The tournament was organized by Tie Wan (Shanghai) Sports Ltd, which is a leading professional armwrestling player in South China.
Thanks to the enthusiasm and expertise of the founder and mastermind of the Shanghai Open tournaments Mr. Jonathan Lee and his team the tournament was held at a very high level and became another stage in strengthening the position of Chinese armwrestlers in the global Unified Ranking of Professional Armwrestling URPA.

The co-organizers of the tournament were:

Shanghai Social Sports Center

Jiu sheng sports

Shan Di Meng Sports 

Tournament sponsors:

Shanghai DCT Armwrestling Club

Shanghai Jin'gNortGang North Bund Real Estate

Shanghai Magnolia Plaza

North Bund Group

Casio China

Lawson China

Shanghai Hai Zhen

Photos and videos from the tournament immediately received thousands of views on social networks. 

Igor Mazurenko, President of the Professional Armwrestling League: “The URPA tournaments, which are held in Shanghai, show the rapid growth of professional armwrestling in China every year. The emotions and enthusiasm from the athletes, spectators, referees and organizers that we see during the Shanghai Open tournaments impress armwrestling fans all over the world! Chinese professional armwrestling has a great future on the world stage! ”