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Table hockey being played
Countries with at least one table hockey player in ITHF World ranking. In red are Top 8 countries.
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up-to-date: 20 July 2019[1]
European Table Hockey Championship in Eskilstuna (SE), 2018
Maksim Borisov (RU), in centre - at awarding after his third winning of European Championship. Left from Borisov - Atis Sīlis (3. place), right - Edgars Caics (2. place), both from Latvia.

Table hockey is a sport played on table hockey games. The International Table Hockey Federation (ITHF) uses only table hockeys made by Stiga.[2] The origin of the sport was the Swedish Championship 1982 in Upplands Väsby. Organized table hockey is played in northern, central and eastern Europe, in North America, but table hockey is also played in South America, Africa, Australia, and Asia.

The World Championship is organized by the ITHF every two years. The Stiga Play Off game is the official game of the Table Hockey World Championship.

Sweden has dominated the table hockey scene from the beginning and a couple of years into the new millennium. Until the Finnish gold in Riga 2005, Sweden had won all Team World Championships, until 2006 only Swedes had won the Open Swedish Masters, and until 2007 all individual world champions were Swedes. But the new generation comes from Finland, Russia, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Latvia, Canada, Denmark, USA, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Switzerland, Norway, Slovenia, Hungary, Slovakia and Lithuania, and its current big star is Maxim Borisov from Russia who is the reigning World and European champion. Borisov has been ranked #1 in the world since December 2013.

Since the sport expands quickly in many countries, the table hockey map may have to be redrawn within a couple of years when nations other than the big seven (Sweden, Finland, Russia, Czech Republic, Norway, Latvia and Ukraine) produce new talents.

History

First table hockey games were made during the 1930s in Sweden and Canada[3][4]. Naturally there was no plastic, so they were made from sheet metal.

The use of plastic brought an expansion of table hockey. The Swedish company Stiga started to make hockey tables in the late 1950s. Thanks to the enthusiasm of Swedish players, table hockey expanded to the rest of the world.

Big worldwide development arrived in the late 1990s. That led to an idea founding an international federation. ITHF was established during the World Championship 2005 in Riga, Latvia. Now it associates sixteen national federations.

Especially in Sweden, Finland, Russia, Czech Republic, Norway and Latvia, table hockey is quite popular. But it is growing in lots of countries and there are many tournaments played every week.

Game rules

A player figure with puck.
A plastic glass, which helps to keep the puck in play. It is attached to the table behind the goal.
Table hockey face-off
Table hockey mechanics of player movement.

These are the most important rules. Whole rules.

Game model and preparation

  • Stiga games must be used.
  • Goal cups must be removed.
  • Games must be fastened to the table.
  • The speed of the game’s surface must be kept the same as the usual factory surface speed.

Playing figures

  • Figures from the Play-off version (all figures have the stick on the same side) of Stiga table hockey games must be used.

Matches

  • Matches last five minutes.
  • Time runs even if the puck is out of play.
  • An audio timer should be used for all matches.
  • If any player retires during a match when the opponent insists on continuing, he/she automatically loses all his/her goals scored during the game, while the opponent may add an extra five goals to his/her score.
  • During the play-off matches, in the event of a draw at the end of the five minutes, there is an overtime. The overtime starts with a new face-off. The winner is the one who scores the first goal (sudden death).

Face-offs

  • All matches begin with the puck placed at centre spot. Game starts with the opening signal. If any player plays the puck before the signal, face-off is made.
  • Face-offs are made by dropping the puck on the centre spot.

Centre forwards and left defenders must stay on their own side of the centre red line during a face-off.

  • Players must be sure that their opponent is ready before releasing the puck. If the face-off is made wrong the opponent is allowed to ask for a new one or he/she may make a new face-off by himself/herself. If a player makes a lot of bad drops in a play-off match, the opponent can ask for a neutral dropper.
  • Three seconds must elapse after each face-off before a valid goal can be scored. This rule is in effect even if a neutral person is making the face-off.
  • The puck must hit the sideboards, or a playing figure other than the center must gain control of the puck before a goal can be counted.

Scoring

  • The puck must stay in the goal cage for the goal to count. In and outs do not count. If the puck goes out from the goal cage, the match continues without interruption
  • If any player wants to interrupt the game in order to avoid the goal heading into his cage, he must clearly say a short phrase. The game is interrupted and puck placed in the middle of the board for the next face off. The phrase could only be said if the player keeps the puck long enough to enable his opponent to say it.
  • The puck must be removed from the puck catcher (if there is any) before the next face off.
  • A goal scored directly by pressing a motionless puck against the goal cage or against the goalie does not count. A goal scored in this way indirectly (off the bank or off another figure) counts.
  • If a goal is scored when the final buzzer is sounding, the goal is not valid.
  • If any figure or goalie breaks when a goal is scored, the goal is valid.
  • A goal scored by moving the whole game is not valid.

Goal crease rule

  • If the puck is in full rest in goal crease and is touching the goal line the defending player may call “block” and a new face-off is made.
  • If the puck is in full rest in goal crease and is not touching the goal line the defending player must play the puck.

Possession rule

  • It is not permitted to retain possession of the puck without making any recognizable attempt to score a goal. This is regarded as passive play.
  • If the puck is kept in possession by one figure without passing or shooting, a warning can be given by the opponent after five (5) seconds has elapsed since the figure gained puck control.

Interference

  • A player can tap down his/her figures only when he/she has complete possession of the puck.
  • If a player scores a goal while the opponent is tapping his/her figures, the goal counts.
  • Rough playing that results in shaking of the game and causing the puck to move is forbidden.
  • If any figure loses possession of the puck due to shaking of the game, then the puck must be returned to this figure.

Interruption

  • If any unusual situation happens (e.g. broken gear, rod or game, displaced goal cage, lights go out, several pucks appear on the game or somebody/something interrupts any of the opponents), the match must be immediately suspended. A player can interrupt the game by saying „stop” if the opponent is not aware of such situation. The match resumes when both players are ready again.
  • If a match is interrupted and significant time is lost then the lost time must be added to remaining time and the match continues.
  • If a player had indisputable control of the puck before the interruption, the match continues with the puck in the place where it was, otherwise a new face-off is made.

Tournaments

Tables prepared for a tournament

The ITHF divides individual tournaments to six levels.

Level 1 Tournaments history

World Championships, Continental Championships

World Championship history

Year Location Winner No. of Participants
1989 Sweden Stockholm, Sweden Sweden Mikael Kratz 42 (7 nationalities)
1992 Czechoslovakia Brno, Czechoslovakia Sweden Jacob Lindahl 32 (5 nationalities)
1993 France Paris, France Sweden Anders Ekestubbe 61 (9 nationalities)
1995 Sweden Stockholm, Sweden Sweden Jacob Lindahl 66 (8 nationalities)
1997 Finland Helsinki, Finland Sweden Hans Österman 61 (9 nationalities)
1999 Germany Wilhelmshaven, Germany Sweden Stefan Edwall 71 (15 nationalities)
2001 Czech Republic Plzeň, Czech Republic Sweden Hans Österman 100 (16 nationalities)
2003 Switzerland Zurich, Switzerland Sweden Daniel Wallén 102 (19 nationalities)
2005 Latvia Riga, Latvia Sweden Hans Österman 132 (22 nationalities)
2007 Russia Moscow, Russia Finland Roni Nuttunen 117 (19 nationalities)
2009 Hungary Budapest, Hungary Finland Roni Nuttunen 131 (16 nationalities)
2011 Finland Turku, Finland Russia Oleg Dmitrichenko 105 (17 nationalities)
2013 Norway Stavanger, Norway Latvia Atis Silis 121 (23 nationalities)
2015 Russia St. Petersburg, Russia Russia Maxim Borisov 108 (16 nationalities)
2017 Czech Republic Liberec, Czech Republic Latvia Edgars Caics 146 (25 nationalities)
2019 Belarus Minsk, Belarus Russia Maxim Borisov 115 (16 nationalities)

European Championship history

Year Location Winner No. of Participants
1990 Sweden Lund, Sweden Sweden Jörgen Sundqvist 63 (9 nationalities)
1992 Czechoslovakia Brno, Czechoslovakia Sweden Mikael Kratz 75 (5 nationalities)
2006 Slovakia Skalica, Slovakia Russia Alexey Zakharov 111 (17 nationalities)
2008 Latvia Riga, Latvia Finland Ahti Lampi 103 (10 nationalities)
2010 Sweden Överum, Sweden Finland Ahti Lampi 82 (9 nationalities)
2012 Latvia Riga, Latvia Russia Maxim Borisov 106 (13 nationalities)
2014 Latvia Riga, Latvia Russia Maxim Borisov 122 (14 nationalities)
2016 Estonia Tallinn, Estonia Latvia Edgars Caics 124 (15 nationalities)
2018 Sweden Eskilstuna, Sweden Russia Maxim Borisov 128 (17 nationalities)

North American Championships history

Year Location Winner No. of Participants
2008 United States Detroit, United States United States Kenny Dubois 38 (3 nationalities)
2009 United States Detroit, United States Canada Bernie Kunzler 36 (3 nationalities)
2010 United States Detroit, United States Denmark Bjarne Axelsen 34 (4 nationalities)
2011 United States Detroit, United States Denmark Bjarne Axelsen 25 (4 nationalities)
2012 United States Detroit, United States Denmark Bjarne Axelsen 48 (4 nationalities)
2013 United States Detroit, United States Denmark Bjarne Axelsen 42 (3 nationalities)
2014 United States Livonia, United States Canada Bruce Turner 40 (2 nationalities)
2015 United States Livonia, United States Sweden Karl Jönsson 40 (4 nationalities)
2016 United States Livonia, United States Czech Republic Roman Nezhyba 35 (3 nationalities)
2017 United States Livonia, United States Czech Republic Roman Nezhyba 30 (3 nationalities)
2018 United States Livonia, United States Czech Republic Roman Nezhyba 24 (3 nationalities)
2018 Canada Edmonton, Canada Denmark Bjarne Axelsen 25 (3 nationalities)
2019 United States Lemont, United States Russia Vitaly Skorobogatov 17 (4 nationalities)

Level 2 Tournaments

World Tour Big 6 (now World Tour Majors and World Tour Super Series)

Big Six Tournament

Name Location State season
Norway Open Oslo, Bergen, Stavanger NorwayNorway 1996/1997, 1999/2000 - 2018/2019
Helsinki Open Helsinki Finland Finland 2003/2004 - 2013/2014
Riga Open Riga Latvia Latvia 1999/2000, 2003/2003 - 2013/2014
Swedish Masters Upplands Väsby, Stockholm, Enköping, Gothenburg, Jönköping, Eskilstuna, Överum, Solna, Malmö Sweden Sweden 1982/1983 - 1983/1984, 1985/1986 - 2013/2014
Moscow Cup Moscow, Mytishchi Russia Russia 2001/2002 - 2013/2014
Czech Open Prague, Plzeň, Příbram, Liberec, Letovice Czech RepublicCzech Republic 2002/2003 - 2013/2014

Level 3 Tournaments

World Tour, Regional Championships (f.i. Baltic Championships), World Championships Special Classes (Junior, Women, Veteran), Continental Championships Special Classes (Junior, Women, Veteran), Continental Tours (North American Tour), National Championships (only if 1 tournament per season)

World Women Championship history

Russian women team - world champions in table hockey at 2019
Year Location Winner No. of Participants
1992 Czechoslovakia Brno, Czechoslovakia France Nathalie Biais 6 (3 nationalities)
1993 France Paris, France Sweden Sissie Wikström 9 (5 nationalities)
1995 Sweden Stockholm, Sweden Sweden Chatrin Johansson 12 (6 nationalities)
1997 Finland Helsinki, Finland Sweden Sissie Wikström 8 (5 nationalities)
1999 Germany Wilhelmshaven, Germany Finland Tarja Lindberg 8 (3 nationalities)
2001 Czech Republic Plzeň, Czech Republic Finland Piia Pulliainen 12 (6 nationalities)
2003 Switzerland Zurich, Switzerland Finland Piia Pulliainen 22 (8 nationalities)
2005 Latvia Riga, Latvia Finland Piia Pulliainen 21 (8 nationalities)
2007 Russia Moscow, Russia Russia Alexandra Belavina 15 (6 nationalities)
2009 Hungary Budapest, Hungary Russia Maria Yalbacheva 23 (9 nationalities)
2011 Finland Turku, Finland Russia Maria Yalbacheva 16 (7 nationalities)
2013 Norway Stavanger, Norway Russia Maria Miloradova 18 (9 nationalities)
2015 Russia St. Petersburg, Russia Russia Viktoria Laricheva 18 (8 nationalities)
2017 Czech Republic Liberec, Czech Republic Russia Irina Vorobieva 23 (9 nationalities)
2019 Belarus Minsk, Belarus Estonia Maria Saveljeva 21 (7 nationalities)

World Junior Championship history

Year Location Winner No. of Participants
1997 Finland Helsinki, Finland Finland Mikael Lindberg 9 (5 nationalities)
1999 Germany Wilhelmshaven, Germany Finland Erno Lantiainen 8 (4 nationalities)
2001 Czech Republic Plzeň, Czech Republic Finland Miikka Pulliainen 14 (7 nationalities)
2003 Switzerland Zurich, Switzerland Russia Alexey Zaharov 24 (10 nationalities)
2005 Latvia Riga, Latvia Finland Roni Nuttunen 26 (11 nationalities)
2007 Russia Moscow, Russia Finland Roni Nuttunen 22 (8 nationalities)
2009 Hungary Budapest, Hungary Finland Ahti Lampi 29 (10 nationalities)
2011 Finland Turku, Finland Russia Maxim Borisov 20 (8 nationalities)
2013 Norway Stavanger, Norway Russia Maxim Borisov 25 (10 nationalities)
2015 Russia St. Petersburg, Russia Russia Mikhail Shashkov 20 (9 nationalities)
2017 Czech Republic Liberec, Czech Republic Sweden Oscar Henriksson 36 (13 nationalities)
2019 Belarus Minsk, Belarus Ukraine Anton Umanskyy 33 (8 nationalities)

World Veteran Championship history

Year Location Winner No. of Participants
2005 Latvia Riga, Latvia Sweden Thomas Petersson 24 (11 nationalities)
2007 Russia Moscow, Russia Czech Republic Pavel Plešák 25 (13 nationalities)
2009 Hungary Budapest, Hungary Sweden Pontus Eriksson 35 (12 nationalities)
2011 Finland Turku, Finland Russia Dmitriy Petrov 24 (11 nationalities)
2013 Norway Stavanger, Norway Russia Alexey Titov 36 (16 nationalities)
2015 Russia St. Petersburg, Russia Russia Stanislav Lutay 39 (14 nationalities)
2017 Czech Republic Liberec, Czech Republic Russia Alexey Titov 52 (21 nationalities)
2019 Belarus Minsk, Belarus Sweden Peter Östlund 59 (16 nationalities)

European Women Championship history

Year Location Winner No. of Participants
1992 Czechoslovakia Brno, Czechoslovakia France Nathalie Biais 7 (4 nationalities)
2006 Slovakia Skalica, Slovakia Russia Alexandra Belavina 17 (7 nationalities)
2008 Latvia Riga, Latvia Russia Maria Yalbacheva 14 (7 nationalities)
2010 Sweden Överum, Sweden Russia Maria Yalbacheva 15 (6 nationalities)
2012 Latvia Riga, Latvia Russia Viktoria Laricheva 20 (8 nationalities)
2014 Latvia Riga, Latvia Russia Viktoria Laricheva 18 (8 nationalities)
2016 Estonia Tallinn, Estonia Ukraine Viktoriya Noselivska 22 (7 nationalities)
2018 Sweden Eskilstuna, Sweden Estonia Maria Saveljeva 18 (7 nationalities)

European Junior Championship history

Year Location Winner No. of Participants
2006 Slovakia Skalica, Slovakia Latvia Edgars Caics 24 (6 nationalities)
2008 Latvia Riga, Latvia Finland Ahti Lampi 22 (8 nationalities)
2010 Sweden Överum, Sweden Latvia Matiss Saulitis 25 (7 nationalities)
2012 Latvia Riga, Latvia Russia Maxim Borisov 25 (7 nationalities)
2014 Latvia Riga, Latvia Finland Jan Pelkonen 35 (11 nationalities)
2016 Estonia Tallinn, Estonia Russia Veniamin Gerasimov 37 (10 nationalities)
2018 Sweden Eskilstuna, Sweden Russia Nikita Zholobov 36 (10 nationalities)

European Veteran Championship history

Year Location Winner No. of Participants
2006 Slovakia Skalica, Slovakia Czech Republic Pavel Plešák 28 (9 nationalities)
2008 Latvia Riga, Latvia Czech Republic Pavel Plešák 26 (10 nationalities)
2010 Sweden Överum, Sweden Finland Janne Kokko 20 (6 nationalities)
2012 Latvia Riga, Latvia Czech Republic Jan Dryák 39 (12 nationalities)
2014 Latvia Riga, Latvia Sweden Lars Henriksson 41 (13 nationalities)
2016 Estonia Tallinn, Estonia Russia Alexey Titov 48 (13 nationalities)
2018 Sweden Eskilstuna, Sweden Russia Alexey Titov 45 (15 nationalities)

Level 4 Tournaments

National Tours (*maximum 13 per season per nation), Regional Tours (f.i. SLO-CRO Interliga), National Championships Special Classes (Junior, Women, Veteran), Regional Championships Special Classes (Junior, Women, Veteran), North American Local League Playoffs (f.i. Lemont THL Playoff)

  • If the number of these tournaments is higher than 13 during a season the WR Administrator will change the leveling of tournament number 14, 15 etc. which means that only the first 13 tournaments in the particular season will be level 4.

Level 5 Tournaments

Sanctioned Local Leagues, National Championships Special Classes (Kids, SuperVeterans, Rookies)

Level 6 Tournaments

National Tour Special Classes (Junior, Women, Veteran), Local Leagues for Special Classes (Junior, Women, Veteran), Local Junior Tournaments, All Other Tournaments

Level 10 (Team) Tournaments

World Team Championship history

List of all ITHF international tournaments played. In brackets is the number of teams.

World Team Championship history

Year Location Winning open team Winning women's team Winning junior's team Winning veteran's team
1989 Sweden Stockholm, Sweden
1992 Czechoslovakia Brno, Czechoslovakia Sweden Sweden (4)
1993 France Paris, France Sweden Sweden (15)
1995 Sweden Stockholm, Sweden Sweden Sweden (15)
1997 Finland Helsinki, Finland Sweden Sweden II (14)
1999 Germany Wilhelmshaven, Germany Sweden Sweden (8)
2001 Czech Republic Plzeň, Czech Republic Sweden Sweden (13)
2003 Switzerland Zurich, Switzerland Sweden Sweden (14)
2005 Latvia Riga, Latvia Finland Finland (16) Russia Russia (6)
2007 Russia Moscow, Russia Sweden Sweden (15) Russia Russia (4)
2009 Hungary Budapest, Hungary Russia Russia (15) Russia Russia (6) Sweden Sweden (10)
2011 Finland Turku, Finland Russia Russia (12) Finland Finland (3) Russia Russia (7) Russia Russia (7)
2013 Norway Stavanger, Norway Russia Russia (15) Russia Russia (4) Russia Russia (7) Sweden Sweden (9)
2015 Russia St. Petersburg, Russia Russia Russia (13) Russia Russia (4) Russia Russia (6) Czech Republic Czech Republic (11)
2017 Czech Republic Liberec, Czech Republic Russia Russia (15) Latvia Latvia (5) Ukraine Ukraine (9) Sweden Sweden (14)
2019 Belarus Minsk, Belarus Russia Russia (12) Russia Russia (5) Ukraine Ukraine (6) Sweden Sweden (12)

European Team Championship history

Year Location Winning open team Winning women's team Winning junior's team Winning veteran's team
1990 Sweden Lund, Sweden Sweden Sweden III (15)
1992 Czechoslovakia Brno, Czechoslovakia Sweden Sweden (8)
2006 Slovakia Skalica, Slovakia Czech Republic Czech Republic (12) Czech Republic Czech Republic (4)
2008 Latvia Riga, Latvia Finland Finland (10) Russia Russia (4) Sweden Sweden (8)
2010 Sweden Överum, Sweden Sweden Sweden (8) Russia Russia (4) Russia Russia (6) Russia Russia (5)
2012 Latvia Riga, Latvia Russia Russia (10) Russia Russia (4) Russia Russia (6) Czech Republic Czech Republic (6)
2014 Latvia Riga, Latvia Latvia Latvia (11) Russia Russia (4) Ukraine Ukraine (9) Russia Russia (11)
2016 Estonia Tallinn, Estonia Russia Russia (11) Russia Russia (5) Russia Russia (6) Russia Russia (11)
2018 Sweden Eskilstuna, Sweden Russia Russia (11) Sweden Sweden (3) Russia Russia (8) Sweden Sweden (10)

World Club Championship history

World Clubs Championship - 2018, final, Laimīte - Toros
Year Location Winning team No. of Teams
2007 Norway Oslo, Norway Sweden Enköping HSC 20 (7 nationalities)
2010 Czech Republic Liberec, Czech Republic Russia RTHF United Team 26 (8 nationalities)
2012 Russia St. Petersburg, Russia Latvia BJC Laimite 17 (5 nationalities)
2014 Czech Republic Letovice, Czech Republic Latvia BJC Laimite 31 (10 nationalities)
2016 Russia Kursk, Russia Latvia BJC Laimite 23 (3 nationalities)
2018 Latvia Jekabpils, Latvia Russia THC Toros 23 (5 nationalities)

World Table Hockey Tour

In 2003/04, the first worldwide league, EuroLeague (EL), was created. 6 tournaments formed the league, The tournaments were Helsinki Open, Oslo Open, Riga Cup, Swedish Masters, Moscow Open and Czech Open.

The league has changed name to World Table Hockey Tour (WT), and consists every year of around 15 tournaments. The original 6 tournaments (B6) are still regarded as the most important tournaments, and are called the Big Six tournaments.

List of all ITHF tournaments played. Click on the links to see playoff results:

Nation Tournament Name 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 City
World Championships x x x x x x x x Various
European Championships x x x x x x x Various
Belarus Belarus Open WT WT WT Minsk
Canada Canada Challenge WT WT WT Gatineau
Canada Canada Cup WT WT WT WT WT WT WT Toronto
Canada Edmonton Centennial Challenge WT WT WT WT WT WT WT WT WT WT Edmonton
Canada Montreal WT WT WT WT WT WT WT WT WT WT Montreal
Czech Republic Czech Open EL EL B6 B6 B6 B6 B6 B6 B6 B6 B6 SS SS SS SS SS Various
Denmark Oresund Cup WT WT WT WT Elsinore/Copenhagen
Denmark Denmark Open WT WT WT WT WT WT Bronderslev
Estonia Tallinn Cup WT WT WT M SS Tallinn
Finland Helsinki Open EL EL B6 B6 B6 B6 B6 B6 B6 B6 B6 M Helsinki
Finland Turku Open M M M M Turku
Germany Berlin Open WT WT WT WT WT WT WT WT WT WT WT WT WT WT Berlin
Hungary Budapest Trophy WT WT WT WT WT WT WT WT WT Budapest/Komarom
Kazakhstan Apple Cup WT WT WT Shymkent
Latvia Riga Cup EL EL B6 B6 B6 B6 B6 B6 B6 B6 B6 SS SS SS SS SS Riga
Latvia Latvia Open WT WT WT WT WT SS WT Various
Norway Norway Open EL EL B6 B6 B6 B6 B6 B6 B6 B6 B6 M M M M SS Various
Russia Kursk Cup WT SS WT WT M Kursk
Russia Moscow Open EL EL B6 B6 B6 B6 B6 B6 B6 B6 B6 SS SS SS SS WT Moscow
Russia Sankt-Petersburg Open WT WT WT WT WT M M M M SS St. Petersburg
Slovakia Slovakian Open WT WT WT WT WT WT WT WT WT Various
Slovenia Slovenia Open WT WT WT WT WT WT WT WT WT WT WT Kranj
Sweden Stockholm Open WT WT Stockholm
Sweden Goteborg Open WT Goteborg
Sweden Swedish Masters EL EL B6 B6 B6 B6 B6 B6 B6 B6 B6 SS SS SS SS SS Various
Switzerland Swiss Open WT WT WT WT WT WT WT WT WT WT WT WT Various
Ukraine Azov Masters WT WT Mariupol
Ukraine Ukraine Cup WT WT WT WT WT WT WT WT WT WT WT WT Kyiv
United States Boston Challenge EL WT WT WT Boston
United States Stiga Las Vegas WT WT WT WT WT WT WT WT WT Las Vegas
United States Stiga North American Championships WT WT WT WT WT WT WT WT WT WT Detroit/Livonia
United States Stiga U.S. Open WT WT WT WT WT WT WT WT WT WT WT WT WT Chicago/Lemont
United States US Stiga Shootout WT WT WT Anaheim

ITHF World ranking

The World ranking table sorts players by their actual rank points. The ranking is sum of player's best results in last two years. Points, which player gets for participating in any reported tournament are counted on the basis of: level of the tournament, number of players beaten and world ranking of players beaten. A winner of the World Championship gets always 1010 points and a winner of Europe Championship and North America Championship gets at least 610 points. World ranking with a reduced coefficient calculated points to six years. In the world ranking is more than 10 000 players from more than 50 countries and six continents.[5]

ITHF ranking - nations

Rank points of a country is sum of its five best players. The table below shows top ten nations as of July 20, 2019. Complete table

Rank Nation Top player (Rank) Rank points
1 Russia Russia Maxim Borisov (1) 22369
2 Latvia Latvia Edgars Caics (2) 20935
3 Ukraine Ukraine Dmytro Litvinyuk (10) 20540
4 Finland Finland Kevin Eriksson (5) 19561
5 Sweden Sweden Oscar Henriksson (16) 19376
6 Czech Republic Czech Republic Patrik Petr (14) 18692
7 Norway Norway Magnus Klippen (30) 16702
8 Estonia Estonia Jevgeni Lvov (53) 15644
9 Lithuania Lithuania Artem Valiev (99) 13619
10 Slovenia Slovenia Bernard Rjavec (154) 13224

ITHF ranking - open

Rank Nation Player Rank points
1 Russia Russia Maxim Borisov 4736
2 Latvia Latvia Edgars Caics 4529
3 Russia Russia Nikita Zholobov 4470
4 Russia Russia Arseniy Stolyarov 4445
5 Finland Finland Kevin Eriksson 4405
6 Russia Russia Yanis Galuzo 4392
7 Finland Finland Roni Nuttunen 4376
8 Russia Russia Veniamin Gerasimov 4526
9 Latvia Latvia Atis Silis 4523
10 Ukraine Ukraine Dmytro Litvinyuk 4320

ITHF ranking - ladies

Rank (Open rank) Nation Player Rank points
1 (65) Estonia Estonia Maria Saveljeva 3430
2 (130) Russia Russia Viktoria Gorodnitskaya 2978
3 (190) Denmark Denmark Anette Engel 2745
4 (199) Ukraine Ukraine Hanna Ivantsova 2732
5 (226) Latvia Latvia Elena Racenaja 2623
6 (236) Russia Russia Eva Ozerova 2587
7 (241) Estonia Estonia Veronika Sachok 2574
8 (258) Russia Russia Ksenia Oboeva 2526
9 (282) Latvia Latvia Krista-Annija Lagzdina 2438
10 (284) Ukraine Ukraine Viktoriya Noselivska 2437

See also

Notes

  1. ^ ITHF world nations ranking
  2. ^ ITHF table hockey rules
  3. ^ "The story of table hockey". Toronto Sun. 2016-04-09. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
  4. ^ Torontoist (2013-01-24). "Toronto Invents: Table Hockey". Torontoist. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
  5. ^ ITHF World Ranking