Padel arrived in Chișinău recently and spread fast: it is now played at seven clubs in the city, plus a few beyond it. The list below covers all of them, with the address of each, as they stood in August 2026.
The clubs in Chișinău
| Club | Address |
|---|---|
| Padel Point | Bulevardul Dacia 58/28 |
| Divi Padel Club | Strada Andrei Doga 26 |
| iPadel Arena — La Izvor Park | Strada Ghidighici |
| Squash & Padel City | Strada Pantelimon Halippa 3 |
| Kangaroo Squash & Padel | Strada Tighina 12 |
| Lemon Tree Padel | Strada Calea Moșilor 18 |
| Ursu Padel | Zarea, strada Viilor 232 |
Figures come from the Padel Lands directory, checked in August 2026. Clubs change hours and rates without announcing it anywhere central, so a phone call before you travel remains the reliable check.
What separates them
Padel Point, on Bulevardul Dacia, is the largest in the city by court count. It is effectively the only place where a big group has a chance of taking several free courts in the same slot — at the other clubs, one match generally fills whatever is available.
Divi Padel Club on Andrei Doga covers the north of the city and is second largest.
iPadel Arena in La Izvor Park is the special case: the only padel courts in the city built with public money. Chișinău City Hall allocated over 1.2 million lei for two courts of 297 m² each, opened on 29 July 2023, built by Academia iPadel Moldova with support from the National Padel Federation. The details are published by Chișinău City Hall.
Kangaroo Squash & Padel, Squash & Padel City and Lemon Tree Padel combine padel with other racket sports, squash in particular. Useful if you want to try both, or if the padel court is taken.
Ursu Padel sits on the edge of the city in the Zarea area, in quieter surroundings.
How big padel in Moldova actually is
The number that says most is not how many clubs there are but how many people play. The 2023 national padel championship, hosted on the La Izvor Park courts, drew 65 players aged between 10 and 60 across the senior, youth and cadet categories.
For a sport that did not exist in Moldova a few years ago, a national championship where ten-year-olds and sixty-year-olds both play says more about how fast it spreads than any other figure.
Nationally the sport is run by the National Padel Federation of the Republic of Moldova, affiliated to the International Padel Federation since 2025, with Mihai-Ionuț Burciu as president.
Outside Chișinău
Padel in Moldova is almost entirely concentrated in the capital, but not exclusively:
| Club | Location |
|---|---|
| Primus Padel | Ștefan cel Mare 48a, Costești |
| Lions Arena | Tiraspol |
What to ask when booking
Public directories do not cover everything, and four things genuinely matter and vary by club:
- Is the court covered or open-air? Between December and March this decides whether you play at all. The La Izvor Park courts are outdoors.
- Do they rent rackets? Most padel clubs keep loan rackets, which means a first game costs you no equipment. Confirm ahead so you don't arrive without.
- What is the minimum booking? Some clubs sell the hour, others only 90-minute blocks.
- How many of you are there? Padel is played 2v2, so you need four. Smaller clubs book up well in advance precisely because they have no alternative at the same hour.
On prices: you will not find a range in this article, because we could not verify each club's rates against a reliable public source. Better a missing figure than an invented one.
Sporta MD currently covers football, basketball, volleyball and tennis — there are no padel courts in the app. This article exists because padel is the fastest-growing sport in Chișinău and a complete, checkable list did not exist.