional calendar places P2000 events between October 2027 and August 2028.
P3000 events will represent one of the main levels of competition on the FFT national circuit. For 2027-2028, the federation plans four P3000 stages, with women’s and men’s draws held simultaneously.
Each P3000 will carry a total prize money of 14,000 euros, or 7,000 euros per draw, funded by the FFT. Organizing clubs must have at least eight courts of the same type, with a minimum height of 7 meters.
The French senior championships for women and men are scheduled for September 24 to 26, 2027. The event will also host the French Wheelchair Padel Championship.
The specifications call for 32 women’s pairs and 32 men’s pairs, and the organization requires at least 10 courts.
The French +45 championships will take place from June 9 to 11, 2028, with 24 pairs in each women’s and men’s draw, according to the federal specifications.
Young French players will have their major national events from August 19 to 27, 2028. The U14, U16 and U18 competitions will be played in pairs, with women’s and men’s draws.
The French interclub championships include several highlights. Nationale 1 is scheduled for January 28 to 30, 2028, with eight women’s teams and 16 men’s teams, and a minimum of six players per team.
Nationale 2 interclubs are set for March 3 to 5, 2028. Interregional conferences will be held on May 20 and 21, 2028, at four different sites with women’s and men’s competitions.
The Tournois Nationaux Jeunes circuit will include four stages and a Master during the 2027-2028 season, with girls’ and boys’ draws held at the same sites. The TNJ Master is provisionally set for early July 2028.
Candidate facilities must have at least eight courts with the same surface and a minimum height of 7 meters.
The clubs that will organize the 2028 federal competitions have not yet been designated. The FFT opened a call for applications from October 29 to November 29, 2026, allowing affiliated or authorized clubs to apply for the various events.
Applications will be reviewed by the Padel Directorate before the calendar is presented to the Federal Padel Commission on March 25, 2027. Final validation is expected in spring 2027, with the final calendar expected to be communicated in May 2027.
Interested clubs can submit applications through the FFT’s official form.
According to the publisher, the FFT plans to communicate the definitive calendar of 2028 federal competitions in spring 2027, after validation by its governing bodies.
