Federazione Italiana Tennis e Padel (FITP)

The pickleball federation in Italy · Italian Federation of Tennis and Padel

Pickleball in Italy is governed by the Federazione Italiana Tennis e Padel (FITP), the CONI-recognised national federation for tennis and padel, which extended its activity to pickleball (initially as an experimental, non-exclusive discipline) from January 2023. Since 2023 FITP has an agreement with the Associazione Italiana Pickleball (AIP, the original national association, founded 2018 in Tocco da Casauria, Pescara province) to bring pickleball into the federation's structure: pickleball modules were added to tennis-instructor courses, pickleball to schools programmes ('racchette in classe'), a regional tournament circuit, and a player classification method. FITP organises the Italian Pickleball Championships (individual - first edition 2026 - and by-team, in their 2nd edition in 2026) with regional qualifying phases and national finals, run through its MyFITP/SGAT registration platforms, and is building this out alongside its much larger existing tennis and padel structure (FITP overall has roughly 4,000 affiliated clubs across all disciplines).

Getting a licence

A licence is needed to play official pickleball competitions in Italy.

Competitors must hold a 2026 competitive membership card ('tessera agonistica') specifically for the Pickleball discipline, and be Italian citizens for the national championships; registration for individual events runs through the MyFITP platform, and for team events through the SGAT platform (team entry fee around €100, waived for 'virtuous clubs'). As with FITP's other disciplines, the underlying player card requires a medical certificate and is arranged through an affiliated club.

The licence page

Competitions and rankings

This federation also governs: Tennis, Padel.

Other bodies: Associazione Italiana Pickleball (AIP).

From the federation’s own website and its international federation, checked in September 2026.

Pickleball clubs in Italy → 1 club Where to buy a pickleball paddle in Italy → 6 shops sell pickleball equipment in Italy: specialist shops, sports chains and online stores.

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Federazione Italiana Tennis e Padel (FITP)

Getting a licence

Competitions and rankings

The other racket-sport federations in Italy

The pickleball federation in other countries