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HKTTA president Tony Yue Kwok Leung expressed his interests in hosting a SCT/CT as early as 2026 due to the National Games in 11/2025 in an interview during World Cup 2024 in April, but then Dainton said in an interview during WTT CS Macao 2024 in September that either a WTT CS or WTT F was in talks for 2025, and Tony said he preferred a WTT CS. After seeing the 2025 calendar (1, 2), 2026 seems more likely as Tony originally planned.
2024/9/16
Exclusive | Hong Kong to host elite table tennis event featuring world’s best next year, WTT head says
https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kon...featuring-worlds-best-next-year-says-wtt-head
2024/4/17
乒乓世界盃直擊|帶隊到澳門取經 余國樑證港擬申辦WTT世界賽
https://www.sportsroad.hk/archives/474448/乒乓世界盃直擊|帶隊到澳門取經-余國樑證港擬申/
乒乓球|乒總主席余國樑靜極思動 籌備2026年香港主辦國際賽
https://www.stheadline.com/realtime-sport/3336142/乒乓球乒總主席余國樑靜極思動-籌備2026年香港主辦國際賽
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CS?
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HKTTA president Tony Yue Kwok Leung expressed his interests in hosting a SCT/CT as early as 2026 due to the National Games in 11/2025 in an interview during World Cup 2024 in April, but then Dainton said in an interview during WTT CS Macao 2024 in September that either a WTT CS or WTT F was in talks for 2025, and Tony said he preferred a WTT CS. After seeing the 2025 calendar (1, 2), 2026 seems more likely as Tony originally planned.
2024/9/16
Exclusive | Hong Kong to host elite table tennis event featuring world’s best next year, WTT head says
https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kon...featuring-worlds-best-next-year-says-wtt-head
Hong Kong will host the world’s best table tennis players in a top-flight tournament next year, the head of the sport’s governing body has told the Post.
In an exclusive interview during the WTT Champions event in Macau on Sunday, Steve Dainton said his organisation wanted to be among the first to put on an event at Kai Tak Sports Park, which is expected to open in early 2025.
Dainton, the CEO of World Table Tennis, said they were in talks with local officials about staging either a champions-level tournament, or the season-ending finals at a venue he called “perfect for being able to host a major WTT event”.
The Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Dainton said, “wasn’t quite big enough for what we wanted” while the Coliseum “wasn’t too bad but didn’t have a lot of auxiliary parts”.
This year’s finals will be held in Fukuoka, Japan, after previous editions in Singapore, China and Qatar. Although the event features the “best of the best”, Tony Yue Kwok-leung, president of the Hong Kong China Table Tennis Association, said the local governing body’s preference was to host a champions event.
“We would welcome either event with open arms, but the top 32 players’ pool at the champions event would mean our players have better chances of making the cut,” he said. “On the other hand, the [season-ending] finals are limited to the top 16 singles players and the top eight pairs.
2024/4/17
乒乓世界盃直擊|帶隊到澳門取經 余國樑證港擬申辦WTT世界賽
https://www.sportsroad.hk/archives/474448/乒乓世界盃直擊|帶隊到澳門取經-余國樑證港擬申/
港隊2月到韓國釜山參加世乒團體賽時,已派出多位職員到當地,今次一行約10人來到可容納16,000人的銀河綜藝館,余國樑承認是來觀摩一下其他地方主辦大賽的情況。余國樑承認,香港在疫情結束後一直都想主辦國際大賽:「一直想搞的,現在的球迷很喜歡看乒乓球,我們成績都算不錯啦,是不是?世界賽的時候在韓國拿團體獎牌,真的開心到不得了。混雙都很厲害,他們都在歐洲拿過冠軍,奧運又出線了,朱成竹也是愈來愈成熟。」
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余國樑指出,現時香港的場地都達不到WTT門檻,因此已視啟德體育園的落成為新契機:「WTT就是不批你,QE(灣仔伊利沙伯體育館)太小了,沒有可能,而且又做不到比賽時的燈光要求,QE一關燈就全關了,不能只是中間的比賽場地有光射著,至於紅館(香港體育館)亦不夠地方做練習場館。等到體育園新的球館OK了,便再入紙申請主辦成人級別大賽,到時候再帶他們(WTT)的職員過來看看。」
WTT成立後,設有不同等級賽事,由低至高是支線賽(Feeder)、挑戰賽(Contender)、明星挑戰賽(Star Contender)、冠軍賽(Champion)、 世界盃(Cup Final )及大滿貫(Grand Smash)。余國樑認為香港主辦的賽事,一定要在各方面取得平衡:「我想都是最好有些球星會來,但最重要的就是我們運動員能夠出賽。每一次辦比賽,我都希望香港運動員能夠參與。如果我辦一個Smash,但是只有一個香港運動員參加,那我情願去人家的地方打好了。對我來說,看球星就是為了滿足觀眾,我真真正正的目的是多方面,除了一個好看、有國家隊或者其他隊的球星能夠來到,我都希望我們的運動員能夠多參與一些,令香港人現場看到我們自己的運動員,這個是我們的目的。」
余國樑續說:「所以,Contender或者Star Contender的那個Level是最好的,就是錢(籌辦經費)又不是說最多,但是有些球星都會來。」主辦明星挑戰賽的其中一個條件,就是總獎金要達到20至30萬美元。「賽事成本暫時很難計算出來,不過相信『M品牌』是幫到手的,當然現時亞洲也不多地方有實力主辦到WTT賽事,我們也要配合到外國的比賽時間表,讓球星都可以來,要找一個最適合的時間點。」他構思中也想效法七欖及三人籃球,在賽事中加入具香港特色元素。由於明年11月便是全運,他預計最快都要2026年才能成事。
乒乓球|乒總主席余國樑靜極思動 籌備2026年香港主辦國際賽
https://www.stheadline.com/realtime-sport/3336142/乒乓球乒總主席余國樑靜極思動-籌備2026年香港主辦國際賽
香港可望於2026年再次舉辦世界排名乒乓球賽,中國香港乒總主席余國樑(Tony)表示,隨著啟德體育園於明年初開始使用,他將會向國際兵聯(ITTF)申辦「挑戰賽」級別的比賽,總獎金最高約230萬港元。他亦計劃參照香港國際七人欖球賽,可以集娛樂、比賽於一身,配合1萬人場館的體育園,炮製「與眾不同」、有香港特色的賽事。
余國樑連日來都在澳門觀看ITTF乒球世界盃,身處可容納16,000人的澳門銀河綜藝館,他邊欣賞場館的配套邊無奈說:「在疫情緩和後已開始想再辦世界乒球排名賽,但沒有場館可以去Bid(申辦),伊館同紅館都未合新賽制的場館規格,我們已在跟體育園密切聯繫,若場館OK,我一定會去Bid一個世界排名賽。」
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余國樑指出,灣仔伊館的燈光配套難做到比賽光暗度的要求,而紅館又不夠地方設置訓練場:「ITTF都想來香港視察場館,但我沒有合適的館可以給他們看。」
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余國樑透露,他意屬申辦「WTT系列賽」中的「常規挑戰賽」或「球星挑戰賽」,既有球星參與,香港球手亦夠世界排名積分參加,這才能滿足球迷及推廣本地乒乓。
他表示:「我不要只顧著請球星來比賽,一定要有香港球手參與比賽才有意義,所以不會考慮太高級別的比賽(如WTT大滿貫或冠軍賽),但亦不想辦較低級別的『支線賽』,因會缺乏高排名的球星,所以『挑戰賽』較適合,可以平衡到所需,既有高排名選手,亦有本地球手參與。」