Draw for the 12th Hanoi Moi Newspaper Cup Table Tennis Tournament

The 12th Hanoi Moi Newspaper Cup Table Tennis Tournament - 2025 will start from November 7. Photo: Ngan Ha

The 12th Hanoi Open Club Table Tennis Tournament, Hanoi Moi Newspaper Cup - 2025 will take place from November 7 to 9, 2025 at Cau Giay Stadium (No. 35, Tran Quy Kien Street, Cau Giay, Hanoi), with the participation of 80 units and nearly 400 athletes.

This year's tournament has 12 competition categories including: Men's singles with leaders, advanced men's team, amateur men's team, advanced men's singles, amateur men's doubles from 45 years old and above, amateur men's singles under 45 years old, women's singles from 45 years old and above, women's singles under 45 years old, men's doubles with leaders, mixed doubles over 45 years old, mixed doubles under 45 years old and women's doubles over 45 years old.

The draw ceremony for the 12th Hanoi Moi Newspaper Cup Table Tennis Tournament - 2025. Photo: Ngan Ha

According to the Organizing Committee, to ensure the progress of the tournament, each athlete can only participate in a maximum of 2 competitions. Notably, of the 12 events, the event that attracts the most athletes is the amateur men's team, including 48 teams participating in the amateur team event and 14 teams participating in the advanced team event. The Organizing Committee divided the competition into 16 groups for amateur team events and 4 groups for advanced team events, selecting the best teams from each group to enter the knockout round.

The new feature of this year's tournament is that the Organizing Committee has introduced the men's team competition in the new Olympic format (1 doubles match, 4 singles matches) instead of the Swaythling format (5 singles matches).

This year, national players such as Nguyen Duc Tuan, Dinh Anh Hoang, Le Dinh Duc, Nguyen Khoa Dieu Khanh... all registered to compete. However, because the whole team had a long training schedule in China to prepare for the 33rd SEA Games (December 2025), they were unable to participate. Units such as Hanoi, T&T People's Police, Army, Hai Phong ... all sent youth teams to compete.

This year's tournament has the participation of former national players such as: Vu Thi Noel En, Nguyen Bich Ngoc, Nguyen Thi Mai, Nguyen Tuan Quynh, Vu Quang Hien; and current top Vietnamese table tennis athletes such as: Nguyen Dang Hiep, Bui The Nghia, Vu Manh Huy, Nguyen Nhu Phong, Tran Manh Cuong, Nguyen Hoang Lam, Ta Hong Khanh, Le Van Duc, Lam Thu Cuc, Hoang Tra My, Tran Dieu Linh, Vu Hoai Thanh...

Based on the number of teams and the forecast number of matches of the tournament (more than 1,000 matches), the matches will take place in the morning (from 8:00), afternoon (from 14:00) and evening (from 19:00); on November 9, the matches will be held in the morning and afternoon. The closing ceremony will take place on the afternoon of November 9, 2025.