..and the winners are:

ΤEAMS Category
Winner: OLYMPIA CS
Finalist: TSC FALCONS ATHENS
Semifinalist: PROTEAS ATHENS SC – SCARLET BATTALION SC
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OPEN Category
Winner: CHANTZARAS Spyridon
Finalist: VLASSOPOULOS Ioannis
Semifinalist: SESES Konstantinos – BIZAS Georgios
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VETERANS Category
Winner: KASTELLANOS Antonios
Finalist: PAPAKONSTANTINOU Lazaros
Semifinalist: BUSCH David – HARATSIS Panagiotis
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Ladies Category
Winner: PAPANIKOLAOU Eleftheria
Finalist: KONSTANTAKOU Danai
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UNDER 12 Category
Winner: SKOUROS Panagiotis
Finalist: CHANOS Michail
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UNDER 15 Category
Winner: KOTROTSOS Evangelos
Finalist: VLASSOPOULOS Georgios

Cedric Garnier (JPN/Tokyo) continued his dominance in Japan, winning the Tokyo Grand Prix against Asian No.1 player Antonio Carabillo (HKG/Dragons) 2-1.
Garnier beat Singapore’s Bernard Lim (SG Lions) in their semifinal 2-0, while Carabillo outlasted Stéphane Lambert (BEL/Yokohama) 3-2.

From left: Lambert, Garnier, Carabillo, Lim.

QFinals:
Hideaki Wada (JPN/Yamato) 0-3 Antonio Carabillo (HKG/Dragons)
Taichi Kato (JPN/Yokohama) 1-3 Bernard Lim (SGP/SG Lions)
Cédric Garnier (JPN/Tokyo) 3-2 Michäel Dupret (BEL/Magic Team Tournai)
Kenzo Koi (JPN/Yokohama) 1-1 (SO 1-3) Stephane Lambert (BEL/Yokohama) 

In the Under 19 category, Taichi KATO (JPN/Yokohama) came out on top over Kazuki OKANO (JPN/Yokohama) 4-1.
Nicholas CARABILLO (HKG/Dragons) took third place ahead of Kosuke MUKAI (JPN/Sakuragicho).

From left: Okano, Carabillo, Mukai; Front: Kato.

In the Women’s event, Eiko YONEDA (JPN/Sakuragicho) beat Kimi WADA (JPN/Yamato) 3-2 on shots after their match was level 0-0.

From left: Yoneda, Wada

In the Veterans, it was not to be for Carabillo again, as he fell to Lim 2-1.  Lambert took 3rd place with Koi in 4th.

From left: Koi, Carabillo, Lim, Lambert

In the team event, Yokohama caused something of an upset by claiming the title, ahead of Tokyo and Sakuragicho.

Ayuki Fujii (JPN/Sakuragicho) claimed the Plate event, beating clubmate Eiko YONEDA (JPN) 2-1 in the final.

FISTF has published its updated Handbook after much consultation with the Member National Associations.
From now on, the document will remain ‘live’ and official, with progressive changes added and all Members notified, as well as on the website.
It can be accessed on the FISTF website at https://fistf.com/mdocuments-library-2/
The most immediate impact is that the transfer period now covers the period July 1 through to September 30. This is because we have combined the ‘Transfer Period’ and the ‘Extended Transfer Period’ from the previous Handbook into one.

Board of Directors

Daniel Cranston (TSC Black Rose 98 Roma) won the FISTF International Open of San Francisco, beating Christian Filippella (CCT Eagles Napoli) 1-0 in the final.

The weekend was combined with the American Subbuteo Association national championships, where Filippella took the honours over Benny Nuger (AS Hennuyer) 4-1 in the Open category.

Peter Alegi (Grand Rapids TSC) won the 2019 Nationals Veterans category. 

Antonio Mettivieri (ITA/SC Charleroi) claimed the International Open of Germany, beating clubmate Christophe Dheur (BEL) in the final.
Belgian pair Sebastien Scheen (ST Stembert) and Bessim Golger (SC Charleroi) were the beaten semifinalists.

From left: Thossa Büsing, Sébastien Scheen, Antonio Mettivieri, Christophe Dheur, Bessim Golger, Vicky Büsing.

In the Veterans, Frank Hagenkötter (GER/TSL Dortmund 61) beat Henk Landzaard (NED/CAP Ciudad de Murcia FM), with Frank Stiller (GER/Master Sanremo) and Maxime Van Impe (BEL/SC Charleroi) as the beaten semifinalists.

France’s Stephanie Cecillon (ST Stembert) won the women’s event ahead of Victoria Büsing (GER/TV Germania Kaiserau) and Daniela Grünberg (GER/TV Germania Kaiserau).

In the U19 event, Corentin Boltz (BEL/AS Hennuyer) won, beating Jarno Marks (NED/Dutch Legends). Australia’s Oliver Ollnow (Northern Falcons TFC) and France’s Louis Soret (AS Hennuyer) were the beaten semifinalists.

Louis Soret won the U12 category, ahead of Tom Brach (BEL/ST Stembert).

In Sunday’s team competition, SC Charleroi won ahead of ST Stembert, TV Germania Kaiserau 1876 A and AS Hennuyer A.

Italy claimed four of the five team titles at the European Championships overnight, with only the Women’s title eluding them.

Italy won the Open title, beating Portugal 4-0.

In the Veterans, Greece pushed Italy all the way before succumbing 2-1.

Belgium won the Women’s event, beating great rivals France on goals, 5-4, after matches were tied 1-1.

Italy also claimed the U19 and U15 titles.

Italy won the U12 event in a three-match play off with Belgium.

Results of finals

Florian Giaux of Belgium claimed the first European Open Championship title of the 21st Century when he beat Italy’s Luca Battista 3-2 at the European Championship 2019 in Frameries, Belgium, overnight.
The last European Championships was held in 1999 in the Netherlands, won by Massimo Bolognino.

In the Women’s event, France’s Audrey Herbaut overcame Victoria Büsing of Germany 2-1 in extra time.

In the Veteran’s category, Malta’s Mario Camilleri beat Konstantinos Kechris of Greece 1-0.

In the Under 12, the final was an all Italian affair, with Francesco Borgo beating Francesco Manfredelli 1-0 in their final.

The Under 19 title was claimed by Greece’s Dimitrios Dimopoulos, beating Maxime Rairoux of Belgium 2-1.

In the Under 15 competition, Italy’s Mattia Ferrante beat teammate Francesco Tozzi  2-1. (Corrects result)

RESULTS
SEMI FINALS

FINALS (corrects result of U15)

Sergio Loureiro of Portugal, playing for Falcons Athens, won the Major of Ilioupoli on Saturdaym beating Ioannis Vlassopoylos (GRE/Bologna Tigers).

The U15 Category was won by Evangelos Kotrotsos (GRE/Roligans), who beat Christian Tsakalakis (GRE/ Flaming Flickers) in their final.

The women’s event was won by Eleftheria Papanicolaou (Gre/Roligans) <right>, beating Dionysia Koulosousa (Proteas/Gre).

WINNER U-12: George VLASSOPOULOS (Gre/Proteas) Runner up: Ektoras Bartzis (Gre/Noctuas)

Winner Veterans: Kostas Kechris (Gre/Roma); 2nd; Dimakeas George (Gre/Roligans)

TEAMS FINAL

FINAL: FALCONS-OLYMPIA 2-1

WINNERS : FALCONS ATHENS!