The World Table Tennis (WTT) Champions tournament is returning to Macau next month with a lengthened program spanning seven days. The idea is to attract table tennis fans from around the world to prolong their stay in Macau, the president of Sports Bureau (ID), Pun Weng Kun, said yesterday at the press conference that unveiled the event.
“The program for the event this year will be extended to span seven days, giving more spectators an opportunity to watch exciting matches in person, and attracting table tennis fans from around the world to prolong their stay in Macau,” Pun said, adding as at other opportunities, that this also aims to produce economic synergic effects with other industries.
As in previous years, the tournament will take place at the Tap Seac Multisport Pavilion, inviting a wide range of players “from different parts of the world,” Pun also remarked.
This year, the WTT Champions Macao 2023 presented by Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG) will take place from April 17 to 23.
At the same press conference, GEG’s director Philip Cheng noted the relationship established since the start, now reaching three consecutive years in the sponsorship of this event, which GEG hopes can also further promote Macau’s cross-sectoral integration of “tourism + sports,” according to the central government guidelines for Macau development.
The competition will feature 64 competitors divided into two categories: men’s singles and women’s singles. The 32 players in each category will come from the “world’s class elite players,” organizers said, advancing names such as Wang Chugin and Sun Yingsha from the Chinese national team, who will compete to defend their titles.
Tickets for the event go on sale today from 10 a.m. with a standard ticket for the first matches (April 17 to 21) to cost MOP300, while the same ticket for the semi-finals and finals (on April 22 and 23) will cost MOP500.
Additionally, there will be some VIP courtside tickets available with those for the first stages costing MOP500/each, a price that increases to MOP1,000 for the final days.
A 10% discount will be granted to those acquiring four standard tickets for the same session on the same match day, while a 50% discount will be granted to those holders of Macau Student Cards and Macau Residents over 65 years old. These discounts only apply to the purchase of standard tickets for weekdays (April 17 to 21) and are limited to one ticket per person.
More details on the event and ticketing are available at the dedicated website (wttmacao.sport.gov.mo).
