Las Vegas to host 2027 ITTF World Masters Championships

Las Vegas will again become a major stop on the veteran table tennis map, with the 2027 ITTF World Masters Championships heading to the city and bringing thousands of players aged 40 and older back to the United States. USA Table Tennis said more than 150 competition tables are projected for play, a scale that points to a championship built for deep draws, packed sessions and a heavy international footprint.

The International Table Tennis Federation confirmed Las Vegas as the host city on May 2, 2026, and USATT announced the decision on May 7 after the location was approved at the annual ITTF Summit. The preferred venue is the Mandalay Bay Convention Center, though the final venue and dates will be announced later. The event will feature team competition for athletes aged 40 and over across multiple age divisions, keeping the Masters format centered on players whose competitive lives continue well beyond the open-age game.

For U.S. table tennis, the return matters because it puts one of the sport’s largest veteran events back on home soil at a moment when the domestic calendar is already leaning into Las Vegas. USATT also said the 2026 and 2027 U.S. Open Table Tennis Championships will return to Mandalay Bay, giving the city a growing run as a recurring championship base. That continuity gives organizers a chance to build staffing, equipment, volunteer and broadcast systems that can serve the sport through 2027 and beyond.

Las Vegas last hosted the World Masters in June 2018 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, when nearly 5,000 players from 97 countries filled the event. The scale only grew from there. ITTF later described Rome 2024 as the largest table tennis event ever staged, with 6,100 athletes ages 40 to 99 from more than 111 member associations, plus more than 2,500 accompanying persons and officials. Rome 2024 also marked the first World Masters Championships to include Para table tennis, underscoring how broad the event’s competitive and social reach has become.

ITTF has already opened the Masters bid cycle for 2027 and 2028, and it later announced a new ITTF World Masters Team Championships to be inaugurated in 2027, with individual Masters events set for 2028. For USATT, landing Las Vegas is more than a marquee assignment. It strengthens a veteran circuit that thrives on volume, travel and reunion, while giving American players a rare chance to compete in a home championship built on the sport’s longest-running competitors.