Recently, on May 16, to celebrate the success of the 11th National Congress of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, term 2026 - 2031, the 2026 Pickleball Tournament of the Fatherland Front Youth and Central Agencies took place sôi nổi, attracting a large number of union members and youth to participate in the competition.
The announcement of the Standing Committee of the Youth Union of the Fatherland Front and central organizations said that there are a total of 29 teams registered to participate in the competition in two categories: men's doubles and mixed doubles.
The teams are divided into 4 groups in each event to compete in a round-robin format to calculate points, selecting teams with high achievements to the quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals. The total number of matches in the whole tournament is 53 matches.
The tournament applies the Competition Law of the Asian Pickleball Federation along with additional professional regulations to ensure fairness and safety for athletes. Group stage matches compete in 1 set to 11 points; quarter-finals and semi-finals compete in 1 set to 15 points; the finals compete in a 3-set win 2 format.
Throughout the competition, the matches take place continuously on 4 courts with many attractive matches. The morning is the group stage matches in men's doubles at court 9, court 10 and mixed doubles at court 11, central court. The afternoon takes place the quarter-finals, semi-finals and two finals of the tournament.
In the men's doubles event, 2 "pick players" Tran Cao Nguyen and Duong Dinh Truong (Vietnam General Confederation of Labor delegation) won the Second Prize.
Closing after a day of exciting competition, the 2026 Pickleball Tournament for the Youth of the Fatherland Front and Central Agencies left many imprints with the enthusiastic, united and fair-play fighting spirit of the athletes.
Comrade Nguyen Nhat Linh - Member of the Executive Committee of the Party Committee of the Fatherland Front, central mass organizations, Member of the Executive Committee of the Central Youth Union, Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union of the Fatherland Front, central mass organizations - said that the "Great Unity" Youth Pickleball Tournament is not only a practical sports activity of the youth of the Fatherland Front and central mass organizations, but also an opportunity for union members and youth of units to exchange, learn, strengthen solidarity and coordination in work; contributing to building an increasingly strong, creative and youth-rich Youth Union organization.
According to Comrade Nguyen Nhat Linh, the tournament is organized to create a healthy and useful sports playground; strengthen exchanges and solidarity between union members, youth, officials, civil servants, public employees, and workers of agencies and units in the Fatherland Front system and central mass organizations; and at the same time spread the spirit of physical exercise and sports, improve health, and build a dynamic, active and cohesive working environment.
Some notable images of the tournament:
