From August 15 to 23, 2026, the WinWin Padel Cabriès is becoming the hub of French youth padel. The French Youth Championships will take place over nine days, starting with the U12 Interleague tournament followed by the French Pairs Championships for U14, U16, and U18, for both girls and boys. Here is the complete schedule, formats, final times, and the main pairs competing.
French padel is preparing its next generation Cabriès , in the Bouches-du-Rhône. From Saturday 15th to Sunday 23rd August 2026 , the WinWin Padel welcomes the 2026 French Youth Championships with four age categories on the program: U12, U14, U16 and U18 .
A big week – or rather nine days – dedicated to bringing together some of the best young French players, with one important feature: The U12s will compete in teams from their respective leagues. , while the categories U14, U16 and U18 will be played in pairs .
The finals will take place every two days: U12 on August 17th, U14 on August 19th, U16 on August 21st and U18 on August 23rd .
French Youth Championships 2026: the complete schedule
Here are the four key dates to remember:
| Category | Dates | Format | Final |
|---|---|---|---|
| U12 | 15 at August 17 | Interleague Team Games | Monday August 17 |
| U14 | 17 at August 19 | Girls/boys pairs championships | Wednesday, August 19 |
| U16 | 19 at August 21 | Girls/boys pairs championships | Friday, August 21 |
| U18 | 21 at August 23 | Girls/boys pairs championships | Sunday, August 23 |
So there will be a real handover: when one category finishes its competition, the next one will gradually take possession of the Cabriès tracks.
U12: 14 Leagues and a team format
The competition will begin with the French Interleague U12 Championships , from August 15 to 17.
The format differs completely from that of the following three categories since it is not a classic French Pairs Championship, but a confrontation between the League selections.
Fourteen Leagues appear in the official composition:
Occitanie, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Grand Est, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Hauts-de-France, Île-de-France, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, La Réunion, Normandie, Centre-Val de Loire, Pays de la Loire, Bretagne, Corse and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
The top four seeds are Occitanie, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Grand Est and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes , each placed in a different group. Behind them, Hauts-de-France, Île-de-France, Nouvelle-Aquitaine and La Réunion make up the second pot.
Four groups to kick off the U12s
The distribution is as follows:
Pool A: Occitanie, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Pays de la Loire
Pool B: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Réunion, Normandy, Corsica
Pool C: Grand Est, Hauts-de-France, Brittany, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Group D: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Île-de-France, Centre-Val de Loire.
The program provided for Saturday includes matches starting 10 hours , distributed mainly on tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8, before a new rotation starting from 16 hours .
A U12 team made up of two boys' pairs and one girls' pair
Regulation 2026 provides an important clarification.
The French Interleague Youth Championships now include a single U12 event and each League team is composed of:
two pairs of boys + one pair of girls.
The competition is open to young people aged 9 to 12, born between 2014 and 2017 inclusive , of French nationality.
They must also be licensed with the FFT – license Padel or Multi-Raquettes – and attached to a padel club of the League concerned under the conditions provided for by the regulations.
The U12 competition takes place in a single phase in Cabriès.
The final is scheduled for Monday, August 17th.
U14: Pairs competition starts on August 17th
The U12 Interleague tournament has barely finished, and now it's time for... French U14 Championships , programmed the August 17, 18 and 19 .
This time, we're back to the pairs format with a girls' chart and a boys' chart.
The lists provided show 21 pairs for girls and 24 for boys .
For girls, the main pairs include:
Lylwenn Laforge / Elise Le Roux then Sienna Dubois / Carina Badina , Chloé Le Jeune / Lois Meyer et Tessa Cassagne / Justine Picon .
In boys, Sacha Devriendt / Siméo Debroy , Gabriel Bessière / Tyrone Pottier then Lucas Terminet / Juan Segura will be the favorites in U14.
The first matches are scheduled from Monday, August 17, with several times spread throughout the afternoon.
The U14 finals will be held on Wednesday, August 19th.
The French U14 championship titles will be awarded on Wednesday 19 August :
Girls' final: not before 10am
boys' final: not before 11am
The two finals will be broadcast live .
U16: Make way for an already highly competitive generation
The U16 will then take over, with a final scheduled for the Friday 21 August .
The lists provided include 12 female pairs and 24 male pairs .
In girls, Augustine Charpentier / Zia Debroy will be the favorites, ahead Louise Clorennec-Beuzit / Alice Rolland We also find Rose Estrade / Eva Nguyen Ba among the pairs to watch.
The boys' draw looks particularly strong. Nathan Perrot / Sacha Huard de la Marre appear as the clear favorites, ahead Victor Caby / Louis Cacheux et Théo Hemery / Elliot Mura .
This density also illustrates the progressive expansion of the French youth talent pool: from the U16 level onwards, some players are already starting to appear regularly in adult competitions.
The U16 finals are on Friday, August 21st.
Same organization as for the U14s:
Girls' final: not before 10am
boys' final: not before 11am
The two matches will be to follow live .
U18: The oldest players will close out the French Championships
Last category to enter the arena: the U18 , with a competition that will lead to the finals of the Sunday 23 August .
This is closer to adult padel and several players already have significant experience in senior tournaments.
For girls, the list includes 9 pairs .
Victoria Isaac / Lison Chrétien Meal , Alice Aznar / Louisa André et Manon Fabre / Lilia Fernandez will try to compete for the title.
For boys, the table includes 24 pairs and some names already well known to observers of French padel.
The number 1 seed is a tough nut to crack, since it's... Jeremy Robert / Olivier Guy de Chamisso .
Behind them are, in particular Quentin Bernard / Johan Peloux , Basile Baud / Loris Morvan or, Alexis Boisselier / Max Bernard But barring a huge surprise, the regulars of the FIP Tour should go all the way in the category.
Further down the list also appear Clément Monot / Victor Deligne , Solal Drieux / Titouan Sarrat or, Victor Benveniste / Nolan Trouillot .
Robert / Guy de Chamisso, a pair to watch in U18
The association Jeremy Robert / Olivier Guy de Chamisso inevitably attracts attention. Respectively 11th and 14th e in the French ranking, i.e., a pair weight of 25 It quickly becomes clear that the difference seems to lie there.
Behind, Bernard / Peloux display a weight of 132 and Baud / Morvan 170.
On paper, Robert / Guy de Chamisso will therefore start with a special status, even if a French Youth Championship remains a special event.
The final matches will take place on Sunday, August 23rd.
The 2026 French Youth Championships will end on Sunday 23 August with the U18 finals:
Girls' final: not before 10am
boys' final: not before 11am
Here again, Both finals will be broadcast live. .
Four days of finals to follow live
For those who only wish to follow the matches for the titles, four dates should be noted:
- Monday, August 17: U12 finals
- Wednesday, August 19: U14 finals – girls not before 10am, boys not before 11am
- Friday, August 21: U16 finals – girls not before 10am, boys not before 11am
- Sunday, August 23: U18 finals – girls not before 10am, boys not before 11am
This programming allows us to follow the evolution of French padel from U12s to the threshold of the senior circuit , with a final every two days.
Franck Binisti discovered padel at the Club des Pyramides in 2009 in the Paris region. Since then, padel has been part of his life. You often see him touring France to cover major French padel events.
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