Philippine Pickleball Federation (PPF)

The pickleball federation in the Philippines

The Philippine Pickleball Federation (PPF), founded in 2019 by chairman Mike Johnson and registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission the same year, was recognised by the Philippine Olympic Committee as the National Sports Association (NSA) for pickleball in May 2024. It is a founding, Class-A voting member of the Global Pickleball Federation (2022) and a founding member of the Asia Federation of Pickleball (2020); it was briefly a full member of the International Pickleball Federation from 2021 but withdrew in 2022 over governance concerns. PPF runs the Philippine Pickleball Player Registry (PPPR), an official player-ID and ranking system linked to DUPR, sanctions tournaments (including national ambassador and world-cup qualification pathways), and coordinates ambassadors, instructors, referees and member clubs nationwide. Site-reported numbers: 582 member clubs, 1,301 courts, 19 ambassadors, 48 instructors, 22 referees.

Getting a licence

A licence is needed to play official pickleball competitions in the Philippines.

Create a free Philippine Pickleball Player Registry (PPPR) ID at registry.pickleball.ph; required to compete in PPF-sanctioned tournaments, have results officially recorded, and be eligible for national-team pathways. PPF also runs a membership system for clubs, launched in partnership with the Pickleball Global platform.

The licence page

Competitions and rankings

Other bodies: Professional Pickleball Association of the Philippines.

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

Pickleball clubs in the Philippines → 133 clubs Where to buy a pickleball paddle in the Philippines → 10 shops sell pickleball equipment in the Philippines: specialist shops, sports chains and online stores.

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Philippine Pickleball Federation (PPF)

Getting a licence

Competitions and rankings

The other racket-sport federations in the Philippines

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