Deutscher Pickleball Verband e.V. (DPV)
The pickleball federation in Germany · German Pickleball Federation
The Deutscher Pickleball Verband (DPV), a nonprofit (gemeinnützig) e.V. that introduced itself publicly in September 2023, describes itself as Germany's nationwide structuring body for pickleball, focused on grassroots sport, club structures and coach education. It is - by its own account and confirmed independently by the European Pickleball Federation's own Full Members page, which links Germany directly to the DPV website - the only German Full Member of the EPF, and it fields the German national team at European international competitions (it took part in the 1st EPF European Championship). It runs the German ranking and German Championship (1st Deutsche Pickleball Meisterschaft in 2024), regional Landesverbände, a coach-training pathway (some modules requiring an existing DOSB trainer licence), and school-sport and inclusion-sport programmes. It is led by a two-chair board (1. Vorsitzender Kai Auhagen, 2. Vorsitzender Max Holz) and a treasurer (Uli Jordan).
Getting a licence
Membership is through DPV or one of its regional Landesverbände/clubs; specific coach-training modules require holding a DOSB (German Olympic Sports Confederation) trainer licence. No player-licence fee schedule was found on the pages read.
Competitions and rankings
Other bodies: Deutscher Pickleball Bund e.V. (DPB).
From the federation’s own website and its international federation, checked in September 2026.
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