The AmBank Malaysia Pickleball Championship is coming again—and it’s bringing extra gamers, extra international locations, and extra prize cash with it.
The second version of the match is about for 19 to 21 June 2026 at PLAYA Racquet Membership, with organisers Rating Sports activities Administration increasing the sector to over 600 opponents from 10 international locations. That may be a significant step up from final yr’s inaugural version, which drew 500 gamers. The prize purse has grown accordingly—from RM50,000 to RM66,000.
The sector might be worldwide within the truest sense. Alongside Malaysian gamers, opponents are anticipated from South Africa, the UK, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Singapore—a listing that displays simply how broadly pickleball’s aggressive group has unfold throughout areas that hardly registered the game a couple of years in the past.
The competitors is structured throughout three classes—novice, intermediate, and open—guaranteeing that the expanded area shouldn’t be merely including elite gamers however widening the door for these at each stage of their pickleball journey.
SCORE chief govt officer Patricia Tan framed the match’s function in phrases that transcend the aggressive format. “Our objective is to advertise a wholesome way of life—we wish to convey the group collectively,” she mentioned. “The competitors is about making a platform the place gamers can compete critically, whereas preserving the game accessible and inclusive.”
That mixture—real competitors alongside real accessibility—is what has made pickleball’s development in Malaysia sustainable quite than fleeting. A sport that works just for superior gamers has a ceiling. One which brings in novices alongside open-category opponents, with a correct prize purse on the road, builds one thing with endurance.
The match is supported by Franklin, Sports activities Sync Asia, Karta, ALIR, and PLAYA Racquet Membership, amongst others.
If final yr’s version proved the idea, this June is about proving the size.
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