WTT Champions Chongqing 2026 features top-32 draws, $800,000 prize, 1,000 points

WTT Champions Chongqing will run March 10-15 at the Bloomage Biotech Biohyalux ECM Arena in Banan District, hosting the world’s top 32 men’s singles and top 32 women’s singles with a total prize pot of $800,000 and 1,000 ranking points on offer. Organizers framed the six-day event as both elite competition and a city celebration that will finish with semifinals and finals on March 15.

Organizers announced tournament plans at a press conference held on February 9, where He Xiao, Secretary-General of the Chinese Table Tennis Association, and senior municipal and district officials outlined preparations and the event’s aims. Officials described the tournament as guided by the concept "empowering cities through sport and bringing the national game closer to the people" and said the 2026 edition will serve as a key benchmark for the national team’s competitive readiness while integrating professional sport with urban development at the start of China’s 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030).

The competition will use a single-elimination system with 32 players in each men’s and women’s singles draw. Match formats will be best of 5 games through the quarterfinals and switch to best of 7 games from the semifinals onward. The day-by-day schedule is set: Round of 32 on March 10 and March 11, Round of 16 on March 12 and March 13, quarterfinals on March 14, and semifinals and finals on March 15.

Ticketing went on sale February 9 on Damai, with full-session passes released at 2:18 p.m. and single-session tickets at 2:38 p.m. Price points range from 68 yuan to 1,488 yuan, with the low-end 68 yuan noted as roughly 9 USD; the published sale times did not specify a time zone.

Broadcast and coverage plans include CazéTV carrying the tournament in Brazil, while player- and team-level coverage will appear on Hugo Calderano’s WhatsApp channel and his broadcast channel on Instagram. WTT’s event listing also confirms the March 10-15 dates and the top-32 fields for both draws. Promotional and preview material has included file photography from the 2025 edition.

While the event materials confirm the top-32 structure, the supplied listings do not publish a full 2026 entry list or seedings. Historical context from last year remains relevant: Hugo Calderano was listed as a #5 seed in WTT Champions Chongqing coverage for 2025, and Brazilian headlines dated February 9, 2026 show Calderano reaching world No. 2. Organizers have provided the totals for prize money and ranking points but have not published a prize distribution table or points breakdown in the materials cited here.

The six-day WTT Champions Chongqing promises a condensed elite field and a fast-format schedule, concluding March 15 in Banan District as a major stop on the global tour and a local push to connect professional table tennis with city life.