The Beijing Municipal Bureau of Sports has announced a packed November schedule featuring international winter sports, professional basketball, football, and martial arts competitions. According to local sports authorities, the capital city plans to host more than one thousand sports events throughout 2026, including 206 “Double Olympic 100” elite competitions designed to maintain a year-round sporting calendar.
Speed Skating World Cup Opens at the Ice Ribbon
International competition highlights the month as the National Speed Skating Oval, known locally as the Ice Ribbon, prepares to host the opening leg of the 2026–2027 ISU Speed Skating World Cup from November 13 to 15. The International Skating Union oversees the circuit, with the Chinese Skating Association and the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Sports serving as co-organizers. Elite skaters from around the globe will begin their new season campaigns in Beijing, which is also scheduled to host the ISU World Speed Skating Championships in late February 2027.
Parkour World Cup Concludes at Big Air Shougang
Action began early in the month as the 2026 Parkour World Cup concluded its final stop on November 1 at the Shougang Ski Jumping Platform, also called Big Air Shougang, in Shijingshan District. Opening on October 30, the season finale brought together over one hundred athletes from 26 countries competing across speed and freestyle disciplines. The event marked the return of top-tier parkour competition to China after a seven-year absence and served as the venue where the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique crowned its overall season champions.
International Martial Arts and Badminton Open Tournaments
Martial arts competition follows at the Yue Tan Gymnasium from November 6 to 8 with the 2026 China Beijing International Martial Arts Tournament. Supervised by the Wushu Sports Management Center of the General Administration of Sport of China, the event expects approximately 800 athletes from over 30 countries and regions to compete in routine barehanded and weapon events.
Intel Extreme Masters Returns to Wukesong
Esports joins the November lineup as Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) Beijing 2026 runs from November 2 to 8 at the Huaxi Live · Runbenyan ECM Center. Organized as part of the “Esports Beijing 2026” initiative, the Counter-Strike 2 tournament brings 16 international teams to the capital for group stage and playoff matches, marking the first time IEM has returned to Beijing as a formal stop since 2019.
Beijing Shougang Wraps Up CBA First Stage
Professional team sports maintain a heavy local schedule as the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) regular season completes its opening phase. The Beijing Shougang men’s team played back-to-back home fixtures at the Shougang Ice Hockey Arena on November 1 and 3 against Zhejiang Chouzhou and Ningbo respectively. Following these fixtures, the league enters a national team window break before resuming the second stage on December 4.
Beijing Guoan Enters Three-Front Autumn Run
In football, Beijing Guoan enters a busy multi-competition stretch at the Workers’ Stadium following a 2–2 AFC Champions League Elite draw against Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors on October 27, which extended the club’s unbeaten streak across all competitions to 21 matches. Guoan travels to Thailand to face Port FC on November 3 in continental play before returning home for the Chinese Super League season finale against Chongqing Tonglianglong on November 8. The club then hosts Shanghai Port in the Chinese FA Cup semifinals on November 20, ahead of an away fixture against Daejeon Hana Citizen on November 24.
Volleyball and Winter Sports Youth Championships
The Chinese Volleyball Super League opens its new season on November 7 and 8 with A and B tier divisions. The Beijing Beibingyang women’s team hosts Tianjin Bohai Bank at the Beijing Yexie Guangcai Gymnasium on November 7 at 15:00 local time, a match that doubles as the league’s opening ceremony, while the Beijing Yexie men’s squad also begins its campaign. Elsewhere, the Beijing Youth Figure Skating Championships take place on November 7 and 8 at the Century Star International Ice and Snow Sports Center, featuring singles categories across youth and junior age brackets, following the successful staging of the 2026 Chaoyang District Riverside Half Marathon on November 1, which sent thousands of runners from the North Central Axis landscape avenue down to the Beijing Wenyu River Park.
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