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Qualification and knockouts

How teams qualify from the groups, crown a Club Champion and go on to the PL Final.

Last updated Fri 30 Oct

Qualifying from your group

Your group page shows how many qualify from your group.

  • One group of four: the top two teams qualify. 1st plays 2nd in the Club Final.

  • IPA Alexandria Silver (five teams) and Padel Club Silver (table of seven): the top four qualify for semi-finals, 1st v 4th and 2nd v 3rd. The winners play the Club Final.

  • Divisions with two groups (the eight-team Bronze divisions): the top two in each group qualify. Semi-final 1 is Group A 1st v Group B 2nd, semi-final 2 is Group B 1st v Group A 2nd, and the winners play the Club Final.

  • Padel Club Gold: the approved Gold team plays the better of the two losing Padel Club Silver semi-finalists in a Gold Club Final. Compare their Silver group points, then group games difference, then games won in their semi-final (excluding super-tiebreak points). An exact tie is decided by a PL draw. The winner becomes Gold Club Champion. The approved Gold team represents the club in Inter-Club regardless of the result. Normal ranking points and Player of the Match apply; the Silver challengers keep their ranking points in Silver.

  • Platinum has one nominated team per club and no group stage. The four Platinum teams go straight to the inter-club semi-finals.

Club Final

The winner of the Club Final is that club's Club Champion for the tier.

Inter-club stage

Club representatives in each tier meet in inter-club semi-finals, played over a First Leg and a Second Leg. Normally the representative is the Club Champion; Padel Club Gold has the approved exception above. The winners play the PL Final on Finals Day, Sunday 29 November.

Season 1 dates (Sydney):

  • Inter-Club draw: Wednesday 11 November 2026.

  • First Leg: 12–18 November 2026.

  • Second Leg: 19–25 November 2026.

  • PL Grand Final: Sunday 29 November 2026.

PL confirms each match's exact date, time and court in the app. Club semi-finals have 90-minute bookings and Club Grand Finals have two-hour bookings.