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The Foundation Cup

PL's first season: four Sydney clubs, four tiers, from group stage to Finals Day.

Last updated Fri 30 Oct

The Foundation Cup is the first season of The Padel League Australia. It starts on Monday 19 October and ends on Finals Day, Sunday 29 November.

Clubs taking part

  • Padel Spot (Minto)

  • Padel Point (Bankstown)

  • Padel Club (North Rocks)

  • Indoor Padel Australia Alexandria

Tiers

Teams play in one of four tiers: Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum. Teams normally play within their own tier. The approved Padel Club Gold Club Final includes a Silver challenger; see Qualification and knockouts.

How the season runs

  1. Group stage at your club, against teams in your tier.

  2. Club Final (with semi-finals in two-group divisions, IPA Alexandria Silver and Padel Club Silver) to decide each club's champion in each tier.

  3. Inter-club stage, where club representatives meet in two-legged semi-finals.

  4. The PL Final on Finals Day.

Who can play

  • Every player must be 18 or over.

  • Teams are pairs of two players.

  • Both players must be registered and paid.

  • Everyone must have signed the PL waiver before playing.

Players can't arrange replacements. Contact PL. Only PL can approve a replacement in exceptional circumstances with PL Board approval, during the group stage only. A replacement must have the same or a lower Playtomic level, and cannot already be playing in Season 1 or registered to another PL team.