It is with great sadness that we learned of the death overnight of Joseph M Debono of Malta, one of the founding fathers of FISTF.
Jo represented Malta at our FISTF preparation and constitution meetings in the early 90s (he’s seated at the bottom right of the photo).
Our game has lost a great promoter of both Subbuteo and table football.
We send our deepest condolences to his family, friends, Maltese table football community and his beloved H’Attard Subbuteo Club which he founded.
As a service to all players, clubs and associations, we publish here a list of all transfers received by FISTF up to the end of the official transfer Period, January 31.
All national associations must also ensure that the correct, up-to-date club of each player appears in their online FormF20,
If you spot issues with this sheet, please contact your club and your national association immediately.
Please note, there is now the Extended Transfer Period, as defined in the FISTF Handbook:
Extended Transfer Period
i) Players who have not played any team and individual tournaments FISTF can transfer in the first four months of the year until April 30 in an ‘Extended Transfer Period’. This transfer forms must be received by 00 hrs (Paris CET), April 30.
ii) The player transferring during ‘Extended Transfer Period’ must not have used the December 1st – January 31st transfer window.
For a transfer in the Extended Transfer Period, FISTF will require a fee of €50.00. The transfer will not be considered valid until the fee is received by FISTF Finance.
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Did you know you can find all the registered clubs that play in FISTF tournaments on the FISTF website.
The full lists of clubs, and their players, are available at:
https://fistf.com/data-centre/players-clubs/
This page also shows you what category you are eligible to compete in during the 2023 season.
If you’re travelling for work or holidays, why not look up a club in the destination city and have a friendly flick.
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As a service to all players, clubs and associations, we publish here a list of all transfers received by FISTF up to January 28.
Please note that the main transfer period ends on January 31, by which time we need to have received the completed transfer form.
All national associations must also ensure that the correct, up-to-date club of each player appears in their online FormF20,
If you spot issues with this sheet, please contact your club and your national association immediately.
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The Tunbridge Wells Organising Committee of the English Subbuteo Association has released its logo for the 202 World Cup.
Full details about the tournament will follow in the days weeks & months ahead.
Follow to stay up to date. In the meantime, support the event by donating here https://tinyurl.com/bdzfj262
(issue on behalf of the ESA)
As a service to all players, clubs and associations, we publish here a list of all transfers received by FISTF up to January 24.
Please note that the main transfer period ends on January 31, by which time we need to have received the completed transfer form.
All national associations must also ensure that the correct, up-to-date club of each player appears in their online FormF20,
If you spot issues with this sheet, please contact your club and your national association.
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As a service to all players, clubs and associations, we publish here a list of all transfers received by FISTF up to January 16.
Please note that the main transfer period ends on January 31, by which time we need to have received the completed transfer form.
All national associations must also ensure that the correct, up-to-date club of each player appears in their online FormF20,
If you spot issues with this sheet, please contact your club and your national association.
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In the interests of openness and making all information available to all players, we publish here the correspondence sent to all Member Nations.
As a note to all players: you must ensure that your registration with your national association is properly recorded. Your national association is your first and only point of call for these issues.
We also ask that all changes to your own boards be made through Google Sheet FormF01. Again, this can be done ongoing.
Happy New Year to all our Member Associations, Clubs, Players and Families.
We look forward to a prosperous 2023.
Our Member Nations have made some bold decisions at the recent Annual General Meeting.
There will be a ‘short’ 2023 season before we revert to a September-August season.
Other changes for the 23-24 season include amendments to how we classify Veterans and the ‘Under’ categories and allowing new systems for tournaments.
Growing our playing base is obviously a number one priority for 2023 and beyond.
This development of ‘grassroots’ is the responsibility of each national association and their clubs.
FISTF will do whatever it can to support our members, but it is at a local level that the growth must be achieved.
FISTF’s responsibilities are clearly outlined in our Statutes:
2.1 (FR) Promouvoir le Sport Football de Table (STF).
(EN) To promote Sports Table Football (STF).
2.2 (FR) Développer des relations amicales entre les officiels et les joueurs des Associations (MNA et MNAP) en favorisant l’organisation de matches de football de table dans chaque région.
(EN) To develop friendly relationships between officials and players of Associations (MNA and MNAP) by promoting the organisation of matches of sports table football in every region.
2.3 (FR) Gérer le Sport Football de Table en prenant toutes les mesures et décisions légales et réglementaires nécessaires pour la gestion sportive, administrative et financière du STF au niveau mondial.
(EN) To manage sports table football by taking all necessary statutory and regulatory measures and decisions for the sports, administrative and financial management of sports table football at the world level.
To that end, the FISTF Board and its various support commissions (Disciplinary, Rules, Editorial, Equipment) have worked to produce a range of documents to ensure competition can be conducted around the world.
In the coming days we will release an updated Equipment Guidelines, as well as the FISTF Handbook and FISTF Tournament Organisers Handbook.
Additionally, we are working towards creating an authoritative World Cup Handbook to cover all aspects of this important tournament.
Our new Sports Director, Chris Angelinas, will also work with the Rules Committee to replace members who have stepped down.
The Disciplinary Commission is now headed by our experienced colleague Frank Chetcuti Dimech after the retirement of Antonio Miguel Montaño García, whose outstanding leadership of the Commission was much appreciated. New members of the Commission are also being sought.
Together with our IT Administrator Roger Trouillard, we have worked to streamline much of the bureaucratic red tape when it comes to forms required to be submitted. Already we are making more use of Google Sheets to allow faster and more efficient information transfer. More forms will be moved to Google Sheets in the future.
We are now moving into the period where the World Cup 2024 Tunbridge Wells takes precedence, and the local organising committee will be making announcements soon.
On the local front, we rely on our national associations and their players. It is always the responsibility of the associations to fully represent their players, and for the players to take part in discussions how their association is run.
We wish everyone the best for all tournaments in which they play, to enjoy themselves and respect their opponents, referees and officials.
Gelukkige Nuwejaar; سنة سعيدة; Feliç any nou; šťastný nový rok; Gelukkig Nieuwjaar; سال نو مبارک; Bonne Année; Bliadhna mhath ur; Gutes Neues Jahr; Καλή χρονιά; שָׁנָה טוֹבָה; Boldog Új Évet; Athbhliain faoi mhaise dhuit; Buon anno; あけましておめでとうございます; 새해 복 많이 받으세요; Is Sena it -Tajba; 新年快乐; Szczęśliwego Nowego Roku; Feliz Ano Novo; С Новым Годом; Feliz Año Nuevo; blwyddyn newydd dda; Happy New Year.
The FISTF Board
The FISTF Member Nations have voted to revert to a September to August Season, starting in September 2023 after the result of voting from the Annual General Meeting.
A 60 per cent vote in favour of changing from the calendar season (12-8) was followed by a 53 per cent vote (9-8) to implement the change during 2023.
A proposal to remove the compulsory requirement for Teams events at Grand Prix and Gold Gran Prix was also approved (14-6). Tournament organisers can of course include team events if they desire, but it is no longer a compulsory event. Additionally, the Swiss and Swiss Hybrid tournament systems will be allowed for all FISTF Tour events after a successful vote (14-4). It must be noted that these are just another option in tournament structure.
A proposal to allow combined teams (players from mixed clubs) failed to achieve the required 66.6pct majority (11-9) and was not approved.
Two other significant changes involved age categories.
Players competing in “Under categories” (U20, U16 and U12) now must be under that age for the entirety of the season after a 13-6 vote in favour.
This will be implemented for the new 2023-24 season.
As well, the age for Veterans has been increased to 50+plus, rather than 45+plus at present. The 50+plus option received 15 votes, while there were three votes to make it 55+plus, and 3 votes to remain as 45+plus.
Again, this will be implemented for the 2023-24 season.
All other resolutions will be implemented as soon as the shortened 2023 season starts.
A resolution was passed (13-3) that in Satellite events, only Open and Under 20, U16 and U12 categories can be contested. Veteran and Women events are removed. Wild cards are removed from all events at a Satellite.
New systems to allow for some randomness in tournament format will also be permitted. Full details are in the AGM Minutes. These new tournament formats will be outlined in detail in the FISTF Tournament Organisers Handbook and FISTF Official Handbook which will be released by January 1.
Proposed changes to the number of substitutes in a team match were rejected, though the composition of a team ‘squad’ was increased to 8. Only six can be named in a match, and only one substitute is allowed per match.
A proposal to remove Sudden death from extra time in team events was also rejected.
All voting nations unanimously approved the appointment of Chris Angelinas as FISTF Sports Director.
FISTF will implement more information in the FISTF Calendar on FISTF.com to allow Tournament Directors to detail how they propose to organise and run their events.