Tournament info

Program

  • 1. Tournament

    Compete in an international tournament with several junior classes and a high-level Men's and Women's singles. Over 3825€ in total prize money across classes!

  • 2. Meet & Greet

    Say hello to Otto, Emil and Miikka in the Pongfinity hall! There will be a meet&greet event on both Saturday and Sunday where you will be able to take pictures and hang out with the guys!

  • 3. Pongfinity challenge

    Participate in a Pongfinity Video shoot together with all tournament participants on Saturday evening 9th of May.

    (More details announced later)

Pongfinity Ranking Cup

Open for everyone!

This is a new class format in the Pongfinity Cup tournament, open for anyone to participate in and guaranteeing 6 matches against players your level. Players will be divided into categories based on your level and everyone will play 2 groups of 4 players determining your final position in your category

Each category will have trophies and prizes for the top 3

Playing Classes

There will be 11 playing classes in total.

Example: To participate in Boys' / Girls' U19, the player must be born in year 2007 or later.

Girls can participate in Boys' classes too!

Each player can participate in maximum 2 classes per day/ 1 class per session.

Playing Format (regular classes)

All matches at Pongfinity Cup will be played best-of-five games.

Each class will start with a group stage. We aim to have 4 players in each group. Two players will proceed to the knock-out stage, while the rest players will proceed to the consolation stage. The knock-out and consolation stages ensure at least one additional match to every player.

(Men's single's class does not have consolation)

Playing Format (Ranking cup)

Based on ranking, players will be divided into categories containing 16 players each. The top category will consist of the 16 highest ranked players and the second highest consists of players ranked from 17-32 and so on...

In each category, the 16 players will be divided into 4 groups of 4. After the group stage, group winners will form a new group with the other group winners of their ranking category. players placed 2nd in their group will form a group with others placed 2nd, and so on...

The second group stage will determine your final position in your category. Each category plays for every position and every player is guaranteed 6 matches. There will be prizes for the top 3 of every category.

Players will be allocated into the most suitable ranking category based on their country's ranking points to get the most even match ups. We will do our best to make sure each player is in an appropriate category

Preliminary Schedule

In the picture you will see the preliminary schedule for the tournament.

The exact scheduling for each playing class will be made public after we have received the registrations.

Session 2 on Sunday is scheduled to finish around 18:00

All players participating in the tournament can take part in the Pongfinity challenge.

Players can only enter 1 class per session

Prizes

The finalists and semi-finalists of each class will receive a money-prize and a cup trophy. The total prize money for the tournament is 3450€.

The top 3 in the Pongfinity ranking cup category will get a prizes and the winner of each category will Get to play a match against Pongfintiy

Participation Fees

The participation fee is based on the playing classes.

Attending the tournament as a coach, parent and spectator is free of charge

Competition Shirt

The official Pure Waste competition shirt is made from 100% recycled fibers. It is a unisex model and is sold using men's measurements; women should choose one size smaller than usual.

The t-shirt is made from recycled by-product cotton and recycled plastic bottles and manufactured responsibly in Pure Waste’s factory.

The shirt can be bought only from the registration form prior to the tournament for a price of 25€. We will make the t-shirts based on demand, so that there won't be left over any extra (unbought) shirts after the tournament.

Venue

The whole program of Pongfinity Cup will take place in:

Ruskeasuon Palloiluhalli, Ratsastie 10, 00280 Helsinki, Finland.

Organizer

The event is organized by Finnish table tennis club Mejlans Bollförening (MBF) and Pongfinity.

Registration

Registrations to Pongfinity Cup 2026 close on 25 April 2026.

The tournament is limited to a maximum amount of players.

 Registrations will be approved in the order that the participation fees have been paid. If there are more registrations, the subsequent registrants will be placed in a queue.

The organizers reserve the right to constrain the number of participants per class in case of overbooking or do other arrangements if there are insufficient number of participants in a class.

The maximum starts per class are as follows:            

Mens' Singles        128

Womens’ Singles    32

Ranking Cup          144

Boys U19                  32

Boys U17                 32

Boys U15                 64

Boys U13                 64

Boys U11                32

Girls U19                16

Girls U15                16

Girls U11                16

To be eligible to enter, you need to be registered at a club. If you don't belong to any club you can apply for a temporary licence through us.

If you want to register a group/club of players please be directly in touch with our contact person Matti Vainio (info@pongfinitycup.fi)

Confirmed registrations

Players that have registered and paid their participation fee are confirmed to play at Pongfinity Cup 2026. Below you will find an up-to-date list of successful registrations. After you have paid your registration, please make sure that you see your name in the list and that you have entered the correct classes.

The ranking of the players will be determined by their most actual ranking points on 25th of April 2026. The draw will be made during the week before the tournament

The confirmed players' list can be viewed here:

https://docs.google.com

Cancellation Policy

Contact info@pongfinitycup.fi to cancel your entry

Cancellations have to be submitted latest 1 month before the tournament to be eligible for a full refund (April 9th 2026)

Cancellations may also be made after this date and refunds may be issued with good reason

Permissions policy

The tournament will be livestreamed and filmed. Players might be featured on Pongfinity’s Youtube channels and other social medias.  

By participating/spectating in the tournament you agree that you might be seen in a video or live-stream from the tournament, uploaded on Pongfinity’s social media channels.  

By entering, you agree that upon registration your name will be shown in the list of participants

Equipment

Matches will be played on Stiga table tennis tables.

Matches will be played with Stiga optimum 3-star balls

Draw

The tournament draw will be made on the 5 May and published during the week prior to the tournament.

It will be based on the ratings of the Finnish Table Tennis Association of 25 April 2026.

Tournament officials

Tournament Director: Måns Holmberg

Head Umpire: Sami Pyykkö

Contact person: Matti Vainio

info@pongfinitycup.fi