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Register in minutes. Play for eight weeks.

Leagues run for eight weeks, four times a year, for teams of two. Everything happens in the Padel League UK app.

Step by step

From download to the final table.

Here is each stage of a season, as it looks in the app.

These leagues do not use the app: Glasgow, Edinburgh, North East, Yorkshire, North West, London, Dorset, West Sussex, Wiltshire and Derbyshire. They enter with an online form, pay once for the team, and arrange matches in WhatsApp and submit scores in Padelmates, so the app screens below do not apply to them this season. From next season, every league uses the app. Each league's page explains how to enter.

  1. 1

    Get the app

    Download the free Padel League UK app from the App Store or Google Play.

    You and your partner each create your own account, using the email address where you want league messages to go.

    The Padel League UK app log in screen on a phone, resting against a padel court fence.
  2. 2

    Choose your league

    In the app, open Compete, then Leagues, and choose your league.

    Add your partner, and tell us any dates you cannot play. No partner yet? Press Find a partner in the app to request one.

    The Competitions screen of the Padel League UK app, listing leagues, on a phone resting on a bench next to padel balls and a racket.
  3. 3

    Pay for your team

    The entry fee is £65 per team, which is £32.50 each. You each pay your own half in the app.

    If one of you played last season, the app takes £15 off automatically, so the team pays £50. There is nothing to claim.

    Illustration of the app
  4. 4

    Get your division

    When entries close, we group teams by level into divisions of 6 to 9 pairs. You play every pair in your division once in the season.

    Your division, your opponents and your fixture list appear in the app before round 1.

    Illustration of the app
  5. 5

    Arrange your matches

    Each round, the app shows who you play and the week to play in. The captain of the team listed first is the match captain.

    Nine days before the gameweek, the match captain taps Schedule match and suggests a date and time. The other team replies within two days. Then the captain books the court, usually on Playtomic, and everyone pays their share straight away.

    Players book and pay for their own courts: court hire is not part of the entry fee.

    Illustration of the app
  6. 6

    Play and enter the score

    Matches are three sets, and every set you win earns 2 points, so always play the third set. An unfinished set earns 0 points. If time is short, play a 10-point tie-break instead.

    After the match, one player enters the set scores in the app. The standings update for the whole division, and your padel level updates as you play.

    Illustration of the app
  7. 7

    Follow the table

    Your division table is always in the app. The top two teams in each division go up next season, the bottom teams move down, and division winners win padel prizes.

    Top teams from every league are invited to the Masters Series.

    Illustration of the app

The rules that apply everywhere

  • Entry is £65 per team (£32.50 each in the app), or £50 if one of you played last season (taken off automatically in the app).
  • Each partner signs up on the app and has access to fixtures and the league.
  • Each division has 6 to 9 pairs. You play every team once in the season.
  • Divisions are set after entries close, by level.
  • Fixtures, tables and results are in the app, and each division has its own WhatsApp group.
  • Players book and pay for their own courts.
  • Players must be 16 or over. Under 18s need a parent or guardian with them at matches, and the parent or guardian handles all communication with other teams.

See each league's specific rules in the info pack on each league page.

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