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Yearly Archives: 2018
World Cup 2018 new dates!! Venue, infos.
The upcoming World Cup in Gibraltar will take place on 1st and 2nd of September 2018.
Find below some useful pieces of information about the WC, provided by John Field.
Traveling to Giblartar – Accommodation
Grand Prix of Vienna, 14th & 15th April 2018
Sports Table Football goes to Vienna in April hosted by TSC Royal 78 Kaisermuhlen.
Tiburones wins Scotland GP Teams Event
Snow was falling outside but plenty of heat was being generated inside as ten teams competed in the Scottish GP Team Event.
In the end-up it was the top two seeds, Tiburones (Spain) and Royal 78 Kaisermuhlen (Austria) who met in the final.
The key results in this closely but fairly contested match were Antonio Montano’s and Daniel Scheen’s wins over Thomas Wittman and Christian Haas.
The final overall score was 2-1.
The Plate Consolation was won by Dundee United A Team.
New President for Canadian table football
Great news out of Canada where Mike Sgro has taken over the position of President of the Canadian Subbuteo Table Football Association (CSTFA).
Mike Sgro
Previous incumbent, Shane Hoopfer, is staying on as VP to help with the transition phase as a new Board is built.
We wish all the best to Mike, and pass on our great thanks to Shane.
This is great news for our sport in North America, with CSTFA and the American Subbuteo Association fully supported by FISTF as the official associations to grow our sport and develop competitions across the region.
FISTF BoD
Japanese association promotes the sport at Football Film Festival
Japan’s national association, NOSK, were invited to participate in the Yokohama Football Film festival to stage demonstrations of our sport for those attending the football films.
More than 1000 people watched table football and had a time to flick in this event.
Denmark’s Jesper Stasl Nielsen san and Tommas lange Clausen san helped the event during their traveling in Japan.
Most of spectators obviously had a great passion for football, and were pleasantly surprised when discovering table football.
A special friendly match between Cédric Garnier and Jesper gave the biggest impact, as people recognised that table football had its own magic!
Manuel Santos takes the International Open Cascai
Manuel Santos of SC Grosseto won the Individual Open event at the International Open Cascai, beating Ricardo Pavão in the final.
Manuel Santos (winner) & Ricardo Pavão (defeated finalist)
The U15 title went to Tomas Santos of Clube de Subbuteo Zarco, while Jose Santos (CF Sassoeiros) won the Veterans category.
Tomás Santos (winner U15)
Left – Nuno Afonso (SCP – Núcleo Sacavém) (defeated finalist) and José Santos (CF Sassoeiros) Veterans winner
Ramos claims thrilling GP of Scotland with golden goal
Sergio Ramos of Portugal and the Bologna Tigers claimed victory in the Open category of the GP of Scotland, beating England’s Chris Thomas (The Glide, Slide, Chip & Dip Club) with a ‘golden goal’ after they had drawn 1-1.
Sergio (green) against Chris in the Open final
Antonio Montaño (Spain) consolidated his position as Veteran number 1 when he defeated his Tiburones clubmate Daniel Scheen (BEL) 2-0.
Antonio Montaño (white) winner of the Veterans title
Daniel’s son, Noé (Stembert) was successful in the Under 19 but he had to go to shots to beat England’s Thomas Price (Kent Invicta).
Noé Scheen (left)
Thomas, however, had the consolation of the Under 15 trophy with victory over countrywoman Ruby Mathews (Manchester TFC).
England’s Brian Daley (Yorkshire Phoenix) won the Consolation Plate, a WASPA event.
Statement concerning American Subbuteo Association
FISTF wishes it to be known that there is only one organisation in the United States of America that is the recognised association governing the sport on behalf of FISTF. The American Subbuteo Association (ASA) is a member nation of FISTF and has the right to stage international events under the umbrella of FISTF, and send players to compete in the World Cup. Only the ASA is the true representative of Sports Table Football, using the approved FISTF laws of the sport, and working with FISTF to spread Sports Table Football to players and clubs.
We continue to work with the ASA, its president Jonathan D Smith and the ASA Board, and the ASA will be the only authorised re-seller of the soon-to-be released FISTF Starter Sets in the USA.
We continue to work with the ASA, its president Jonathan D Smith and the ASA Board, and the ASA will be the only authorised re-seller of the soon-to-be released FISTF Starter Sets in the USA.
signed: FISTF Board of DIrectors
Great time at the FISTF GP of France
Congratulations to all the French GP players, and a special thank you from FISTF to all FTC Issy members who made the event a success.
Winners:
Open : Justin Leroy (Rochefort TS)
Veteran : Daniel Scheen (Tiburones FM)
Ladies: Emilie Despretz (AS Hennuyer)
U19 : Maxime Rairoux (SC Eugies lion’s)
U15 : Matthéo Grégoirs (Rochefort TS)
U12 : Quentin Ausset (ESC Champs sur Marne)
Teams : Tiburones FM
