Maikel de Haas claimed the Dutch championship on the weekend when he beat Patrick de Jong 2-0 in the final.
The tournament was the first national championships in four years, after some fantastic work by the Dutch table football community to revive the sport there.
Mirjam de Jong won the women’s event, while Martijn de Jong won the youth event.
Tokyo’s Cédric GARNIER claimed the 2019 Japanese National Championships, beating Takafumi KIDO (Sakuragicho) 1-0 in a tight final.
The competition was staged at the Minatomirai station in Yokohama, in a bid to showcase our sport to the general public.
3rd place was shared by losing semifinalists Taichi KATO (Yokohama) and Kazuki OKANO (Yokohama).
Full results:
Semifinals
Taichi 0-5 Cédric
Takafumi 2-1 Kazuki
5th place
Suguru FUJINO(Sakuragicho)
Hideaki WADA(Yamato)
Naoto TANAKA(Tokyo)
Shoki TANABE (Tokyo)
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Suguru 2-4 Kazuki
Cédric 5-1 Shoki
Hideaki 0-1 Takafumi
Naoto 1-5 Taichi
21players participated.
Well done to all participants.
Asia’s premier table football event will be staged in one of the most up-market malls in Singapore next weekend, the Millenia Walk, which is just a stones throw away from the Biggest Fountain in the World, and the iconic Marina Bay Area where you can find the symbol of Singapore, the Merlion.
President KW Tan said the venue for the June 15-16 Asian Cup of Table Football had been secured through some hard work by the organising committee, in a bid to ensure maximum publicity for the sport.
“We will be centre stage in one of the best malls in our country, with almost 4900 square feet of space, with thousands of shoppers being exposed to our competition,” he said.
“It gives us premium ability to show all that is good about our sport.”
Central octagon where the event will be staged
With Millenia Walk as the venue sponsor, the Main Sponsor is Karcher, a world renowned cleaning equipment supplier from Germany. WAGA, one of the key apparel providers for many sports clubs and association in the Asian Region, is also a sponsor, as well as globally known table football suppliers Astrobase.
“We will be selling Astrobase FISTF Starter Kits at the event, so if new players — or old players wanting to make a comeback — are looking for equipment, we will have it right there,” said Tan.
FISTF President Steve Dettre said the organizing Committee basically consists of the Singapore Table Football Association executive committee.
“Like so many other countries in the world, the committee is composed of players, and they have all put in a tremendous amount of effort, time and sacrifice to try make it one of the best tournaments in the 10 years since the formation of TFAS,” Dettre said.
Tan said holding the event at Millenia Walk was a dream of the Association.
“Holding it in a very public venue, we hope that we can better and further spread the awareness of the sport to the public,” he said.
The Millenia Walk
“Not only the locals here, but also to the many visitors to Singapore from other parts of the World. We hope that this awareness can then further pave the way for more growth opportunities for the Sport, not only in Singapore but the Asian region. And to make it a household sport which is able to pry the fingers and thumbs away from the touch screens and remote controllers.”
Players from Japan, Malaysia, Australia and Hong Kong will join the Singapore players in Open, Veterans, U19 and Team events, culminating in the traditional three-way national team tournament between Singapore, Japan and Australia.
More information will be made available on opportunities to watch live streams of competition.
Dear Member Associations, players.
The FISTF Board of Directors has worked for the last few months to revise the official Handbook. The last official version is the one listed on the FISTF home page (https://fistf.com/docs/).
A draft version of the revised version was sent to all Member Associations and a range of responses were sent back.
After processing these responses, the Board of Directors has decided to go back to our Member Associations for confirmation or otherwise of sections of the Handbook.
One major change to the Handbook was the removal of all sections relating to the organisation of tournaments. These will now be included in a separate Tournament Organisation Handbook which will be released soon.
Many members offered good suggestions to improve language in the Handbook, make some things clearer, and better explain some sections. We agreed with these and will implement them in the Handbook.
However, it was agreed that where there was an objection to a section, either to the inclusion of the section, rewording, or removal, we would ask for a general vote by the Member Associations.
The sections to be decided by the Member Associations are:
Section 3.3.3: This relates to the provision of a Diploma stating that the Member Association is a member of FISTF.
Section 5.10.2 : Proposes a change to the number of foreign players a club may use in a team competition, from TWO to ONE if the player is listed within the top 200 of the FISTF World Ranking (Open). There is no restriction on the number of players outside the top 200 as at September 1 each year.
Section 5.11: Proposes a new category of transfer, a Loan Transfer.
Section 7: Membership fees and levies.
Section 7: It is proposed that the concept of the ‘Campaign’ be removed, where a Member Nation organizes a group of tournaments, with FISTF offering a discount on the total amount of tournament fees.
Section 7.7.2, It is proposed that if an invoice sent by FISTF to an event organise is paid within 14 days, a discount of 25% will be granted.
Section 9.1.1. The proposal is to change the wording of this section to read: Only for Europe, the third weekend every month (except for June, July and August) should be (rather than has to be) free of Major, Grand Prix and International Open tournaments.
Section 10.1.1 FISTF World Cup general rules – World Cup is now biennial (every two years)
Section 10.2.3 Selection of Players. At the 2017 Congress, it was agreed to remove the U12 category from the World Cup only. The U12 category can still be contested at all other FISTF events.
Section 2.1.1. The members of the Board of Directors and any committees may present a claim for payment of expenses.Once these sections are defined, the final approved Handbook will be issued before the end of June.
Please note: For more information, we ask that you please liaise directly with your national association.
FISTF Board of Directors
(FISTF will update which associations have voted here)
AUSTRALIA Voted AUSTRIA BELGIUM Voted BRAZIL CANADA DENMARK ENGLAND FRANCE Voted GERMANY Voted GIBRALTAR Voted GREECE Voted HUNGARY Voted ITALY Voted JAPAN MALTA Voted NETHERLANDS NTHN IRELAND Voted PORTUGAL Voted SCOTLAND Voted SINGAPORE SPAIN Voted SWITZERLAND TUNISIA U.S.A. Voted WALES Voted
The Napoli Fighters claimed a sensational victory at the Italian Major – Bologna, winning the final against TSC Falcons Athens 2-1 to take their first Major title.
But the real drama came in the semi final when they were locked 2-2 (10-10) against Reggio Emilia at the end of normal time across the four tables.
In a dramatic twist, Massimo Cremona (MLT) scored against Massimiliano Nastasi (ITA), and although he lost 4-3, that third goal was enough to edge Napoli across the line.
Cremona scores in sudden death to help his team win their semifinal.
In the Open category, Reigning World Champion Matteo Ciccarelli (ITA) of the Fighters, beat Luca Colangelo (ITA) of Blue Flames 2-1.
Other winners on a superb weekend were:
Veteran – Francesco Mattiangeli (ITA), Black & Blue Subbuteo Pisa
U19 – Marios Strommer (AUT), Phoenix Vienna
U15 – Mattia Ferrante (ITA), Sessanta
U12 – Francesco Manfredelli, Eagles Napoli
Women – Margot Diradourian (FRA), Club Subbuteo Firenze
Open Consolation – Giuseppe Torre, Barcellona Mortellito
Veteran Consolation – Alberto Gomez, CAP Ciudad Murcia
Team Consolation – Stella Artois Milano
Many thanks to the Bologna Tigers and the incomparable Riccardo Marinucci.
Alberto Di Maggio (Noctuas Athens TSC) claimed the Athens International Open in a sensational 5-4 win over Nikolaos Charatsis (TSC Falcons Athens) on the weekend.
Konstantinos Kechris (CCT Roma) claimed the Veterans title, beating Dimitris Kourambas (Noctuas Athens TSC) 3-0.
TSC Falcons Athens beat Olympia CS 4-0 in the teams event.
Western Flickers Benny Ng claimed the 2019 Melbourne Satellite with a dramatic 2-1 win over Melbourne TFC’s Benji Batten on the weekend.
The win provided a great hit out for Benny and some of the others from Melbourne who will attend the Asian Cup in Singapore june 15-16.
Young Benjamin Ng (WFTFC) claimed the Junior title, beating clubmate Aidan Deverell 1-0 in their final.
Beth Eveleigh (Northern Phoenix) took the women’s event, ahead of Charlotte Wright (WFTFC)
It was good to see all three Melbourne based table football clubs sharing the titles.
The WASPA Plate was won by Nathan Urbaniak (MTFC) .
We are sure all who came would agree that it was an awesome fun day of flicking.
All eyes of the table football world will be on Bologna this weekend when the Major of Italy is played at the
PalaSavena sports stadium.
Last year more than 140 players competed, and our friend Riccardo Marinucci, the Bologna Tigers and FISCT are guaranteed to deliver a brilliant tournament again.
Fantastic work by the Gibraltar association to stage their GP, with England’s Chris Thomas claiming an emphatic victory, beating Gibraltar’s Patrick Dean 6-1 in the final.
Chris Thomas (ENG)
Patrick had some consolation, winning the Veterans event, beating John Field 3-2 in their final.
Patrick Dean receives his trophy from John Field.
Other results:
Team event winner: Lincoln, runner up Tiburones.
Under 15 winner: Jesus Maireles, runner up Paula Maireles.
The Richard Berllaque Fair Play Trophy: Juan Haro Giraldez.
Consolation winner: Miguel Matabuena, runner up Gerard Laguea.
Samuel Bartolo won the Maltese knockout competition against John Zammit 2-0 to qualify for the European Championship in Belgium in June.
Massimo Cremona won the Veterans category against Charlie Aquilina 2-1.
The full list of qualified players will be released soon.