Real Federación Española de Tenis - Comité de Pickleball (RFET)
The pickleball federation in Spain · Royal Spanish Tennis Federation - Pickleball Committee
Pickleball in Spain is officially regulated by the Comité de Pickleball (Pickleball Committee) of the Real Federación Española de Tenis (RFET), the long-established (1909) national tennis federation and Spain's ITF member. RFET's committee is responsible for issuing pickleball licences, running official competition, and maintaining the national ranking, under a dedicated technical/competition regulation (Reglamento Técnico de Competición de Pickleball, 2025). Licences are issued regionally, through a club, a provincial delegation or one of the autonomous-community Territorial Federations (e.g. Federación Andaluza de Tenis, Federación Vasca de Tenis, Federación de Tenis de Madrid), each setting its own fee, then validated by RFET nationally for players to appear in the national ranking and compete territory-wide. This mirrors RFET's existing structure for tennis and beach tennis.
Getting a licence
A licence is needed to play official pickleball competitions in Spain.
A conventional RFET tennis licence or a specific Pickleball licence is required to enter official competitions; obtained through a club, provincial delegation or Territorial Federation, with the fee set by each Territorial Federation plus RFET's shared national fee.
Competitions and rankings
This federation also governs: Tennis.
Other bodies: Asociación Española de Pickleball (AEP / Pickleball Spain).
From the federation’s own website and its international federation, checked in September 2026.
The other racket-sport federations in Spain
The pickleball federation in other countries
United Kingdom · PBE
United States · USAP
France · FFT
Italy · FITP
Germany · DPV
Netherlands · KNLTB
Belgium · TPPWB
Portugal · PTPICKLE
Sweden · SvPF
Denmark · DTF
Ireland · PI
Saudi Arabia · SFA
Qatar
Kuwait
Egypt
Canada · PC
Mexico · FEMEXPB
Argentina · AAP
Australia · PA
India · IPA
Philippines · PPF
Malaysia · MPA
Singapore · SPA