Welcome to one of the biggest and best team events of the junior, adult & senior's tennis season – this is the LTA County Cup.
Teams from every county in the nation come together for a series of regional and national events to uncover the champions.
There are seven age groups of competitions for the Junior County Cup – 8U, 9U, 10U, 11U, 12U, 14U and 18U – giving young players a chance to compete with top talent around Britain.8U
The 8U County Cup is a one day event for players and acts as an introduction to County Cup tennis and is aimed at players who have not competed in a County Cup event before.
9U
The 9U County Cup is played in two stages – a one day qualifying event followed by the North & South Finals, also played over one day.
10U
The 10U County Cup competition is played in two stages – a Qualifying event played over two days followed approximately a fortnight later by the North & South Finals played over three days.
11U, 12U & 14U
These County Cup’s are played in two stages – a Qualifying event played over two days followed approximately a fortnight later by the Finals played over three days.
The top 6 ranked counties nationally proceed straight through to the National Finals. The following top 6 ranked counties are put into 2 play off groups with the winners qualifying for the finals. All the remaining counties compete in the qualifying events with the winners .
18U
The 18U County Cup is a one-off three-day team event taking place at venues around the country every year.
The groups are promotion and relegation with 4 counties in each group.
The information which follows outlines the dates and formats for all the junior County Cups events during 2026, along with the selection process and criteria for each. Should you have a query regarding the selection policy, please email: info@hampshireiow.tennis.
Summer County Cup
LTA’s Summer County Cup event – commonly known as ‘County Week’ – is possibly the oldest tennis event on the domestic calendar, dating back as far as 1895.
44 counties across the nation are divided into groups based on their results of the previous year’s event with Group 1 being the ‘premier league’. Teams compete against each other over a week to see which team comes out as champions.
O35’s County Cup
The Over 35s County Cup gives men’s and ladies players around Britain the opportunity to represent their county in a one-off summer event held in Eastbourne.
The 44 counties are placed in 22 groups of four counties per gender. These groups are placed in order of the previous year’s results with Group 1 being the ‘premier league’.
Final positions are based on how each county performs within that particular group – with top teams getting promoted to the next group and bottom teams relegated to the group below.
Seniors County Cup
The Seniors County Cup is played over two stages – a qualifying event, followed by a Finals.
*New for 2026*
After consultation with all counties about removing the regionalisation of Division 1 groups only, a decision has been agreed to mix the divisions geographically, enhancing competition, giving players new counties to play. This won’t apply for the Over 75’s and Over 80’s age groups at this stage.
Teams who finish top of Group 1 of each age group will qualify for the Finals and compete against each other to determine which county will be crowned champion! The Finals will be held at Nottingham Tennis Centre from 23rd – 25th October 2026.