The grand opening of the Hanoi Moi Newspaper 2025 table tennis tournament

Today (November 7), the 2025 Hanoi Moi Newspaper Open Table Tennis Tournament officially kicked off at Cau Giay Stadium (Hanoi).

Familiar spiritual food for table tennis lovers

Established in 2012, the Hanoi Moi Newspaper Table Tennis Tournament has become a familiar spiritual food for table tennis lovers in the capital and elsewhere. This year's tournament attracted 400 professional and amateur players from 10 provinces and cities across the country, competing in 12 events with a total prize value of more than 160 million VND.

The players competed enthusiastically.

PHOTO: Organizing Committee

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Mr. Lai Ba Ha - Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Hanoi Moi Newspaper, Deputy Head of the Organizing Committee emphasized: "The tournament has proven to be a prestigious playground, one of the typical examples of the socialization of sports in the capital. This year, the tournament returns with greater strength in terms of competition content and number of participating units. Having nearly 400 professional and amateur players from 80 units from provinces and cities including: Hanoi, Vinh Long, Ho Chi Minh City, Lam Dong, Da Nang, Nghe An, Hung Yen, Phu Tho, Thai Nguyen, Quang Ninh, Thanh Hoa, Bac Ninh, Hai Phong participating in this year's tournament has affirmed that the organization of the expanded Hanoi Moi Newspaper table tennis tournament increasingly meets the desire to enjoy eye-catching matches of table tennis fans as well as the need to compete and rub shoulders of professional and amateur athletes".

Many athletes attended the opening ceremony of the table tennis tournament.

PHOTO: Organizing Committee

According to the tournament regulations, athletes compete in 12 events 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 organizers divided the tournament into 16 groups for amateur teams and 4 groups for advanced teams, selecting the best teams from each group to enter the knockout round. The new point of this year's tournament is that the organizers applied the new Olympic format (1 doubles match, 4 singles matches) for the men's team event, replacing the previous Swaythling format (5 singles matches).

Players enthusiastically compete in the table tennis tournament

PHOTO: Organizing Committee

It is a bit regrettable that national players such as Nguyen Duc Tuan, Dinh Anh Hoang, Le Dinh Duc, Nguyen Khoa Dieu Khanh, Tran Mai Ngoc... are busy with long training schedules in China to prepare for the 33rd SEA Games taking place in December in Thailand so they cannot participate. However, units such as Hanoi, CAND - T&T, Army, Hai Phong ... all sent youth teams to participate and the tournament still has the participation of many former national players such as Vu Thi Noel En, Nguyen Bich Ngoc, Nguyen Thi Mai, Nguyen Tuan Quynh and the leading Vietnamese table tennis athletes today 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... so it promises to be attractive.

Immediately after the opening ceremony, the athletes entered the first events under the cheers of a large audience. The 2025 Hanoi Moi Newspaper Table Tennis Tournament will end on November 9.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/tung-bung-khai-mac-giai-bong-ban-bao-ha-noi-moi-2025-185251107164300943.htm