Ballot and Payment Arrangements

 Submission of E-applicationsBallot and Announcement of ResultsPayment / ConfirmationAnnouncement of Remaining QuotasOpen Enrolment
DateTable TennisFrom 15 to 21 October 2025From 3 to 5 November 2025From 6 to 10 November 202511 November 2025From 12 to 25 November 2025
(8:30 a.m. on the first day)
Distance RunFrom 15 to 21 November 2025From 4 to 6 December 2025From 7 to 13 December 202514 December 2025From 15 to 28 December 2025
(8:30 a.m. on the first day)
Tai ChiFrom 15 to 21 December 2025From 4 to 6 January 2026From 7 to 11 January 202612 January 2026From 13 to 26 January 2026
(8:30 a.m. on the first day)
TennisFrom 15 to 21 January 2026From 3 to 5 February 2026From 6 to 10 February 202611 February 2026From 12 to 25 February 2026
(8:30 a.m. on the first day)
BadmintonFrom 22 to 28 January 2026From 10 to 12 February 2026From 13 to 23 February 202624 February 2026From 25 February to 10 March 2026
(8:30 a.m. on the first day)
SwimmingFrom 12 to 18 March 2026From 31 March to 2 April 2026From 3 to 8 April 20269 April 2026From 10 to 24 April 2026
(8:30 a.m. on the first day)
Notes
  • All applicants are welcome to submit e-application forms;
  • Each applicant may at the same time enrol in a maximum of one singles event and one doubles event and must indicate their choices when submitting the e-application forms.
  • All quotas will be allocated by means of ballot via the SmartPLAY system;
  • After the ballot, successful applicants will receive an electronic notification of successful application and payment / confirmation generated by the system;
  • Members of the public may also check the ballot results through My SmartPLAY App, the SmartPLAY webpage, the smart self-service stations at DLSOs, leisure venues or the Masters Games 2025/26 website, but they will not be notified separately by post.
  • Smart Self-service Stations: until 11:00 p.m. daily;
  • Electronic Platform: until 11:59 p.m. on the payment due date)
  • Successful applicants must settle the payment or complete the confirmation procedures within the specified payment / confirmation period through My SmartPLAY App, the SmartPLAY webpage or smart self-service stations. For details, please visit www.smartplay.lcsd.gov.hk/website/en/features/payment.html;
  • The prime applicant of the doubles event is required to complete the confirmation procedures or settle the payment for himself/herself and his/her partner.  The partner, however, is not required to complete the confirmation procedures or pay for such doubles event;
  • If the partner of the prime applicant is also allocated a place in a singles event through balloting within the same game after the prime applicant has settled the fee for the doubles event, the partner is required to complete the confirmation procedures for the singles event (no payment needed).  Otherwise, relevant confirmation procedures will be deemed incomplete.
  • If there are quotas left after the end of payment / confirmation period, the number of such quotas will be announced through My SmartPLAY App, the SmartPLAY webpage or the smart self-service stations.
  • SmartPLAY users may complete the enrolment procedures through My SmartPLAY App, the SmartPLAY webpage or the smart self-service stations.
  • Before enrolment, the prime applicants of the doubles events must first enter “My Records” of the SmartPLAY system and select other members from “Friend List” available in the “Invitation for Joint Enrolment of First-Come-First-Served Activity”. The invitees will then receive a notification of invitation generated by the system.  The prime applicants have to wait until the invitees accept the invitation before they can enroll for the competition on a first come, first served basis.
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