Record P25,000 prize money for table tennis

The BTTA and Phoenix Assurance Botswana on Wednesday, launched a P70,000 sponsorship for the tournament that will see winners in both the men and women categories each pocketing P25,000, the largest individual prize money in table tennis. The award has been dubbed ‘Phoenix Assurance Botswana athletes life changing moment’. This would be in addition to the regular P6,000 prize money, meaning a winner could walk away with P31,000.

But there is a catch as players would need to gain 30 points or more in the semi-final stage to be eligible to compete for the big cheque. If the semi-finalists have 30 points or more then the tournament would proceed with the final match under the stated conditions, being the decider who would then pocket an enormous P31,000. In a scenario where no player has 30 points or more in the semi-final stage the prize would not be awarded. Instead, winners would receive only the P6,000.