The French Tennis Federation (FFT) has named the clubs which will organize the interregional conferences (Nationale 2) of the French Interclub Championships of padel 2023. These events will be held on Saturday October 14 and Sunday October 15, 2023.

Clarification on interregional conferences

The interregional conferences will bring together the 16 teams qualified at the end of the regional championships (Regional 1): the 13 League champion teams and 3 teams drawn according to the strength of the table. Two inter-regions will be organized (East / West conferences) with 8 teams each, each in the form of a TMC. The winning clubs of each Ladies inter-region and the winning and finalist clubs of each Men's inter-region will be promoted to National 1 for the year 2024.

Club eligibility criteria

Clubs in mainland France with at least 4 tracks of padel homologated, of the same nature, are eligible to organize the Ladies' or Gentlemen's event of a conference. Clubs with at least 8 tracks of padel homologated may organize all the Ladies' and Gentlemen's events of the same conference.

Interclub victory at the Toulouse ladies stadium

Organizational conditions

The organizing clubs will offer paid catering for the participants and will provide a list of hotels close to the competition venue.

The FFT will appoint a Main Referee and a Deputy. The presence of a physiotherapist, validated by the FFT, will also be present.

The official balls are the WILSON X3.

Venues of interregional conferences

After studying the applications, the places selected for the organization of the interregional conferences of padel, on October 14 and 15, 2023, are as follows:

Eastern Conference:

  • Ladies event: Padel Shot Saint-Etienne (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes)
  • Gentlemen's event: Casa Padel (Ile-de-France)

Western Conference:

  • Ladies Event: Le Set (Pays de la Loire)
  • Gentlemen's event: TC La Vière (Occitanie)
sète padel interclub club

Chapter 7: Conference Structure

As a reminder, the conferences are structured as follows:

  • Eastern Conference (7 leagues): Hauts de France, Ile de France, Grand Est, Bourgogne Franche Comté, Auvergne Rhône Alpes, Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur and Corsica.
  • Western Conference (6 leagues): Normandy, Brittany, Pays de la Loire, Center Val de Loire, New Aquitaine and Occitanie.

Chapter 8: Schedule of Meetings

The matches will start at 9 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday, with the following provisional program:

  • Saturday October 14 – Morning: Quarter-finals
  • Saturday 14 October – Afternoon: Semi-finals + Classification matches
  • Sunday October 15 – Morning: Final + Classification Matches
Franck Binisti

Franck Binisti discovers the padel at the Club des Pyramides in 2009 in the Paris region. Since padel is part of his life. You often see him touring France going to cover the major events of padel French.