The 13th Hanoi Open Table Tennis Tournament for the Press and Radio-Television Cup is scheduled to run from November 26 to November 29, 2026, at the Hanoi Gymnasium located at 12 Trinh Hoai Duc Street, O Cho Dua Ward, Hanoi. Organized by the Hanoi Press and Radio-Television Agency in collaboration with the Hanoi Table Tennis Federation, the competition features 11 distinct categories and offers a total prize pool of 122 million VND.
Tournament Venue and Schedule Deadlines
Competitors and spectators will gather at the municipal gymnasium on Trinh Hoai Duc Street for four days of matches concluding on November 29, 2026. Registration for individuals and organizations remains open until November 18, 2026, though organizers retain the right to close entry early if capacity limits are reached. Participants must submit their paperwork directly to the Hanoi Press and Radio-Television Agency located at 5 Huynh Thuc Khang Street in Lang Ward, Hanoi. Team managers and coaches will attend a preliminary meeting and draw lots on November 21 at 9:00 AM to determine tournament brackets.
Event Categories and Structural Changes
The 2026 competition features 11 categories. The tournament includes a women’s doubles division for players under 45. The full lineup covers men’s singles for coaches and managers, advanced men’s teams, amateur men’s teams, under-45 women’s doubles, under-45 women’s singles, men’s doubles with coaches and managers, amateur men’s doubles (45 to under 60), amateur men’s doubles (60 and older), mixed doubles for under-45 and over-45 groups, and women’s singles for players over 45.
Qualification Standards and Match Formats
The advanced men’s team division imposes no age limit and welcomes national team members, top-eight finishers from the 2026 Nhan Dan Newspaper National Table Tennis Championships, young athletes from professional training centers, and Class A players classified by the Vietnam Table Tennis Forum and the 2026 National Amateur Tournament organizing committee. The amateur men’s team bracket is restricted to players rated B, C, D or lower. Advanced team matches follow the Swaythling format featuring five singles matches, while amateur team ties adopt an Olympic format consisting of one doubles and four singles matches. All individual and team fixtures use the best-of-five sets system under the rules established by the Department of Physical Education and Sports of Vietnam (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism).
Prize Fund Allocation
The total prize pool stands at 122 million VND for the 2026 tournament. Official match balls will be white, and individual event categories require a minimum participation threshold of three registered teams to move forward.
