LTA Padel National League competition
The biggest padel team competition in Great Britain – the National League is one of the highlights of the season.
Men’s and women’s teams are broken down into three divisions – with the top-ranked teams battling it out in Division 1.
Teams will compete for a place in the National Finals, where they stand the chance of being crowned the national champions.
Anyone can enter a team and play in the competition if they are part of an LTA registered venue.
There are separate competitions for men and women and venues can enter as many teams as they wish, with each team including five players.
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.
- National finals: 28-29 November
Division 2
Division 2 comprises of the Regional Playoffs 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 (NB this is 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).
- 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.
All players must be registered as LTA Advantage members. Don’t have an account? Join now.
Entries for the 2026 LTA National League are open. Please read the below points carefully:
- Entry is taken online only
- You will only be able to enter with a county and district league admin login. Please communicate with your county/district league admin contact to confirm your entry, if necessary.
- We advise all club administrators entering teams to watch a ‘How to Enter Online’ video (please watch from 6 minutes in)
- Please ensure you are logged in and have the club administrator role on your profile to enter teams.
- Access for club entry is attached to the Club Administrator, via their LTA members portal - a personal username and password must be used to login. A guide on entry can be found here. If you don’t have this role assigned to you, please ask your venues main contact to give you the role on your venue’s registration page. A document on how to do this can be found here.
- We welcome as many team entries per venue as you wish. However, your team entry must be communicated and approved by the venues' Club Manager/Coach. Please only enter the number of teams that you are committed to fulfil. We do not expect teams to enter and then withdraw.
- All venues entering must have at least 1 x Padel court on site at their venue.
All details regarding how each Division will operate can be found here, so please ensure you read the details fully prior to entering.
Keep an eye on this page for more information on the 2026 LTA National League.