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Padel is a racquet sport that is becoming increasingly popular. It has gained rapid acceptance due to its simplicity and similarities to other popular racket sports. The sport was invented in Acapulco, Mexico, by Enrique Corcuera in 1969. It is currently very popular in South or Central American countries such as Argentina, Brazil or Mexico as well as in Spain, and it is now beginning to spread rapidly across Europe and other continents. Padel is a combination of great assets of other racquet sports such as tennis or squash. The game of padel is a doubles game on a playing surface of 20mx10m, with a net in the middle and glass walls and metal grid on the back and side. People enjoy playing Padel, as it is easy to learn, promotes teamwork, whilst improving their hand-eye coordination.  It is a family game – men and women, and youth can compete together without physical strength being the sole determinate of the winner.  New players to racquet sports, of all ages, will find it an easy and accessible, however for those more advanced players coming from tennis or squash, Padel can be equally demanding as it requires new skills and disciplines that sets it apart from other racquet sports.

Padel started in Belgium in 1992. Under the initiative of Lucas Swinnen and Serge Wiame, two padel courts were built in a sports club in Anderlecht, Brussels. The Belgian Padel Federation was then created and affiliated to the International Padel Federation. The Belgian Padel Federation organized the first promotional events, tournaments and the first Belgian Championships. In 1996, for the first time, a National Team represented Belgium at the World Padel Championship in Madrid, Spain. Since then, Belgium has always been present at promoting Padel, attending International Championships and/or organising major competitions, especially via the city of Waterloo which believed in Padel from the very beginning and even welcomed the 3rd European Padel Championships in 1999. Nevertheless, as in major countries around the world, but Spain and Argentina, Padel only remained popular among small group of passionate people. The real public explosion is observed since 2010-2012 when Padel started to grow quickly around the World and new countries started to join the FIP. In Belgium, the Flemish Federation (Padel Vlaanderen) was created and started to boost Padel in the Northern part of the country and welcomed in Gent the qualifying phase of the World Padel Championship in 2014. In 2015, the Association Francophone de Padel was created to structure, promote and manage Padel in the french speaking side of Belgium of Brussels and Wallonia. Padel growth in Belgium has also been possible thanks to strong and passionate hispanic communities. Special attention to Europadel members who have been promoting Padel and of course animating famous Pachangas all over Belgium on a regular basis. Today, Padel is spreading fast in all Belgian provinces for the delight of all Padel aficionados.

A team of passionate people at your service:

MANAGEMENT/ADMIN
President: Alex Pavy – alex.pavy@padelbelgium.com
Vice-President: Jan Bonnarens – info@padelvlaanderen.be
Secretary: Nick Braet – nick.braet@gmail.com
Treasurer: Philippe Cerfont – philippe.cerfont@afpadel.be

DEVELOPMENT
Regional Development Manager for Vlaanderen: Nick Braet – nick.braet@gmail.com
Regional Development Manager for Wallonie-Bruxelles: Alex Pavy – alex.pavy@padelbelgium.com

NATIONAL TEAM & TRAINING
National Team Manager & Instructor’s Trainer: Laurent Montoisy – montoisy.laurent@gmail.com
National Team Coach (Men), Training Advisor & Instructor’s Trainer: Juan Pablo Abarca
National Team Coach (Women) & Instructor’s Trainer: Nick Braet

Address: Rue Adolphe Willemyns, 144, BE-1070 – Brussels

Would you please find below the link to download the official FIP Padel Rules and Regulations.

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