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Press release of ECSTFA

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Firstly, on behalf of my colleagues on the Board, I would like to apologise for the unsatisfactory communication from the European Confederation of Sport Table Football Association (ECSTFA) since its inception eight months ago. It has not been good enough and it will improve.

Secondly, I would like to briefly introduce myself. I am Bob Varney from the English Subbuteo Association and I have recently become the Interim President of the ECSTFA Board after the untimely resignation of our previous President which was notified to the FISTF Board earlier this week. I have a long history in business and more recent experience in professional sport to world class level. Historically, I have previously been Chairman of the English Table Soccer Association (ETSA) and President of the European Tablesoccer Federation (ETF)

The ECSTFA was created by the European Member Nations and recognised by FISTF to bring Europe in line with the other Continents under the Statutes of the world governing body. My colleagues on the ECSTFA Board are driven to deliver excellence and professionalise our sport – with the ultimate goal being television coverage – to truly take our sport to the next level.

As a new Confederation we have zero budget and zero income. Subsequently, we must raise funds to facilitate our aims and goals for the future. The foundation of our culture is to provide excellence and we feel that the players must make a realistic contribution to the cost of this – certainly in the short term until we can establish commercial partnerships. This is very much a ‘chicken and egg’ situation.

The increased Entry Fees for the Champions League and Europa League have caused much consternation among the playing membership. We as a Board accept that we have not communicated the background and reasoning surrounding our decision but remain convinced that a Fee of €10 per person per day is not excessive for a world class competition – and to create a budget for the development of our sport. We have listened to feedback and will offer free entry into the Champions League and Europa League for players from the Under 20 category.

I have had less than 48 hours to communicate with FISTF and prepare this statement, but it is our intention to have a detailed road map on how we plan to invest our budget within 14 days. The cornerstones of our investment will be in professional advertising, marketing, media and promotion, with a modern website and communications strategy; to work with trusted specialist agencies to attract the commercial partnerships that will allow the sport to reach its full potential.

We are actively recruiting additional Interim Board members who share our ambition and vision for the future. We will appoint a Director of Communications to ensure that the miscommunication of recent weeks is not repeated and a Treasurer to ensure financial transparency.

A Congress will be organised to formalise the Presidency and/or new Board Member/s and the details will be published as soon as is possible.

The Board is committed to being honest, open and transparent and seeks your support and understanding as we build and develop a brand-new Confederation.

As they say, Rome wasn’t built in a day…

Bob Varney – Interim President

European Confederation of Sport Table Football Association (ECSTFA)

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Vlassopoulos claims Acropolis GP

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Ioannis VLASSOPOULOS (GRE/Proteas Athens Subbuteo Club) claimed a spectacular extra time victory in the Acropolis Grand Prix, beating Nikolaos CHARATSIS (GRE/Scarlet Battalion SC) 2-1.

Ioannis VLASSOPOULOS Winner


Nikolaos CHARATSIS finalist


Sarantis PAPIDAKIS (GRE/Scarlet Battalion) and Phillipos PAPIDAKIS (GRE/Scarlet Battalion) were the losing semi finalists.

Philippos PAPIDAKIS semifinalist

Sarantis PAPIDAKIS semifinalist

Antonios KASTELLANOS (GRE/Olympia Club Subbuteo) claimed the Veterans category, while Eleftheria PAPANIKOLAOU (GRE/Glyfada United TSC) took the women’s event.

Michalis CHIOTIS (GRE/Flaming Flickers Subbuteo Club) took the U12 title, while Nikolaos PSOMIADIS (GRE/Subbuteurs Athens TSC) took the U16 event.

Scarlett Battalion won the team’s event, beating Proteas 2-1.

Qualification for World Cup Rome 2022

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The official FISTF World Rankings for the end of May have been released, which is used for the first assignment of qualifiers for the FISTF World Cup.
As per the FISTF Handbook, 8 places from each category are awarded, with a limit of 2 per nation.

These places are offered directly to the players.

In addition, each Member National Association, and the Provisional Member National Associations, are able to nominate two players to participate in each category.

A further two ‘reserve’ players may be nominated.

Using the World Ranked qualified players and the nominated players from each MNA, the places in the various tournaments are filled:
Open: 64
Veterans: 64
Under-20: 32
Under-16: 32
Under-12 32
Women: 32

The players qualified by the FISTF World Ranking are:

Open

  1. Flores Carlos – ESP – AEFM
  2. Colangelo Luca – ITA – FISCT
  3. Gauci Mark – MLT – MTFSA
  4. Dimopoulos Dimitrios – GRE – UHTF
  5. La Torre Claudio – ITA – FISCT
  6. Huynh Rémy – BEL – FBFTS-BSTVB
  7. Dheyr Christophe – BEL – FBFTS-BSTVB
  8. Di Maggio Alberto – GRE – UHTF

Veteran

  1. Scheen Daniel – BEL – FBFTS-BSTVB
  2. Montano Antonio – ESP AEFM
  3. Calonico Gianfranco – ITA – FISCT
  4. Mattiangeli Francesco – ITA – FISCT
  5. Scheen Pascal – BEL – FBFTS-BSTVB
  6. Konstantinos Kechris – GRE – UHTF
  7. Kastellanos Antonios – GRE – UHTF
  8. Busch Davide – AUT – EOTV

Women

  1. Herbaut Audrey – FRA – 3FTS
  2. Papanikolaous Eleftheria – GRE – UHTF
  3. Guyot Françoise – FRA – 3FTS
  4. Villarigues Carolina – POR – APS
  5. Mélina Scheen – BEL – FBFTS-BSTVB
  6. Pappa Chrysoula – GRE – UHTF
  7. Busing Victoria – GER – DSTFB
  8. Despretz Léa – BEL – FBFTS-BSTVB

Under 20

  1. Boltz Corentin – BEL – FBFTS-BSTVB
  2. Giaux Louison – BEL – FBFTS-BSTVB
  3. Ferrante Mattia – ITA – FISCT
  4. Lazzaretti Lorenzo – ITA – FISCT
  5. Ollnow Oliver – AUS – ATFA
  6. Jamie Bonnici – MLT – MTFSA
  7. Benita Rubén – ESP – AEFM
  8. Torres Cabezas José – ESP – AEFM

Under 16

  1. Denne Noah – BEL – FBFTS-BSTVB
  2. Bouchez Charlotte – BEL – FBFTS-BSTVB
  3. Manfredelli Francesco – ITA – FISCT
  4. Maireles Jesùs – ESP – AEFM
  5. Borgo Francesco – ITA – FISCT
  6. Psomiadis Nikolaos – GRE – UTH
  7. Bonnici Jayden – MLT – MTFSA
  8. Farrugia Randon Roberto – MLT – MTFSA

Under 12

  1. Di Maggio Maximos – GRE – UHTF
  2. Bignardi Samuele – ITA – FISCT
  3. Dimakeas Apollon – GRE – UHTF
  4. Sani Tommaso – ITA – FISCT
  5. Santos Guilherme – POR – APS
  6. Bento Gabriel – POR – APS
  7. Demey Jean – BEL – FBFTS-BSTVB
  8. Reguera Munoz Manuel – ESP – AEFM

After the allocation of the Qualified and Nominated Players, if there are available places open then the process of filling these spots follows the guidelines of the Handbook:

(i) First reserve from a country that has no players selected by the World Ranking
(ii) First reserve from a country that has 1 player selected by the World Ranking
(iii) Second reserve from a country that has no players selected by the World Ranking
(iv) First reserve from a country that has 2 players selected by the World Ranking
(v) Second reserve from a country that has 1 player selected by the World Ranking
(vi) Second reserve from a country that has 2 players selected by the World Ranking

It is up to each Member National Association to complete the form and register the players.
The form must be submitted by June 30.

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Vicenc Prats claims Open and Marti Rosa the U16 at the Barcelona Satellite.

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Vicenç Prats (ESP/Tiburones FM) won the Barcelona Satellite OPEN tournament, beating his club colleague Ferran Coll in the final for 4-2.


Alan Lee (ENG/Wobbly Hobby) and Arturo Martinez (ESP/ACS Perugia 1973) were the beaten semifinalists.
In the U16 category, Martí Rosa won a group of four players.
The tournament was held in the Barcelona municipality of Mataró by the reborn and historic Club AS Iluro FT, thus returning the Catalan municipality to the map of International Table Soccer.
The event, played on Astropitch fields, was attended by 22 players, among whom the presence of the main swords of the Catalan circuit stood out, the dean Arturo Martínez, the very powerful Vicenç Prats and Ferran Coll and the tournament director Alex Araujo, among others.
The national scene would be completed by Julio Candelas, who came from the Madrid town of Moralzarzal, and José David Somoza who came from Mallorca.
The international participation was made up of England’s Alan Lee from Wobbly Hobby Subbuteo Club who had just participated in the last tournament held in Mallorca and Singapore’s Nic Tan belonging to SC Dragons Hong Kong who thus repeated in an international tournament in Spain after his visit to the IO of Moralzarzal in 2019.
The tournament was organized in Open, U16 categories and the newly released Silver Cup.
In Open there were no surprises in the group stage. The favorites showed their superiority, moving on to the next phase with goalscoring generosity.
More interesting were the quarterfinal matches after the celebration of the Barrages in which Nic Tan lost 1-0. Here, again Prats and Lee presented their candidacies for the final victory with two goals against Martí Rosa and Somoza. The emotion would nest in the other two quarterfinal matches, in which the players stretched their efforts until the last differential shots. Finally, Coll and Martinez would be the ones chosen to play the semifinals, in which only Ferrán won the prize of playing the grand Final against a Prats who returned showing himself untouchable as in the rest of the tournament, to take the victory of the First Barcelona Satellite ( Mataro).
In U16, Martí Rosa stood out from all the participants for his attacking game that allowed him to break his opponents with bulky markers.

A singaporean, an Englishman and a Spaniard walk into a tournament … action from the satellite.


In the Silver Cup, a José Luis Márquez took the cup in a tight final against Ferrán Borbones.
Congratulations to all the participants and to the Iluro Club for the success in this First Barcelona Satellite Tournament (Mataró).
We encourage readers to view the tournament matches available on the futboldetaula youtube channel and on the different platforms and social networks of the AEFM

You can find the full results and some media on the website of the event: http://www.iluro.futboldetaula.cat/satellite-international-mataro-2022/

Also, in Youtube the full matches played in table 1: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9vFLC-d3t1qFknKzvE4aSTmx007ZBRwv

FISTF World Cup Rome 2022

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The FISTF World Cup Rome 2022 is imminent and, as always, the local organising committee is preparing everything. The dates chosen are 16 – 17 and 18 September 2022.

Because of issues outside their control, the FISCT LOC has changed the location of the event – moving it to a place of excellence, Cinecittà World, which has previously hosted Italia’s got talent. It is a great location where all participants as well as friends and families can enjoy the experience as well as the sporting event.

By the end of June, the LOC will release an App for the World Cup for mobile phones and mobile media. Available on both Google Play and the App store, it will be possible to register to find out all the info on the event, take advantage of all the conventions developed and of the many initiatives created.

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CONVENTIONS

HOTEL

It is possible to book hotels via the link

CLICK HERE

Entry tickets to Cinecittà World are included in the price of the hotel.

In case of booking in non-convention facilities, the price for the entrance ticket to the Cinecittà World Park for accompanying persons is 22 euros per day.

For information regarding hotels or tourist guides, contact Stefania Civillotti

EMAIL

MEANS OF TRANSPORT

Players and their companions will be able to move around Rome by means of public transport but it is advisable to rent a car.

FISCT has signed an agreement with Sicily by Car, leader in car rental. All FISTF members can take advantage of a 15% discount to rent a car. Simply go to the Sicily By Car website and look for the car you want to rent and enter the discount code that will be provided by sending an email to segreteria@fisct.it.

PROGRAM

Wednesday 14 September 2022, at 20.00 Rome, the draw will be made, for all categories, live.

On Friday 16 September 2022 the Waddington Cup of Subbuteo Traditional will be played, to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the birth of Subbuteo. The tournament is individual competitions and includes the rules and materials used in the historical period from the birth of Subbuteo up to the Waddington Ltd era (1996).
The event is scheduled to start at 11.00 am, with the knockout phase to follow, after the group stage.
At 7.30 pm, the presentation of the World Cup will be organized in the Cinecittà World Park, with a spectacle of Ancient Rome and a parade of delegations from each nation.

At 9.00 pm there will be an aperitif offered by the FISCT for all present.

On Saturday 17 September 2022 at 9.30 am the individual competitions of Table Football Open, Veteran, Ladies, Under 20, Under 16 and Under 12 will begin.

On Sunday 18 September 2022 at 9.30 am first round of play of the various categories of the Teams events will begin.

BAR

During the World Cup there will be a refreshment point inside the room where players can buy food.

ENROLLMENT

Registrations must be communicated from June 1 to June 30 all nations are invited to nominate:

  1. Two players per category PLUS two substitutes
  2. A team for each category, comprising no more than 6 players.

The deadline for submission is June 30 from each MNAs using form 40b.

QUALIFICATION CRITERIA OF WORLD CUP

  • As per the FISTF Handbook, the regulations for the World Cup are as follows:
    (b) The maximum number of players in each category is as follows:

    • (i) Open: 64
    • (ii) Veterans: 64
    • (iii) Under-20: 32
    • (iv) Under-16: 32
    • (v) Under-12 32
    • (vi) Women: 32
  • 2.8.2 Selection of Players
    • (a) MNAs may nominate a maximum of 2 players in each category, the national champion in the referred category usually being one of them.
    • (b) Each MNA may also register a maximum of 2 reserve players in each category.
    • (c) In addition, the FISTF World Ranking at the end of May will be used to select players as follows:
      • (i) 8 Open category players (maximum 2 players per country);
      • (ii) 8 Veteran category players (maximum 2 players per country);
      • (ii) 8 U20 category players (maximum 2 players per country);
      • (iv) 8 U16 category players (maximum 2 players per country);
      • (v) 8 U12 category players (maximum 2 players per country);
      • (vi) 8 Women players (maximum 2 players per country).
    • (d) Consequently, an MNA can nominate up to 4 players in each category, including the reserve players, plus 2 more players from this country who qualify through FISTF World Ranking (maximum 6 players in this case).
    • (e) If the required number of players for the category is not reached as defined at 8.1(b), the priority for the selection of players is made according to the following criteria:
      • (i) First substitute from a country that has no players selected by the World Ranking
      • (ii) First substitute from a country that has 1 player selected by the World Ranking
      • (iii) Second substitute from a country that has no players selected by the World Ranking
      • (iv) First substitute from a country that has 2 players selected by the World Ranking
      • (v) Second substitute from a country that has 1 player selected by the World Ranking
      • (vi) Second substitute from a country that has 2 players selected by the World Ranking
  • (f) The World Ranking at the end of May will be used to determine the priorities for 2.8.2(e).
    • (g) Special wild cards can be awarded by the FISTF Board of Directors, on a case-by-case basis,
      • (i) to players coming from Nations that are not FISTF MNAs or;
      • (ii) to players registered by their Nation only for the team competition, even if the Nation’s limits set in 2.8.2(d) are exceeded, to complete the maximum number of players in a category, only with approval of their MNA.
    • This system can guarantee that nations have a balanced number of players in the individual event and can also help in having more national teams.
    • Additionally, there will be National Team events in all categories, limited to those Nations that are Members of FISTF.
    • Teams eliminated in the first phase (groups) of the World Cup shall be reformed into a second ‘Plate’ event to give them more competition during the tournament.

All players who are nominated by their Member National Association (MNA) or Provisional MNA must have a FISTF licence.

Each nation is permitted to nominate 6 coaches/officials for the tournament.

Each nation is permitted to also nominate 2 Association officials for the tournament’s formal functions.

QUALIFICATION CRITERIA OF WADDINGTON CUP – TRADITIONAL WORLD CUP

Each MNA is invited to report 5 players for the Waddington Cup – Traditional World Cup. Traditional Subbuteo players can be the same as Table Football players.

It will be played in a single category.

It will be played on Astropitch and plastic goals.

The Italian rules will be used according to the material:

Waddington Cup – Traditional World Cup

Traditional Subbuteo Materials

The deadline for notifying the participants of the Waddington Cup – Traditional World Cup is August 31st.

For any additional information contact Francesco Lo Presti via whatsapp at +393914389441 or segreteria@fisct.it.

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Ramos, Villarigues, Noronha claim Portuguese GP titles

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Sergio Ramos POR/Bologna Tigers) won his fourth GP of Portugal, beating Raphaël Pommier (FRA/FTC Caen) in the final as Portuguese table football bounced back from the pandemic.
It was the first big test for the APS which passed with flying colours.

Sérgio Ramos defeated Raphaël Pommier

In the veterans category, Nuno Noronha (POR/Tiburones FM) defeated Julio Candelas (ESP/Moralzarzal Subbuteo CAD).

Veterans’ finalists. Nuno Noronha defeated Julio Candelas.

Carolina Villarigues (POR/CF Os Belenenses) took the women’s category.

Congratulations to C.F. Os Belenenses, the organising club of the event.
Five clubs entered the teams event:
1st: G.R.D. 1o de Maio Tires
2nd: C.F. Os Belenenses
3rd: Sporting C.P.
4th: Tiburones Fútbol de Mesa (ESP)
5th: Subbuteo Club Moralzarzal (ESP)

G.R.D. 1o de Maio Tires – Team Winners

CF “Os Belenenses” – Runners Up in teams event

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Skinners claim events at Irish Open

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Congratulations to Aaron Skinner on winning the 3rd round at the Dublin Open 22 and to runner up Kevin Cordell, Junior champ Finn Skinner and shield winner Martinog Bradley.
Not yet a FISTF event, but hopefully the next one will be!
This was the third round of the Irish Championship.

Open winner Aaron Skinner

Junior winner Finn Skinner

Shield winner Martinog Bradley

Open runner up Kevin Cordell,

Father and son winners

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Flores claims Mallorca GP; CAP Ciudad de Murcia win teams; Benita, Herbaut take categories

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Carlos Flores claimed the Spanish Open GP with some authority, beating Ángel Valverde 2-0 in the final.
Both finalists had a tough time in the semi-finals, Carlos had an incredible match against Luca Colangelo who played at a very high level. There were moments of pure fantasy and speed in that game, with spectacular attacks going the way of Flores. On the other side of the draw, Ángel and Casín saw each other again in this usual duel on the national scene, which was also resolved in sudden death with a goal from the Murciano player.

Open final – Flores and Valverde

Raúl Benita from Turia FM was on a roll and managed to beat the lightning fast Daniel Scheen (BEL) 3-2 in a beautiful golden goal in extra time in the Veterans event.

On the other hand, Turia FM continues to do a great job with the academy and both Rubén Benita and Alex Iliev continue to improve. In the case of Rubén, so much so that he won the jackpot in the under 20 category against José Torres of Tiburones FM 2-1 and in the under 16 against Alex, a teammate.

In the women’s category, world champion Audrey Herbaut (FRA) beat Melisa Scheen (BEL) 4-0.

Melina Scheen (BEL/Stembert) 3rd; Audrey Herbaut (FRA/SC Champs sur Mare) 1st; Stefka Pirova (ESP/AFT TURIA 1981)

In the teams event, it was a great victory CAP Ciudad de Murcia.
They won with a golden goal from Ángel Valverde in the final against Stembert of Belgium.
The Spanish team looked set for victorym with a two goal cushion in the total score, but the Belgians, very accustomed to high competition in this last month, forced the tie with two goals in the last two minutes. The minute of extra time was decisive and Murcia was more efficient with that goal by Ángel Valverde.

Murcia

It was a great and dramatic final which was seen in the sports center of Mallorca Águilas.

Overall, a fantastic tournament, with an impeccable organization. There was the presence of local authorities, live performance of the event and a very cordial atmosphere among the 85 participants of the nine nationalities present.

Report by Alberto Gómez, AEFM media

Results:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQ6qUe7rIZpDFmiMRTXJbP72WIlLgfxo9xQDZftCm5MiFqOj0JxFa5hmrFriR_vUQ/pubhtml?fbclid=IwAR09NfHM-V7WFUJKVQoJoO9VX52j1L55IzkODsUUTqlN8XZmmXTn-ihis54

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Dheur claims Bormla GP; Garnier, Cyganek, Bonnici and Aquilina take categories

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The FISTF Grand Prix of Bormla 2022 was held on Saturday 30th April at Aum University in Cospicua where the Women’s, Under-16 and Under 20 categories were played and the team category started after.
Stephanie Garnier (FRA) of Tiburones won the Ladies event. Second place went to Melanie Magro of Bormla SC.

Stephanie Garnier


In the Under 16 category Jerome Cyganek of Hennuyer won tbe event in a trilling final 2-1 against rising Maltese star Jayden Bonnici of Valletta Llions TFC.
In the Under-20 category Malta’s Jamie Bonnici of CCT Lazio was in a class of his own where he won every game in the category and in second place was Belgian Jann Segers of Hennuyer.
In the Veterans Category it was Charlie Aquilina of Bormla SC who followed up from his victory in Vienna with a win in his hometown, Cospicua with an all-Cospicuan final, beating David Busch of Austria, who also plays in the same club 2-1.
The semi finalists were Massimo Cremona of Napoli Fighters and Belgian Daniel Scheen of Stembert.
In the Open Category, Belgian Christophe Dheur of Valletta SC won the Final against Belgian Daniel Scheen 4-1, while the semi finalists were Mark Gauci of Valletta sc and Jean Carl Tabone of Barcelona Mortelito.

Christophe Dheur – Open winner



After these, the first matches in the team event were held.
On Sunday 1 May the team competition continued and Valletta Subbuteo Club won with conviction the final against Belgian Club of Stembert 3 -0.
The semi finalists were Napoli Fighters of Italy and Bormla SC.

The Event Finished with Presentation of the team Events By Trophies Collector Tony Borg and presentation to the winners Dignitaries and head Referees.