Our Asian brothers and sisters will be staging their biggest event this weekend, with the 4th edition of the Asian Cup of Table Football returning to its birthplace in Melbourne.

A total of 48 players will contest the Open category, with 16 juniors and six in the female category.

Twelve teams will contest for the Club Championship, followed by a tri-way battle between national teams of Australia, Singapore and Japan.

Live video will start on Friday Night with the Tournament draw taking place at 9:30PM AEDT.

Match streaming will begin at approximately 10am each day and will cover a feature match each session building up to the final matches on each day, which will feature live commentary from the venue in addition to a scoreboard and time clock.

All matches streamed live at: www.facebook.com/SubbuteoAustralia

In addition to live streaming, you can follow all the results through this link:
https://onedrive.live.com/view.aspx?resid=8F15AFC973B4AB3C!105&ithint=file%2cxlsx&app=Excel&authkey=!AOJYjqZb_MuVU7Y

The document will be updated as results are entered so you can keep up to date with the action as it happens!

Dear sports table football community.
The Board of Directors of FISTF would like to wish everyone all the best for the holiday season.
I feel incredibly proud to have been elected as President of FISTF and to lead a great group of people to help direct the future of our sport.
Like you, we are all players. For all of us, playing our sport is what inspires and excites us.
I can’t conceive of being involved without having a regular flick with my friends here in Sydney, and taking part in larger tournaments around Asia.
I know the same goes for all my fellow board members.
My desire for the new board of FISTF is to be there for the players.
As a Board we want to be more inclusive, more transparent, and do more to help clubs and associations to grow our sport.
I hope everyone has a great time with friends and family over the next few weeks, and stay tuned for more information from FISTF to take us into a new era.

There was plenty of action across the globe in FISTF events over the weekend.

In the Grand Prix of Italy in Milan, victory went to Luca Battista in the Open category, while Gerardo Patruno took the Veterans event.

Gerardo Patruno (Veterans) presented with the trophy by Gianluca Galeazzi.

In the other categories, Paola Forlani claimed the ladies’ crown, while Francesco Borgo won the U15, and Lorenzo Fricano took the U12.

In the U19, Malta’s Jurgen Balzan staged a sensational comeback, after being 0-3 down to beat Theo Modeste 6-3 to take the crown.

Jurgen Balzan (U19) presented with the trophy by Gianluca Galeazzi.

In the teams event, Fianne Azzurre claimed the title, bearing Rochefort 3-0 in the final.

Across the world, Ouabi Rouis stamped his dominance in Singapore, with a victory in the Merlion Cup, a FISTF International Open.

It was his 5th tournament win in a row, but only after a thrilling 1-0 victory against David Ruelle. Both are from the Jurong Central Subbuteo Club.

The Malta Table Football Sports Association had a successful evening at the Maltese Olympic Committee Awards this week.
The evening was held at the Corinthia Palace Hotel in San Anton, hosted by local sports journalist Mario Bonnici.
The Maltese Open Table Football Team of Angelo Borg, Hansel Mallia, Massimo Cremona & Samuel Bartolo was presented with a Bronze Award for their efforts in being Semi finalist in the FISTF World Cup in Paris this September.

Massimo Cremona and Samuel Bartolo, members of the Open semifinal team at the FISTF World Cup.

Massimo Cremona also won a gold award for his victories on the FISTF circuit in Scotland, Greece and Austria.
A total of 103 athletes across a range of sports, from snooker, bodybuilding, canoeing, cycling, triathlon and table football were honoured with this year’s awards.
Julian Pace Bonello, President of the Maltese Olympic Committee, said “these athletes not only produce good results on the international scene but also serve as inspiration for other athletes through their behavior.”

Samuel Bartolo, Monalita Balzan (Malta Table Football Sports Association Public Relations Officer), Joe Zammit Pavia (President MTFSA), Massimo Cremona.

Thanks to the collaboration between Stefano De Francesco, Vice President FISTF of the Department for the development and promotion of the game, and Enrico Tecchiati, owner of Astrobase, we will have two new fantastic products!!!

A new game box that will allow all the federations to have a tool that will satisfy the demands of old and new fans and a new starter team for beginners!!!

All boxes will be produced with the FISTF logo and with the logo of the individual federations. All the boxes will include a document with all the information concerning the national federations and existing clubs, in order to allow those who buy the product to find opponents and associations close to their homes.

This is an important step towards the new era of FISTF.

NOTE – all information relating to prices and purchases after the next Congress of Milan on December 9.

Belgian player Michaël Dupret claimed the FISTF Yokohama International Open on the weekend of 2-3 December, beating Cedric Garnier (Tokyo TFC) 2-0 in the final.

Open Medallists

Organised by Japan President Kenzo Koi, the tournament was used by many Japanese players to start their preparation for the Asian Cup in Melbourne in January.

Competitors

Full results:
Japan IO Dec 2017

Ladies medallists

Veterans medallists

Teams Event Results:
Yokohamma teams

Team winners Yokohama

Congratulations to the winners of the Spanish Cup, staged last weekend.

José Ros (CAP Ciudad de Murcia FM) claimed the Open event, Juan Carlos Granados Cuéllar (CAP) won in the Veterans, Carlos Pinto took the U15, while Maria Muñoz won the female event, and Murcia was victorious the teams event.

Well done to Subbuteo Club Móstoles for organising the event.

(CAP Ciudad de Murcia FM)

José Ros (CAP Ciudad de Murcia FM)

​As a result of a request by 16 of the National Association members of FISTF, ​voting for the new board of directors of FISTF will happen this week ahead of the Extraordinary Congress, using a new method of internet voting.​
This format will allow all member associations of FISTF to have a democratic say in the election of officials, even if they cannot be present at the Extraordinary Congress in Milan.

If you are a National Association delegate, just click HERE (https://fistf.com/login/) to log in and have access to the “VOTING” menu.

Here you can dowload the 10 forms of candidates : FISTF_BoD_Election_2017_Applicants

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