# Grand Sumo November Tournament 2028 (Kyushu Basho) - Ticket Oosumo advance lottery

> The public ticket ballot for Grand Sumo November Tournament 2028 is expected to run ~25 Aug 2028 to 28 Aug 2028, with results ~30 Aug 2028, estimated from the last cycle; entry is free.

- Canonical: https://theticketlottery.com/ballots/grand-sumo-november-tournament-2028-ticket-oosumo-advance-lottery
- Sport: Sumo
- Status on 2026-09-08: Announced
- Public ballot: yes
- Access: draw
- Ballot type: free-entry draw
- Opens: 2028-08-25 (estimated from the previous cycle)
- Closes: 2028-08-28 (estimated from the previous cycle)
- Results: 2028-08-30
- Event dates: 2028-11-12 to 2028-11-26
- Location: Fukuoka Kokusai Center, Fukuoka, Japan
- Organizer: Nihon Sumo Kyokai (Japan Sumo Association); official ticketing via Ticket Oosumo (operated with PIA Corporation)
- Entry cost: Free to enter. Requires free Ticket Oosumo member registration; no application fee. Winners pay face value plus issuing/system fees.
- Eligibility: Anyone with a free Ticket Oosumo account (Japanese-language site; tickets issued in Japan). Overseas buyers use the official English site sumo.pia.jp/en: no lottery, first-come from the general-sale date.
- Ticket prices if you win: Per recent Fukuoka levels: chair approx JPY 3,500-10,000 per person, tamari approx JPY 20,000, 4-person masu boxes approx JPY 40,000-60,000.
- Official site: https://sumo.pia.jp/sumo11.jsp
- Last verified: 2026-08-24 (confidence: medium)

## Key dates

- 2028-09-01 (estimated): Ballot opens (free Ticket Oosumo account needed; window projected from the confirmed general sale, not yet published)
- 2028-09-04 (estimated): Ballot closes
- 2028-09-06 (estimated): Results (recent cycles publish from about 18:00 JST via MyPage and email)
- 2028-09-16: General sale opens (confirmed on the JSA English year schedule; a Saturday, first come first served. The schedule gives the date only; recent cycles opened at 10:00 JST)
- 2028-10-30: Banzuke (rankings) announced (confirmed on the JSA English year schedule; after the general sale opens, so tickets are bought before the card is known)
- 2028-11-12 to 2028-11-26: Tournament runs (Fukuoka Kokusai Center)

## Where it stands

As of 2026-08-24 the tournament is fixed and organizer-confirmed: 2028-11-12 to 2028-11-26 at Fukuoka Kokusai Center, general sale from 2028-09-16, banzuke on 2028-10-30. All four come from the Nihon Sumo Kyokai's own English Grand Tournament Schedule, which publishes three years ahead. Still unpublished: the free Ticket Oosumo advance lottery. This record projects it at 2028-08-25 to 2028-08-28 with results about 2028-08-30, so treat those three dates as estimates. The projection is no longer a guess from the sale date alone: it now follows the free round's actual published shape in the 2026 cycle. The 2026 Kyushu basho ran the free round much earlier than the rest: from 22 days before the Saturday general sale to 19 days before, with results 2 days after the round closed. This record previously projected a window about a week too late and was corrected on 2026-08-24 against that published ladder. sumo.pia.jp/sumo11.jsp publishes the real ladder once the paid Fan Club rounds are scheduled, which in the 2026 cycle was 3 to 5 weeks before the general sale, so check it from about 2028-08-02. The paid Fan Club rounds run shortly before the free draw and are not scheduled yet either.

## How to enter

Register free at sumo.pia.jp; apply online during the window; random draw; results ~18:00 JST via MyPage/email; automatic card charge between close and results.

## Your odds

No official odds published; fully random draw; weekend days heavily oversubscribed.

## Good to know

- The tournament itself is already official. The Japan Sumo Association publishes its English Grand Tournament Schedule three years ahead, so 2028-11-12 to 2028-11-26 at Fukuoka Kokusai Center, the general sale on 2028-09-16 and the banzuke on 2028-10-30 are organizer-published dates, not projections. The advance-lottery window is the only estimate on this page.
- The free Ticket Oosumo draw is an earlier rung than the general sale, not an alternative to it. Entering costs nothing and the draw is random, so the 2028-09-16 general sale is the fallback if the draw does not come through, and the lottery window is the part still to be announced.
- Tickets go on sale before anyone knows the card. The banzuke that decides who fights is published on 2028-10-30, which is 44 days after the general sale opens on 2028-09-16, so you pick your day before the matchups exist.

## Sources

- https://sumo.pia.jp/
- https://sumo.pia.jp/sumo11.jsp
- https://md.pia.jp/sumo/guide/prereserve.jsp
- https://www.sumo.or.jp/EnTicket/year_schedule/