Federation of International Sports Table Football
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Publishers | FISTF |
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Players | 4 per playing team, 6 per squad |
Setup time | 2–3 minutes |
Playing time | 2x15-minute periods, 1x 10-minute extra-time period |
Chance | Low |
Age range | 10 and up |
Skills | Dexterity, tactics, accuracy, concentration |
The Federation of International Sports Table Football (FISTF) is the governing body for all Sports table football worldwide. FISTF was the result of negotiations between FISA (Federation of International Subbuteo Associations, founded 1979) members and E(S)TF (European (Sport) Table Football Federation, founded 1963) to unify sports table football/soccer associations within one governing body. FISTF was founded in 1992 and in September 1993 the first official European Championships where played in Belgium. The sport is now well administered worldwide by (FISTF).
The sport is known as Sports table football and based on the table top game of Subbuteo and Newfooty. The Competitions are now organised under FISTF with strict organisation rules listed in the FISTF handbook. WASPA is a players association and has flexible organisation rules for emerging players, organisers, clubs and Nations, to promote the sport/game on all continents.
The latest development tournament is the newly created Youth Club (team) Champions League (YCL), which will be played in Bolognia 23 and 24 May 2020. it will be the 2nd Edition. The European Championship played in 1993, 1995, 1997 and 1999 saw a comeback after 20 years in 2019. The host Nation was Belgium with the City of Frameries 29 and 30 June 2019. The next edition will be in 2021 with Host Nation not yet decided. The Confederation of America South Championship will be play 10 and 11 October 2020. The Club Champions League will be in Athens (GRE) and Europa League in Eugies (BEL) 24 and 25 October 2020.
The 23rd edition of the FISTF World Cup will be in Rome (ITA), Date 5 and 6 September 2020. This will be the overall 30th World Cup including the Subbuteo World Cups played from 1970 to 1994. Information on the www.fistf.com website.
Covid-19 spread: Due to the wide virus spread in Italy, FISTF and FISCT with the organising committee have decided to postpone the World Cup 2020 to 2021. A date shall be named as soon as it may be possible. Several events from February to April 2020 had to be postponed or cancelled, as the Virus spread from China to Japan, Singapore and within February to Europe, march in America and Africa. Many host clubs have cancelled the FISTF tournaments.
The next edition of the Confederation Asia Cup will be in Japan, 2021. The upcoming edition of the Confederation of North America Championship/Cup will be in Lansing, Michigan (USA) 2021.
FISTF the World governing body
The board of the international governing body, FISTF, founded in 1992 is elected every four years at the FISTF Congress (last Extraordinary Congress was 2017), while the 8th FISTF Congress will be in 2020, usually held on the day (Friday) before the World Cup (Championships) (Saturday and Sunday). The first board was elected in 1992 and the first FISTF European Championship was hosted in Belgium, September 1993. The motto is known as 'Flick to kick'. FISTF is registered as a club (Federation) in the City of Amiens, France.
FISTF Board of Directors
The FISTF Member Nations (delegates) voted a new Board of Directors, after an Extra Ordinary Congress was called in by Member nations. The Final result was announced 9 December 2017 in Milan, Italy. All Board members have been elected by the Member National Associations (MNA). The Promotion and Marketing VP has been co-opted onto the Board by Dec. 2019. The 8th FISTF Congress will be held around August 2020.
Position | Name | Nation | Elected | Election Period |
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President | Stephen Dettre | Australia | Elected | 2017–2020 |
General Secretary | Horst Deimel | Austria | Elected | 2017–2020 |
Vice-President Finance | Fred Vulpes | Germany | Elected | 2017–2020 |
Vice-President Sports | Eric Naszalyi | France | Elected | 2017–2020 |
Vice-President Communication | Adrianos Dervis | Greece | Elected | 2017–2020 |
Vice-President Promotion & Marketing | Brandon Lavender | England | Co-opted | Dec. 2019 – 2020 |
Vice-President Development | Stefano de Francesco | Italy | Elected | 2017–2020 |
Vice-President Special Sport | Vacant | .. | .. | to be elected |
Vice-President Confederation Asia & Pacific | Tan Kok Wee | Singapore | Elected | 2017–2020 |
Vice-President Confederation America South | Daniel Matos | Brazil | Elected | 2017–2020 |
Vice-President Confederation America North | Vacant | .. | .. | to be elected |
Vice-President Confederation Africa South | Vacant | .. | .. | to be elected |
Vice-President Confederation Africa North | Vacant | .. | .. | to be elected |
Vice-President Confederation Europe | Jason Pisani | Malta | Elected | 2017–2020 |
FISTF Presidents since 1992
Position | Name | Nation | Elected | Election Period |
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1 | Laurent Garnier | France | Elected | May 1992 – 1994, 1994–1996 |
2 | Raymond Kroonberg | Belgium | Commissarial | 1996–1998 |
3 | David Baxter | Scotland | Elected | 1998–2000, 2000–2002 |
4 | Vincent Coppenolle | Belgium | Elected | 2002–2006, 2006–2008, 2008–2010 |
5 | Silvio Catania | Malta | Elected | March 2010 – January 2011 |
6 | Piero Capponi | Spain | Elected | January 2011 – October 2011 |
7 | Laurent Garnier | France | ad interim | November 2011 – 2013 |
8 | Luís Horta | Portugal | Elected | 2013–2014 |
9 | Alan Collins | England | ad interim | 2014-October 2017 |
10 | Fred Vulpes | Germany | ad interim | November 2017 |
11 | Stephen Dettre | Australia | Elected | December 2017 – September 2020 |
Note: A President can only be officially elected at a Congress or Extra Ordinary Congress. All other are ad-interim.
FISTF Disciplinary and Fair Play Council
An independent department for disciplinary (legal) issues. The FISTF President is a non-member of the DC Council, b
Position | Name | Nation | Elected | Election Period |
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Head of Department | Mr. Antonio Miguel Montaño | Spain | Nominated | 2017–2020 |
Deputy of Department | Mr. Francesco Mattiangelli | Italy | Nominated | 2017–2020 |
Deputy of Department | Mr. Luis Felipe Mendez Banderas | Spain | Nominated | 2017–2020 |
Deputy of Department | Mr. Frank Chetcuti Dimech | Malta | Co-Opted | 2018–2020 |
Ex-Officio Non-Voting | Mr. Stephen Dettre | Australia | Neutral Consulting Member | 2018–2020 |
FISTF Subsidiary departments
Position | Name | Nation | Elected | Election Period |
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Database, Transfers, World Ranking | Frédéric Perdaens | Belgium | Nominated | 2017–2021 |
Web Administrator | Roger Trouillard | France | Nominated | 2017–2020 |
Auditor Controller Head | ... | {{__}} | Nominated | 2020–2024 |
Auditor Controller Vize | ... | {{__}} | Nominated | 2020–2024 |
Auditor Controller Vize | ... | {{__}} | Nominated | 2020–2024 |
History, Heritage & Archive Head | ... | {{__}} | Nominated | 2020–2024 |
History, Heritage & Archive | ... | {{__}} | Nominated | 2020–2024 |
History, Heritage & Archive | ... | {{__}} | Nominated | 2020–2024 |
Sports Table Football – Playing Rules
Details for Sports table football playing rules are found here Sports table football.
Position | Sport | Thematic | Version | Other Info |
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1 | Sports Table Football | Playing Rules | Standard | since 1992 |
2 | Sports Table Football | Referees | .. | .. |
3 | Sports Table Football | Playing equipment | .. | Since 1929 |
4 | Sports Table Football | Competitions | .. | Since 1963 |
5 | Sports Table Football | Competition Formats | .. | .. |
6 | Sports Table Football | Historical playing rules | .. | Since 1929 |
7 | Sports Table Football | Subbuteo Publications | .. | .. |
8 | External links | .. | .. | |
9 | Sports Table Football | Playing Rules | Beginners | .. |
10 | Sports Table Football | Playing Rules | 5-A side | .. |
FISTF Member Nations
There are 27 FISTF Member Nations and others are not yet FISTF members. Several countries are in development.
Position | Confederation | Nation | Abbreviation | Association Name | Founded | Member since |
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1 | Europe | Austria | EÖTV | Erster Österreichischer Tischfußball Verband | 1973 | 1994 |
2 | Europe | Belgium | FBFTS | Federation Belge de Football Table Subbuteo | 19xx | 1993 |
3 | Europe | Czech Republic | CTSU | Czech Table Subbuteo Union | 20xx | 2014 / No Member |
4 | Europe | Denmark | DSBU | Dansk Subbuteo Bordfodbold Union | 1992 | 1993 |
5 | Europe | England | ESA | English Subbuteo Association | 1967 | 1993 |
6 | Europe | Finland | SUBU | Suomen Pöytäjalkapalloyhdistys | 2006 | 2007 / No Member |
7 | Europe | France | 3FTS | Fédération Française de Football de Table Sport | 1980 | 1993 |
8 | Europe | Germany | DSTFB | Deutscher Subbuteo Tischfußballbund | 1961 | 1993 |
9 | Europe | Greece | UHTF | Union of Hellenic Table Football | 198x | 1993 |
10 | Europe | Gibraltar | GTSA | Gibraltar Table Soccer Association | 197x | 20xx |
11 | Europe | Hungary | HTFA | Hungarian Table Football Association | 2012 | 2017 |
12 | Europe | Italy | FISCT | Federazione Italiana Sport Calcio da Tavolo | 1972 | 1993 |
13 | Europe | Malta | MTFSA | Malta Table Football Sports Association | 1974 | 1993 |
14 | Europe | Netherlands | NSVB | Nederlandse Subbuteo Voetbal Bond | 195x | 1993 |
15 | Europe | Portugal | APS | Associação Portuguesa de Subbuteo | 1993 | 1993 |
16 | Europe | Russia | RFTFS | Russian Federation Table Football Subbuteo | 2016 | 2016 / No member |
17 | Europe | Scotland | STFA | Scottish Table Football Association | 1967 | 199x |
18 | Europe | Spain | AFM | Asociacion Española de Jugadores de Futbol de Mesa | 1985 | 199x |
19 | Europe | Switzerland | SSTV | Schweizerischer Subbuteo-Tischfussball-Verband | 1969 | 1993 |
20 | Europe | Wales | WSTFA | Welsh Sports Table Football Association | 1967 | 1993 |
21 | Europe | Northern Ireland | NITFA | Northern Ireland Table Football Association | 197x | No Member |
22 | Europe | Ireland | TFAI | Table Football Association of Ireland | 197x | Member again since Oct. 2019 |
23 | Europe | Cyprus | CTFA | Cypriot Table Football Association | 19xx | No Member |
24 | Europe | Norway | NBFF | Norges Bordfotball Forbund | 1989 | No Member |
25 | Europe | Romania | FRSFM | Federatia Romana Sport Football de Masa | 2000 | re-development |
26 | Europe | .. | in development |
- European Sport Table Football Federation (ESTF) in re-development (existed 1963–1993)
- Nations Participated at World Cup – Re-development necessary:
- Romania: Re-development process ongoing with WASPA events. Participated at World Cup 2000 in Vienna.
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: (1996).
- Luxemburg: (1986) and Bahamas (1974) (participated in FISA events).
- Monaco: (20xx) participated as a Nation, but are integrated again within 3FTS (France).
- Poland: 2008, no activities. Participated at World Cup 2008 in Vienna.
- Sweden: No information available.
- Serbia: in development. Several Serbian players live in Austria and Germany.
Position | Confederation | Nation | Abbreviation | Association Name | Founded | Member since |
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1 | America South | Argentina | LAFM | Liga Argentina de Fútbol de Mesa | 20xx | 2002 |
2 | America South | Brazil | CBFM | Confederação Brasileira de Futebol de Mesa | 20xx | 2002 |
3 | America South | Chile | FCSMS | Federação Chile de Futebol de Mesa de Sport | 2016 | in development 2016 |
in South America, the countries play also the Button Football and Sectorball codes and have a Confederation. Chile is development phase.
Position | Confederation | Nation | Abbreviation | Association Name | Founded | Member since |
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4 | America North | United States | ASA | American Subbuteo Association | 1990 | 1996 |
5 | America North | Canada | SubCan (STFA) | Subbuteo Canada (Sports Table Football Association) | 1990 | 2018 |
6 | America North | Mexico | AMFM | Asociacion Mexico Fotbol de Mesa | .. | in development 2016 |
in North America, the countries are in motion to form the Confederation. Mexico is in an emerging phase.
Position | Confederation | Nation | Abbreviation | Association Name | Founded | Member since | |
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1 | Asia | Australia | ATFA | Australian Table Football Association | 1988 | 1994 | |
2 | Asia | Singapore | TFAS | Table Football Association of Singapore | 1981 | 2002 | |
3 | Asia | Japan | NOSKSJ | Nihon Ohajiki Soccer Kyokai Subbuteo Japan | 2012 | 2012 | |
4 | Asia | Hong Kong | HKSA | Hong Kong Subbuteo Association | 2012 | No Member | |
5 | Asia | New Zealand | NZ... | New Zealand .... | .. | in development 2017 | |
6 | Asia | Malaysia | MTFA | Malaysian Table Football Association | 2012 | in development | |
7 | Asia | Israel | ISA | Israel Subbuteo Association | 1986 | re-development 2014 | |
8 | Asia | Indonesia | BGTFC | Batavia Garudas Table Football Club | 2012 | no information | |
9 | Asia | Iran | I... | Iranian .... | 2019 | no information | |
10 | Asia | India | I... | India .... | 2019 | no information |
- CASTFA was founded in Tokyo 11 June 2017 by NOSK (Japan), TFAS (Singapore) and ATFA (Australia).
- Hong Kong: Information open.
- China: No update information. Participated at World Cup 2006 in Dortmund
Position | Confederation | Nation | Abbreviation | Association Name | Founded | Member since |
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1 | Africa | Tunisia | FTFTS | Fédération Tunisian de Football de Table Sport | 2017 | 2017 / No Member |
2 | Africa | South Africa | SATFA | South African Table Football Association | 2009 | 2009 / No Member |
- Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal: Development in progress
- Sudan: Contact exist to Sudan players since 2017.
TIMELINE Sports Table Football
The historical relevance of the sport, game and hobby of Sports Table Football/Soccer (aka Newfooty/Subbuteo), from the first day in 1925 till this day. Mentioned are main upcoming anniversaries in the timeline.
Timeline | Abbreviation | Historical fact | Important Person | Other information |
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1893–1940s | ||||
1893 | Newfooty | Mr William Lane Keeling was born (around) September. (born 1893-died 1976) | William L. Keeling | Birth |
1916 | Subbuteo | Mr Peter Adolph was born. (born 1916-died 1994) | Peter Adolph | Birth |
1925 | Newfooty | Table football/soccer invented from Mr. William Lane Keeling for his children. The Development began until the patent was able to be registered. | William Lane Keeling | Development |
1929 | Newfooty | Newfooty Company founded and invented table football / soccer material. The figures where flat Version with a plastic base and lead at the bottom of the base. The patent for Newfooty was registered. | William Lane Keeling | Patent registry |
1934 | NPA | The 'Newfooty Players Association' (NPA) was established. In England people could become member to participate in Leagues and Knock-out Cup competitions. It was the world's first "players association" organized by Newfooty Company. There was also a Newfooty player of the Year Trohpy. The Newfooty handbook "Libro Oficial" was also available in Spanish language with "Instrucciones y Reglamentos" for "Futbol de Mesa". | NPA | .. |
1939 | Newfooty | Newfooty Patent ran 1929–1934, and a second period of 5 years, 1934–1939. | William L. Keeling | England |
1947 | Subbuteo | Subbuteo Sports Games Ltd was founded from Mr. Peter Adolph. New material and flat cardboard figures came into sales. | Peter Adolph | Flat figures |
1948 | FBFTS | The first national association was founded in Belgium (FBFTS). Mr. Beliard becomes the first Belgium champion. The world has his first ever table football/soccer champion. | Mr. Beliard | Belgium |
1950s–1960s | ||||
1950 | TSPA | Peter Adolph founds the 'Table Soccer Players Association' (TSPA) in England. | Peter Adolph | TSPA |
1953 | Newfooty | Newfooty brings the first 3D plastic figurine into the market. | William Lane Keeling | 3D |
1954 | NTVB | The Dutch federation (NTVB) was founded in Haarlem (NED). | NTVB | Netherlands |
1957 | Subbuteo | Subbuteo Sports Games Ltd. take over rivals Newfooty Company from Liverpool. 1957–58 the first team championship was played in Belgium. Subbuteo Club Jemeppe became the first team champion. | Peter Adolph | Company takeover |
1960 | FBFTS | The first ever International match (National Teams) was played in Bruxelles (BEL) on 7 February 1960, between Belgium and the Netherlands. Belgium won! The foundation of an international federation was in line. Later in Oct./Nov. 1960, England lost 1–2 vs. Belgium in Turnbridge the 2nd International match. | .. | International match. |
1961 | UES | The "Union Europeene de Subbuteo (UES)" was founded in Schiedam (NED) from Mr. Ling (NTVB), Mr Kroonberg (FBFTS) and Mr. Feuerlein (DSTFB). He was the first president of the DSTFB (GER), which was founded shortly before the creation of the UES/UNEFTA. The UES was the predecessor of the ETF. | UES | Foundation |
1963 | ETF | The motivation was set to found a real European table football/soccer federation, for all European countries. The 'European Table Soccer Federation' ETF / 'Union Europeene de Football de table' UNEFTA' was founded in 1963 (City:?) by the three active nations Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. The BTSA (British Table Soccer Association) was founded and invited, but showed no interest to join the ETF. | .. | .. |
1964 | ETF | The 1st ETF Europa Cup was played in Rotterdam (NL), which saw Marinus Schild became the first ever International Champion. | Europe | .. |
1965 | ETF | BEL, NED, GER, ENG and FRA participated in Bruxelles at the 2nd Edition of the ETF Cup. The first French player at the ETF Europa Cup was Mr.de Smet (FRA). The British Table Soccer Association (BTSA) was changed into BSTSA with the S standing for Subbuteo. | Britain | .. |
1967 | BSTSA | The British Subbuteo Table Soccer Association (BSTSA) splits into separate independent associations, with free choice of material and not regulated by Subbuteo. The foundation of the English Table Soccer Association (ETSA), Scottish (STSA) and Welsh (WTSA) were based on democratic elections. | Britain | .. |
1969 | WSSG | Waddingtons take over Subbuteo Sports Games (SSG). The SSTFB (later SSTV) was founded in Switzerland from Mr. Dieter Brechbühl. | SSG | Company takeover |
1970s–1980s | ||||
1970 | SSG | The 1st Subbuteo World Cup was played in London (ENG). Subbuteo Sports Games. | Peter Adolph | World Cup. |
1973 | EÖTV | The EÖTV was founded in Vienna, Austria from Mr. Walter Fried & Gustav Adler. | Walter Fried | Gustav Adler |
1975 | FISCT | The Italian championships are organized. In March the 'Federatione Italian Calcio Miniatura Subbuteo' FICMS is founded. The FICMS is affiliated with the ETF, the European federation, where all materials are permitted. FICMS plays only with the 3D-Subbuteo figures and not with the flat traditional figures. | Edilio Parodi | FICMS |
1976 | Newfooty | William Lane Keeling departed | William L. Keeling | England |
1979 | FISA | FISA (Subbuteo company controlled) was founded as an alternative to ETF (democratic sports federation). | World | Europe |
1980 | FISA | The 1st FISA European Championship (National teams of 1 Senioer and 2 Junior) where played in Rome (ITA). | Subbuteo | Team event |
1983 | ETF | The ETF Nations Cup made a comeback on behalf of DSTFB German initiative. | Horst Becker | Germany |
1985 | ETF-FISA | The Europa Cup for club teams was born (in-official event). The Associations came closer. | Eric Naszalyi | France |
1987 | FICMS | The FICMS was dissolved the Associationi Italia Calcio in Miniatura Subbuteo (AICiMS) was established. The name was changed, because it was necessary to remove the word "Federation" (replaced by "Association"), it was a bureaucratic issue, due to the relationship with 'Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano' (CONI). Curiously the same problem arose again in 2013 within FISCT. | AICIMS | Olympic |
1990s–2000s | ||||
1992 | FISTF | FISTF was founded in Hamburg, Germany, 16 June 1992. On the same weekend the Subbuteo European Championship was held in Hamburg. | Laurant Garnier | Willy Hofmann |
1993 | FISTF-ESTF | The 1. FISTF European Championship was played in Verviers (BEL). The 30th Edition of the ETF (ESTF) Europa Cup was played and ESTF defunct in Farehem (ENG) with the democratic votes of the participating nations (ENG, WAL, SCO, MAL, AUT, GER, SUI, NED). Belgium and France did not participate. The FISTF Europa Cup for clubs had its official debut edition played. | Defunct | Club EC |
1994 | FISTF-FISA | A tough year. The 1st FISTF World Championship was played in Paris (FRA) and the 7th FISA Subbuteo World Cup was played for the 'first' time outside Europe, in Chicago, (USA). In the same year Hasbro (USA) take over Waddingtons Sports Games section (UK), including Monopoly and Cluedo. Mr. Peter Adolph, founder of Subbuteo Sports Games Ltd. departed. | Two world cups | Company takeover. |
1995 | ZEUGO | Zeugo playing equipment was introduced. The Emilio Parodi company (Genoa, ITA) created their own table football sets and material. | Edilio and Giovanni Parodi | Zeugo |
1996 | FISA | FISA was defunct in London (ENG) after the last edition. Hasbro fails to supply good playing material for the world players. Many new manufacturers arose to supply good quality playing material. | Hasbro | New materials |
1998 | GSS | Global Sports Games (Lichtenstein), The 'Toccer' figure was invented by Willy Hofmann (SUI). | Willy Hofmann | Toccer |
2000 | FISTF | The FISTF World Masters was installed. | Masters | .. |
2010s–2020s | ||||
2002 | FISTF | The SubbuteoOsacar awards have been installed for severa catgories such as best player, club and newcomer. | Awards | |
2010 | FISTF | The Europa Cup for clubs was rebranded into the FISTF Champions- and Europa League. | CL & EL | |
2011 | WASPA | World Amateur Subbuteo Players Association founded from Mr. Vincent Coppenolle (Belgium). | Vincent Coppenolle | |
2014 | NSVB | 60 years of Sports table football in the Netherlands (NSVB). | Jubilee | Netherlands |
2017 | FISTF, Subbuteo | 70 Years Subbuteo trade mark. 25 Years FISTF. | Jubilee | TM |
2017 | CASTFA | The Confederation of Asian Sports Table Football Associations (CASTFA) was founded in Tokyo 11 June 2017 by executives of NOSKSJ (Japan), TFAS (Singapore), ATFA (Australia), and FISTF Vice President, Stephen Dettre. Kenzo Koi was named first president of CASTFA | Asia | Australia |
2018 | FISTF | World Cup in Gibraltar, the smallest country as FISTF member was host to the main Event. | GTSA | The Rock |
2018 | FBFTS | 70 Years FBFTS-Belgian Association. 1. WASPA World Cup in Budapest, Hungaria | Vincent Coppenolle | Hungaria |
2019 | SSTV, Newfooty | 50 Years SSTV-Swiss Association. 90 Years Newfooty invention. The European Youth Champions League, 1st Edition | William L. Keeling | .. |
2020 | CONASTF | The Confederation of North American Sports Table Football was founded 8th February 2020 in Ontario (Canada). Founding members are American Subbuteo Association and Subbuteo Canada. The foundation fell during the time when the coronavirus (COVID-19) emerged worldwide and several FISTF tournaments had to be cancelled. The World Cup 2020 in Rome, Italy was postponed until 2021. | Horst Deimel | Mike Sgro, Bryan Arnolds |
2022 | FISTF | 30 Years FISTF | Laurant Garnier | France |
2023 | EÖTV, DSTFB | 50 Years EÖTV-Austrian Association. 60 Years DSTFB-German Association. | Jubilee | .. |
2025 | FISCT | 50 Years FISCT-Italian Association (formal FICMS and AICIMS) | Jubilee | .. |
2029 | STF | 100 Years Sport Table Football, from Newfooty to modern Sport Table Football/Soccer. | 100 Years | |
.. | .. | .. | .. |
- Many other domestic Associations were established around the globe. (see above FISTF members). The main problem is still the professional distribution of quality sports playing material and activities to promote sport table football and not a children & kids game (toy).
Hall of FAME
FISTF, ETF and FISA Hall of Fame winners (2nd, 3rd and 4th place) are mentioned and being updated successively.
Federation | Championship | Individual / Team | Category |
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FISA | European Championship | Individual players | Open & Junior U-16 |
FISA | European Championship | National Team competition | 1x Open & 2x Junior U-16 |
FISA | World Championship | Individual players | Open & Junior U-16 |
Federation | Championship | Individual / Team | Category |
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FISTF | European Championship | Individual players | Open, U-19, U-15, U-12, Vet, Lad |
FISTF | European Championship | National Teams | Open, U-19, U-15, U-12, Vet, Lad |
FISTF | World Championship | Individual players | Open, U-19, U-15, U-12, Vet, Lad |
FISTF | World Championship | National Teams | Open, U-19, U-15, U-12, Vet, Lad |
FISTF | World Sports Table Football Masters | Individual | Open |
FISTF | European Cup | Club Teams | Open |
FISTF | European Champions League | Club Teams | Open |
FISTF | Europa League | Club Teams | Open |
FISTF | Asian Cup | National & Club Teams | Open, U-19, U-15, U-12, Vet, Lad |
FISTF | America South | National & Club Teams | Open, U-19, U-15, U-12, Vet, Lad |
FISTF | America North | National & Club Teams | Open, U-19, U-15, U-12, Vet, Lad |
FISTF | Africa Cup | National & Club Teams | Open, U-19, U-15, U-12, Vet, Lad |
Federation | Championship | Individual / Team | Category |
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ETF | European Cup | Individual players | Open |
ETF | European Nations Cup | National Teams | Open, B-Team, Juniors U-16 |
FISA Subbuteo World Cup
The first ever Subbuteo table football (soccer) World Cup was played in London (UK/ENG) 1970 with 13 Nations competing. The 'big' three of the 1960s where Belgium, Netherlands, West Germany and Switzerland was the emerging ETF Nation. The four UK Home Nations England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Irland and Eire, as well as from southern Europe Malta and Gibraltar travelled to London.
The Americas where represented through the US and Asia through Israel, which reached against all odds the Semi-Final stage. Stuart Goldman(†) was UK citizen from England and represented Israel. The 24 players were drawn in the 6 groups of 4 players and the 2 top players of each group proceeded to the 2nd group stage, with 4 groups of 3 players. The top 2 players again emerged then to the Quarter-Finales.
All results are in the FISTF archive. We can see that Subbuteo was innovative with the tournament modus in 1970. The FIFA World Cup 1982 was played with this modus, without the Q/F stage.
The World Cup 1970 Quarter- and Semi-Finals
Player | Nation | Result | Player | Nation |
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Q/F | ||||
Colin Vickers | England | 0–1 | Peter Czarkowski | Germany |
Günther Czarkowski | Germany | 1–2 | Dick Rietveld | Netherlands |
Stuart Goldman | Israel | 1–0 | Bertus Mulder | Netherlands |
M'Mullan | Northern Ireland | 0–1 aet | Pierre Tignani | Belgium |
S/F | ||||
Peter Czarkowski | Germany | 0–0; 3–2 shots | Stuart Goldman | Israel |
Dick Rietveld | Netherlands | 0–2 | Pierre Tignani | Belgium |
Two players from eleven Nations participated (22 Players) and USA and Israel with one player each made completed the field. The 7th Edition in 1994 (host Nation was the USA) was the last edition under the Patronance of FISA (Waddingtons Sports Games Ltd.). The organization was already well under way in 1992–1993 and the event was finally played, in Chicago. The first FISTF Sports World Championship was played in Paris (Fra) 1994. In 1993, two European champions reigned (ETF and FISTF), 1994 two world champions reigned (FISA and FISTF) and in 1996 a FISA Subbuteo European Championship and the FISTF World Championship was played. After 1996 there were no more double events played and FISTF strengthened its position as the global sports table football federation. The junior (U-16) World Cup was played in 1978 for the first time with three new Nations present, such as Austria, Greece and Canada.
Year | Place | Senior Champion | Senior Finalist | Result | Senior 3rd place | Senior 4th place | Result |
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1970 | England, London | Peter Czarkowski West Germany | Pierre Tignani Belgium | 2–0 | Dick Rietveld Netherlands | Stuart Goldman Israel | 4–1 |
1974 | West Germany, Munich | Dick Rietveld Netherlands | Michael Dent England | 2–1 a.e.t. | Stefano Beverini Italy | Christian Delahaut Belgium | 5–1 |
1978 | England, London | Phillipe Outmans Belgium | Norman Gleave England | 1–0 | Edoardo Belloto Italy | Michael Bordach Germany | 4–1 |
1982 | Spain, Barcelona | Renzo Frignani Italy | Horst Becker Germany | 2–1 | Willy Hoffman Switzerland | James Skelly Northern Ireland | 6–0 |
1986 | Greece, Athens | Willy Hoffman Switzerland | Renzo Frignani Italy | 5–2 | Bruno Goset Belgium | John McGiffen Scotland | 4–3 a.e.t. |
1990 | Italy, Rome | Angelos Tsakiris Greece | Frédéric Hernandez France | 2–1 | Willy Hoffman Switzerland | Felipe Maia Portugal | 4–2 |
1994 | United States, Chicago | Dominique De Marco Belgium | Christophe Fuseau France | 4–3 | Angelos Tsakiris Greece | Carl Young Wales | 3–1 |
Year | Place | Junior Champion | Junior Finalist | Result | Junior 3rd Place | Junior 4th Place | Result |
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1970 | England, London | Not played | Not played | x-x | Not played | Not played | x-x |
1974 | West Germany, Munich | Not played | Not played | x-x | Not played | Not played | x-x |
1978 | England, London | Andrea Piccaluga Italy | Dirk Bärwald Germany | 2–0 | Marc Clairbois Belgium | Fred Verhey Netherlands | 2–1 |
1982 | Spain, Barcelona | Joseph Bonfante Gibraltar | Bruno Debray France | 1–1 a.e.t. 6–5 Shots | Pierpaola Pesce Italy | David Lambert England | 4–3 |
1986 | Greece, Athens | Mario Baglietto Italy | George Grillakis Greece | 4–3 | Eric Threis Belgium | John Field Gibraltar | 5–1 |
1990 | Italy, Rome | Vasco Guimares Portugal | Joris Van Braker Netherlands | 3–2 | Marco Gagliardi Italy | Bertrand Sartisse Belgium | 3–2 |
1994 | United States, Chicago | Not played | Not played | x-x | Not played | Not played | x-x |
Position | Nation | World Champion | Finalist | 3rd place | 4th place | |
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1 | Italy | 1978, 82, 86, | 1986 | 1974, 78, 82, 90 | – | 3+1+4+0=8 |
2 | Belgium | 1978, 94, | 1970 | 1978, 2x86, | 1974, 90 | 2+1+3+2=8 |
3 | Germany | 1970, | 1978, 82, | – | 1978, | 1+2+0+1=4 |
4 | Netherlands | 1974, | 1990 | 1970, | 1978, | 1+1+1+1=4 |
5 | Greece | 1990, | 1986 | 1997, | – | 1+1+1+0=3 |
6 | Switzerland | 1986, | – | 1982, 90, | – | 1+0+2+0=3 |
7 | Gibraltar | 1982 | – | – | 1986 | 1+0+0+1=2 |
8 | Portugal | 1990 | – | – | 1990 | 1+0+0+1=2 |
9 | France | – | 1982, 90, 94 | – | – | 0+3+0+0=3 |
10 | England | – | 1974, 78 | – | 1982 | 0+2+0+1=3 |
11 | Israel | – | – | – | 1970 | 0+0+0+1=1 |
12 | Northern Ireland | – | – | – | 1982 | 0+0+0+1=1 |
13 | Scotland | – | – | – | 1986 | 0+0+0+1=1 |
14 | Wales | – | – | – | 1994 | 0+0+0+1=1 |
FISA Subbuteo European Championship
The very first FISA European Subbuteo Championship in 1980 was played as a Team event, with 1 Senior and 2 Junior Player. The nation winning the most individual matches, won the team match. A draw was also possible, if each team won an individual match and the third match would be a draw itself. The result would be a 1–1; as an example. Starting with 1984, the European Championship was played with the same structure as the FISA World Cup, containing one Senior and one Junior category. In 1996 another FISA Subbuteo European Championship event was organized, although FISTF had already been established in 1992.
Several nations (Switzerland, Austria, Denmark, Netherlands, Cyprus, Norway) were not invited or did not participate, and the reason is unclear. After 1993, with all nations joining FISTF, the ETF (ESTF 1992–93) became defunct in October 1993. Hasbro (took over Waddington Sports Games Ltd. with Subbuteo brand name in 1995–1996), tried to carry on by itself to organize a FISA event, with a limited number of players participating. The 1996 competition was therefore the very last organized by FISA (Hasbro). All matches played were 2x15min, with extra time of 2x5min in necessary, and 5x shots in the knock out phase.
Year | Place | Team Winner | Team Finalist | Result | Team S/F | Team S/F | Result |
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1980 | Italy, Rome | Italy Italy | Belgium Belgium | 2–0 | Italy 3–0 Germany | Belgium 3–0 Scotland | |
Senior | Giuseppe Trovato | Phillipe Outmanns | 3–2 | Giuseppe Trovato – Michael Bordach 4–1 | Phillipe Outmanns – Paul Watkins 6–0 | ||
Junior (U-16) | Andrea Piccaluga | Marc Clairbois | 2–2 | Andrea Piccaluga – Olaf Gotke 8–0 | Marc Clairbois – John McGiffen 3–1 | ||
Junior (U-16) | Andrea Antiga | Alphonse Paulis | 3–2 | Andrea Antiga – Wilhem Massman 8–0 | Alphonse Paulis – John Robb 6–0 |
Germany and Scotland win the team bronze medal, because the 3rd/4th place match was not played.
Year | Place | Senior Winner | Senior Finalist | Result | Senior 3rd Place | Senior 4th Place | Result |
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1984 | France, Paris | Renzo Frignani Italy | Lionel Abecassis France | 1–0 | Horst Becker Germany | William Boschma Netherlands | 4–1 |
1988 | Belgium, Bruxelles | Mario Baglietto Italy | Dominique De Marco Belgium | 4–3 a.e.t.(2x5min) | Christophe Fuseau France | Michael Kunkel Germany | 7–2 |
1992 | Germany, Hamburg | Paulo Sobral Portugal | Dominique De Marco Belgium | 3–2 | Christophe Fuseau France | Mario Baglietto Italy | 2–1 |
1996 | England, London | Felipe Maia Portugal | Joseph Borg Bonaci Malta | 1–0 | Christian Filippella Italy | Gil Delogne Belgium | No 3rd/4th match |
Year | Place | Junior Winner | Junior Finalist | Result | Junior 3rd Place | Junior 4th Place | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1984 | France, Paris | Dominique De Marco Belgium | Marco Santachiara Italy | 1–1 a.e.t.(2x5min) 3–2 Shots | Pedro Rodrigues Portugal | Brian Cairins Northern Ireland | 1–1 a.e.t. (2x5min) 1–0 Shots |
1988 | Belgium, Bruxelles | Raymond De Marco Belgium | Kostas Sohoritis Greece | 1–0 | Alberto Maia Portugal | Robert Lenz Austria | 5–1 |
1992 | Germany, Hamburg | Bertrand Sartisse Belgium | Hugo Carvalho Portugal | 2–1 | Joseph Borg Bonaci Malta | Morten Andersen Denmark | 4–3 a.e.t. |
1996 | England, London | Dionisis Koutis Greece | Sergio Loureiro Portugal | 2–1 | Gianmaria Mancinelli Italy | Sami Targui Belgium | No 3rd/4th match |
Position | Nation | European Champion | Finalist | 3rd place | 4th place | Sum |
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1 | Belgium | 1984, 92, 98, | 1988, 92 | 1980 | 2x 1996 | 3+2+1+2=8 |
2 | Italy | 1980, 84, 88 | 1984 | 2x 1996 | 1992 | 3+1+2+1=7 |
3 | Portugal | 1992, 96 | 1992, 96 | 1984, 88 | – | 2+2+2+0=6 |
4 | Greece | 1996 | 1988 | – | – | 1+1+0+0=2 |
5 | France | – | 1984 | 1988, 92 | – | 0+1+2+0=3 |
6 | Germany | – | 1980 | 1984, 88 | – | 0+1+2+0=3 |
7 | Malta | – | 1996 | 1992 | – | 0+1+1+0=2 |
8 | Scotland | – | – | 1980 | – | 0+0+1+0=1 |
9 | Netherlands | – | – | – | 1984 | 0+0+0+1=1 |
10 | Northern Ireland | – | – | – | 1984 | 0+0+0+1=1 |
11 | Austria | – | – | – | 1988 | 0+0+0+1=1 |
12 | Denmark | – | – | – | 1992 | 0+0+0+1=1 |
FISTF European Sports Table Football Championship – Individual
FISTF started in 1993 with the European Championship and are mistakenly used in statistics as World Championships. 1993, 1995, 1997 and 1999 where European Championships, and not World Championships. The age changed from U-20 to U-19, U-16 to U-15 after 1999. The ages for the Veteran category started at 35 and was increased steadily to 40 years of age, and is now once again in process to go up to 45 years of age. The progress is from 2013 to 2018. The European Championship played in 1993, 1995, 1997 and 1999 will see a comeback after 20 years in 2019.
Year | Host City | Open | Under 20/19 | Under 16/15 | Ladies | Veteran | Under 12 |
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1993 | Belgium, Verviers | Christophe Fuseau France | Fabian Brau Belgium | Bertrand Sartisse Belgium | Véronique Garnier France | not played | not played |
1995 | Germany, Wuppertal | David Ruelle Belgium | Vasco Guimarães Portugal | Thomas Wittmann Austria | Delphine Dieudonné Belgium | not played | not played |
1997 | Greece, Athens | Vasco Guimarães Portugal | Dionisis Koutis Greece | Nikos Beis Greece | Delphine Dieudonné Belgium | Gerhard Ecker Austria | not played |
1999 | Netherlands, Delft | Massimo Bolognino Italy | Efrem Intra Italy | Nikos Beis Greece | Cynthia Bouchez Belgium | Thierry Vivron France | not played |
2019 | Belgium, Frameries | Florian Giaux Belgium | Dimitrios Dimopoulos Greece | Mattia Ferrante Italy | Audrey Herbaut France | Mario Camilleri Malta | Francesco Borgo Italy |
2021 | to be announced | ... {{_}} | ... {{_}} | ... {{_}} | ... {{_}} | ... {{_}} | ... {{_}} |
FISTF decision: The World Cup will be held every two years (even years), as originally played in the 1990s. The odd years will see European Championships played.
Position | Nation | European Champion | Finalist | 3rd place | 4th place | Sum |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Belgium | 2x1993,2x95,97,99 | – | – | – | 6 |
2 | France | 2x1993, 99 | – | – | – | 3 |
3 | Greece | 2x1997, 99 | – | – | – | 3 |
4 | Portugal | 1995, 97 | – | – | – | 2 |
5 | Austria | 1995, 97 | – | – | – | 2 |
6 | Italy | 2x1999 | – | – | – | 2 |
Explanation example: 2x1993 means two x Gold medal in the same year for a country in all categories.
FISTF World Sports Table Football Championship – Individual
FISTF began in 1993 with a European Championship which are mistakenly named as World Championships in several publications, such as printed Tournament leaflets and websites. The FISTF World Cup will be held again every even year, starting with 2020, 2022, 2024 and so forth. The odd years will host the Confederations Championships or Cups, such as in Asia, America South and Europe. Africa and America North will follow as soon as the development lets it happen.
- ) Covid-19 Virus spread: The World Cup 2020 Rome, will be postponed to 2021.
Year | Host City | Open | Under 20/19 | Under 16/15 | Ladies | Veteran | Under 12 |
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1994 | France, Paris | Dominique De Marco Belgium | Joseph Borg Bonaci Malta | Darren Scicluna Malta | Delphine Dieudonné Belgium | not played | |
1996 | Denmark, Silkeborg | Vasco Guimarães Portugal | Simone Bertelli Italy | Wolfgang Haas Austria | Delphine Dieudonné Belgium | Gerhard Ecker Austria | |
1998 | Belgium, Namur | Gil Delogne Belgium | Simone Bertelli Italy | Wolfgang Haas Austria | Delphine Dieudonné Belgium | Thierry Vivron France | |
2000 | Austria, Vienna | Massimo Bolognino Italy | Nicolas Wlodarczyk France | Simão Fonseca Portugal | Delphine Dieudonné Belgium | Horst Deimel Austria | |
2001 | Portugal, Oporto | Massimo Bolognino Italy | Nicolas Wlodarczyk France | Simão Fonseca Portugal | Carla Conceiçao Portugal | Renzo Frignani Italy | |
2002 | England, Birmingham | Gil Delogne Belgium | Sami Targui Belgium | Jessica Hardenne Belgium | Delphine Dieudonné Belgium | Stefano De Francesco Italy | |
2003 | Malta, Cottonera | Massimiliano Nastasi Italy | Roderick Sciberras Malta | Arnaud Nullens Belgium | Kamilla Kristensen Denmark | Arturo Martinez Spain | |
2004 | Italy, Bologna | Giancarlo Giulianini Italy | Daniele Bertelli Italy | Ricardo Barros Portugal | Delphine Dieudonné Belgium | Renzo Frignani Italy | |
2005 | Belgium, Tournai | Massimo Bolognino Italy | Daniele Bertelli Italy | Juan Manuel Noguera Spain | Delphine Dieudonné Belgium | Renzo Frignani Italy | |
2006 | Germany, Dortmund | Efrem Intra Italy | Stefano Buono Italy | Kristian Staal Nielsen Denmark | Kamilla Kristensen Denmark | Martijn Bom Netherlands | |
2007 | France, Les Herbiers | Daniele Bertelli Italy | Stefano Buono Italy | Ruben Português Portugal | Françoise Guyot France | Renzo Frignani Italy | Mathew Pace Malta |
2008 | Austria, Vienna | Eric Verhagen Netherlands | Juan Manuel Noguera Spain | Björn Kegenbein Germany | Michaela Scherbaum Austria | Martijn Bom Netherlands | Diego Tagliaferri Italy |
2009 | Netherlands, Rotterdam | Daniele Bertelli Italy | Björn Kegenbein Germany | Emanuele Lo Cascio Italy | Delphine Dieudonné Belgium | Martijn Bom Netherlands | Diego Tagliaferri Italy |
2010 | Germany, Rain am Lech | Carlos Flores Spain | José Antonio Gómez Ros Spain | Marcel Kwiatkowski Germany | Delphine Dieudonné Belgium | Juan Carlos Granados Spain | Kai Hagenkötter Germany |
2011 | Italy, Palermo | Massimiliano Nastasi Italy | Björn Kegenbein Germany | Luigi Colangelo Italy | Giuditta Lo Cascio Italy | Vincent Prats Spain | Marco Di Vito Italy |
2012 | England, Manchester | Carlos Flores Spain | Björn Kegenbein Germany | Matteo Ciccarelli Italy | Delphine Dieudonné Belgium | Francesco Mattiangeli Italy | Marco Di Vito Italy |
2013 | Spain, Madrid | Alberto Mateos Spain | Luigi Di Vito Italy | Claudio Panebianco Italy | Delphine Dieudonné Belgium | Massimo Bolognino Italy | Claudio La Torre Italy |
2014 | Belgium, Rochefort | Juan Manuel Noguera Spain | Luigi Di Vito Italy | Matteo Ciccarelli Italy | Jessica Hardenne Belgium | Francesco Mattiangeli Italy | Francesco Vezzuto Italy |
2015 | Italy, San Benedetto | Carlos Flores Spain | David Gonzalez Spain | Claudio La Torre Italy | Delphine Dieudonné Belgium | Massimo Bolognino Italy | Leonardo Giudice Italy |
2016 | Belgium, Mons | Wolfgang Leitner Austria | Matteo Ciccarelli Italy | Leonardo Giudice Italy | Carolina Villargues Portugal | Gianfranco Calonico Italy | Giorgio Giudice Italy |
2017 | France, Elancourt | Rémy Huynh Belgium | Nicola Borgo Italy | Claudio La Torre Italy | Delphine Dieudonne Belgium | Filipe Maia Portugal | Francesco Borgo Italy |
2018 | Gibraltar, Gibraltar | Matteo Ciccarelli Italy | Marco Di Vito Italy | Leonardo Giudice Italy | Audrey Herbaut France | Charles Aquilina Malta | Giorgio Giudice Italy |
2020 | Italy, Rome*) | ...{{_}} | ...{{_}} | ...{{_}} | ...{{_}} | ...{{_}} | ...{{_}} |
2022 | {{___}}, Host City to be announced | ...{{_}} | ...{{_}} | ...{{_}} | ...{{_}} | ...{{_}} | ...{{_}} |
Position | Nation | World Cup | Finalist | 3rd place | 4th place | Sum |
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1 | Italy | 1996,98,2000,2x01,02,03,3x04,3x05,2x06,3x07,08,3x09,4x11,3x12,4x13,4x14,3x15,4x16,3x17, 4x18 | – | – | – | 51 |
2 | Belgium | 2x1994,96,2x98,2000,4x02,03,04,05,09,10,12,13,14,15,2x17 | – | – | – | 21 |
3 | Spain | 2003,05,08,3x10,11,12,13,14,2x15 | – | – | – | 12 |
4 | Portugal | 1996,2000,2x01,04,07,16,17 | – | – | – | 8 |
5 | Austria | 2x1996,98,2000,08,16 | – | – | – | 6 |
6 | Germany | 2008,09,2x10,11,12 | – | – | – | 6 |
7 | Malta | 2x1994,03,07,2018 | – | – | – | 5 |
8 | France | 1998,2000,01,07,2018 | – | – | – | 5 |
9 | Netherlands | 2006,2x08,09 | – | – | – | 4 |
10 | Denmark | 2003,2x06, | – | – | – | 3 |
Explanation example: 4x2011 means four x Gold medal in the same year for a country in all categories.
FISTF World Sports Table Football Masters – Individual
The FISTF Masters had the target to bring the best players of the Season together and to promote the Sport in different countries. After the sixth edition the event was cancelled, due to the fact that the event became not really popular among the elite players.
Year | Host City | Winner Open | 2nd | S/F | S/F |
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2000 | Leverkusen Germany | Gil Delogne Belgium 2–1 | Vasco Guimareas Portugal | Filipe Maia Portugal S/F 2–2ms (0–1) Delogne | Alain Hanotiaux Belgium S/F 1–2ms (0–1) Guimareas |
2001 | Aberdeen Scotland | David Ruelle Belgium 4–3 | Gil Delogne Belgium | Stefano De Francesco Italy S/F 2–2ms (0–1) | Alain Hanotiaux Belgium S/F 1–2 Delogne |
2002 | Neaples Italy | Massimiliano Nastasi Italy 1–0 | Massimo Bolognino Italy | Gil Delogne Belgium S/F 0–2 Bolognino | Giancarlo Giulianini Italy S/F 0–0ms Nastasi |
2004 | Kamen Germany | Massimo Bolognino Italy 1–0 | Gil Delogne Belgium | Francesco Mattiangeli Italy S/F 2-3 Bolognino | Alain Hanotiaux Belgium S/F 0–0ms Delogne |
2006 | Valletta Malta | Carlos Flores Spain 3–1 | Massimiliano Nastasi Italy | Joseph Mifsud Malta S/F 0–3 Nastasi | Massimo Bolognino Italy S/F 1–2 Flores |
2008 | Madrid Spain | Massimiliano Nastasi Italy __-__ | Simone Bertelli Italy | ____ {{___}} S/F __-__ Bertelli | ____ {{___}} S/F __-__ Nastasi |
The World Masters was a FISTF tournament for the best 12 players of the year or Season. It was last played in 2008 after the FISTF Calendar was full of main tournaments. It was meant to promote the sport table football/soccer in different cities. 2008 results missing.
FISTF European Sports Table Football Championship – National Team
FISTF began in 1993 with a European Championship and are mistakenly used as World Championships in several publications, such as printed Tournament leaflets. 1993 (team event was not played), 1995, 1997 and 1999 where European Team Championships, and not World Team Championships.
Year | Host Country | Open | Under 19 | Under 15 | Ladies | Veteran | Under 12 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1993 | Belgium | not played | not played | not played | not played | not played | not played |
1995 | Germany | Portugal | not played | not played | not played | not played | not played |
1997 | Greece | Portugal | Greece | Greece | not played | Austria | not played |
1999 | Netherlands | Italy | Belgium | Belgium | France | Belgium | not played |
2019 | Belgium | Italy | Italy | Italy | France | Italy | Italy |
2021 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Position | Nation | European Championships | Finalist | 3rd place | 4th place | Sum |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Belgium | 3x 1999 | – | – | – | 3 |
2 | Portugal | 1995, 1996 | – | – | – | 2 |
3 | Greece | 2x 1997 | – | – | – | 2 |
4 | Austria | 1997 | – | – | – | 1 |
5 | Italy | 1999 | – | – | – | 1 |
6 | France | 1999 | – | – | – | 1 |
Explanation example: 2x1997 means two x Gold medal in the same year for a country in all categories.
FISTF World Sports Table Football Championship – National Team
FISTF began in 1994 with a World Championship for National Team, which was such a great success that over the years in all categories the Team event were introduced. FISTF is the only sport worldwide which has also U-12 World Champions in individual and in team events. A world tournament (non-official) was played in 1987, Paris (FRA) which was an initiative to promote team events for coming world championships. The teams where mixed with 2x Open, 1x Feminine and 1x Junior player. 7 Nations and France 'B' participated in the quarter Finals. Results will follow.
Covid-19 Virus spread: The World Cup 2020 Rome, will be postponed to 2021.
FISTF decision: The World Cup will be held every two years (even years), as originally played in the 1990s. The odd years will see a comeback of the FISTF European Championships in 2019, 2021 and so forth.
Position | Nation | Team World Cup | Finalist | 3rd place | 4th place | Sum |
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1 | Italy | 2x98,01,02,2x03,3x04,05,2x06,4x07,4x08,4x09,3x10,6x11,3x12,5x13,4x14,4x15,4x16,5x17,3x18 | – | – | – | 61 |
2 | Belgium | 1994,3x96,98,4x2000,2x01,3x02,04,2x05,06,07,09,10,12,13,2x14,2x16,17 | – | – | – | 28 |
3 | Spain | 2007,08,09,12,2x15,2x18 | – | – | – | 8 |
4 | France | 2x1996,98,05,06,08,2018 | – | – | – | 7 |
5 | Portugal | 2000,01,03,04,05 | – | – | – | 5 |
6 | Malta | 2003,2010 | – | – | – | 2 |
7 | Austria | 1998,2012 | – | – | – | 2 |
8 | Netherlands | 2002,2010 | – | – | – | 2 |
9 | Denmark | 2006 | – | – | – | 1 |
Explanation example: 4x2011 means four x Gold medal in the same year for a country in all categories.
CASTFA Asian Sports Table Football Cup
Under the authority of FISTF, the Confederation of Asian Sport Table Football Associations (CASTFA) hosts a continental championship annually with individual, club team and national team categories. CASTFA was founded in Tokyo 11 June 2017 by NOSK (Japan), TFAS (Singapore) and ATFA (Australia), with the full support of the Federation of International Sports Table Football (FISTF). At the meeting in Tokyo, in conjunction with the 3rd Asian Cup of Table Football, it was decided the position of President of CASTFA would rotate through all member federations. Japan's Mr. Kenzo Koi taking the inaugural position for the first two-year period.
The target will be to develop the sport across the Asian region, including helping form associations in other countries and to develop the Asian Cup of Table Football into an even more important event in the region. After the 2018 edition, the Asian Cup will be held every two years.
Year | Place | Open | Under 19 | Under 15 | Under 12 | Veteran | Ladies | Club Team | National Team |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2015 | Melbourne Australia | Peter Thomas Australia | not played | not played | Benjamin NG Australia | not played | not played | Northern Falcons TFC Australia | Singapore Singapore |
2016 | Singapore Singapore | Rudy Hesty Singapore | Giovanni Choong Singapore | not played | not played | not played | not played | Jurong Central SC Singapore | Singapore Singapore |
2017 | Tokyo Japan | Tan Kok Wee Singapore | not played | not played | Tan Yi De Singapore | Robert Green Australia | Eiko Yoneda Japan | S.G. Lions Singapore | Singapore Singapore |
2018 | Melbourne Australia | Carl Young Australia | Oli Ollnow Australia | not played | not played | not played | Kimi Wada Japan | Melbourne TFC Australia | Singapore Singapore |
2019 | Singapore Singapore | Rudy Hesty Singapore | Oli Ollnow Australia | not played | not played | Den Mulia Singapore | not played | S.G. Lions Singapore | Singapore Singapore |
2021 | City to be announced Japan | ..... | ..... | ..... | ..... | ..... | ..... | ..... | ..... |
FISTF America North and Central Sports Table Football Championship
Under the authority of FISTF, the Confederation America North and Central Sport Table Football continental championship shall be held every two years, with its comebach inm 2021. Individual, club team and national team categories to be played. The Confederation America North is under motion for foundation. USA and Canada are the most active associations.
Year | Place | Open | Under 19 | Under 15 | Under 12 | Veteran | Ladies | Club Team | National Team |
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2008 | Alexandria, VA United States | Zach Walker United States | Daniel Cranston United States | not played | not played | Paul Eyes United States | not played | Maryland SC United States | not played |
2009 | Alexandria, VA United States | Zach Walker United States | Patrick Sheridan United States | Nevin Varghese United States | not played | Paul Eyes United States | Stephanie Bao United States | Maryland SC United States | Not Played |
2010–2020 | Not Played | ..... | ..... | ..... | ..... | ..... | ..... | ..... | ..... |
2021 | Lansing, Michigan United States | ..... | ..... | ..... | ..... | ..... | ..... | ..... | ..... |
FISTF America South Sports Table Football Championship
Under the authority of FISTF, the South America Sport Table Football Confederation hosts a continental championship annually with individual, club team and national team categories. The FISTF South America Sports Table Football Championship began in 2010 in Argentina, where Brazil was the first guest Nation. The two main Nations (Argentina and Brazil) are doing well in STF development and in 2016 Chile joined as the third nation. Antofagasta (CHI) was the Host City 2016 and it was the premiere event outside Argentina and Brazil. The Host City for 2017 will be Santa Rosa de Calamuchita, Cordoba, Argentina. An independent confederation of the "Americas" has not yet been founded. Argentina, Brazil, Chile, USA and Canada are the most active federations.
Year | Place | Open | Under 19 | Under 15 | Under 12 | Veteran | Ladies | Club Team | National Team |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2010 | Buenos Aires Argentina | Fabrico Bertolini Argentina | not played | not played | not played | not played | not played | Club de R. Vasco de Gama Brazil | Argentina Argentina |
2011 | Rio de Janeiro Brazil | Claudio Murcilli Argentina | not played | not played | not played | not played | not played | A.S.R. 08 Rosario Argentina | Brazil Brazil |
2012 | Rosario Argentina | Fabrico Bertolini Argentina | not played | not played | not played | not played | not played | A.S.R. 08 Rosario Argentina | Argentina Argentina |
2013 | São Paulo Brazil | Rony Suzuki Brazil | not played | not played | not played | not played | not played | Club de R. Vasco de Gama Brazil | Brazil Brazil |
2014 | Rosario Argentina | Flavio Riccomagno Chile | Agustin Ortega Argentina | not played | not played | Flavio Riccomagno Italy Argentina | not played | Club de R. Vasco de Gama Brazil | Argentina Argentina |
2015 | Curitiba Brazil | Ednilson Gaffo Brazil | not played | not played | not played | not played | not played | Club de R. Vasco de Gama Brazil | Brazil Brazil |
2016 | Antofagasta Chile | Flavio Riccomagno Chile | not played | not played | not played | not played | not played | A.S.R. 08 Rosario Argentina | Brazil Brazil |
2017 | Cordoba Argentina | Flavio Riccomagno Chile | not played | not played | not played | not played | not played | A.S.R. 08 Rosario Argentina | Argentina Argentina |
2018 | Rio de Janeiro Brazil | Roni Suzuki Brazil | not played | not played | not played | not played | not played | Club de R. Vasco de Gama Brazil | Brazil Brazil |
2019 | Buenos Aires Argentina | Ednilson Gaffo Brazil | not played | not played | not played | not played | not played | Club de R. Vasco de Gama Brazil | Brazil Brazil |
2020 | Valparaiso Chile | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
FISTF African Sports Table Football Championship
Under the authority of FISTF, the African Sport Table Football Confederation hosts a continental championship annually with individual, club team and national team categories.
Year | Place | Open | Under 19 | Under 15 | Under 12 | Veteran | Ladies | Club Team | National Team |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2009 | Johannesburg South Africa | Clifford Graaf South Africa | not played | not played | Max Silber South Africa | not played | Gillian Graaf South Africa | not played | not played |
2010 | ...... South Africa | not played | not played | not played | not played | not played | not played | not played | not played |
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ETF Europa Cup for Individual Players
- Participating Nations where:
- Founding nations: Belgium, Netherlands, Germany (all 1963)
- Joined later: Great Britain BTSA (1965) and later split up, England ETSA (1969), Switzerland SSTV (1970), Malta MSTSA (1971), Austria EÖTV (1974), Scotland STSA(1974), Italy FICMS (1975), Gibraltar GTSA (1979), Wales WTSA (1979), France FFFT (1989) and sensationally Australia ATSA(1991). Which was then an indicator for the upcoming FISTF as the new world federation.
The ETF founded in 1963, defunct after the 30th Edition of the Europa Cup in 1993. It was a strong and stable association and the base for the merger of ETF Nations (associations) and FISA Nations (associations), to form and built FISTF. Some countries had two (2) table football/soccer/Subbuteo associations each affiliated to ETF or FISA. That took time to meld together. The main problems where the playing rules and equipment manufactured. FISTF made a new start to melt all players into one democratic global federation, with sport rules and material with several manufacturers offering sports equipment.
The development of FISTF is ongoing and more Nations around the Globe are joining. All ETF matches played 2x20min., a.e.t.=after extra time with 2x10min, if necessary 1x10min. golden goal decision or 5x shots (similar to penalties in football but taken from different positions just inside the shooting area). Corrections: Willi Hogeweg was German, and not Dutch. Kurt Erb won the 1980 Europa Cup in Uddingston (SCO), and not his brother Peter Erb. Both mistakes corrected, which were previously mentioned. Tonio Montesin (Malta) was the finalist in the 1993 ESTF Cup final, and not John Barrons (NIL)! Important to mention is that Mike Dent is Scottish, while playing for England in 1976.
Year | Host City | Winner | Finalist | Result | 3rd place | 4th place | Result |
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1964 | Netherlands, Rotterdam | Marius Schild ( Netherlands) | Jean-Pierre De Joncker ( Belgium) | 4–1 | Louis van der Heyden ( Netherlands) | Günther Czarkowski Germany | 4–0 |
1965 | Belgium, Bruxelles | Johnny De Bruining ( Netherlands) | François Van Cauwelaert ( Belgium) | 4–3 a.e.t.(2x10min) | van Ee ( Netherlands) | Roger Dresselaers Belgium | *No match 3rd/4th |
1966 | West Germany, Dortmund | Pierre Tignani ( Belgium) | Jean-Pierre De Joncker ( Belgium) | 5–1 a.e.t.(2x10min) | John De Groot ( Netherlands) | Dirk Boon Netherlands | 4–2 |
1967 | England, London | Pierre Tignani ( Belgium) | Bertus Mulder ( Netherlands) | 3–1 | De Groot ( Netherlands) | Delahaut Belgium | 8–4 |
1968 | Netherlands, Rotterdam | Willi Hogeweg ( West Germany) | René Schoukens( Belgium) | 3–2 | Pierre Tignani ( Belgium) | Manfred Hogeweg Germany | 4–2 |
1969 | Belgium, Jambes | Bertus Mulder ( Netherlands) | Jean-Marie Delahaut ( Belgium) | 4–3 | Schoukens ( Belgium) | Dick Rietveld Netherlands | 4–3 a.e.t. 2x10min. |
1970 | West Germany, Altenmarkt | Dick Rietveld ( Netherlands) | Pierre Tignani ( Belgium) | 1–0 | Bertus Mulder ( Netherlands) | Willi Hogeweg Germany | 4–2 |
1971 | England, Romford | Dick Rietveld ( Netherlands) | Bertus Mulder ( Netherlands) | 4–3 a.e.t.(2x10min) | Marius Mulder ( Netherlands) | Jacques Brichaud Belgium | 2–0 |
1972 | Netherlands, Maassluis | Antoon Verhaal ( Netherlands) | Marius Schild ( Netherlands) | 1–0 | Bertus Mulder ( Netherlands) | Peter Körmann Germany | 3–1 |
1973 | Belgium, Spa | Antoon Verhaal ( Netherlands) | Gerard Donk ( Netherlands) | 3–1 a.e.t.(2x10min) | Jacques Brichaud ( Belgium) | Jean-Marie Delahaut Belgium | 4–3 a.e.t. |
1974 | Switzerland, Basel | Jacques Brichaud ( Belgium) | Kurt Erb ( Switzerland) | 1–0 | Antoon Verhall ( Netherlands) | Gerhard Donck Netherlands | 2–1 |
1975 | West Germany, Haibach | Peter Czarkowski ( West Germany) | Norman Gleave ( England) | 2–1 | Gerhard Donck Netherlands | Kurt Erb Switzerland | 3–1 |
1976 | Malta, La Valletta | Mike Dent ( England) | Norman Gleave ( England) | 2–0 | Bertie van Haag Netherlands* | Roland Surer Switzerland | 1–1 a.e.t. 2x 10min. Shots |
1977 | England, Bracknell | Kurt Erb ( Switzerland) | Richard Stolwijk ( Netherlands) | 3–2 | Mike Dent ( England) | Jacques Brichaud ( Belgium) | 2–1 |
1978 | Austria, Wien | Bertus Mulder ( Netherlands) | Jacques Brichaud ( Belgium) | 3–2 a.e.t.(2x10min) | Kurt Erb ( Switzerland)* | Michael Bordach ( Germany) | 2–2 a.e.t. Shots 5–4 |
1979 | Netherlands, Rijswijk | Jacques Brichaud ( Belgium) | Philippe Outmanns ( Belgium) | 3–2 | Rene Vergeer ( Netherlands) | Andre Beckers ( Belgium) | 2–1 |
1980 | Scotland, Uddingston | Kurt Erb ( Switzerland) | Joe Enriles ( Gibraltar) | 2–1 a.e.t.(2x10min) | Bertus Mulder ( Netherlands) | Malcolm Lees ( Scotland) | 3–1 |
1981 | Belgium, Verviers | André Beckers ( Belgium) | Kurt Erb ( Switzerland) | 1–0 | Michael Bordach ( Germany) | Martijn Bom ( Netherlands) | 3–2 a.e.t. |
1982 | Switzerland, Wallisellen | Willy Hofmann ( Switzerland) | Marc Clairbois ( Belgium) | 1–0 | Kurt Erb ( Switzerland) | Phillipe Outmanns ( Belgium) | 1–0 |
1983 | West Germany, Haibach | Willy Hofmann ( Switzerland) | Marc Clairbois ( Belgium) | 3–2 a.e.t.(2x10min) | Gerhard Ecker ( Austria)* | Horst Becker ( Germany) | 4–4 a.e.t. Shots 1–0 |
1984 | Belgium, Verviers | Willy Hofmann ( Switzerland) | Marc Clairbois ( Belgium) | 2–0 | Kevin Dyson ( England) | Horst Becker ( Germany) | 2–1 a.e.t. |
1985 | Wales, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan | Bruno Goset( Belgium) | Martijn Bom ( Netherlands) | 1–0 | Willy Hofmann ( Switzerland) | Paul Remund ( Switzerland) | 2–1 |
1986 | Netherlands, Boskoop | Didier Stévenot ( Belgium) | Horst Becker ( West Germany) | 1–0 a.e.t.(2x10min) | Etienne Pairoux ( Belgium) | Martijn Bom ( Netherlands) | 3–2 |
1987 | England, Birmingham | Willy Hofmann ( Switzerland) | Gerherd Ecker ( Austria) | 4–1 | Dominique Demarco ( Belgium) | Timothy Young ( Wales) | 3–1 |
1988 | Austria, Salzburg | Willy Hofmann ( Switzerland) | Horst Deimel ( Austria) | 4–1 | Dominique Demarco ( Belgium) | Axel Schneider ( West Germany) | 2–1 a.e.t. |
1989 | Switzerland, Wallisellen | Dominique De Marco ( Belgium) | Martijn Bom ( Netherlands) | 1–0 | Christophe Fuseau ( France) | Kevin Dyson ( England) | 4–3 a.e.t. |
1990 | Scotland, South Queensferry | Willy Hofmann ( Switzerland) | Martijn Bom ( Netherlands) | 4–1 | Dominique De Marco ( Belgium) | Jim Law ( Scotland) | 5–1 |
1991 | Germany, Stennweiler | Dominique De Marco ( Belgium) | Gil Delogne ( Belgium) | 2–1 | Horst Deimel ( Austria) | Thierry Vivron ( France) | 1–0 |
1992 | Malta, La Valletta | Christophe Fuseau ( France) | David Baxter ( Scotland) | 2–1 | Timothy Young ( Wales) | Felix Gübeli ( Switzerland) | 7–4 |
1993 | England, Fareham | Horst Deimel ( Austria) | Tonio Montesin ( Malta) | 2–1 (a.e.t. 2x10min and 1x10min golden goal in 63min.) | Kevin Dyson ( England) | Erich Hinkelmann ( Austria) | 3–1 |
Position | Nation | Europa Cup Winner | Finalist | 3rd place | 4th place | Sum |
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1 | Belgium | 1966,67,74,79,81,85,86,89,91 | 1964,65,66,68,69,70,78,79,82,83,84,91 | 1965*,68,69,73,86,87,88,90 | 1967,71,73,77,79,82 | 9+12+8+6=35 |
2 | Netherlands | 1964,65,69,70,71,72,73,78 | 1966,71,72,73,77,85,89,90 | 1964,65*,66,67,70,71,72,74,75,76,79,90 | 1966,69,74,81,86 | 8+8+12+5=33 |
3 | Switzerland | 1977,80,82,83,84,87,88,90 | 1974,81 | 1978,82,85 | 1975,76,85,92 | 8+2+3+5=18 |
4 | Germany | 1968,75 | 1986 | 1981 | 1964,68,70,72,78,83,84,88 | 2+1+1+8=12 |
5 | England | 1976 | 1975,76 | 1977,84,93 | 1989 | 1+2+3+1=7 |
6 | Austria | 1993 | 1987,88 | 1983,91 | 1993 | 1+2+2+1=6 |
7 | France | 1992 | – | 1989 | 1991 | 1+0+1+1=3 |
8 | Scotland | – | 1992 | – | 1980,90 | 0+1+0+1=2 |
9 | Gibraltar | – | 1980 | – | – | 0+1+0+0=1 |
10 | Malta | – | 1993 | – | – | 0+1+0+0=1 |
11 | Wales | – | – | 1993 | 1987 | 0+0+1+1=2 |
Note: In 1965, there was no 3rd/4th Place play-off match (game). Both players are given third place in the summary table.
ETF Nations Cup for National Teams
The season 1966–67, 1967–68 and 1968–69 also saw the ETF Nations Cup for National B-Teams and Junior Teams. The three ETF Members Belgium, Netherlands and Germany participated. England, the fourth ETF Member did not participate. In the 1960s 2 points were given for win and 1 point for a draw, that's why a high score of 8–0 was possible, which meant a 4–0 win in today's result system.
Starting with the 1983 ETF Nations Cup, the one (1) point system was introduced for an individual win and for a draw non-points were given to both teams. A team consisted of four (4) Players. All ETF Matches were played 2x20min. In knock-out Stages, an 'after extra time' (a.e.t.) with 2x10min was applied if the match had a draw result. In case there was no winner, the 'golden goal' had to be scored in a 1x10min period. If no winner came up, the 5 shot system was used. The 5 shot system is practically the penalty shooting in real football/soccer. The Editions 1969–70 and 1970–71 were cancelled due to the fact that the Netherlands were not interested to participate at the ETF Nations Cup.
Year | Host City | Winner | Finalist | Result | 3rd Place | 4th place | Result |
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1966–1969 One home and one away match for each team // 1970–1982 no Nations Cup // 1983–1991 one host nation | |||||||
1966–67 | Dortmund, Brüssel, Vries | Netherlands | Belgium | 4–4 | West Germany | FRG 2–6 NLD | BEL 5–3 FRG |
1967–68 | Dortmund, Brüssel, Rotterdam | West Germany | Netherlands | 3–5 | Belgium | BEL 5–3 NLD | BEL 2–6 FRG |
1968–69 | Dortmund, Lüttich, Amsterdam | Belgium | West Germany | 8–0 | Netherlands | BEL 5–3 NLD | NLD 3–5 FRG |
1969–70 | ..., ..., ..., | Cancelled | |||||
1970–71 | ..., ..., ..., | Cancelled | |||||
1983 | West Germany, Lohmar | Belgium | West Germany | 3–1 | Austria | Netherlands | 2–1 |
1987 | England, Birmingham | West Germany | Belgium | 1–0 | Scotland | Wales | 2–1 |
1991 | Germany, Stennweiler | Austria | Germany | 3–1 | Belgium | France | 4–0 |
Year | Host City | Winner | Finalist | Result | 3rd Place | Result | Result |
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1966–1969 One home and one away match for each team // 1970–1991 no Nations Cup for B-Teams. | |||||||
1966–67 | Dortmund, Brüssel, Vries | Belgium | Netherlands | 6–2 | West Germany | NLD 7–1 FRG | BEL 8–0 FRG |
1967–68 | Dortmund, Brüssel, Rotterdam | Netherlands | Belgium | 4–4 | West Germany | NLD 8–0 FRG | BEL 4–4 FRG |
1968–69 | Dortmund, Lüttich, Amsterdam | Belgium | Netherlands | 4–4 | West Germany | BEL 8–0 FRG | FRG 3–5 NLD |
Year | Host City | Winner | Finalist | Result | 3rd Place | Result | Result |
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1966–1969 One home and one away match for each team // 1970–1991 no Nations Cup for Junior-Teams. | |||||||
1966–67 | Dortmund, Brüssel, Vries | Belgium | Netherlands | 6–2 | West Germany | NLD 5–3 FRG | BEL 6–2 FRG |
1967–68 | Dortmund, Brüssel, Rotterdam | West Germany | Netherlands | 6–2 | Belgium | NLD 4–4 BEL | BEL 0–8 FRG |
1968–69 | Dortmund, Lüttich, Amsterdam | West Germany | Netherlands | 7–1 | Belgium | NLD 7–1 BEL | FRG 6–2 BEL |
FISA and ETF Europa Cup for Club Teams 1985–1993
On the weekend of 7–8 September 1985 (Season 85–86), SPA (Belgium), the first Club Team Europa Cup was played (official and approved by FISA / Info football de table international (FRA)). In the honor of the fine Paul Outmanns (Belgium) who was a great player and organizer, the Coupe par equipe d'Europe was named 'Trophy Paul Outmanns'. The Europa Cup in Spa is considered as the first ever Europa Cup for Club teams. At the 1st edition in Spa (BEL), Clubs participated from Belgium (ETF), France (FISA), Germany (ETF) and the Netherlands (ETF). Italian clubs (FISA) participated at the 2nd edition.
The 2nd edition in Aubervilliers (FRA) was played on the weekend 9–10 January 1988 (Season 87–88) with 4 countries, France (7), Belgium (5), Italy (2) and Germany (1) with a total of 15 clubs. The 3rd edition in Oldham (ENG) on 4–5 August 1990 (Season 89–90) with 7 countries, France, Belgium, Italy, Wales, England and Netherlands. The 7th nation (Germany, Scotland or other) is not yet confirmed from research work. The Quarter-Finals 1989–90: Cardiff TSL 2–0 SC Elbeuf, SC Goldfingers Cornesse 3–0 Charlton SC, Birmingham TSL 2–0 Leicester Cheetah SC, RSMV Rotterdam 2–1 Florence SC. The editions in 1985–86 and 1987–88 were an initiative by the clubs and players (FISA and ETF), as well as the FBFTS Belgium and FFFT France. The edition in 1989–90 was organized by FISA personal. The Europa Cup for ((Club Teams)) of Sport Table Football was finally born. The club Teams consisted of three players each. The club winning the most of the three matches wins.
The playing time was 2x20 minutes (ETF) with three (3) players (FISA) per team. The single win per player counted 1 point, the draw 0 points for each team and the loss 0 points, and therefore it was often important, to have a good goal difference scored from the three individual matches. Clubs participated from FISA and ETF countries, and the Europa Cup for Club Teams began too emerge steadily. It was the beginning, when the flicking nations from FISA and ETF, came step by step together. Talks and meetings, ideas and projects came up to get the table football community merged. The BIG Ignition sparkled!
Year | Host City | 1st Place | 2nd Place | 3rd Place | 4th place |
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1985–86 | Spa Belgium | S.C Aubervilliers France 2–1 | J.R.S.C. Rochefort Belgium | S.C. Verviers Belgium 3*−3 (goal diff.) | R.S.M.V. Rotterdam Netherlands |
1986–87 | not played | not played | not played | not played | not played |
1987–88 | Aubervilliers France | S.C. Goldfingers Cornesse Belgium 1–0 | S.C. Aubervilliers France | S.C. Verona Italy 2–1 | S.C. Monaco France |
1988–89 | not played | not played | not played | not played | not played |
1989–90 | Oldham England | S.C. Goldfingers Cornesse Belgium 3–0 | S.C. Cardiff Wales | Birmingham T.S.L. England | R.S.M.V. Rotterdam Netherlands |
1990–91 | not played | not played | not played | not played | not played |
1991–92 | not played | not played | not played | not played | not played |
1992–93 | not played | not played | not played | not played | not played |
FISTF Europa Cup for Club Teams – 1993–2009
Year | Host City | 1st Place | 2nd Place | 3rd Place | 4th place |
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1993 | Milan Italy | S.C. Goldfingers Cornesse Belgium | A.S. Hennuyer Belgium | T.S.C. Stella Artois Milano Italy | Olympique Vitry France |
1994 | Cornesse Belgium | T.S.C. Stella Artois Milano Italy | S.C. Goldfingers Cornesse Belgium | R.S.M.V. Rotterdam Netherlands | A.S. Hennuyer Belgium |
1995 | Vienna Austria | S.C. Goldfingers Cornesse Belgium | G.D. Dias Ferreira Portugal | F.T.C. Issy-les-Moulineaux France | A.S. Hennuyer Belgium |
1996 | Delft Netherlands | A.S. Hennuyer Belgium | G.D. Dias Ferreira Portugal | S.C. Charleroi Belgium | F.T.C. Issy-les-Moulineaux France |
1997 | South Queensferry Scotland | G.D. Dias Ferreira Portugal | S.C. Charleroi Belgium | A.S. Hennuyer Belgium | T.S.C. Falcons Athens Greece |
1998 | Dolo Italy | S.C. Charleroi Belgium | Falcons Athens Greece | T.S.C. Latina Italy | Atlas T.F.C. Greece |
1999 | Issy-les-Moulineaux France | S.C. Charleroi Belgium | A.S. Hennuyer Belgium | S.C. Stembert Belgium | T.S.C. Stella Artois Milano Italy |
2000 | Bologna Italy | T.F.C. Mattersburg Austria | A.C.S. Perugia Italy | S.C. Charleroi Belgium | A.S. Hennuyer Belgium |
2001 | Kamen Germany | T.F.C. Mattersburg Austria | C.C.T. Eagles Napoli Italy | A.C.S. Perugia Italy | A.S. Hennuyer Belgium |
2002 | Gembloux Belgium | A.C.S. Perugia Italy | F. Ili Bari Reggio Emilia Reggiana Subbuteo Italy | C.C.T. Eagles Napoli Italy | A.S. Hennuyer Belgium |
2003 | Beausoleil France | [[F.Ili Bari Reggio Emilia Reggiana Subbuteo]] Italy | C.C.T. Eagles Napoli Italy | A.C.S. Perugia Italy | A.S. Hennuyer Belgium |
2004 | Vienna Austria | T.F.C. Mattersburg Austria | A.C.S. Perugia Italy | S.C. Charleroi Belgium | T.S.C. Stella Artois Milano Italy |
2005 | Murcia Spain | A.C.S. Perugia Italy | F.Ili Bari Reggio Emilia Reggiana Subbuteo Italy | C.C.T. Eagles Napoli Italy | T.S.C. Stella Artois Milano Italy |
2006 | Almada Portugal | C.C.T. Eagles Napoli Italy | A.C.S. Perugia Italy | S.C. Charleroi Belgium | A.S. Hennuyer Belgium |
2007 | Atene Greece | C.C.T. Black & Blue Pisa Italy | T.F.C. Mattersburg Austria | San Siro Worthing 5 Star England | T.S.C. Stella Artois Milano Italy |
2008 | Manchester England | C.C.T. Black & Blue Pisa Italy | Real Murcia CF Spain | S.C. Bologna Tigers Italy | S.C. Stembert Belgium |
2009 | Tournai Belgium | C.C.T. Eagles Napoli Italy | T.F.C. Mattersburg Austria | C.C.T. Black & Blue Pisa] Italy | F.Ili Bari Reggio Emilia Reggiana Subbuteo Italy |
FISTF Champions League for Club Teams – since 2010
Year | Host City | 1st Place | 2nd Place | 3rd Place | 4th place |
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2010 | Mattersburg Austria | ASD F.lli Bari Reggio Emilia Italy | T.F.C. Mattersburg Austria | C.C.T. Black & Blue Pisa Italy | A.C.S. Perugia Italy |
2011 | Nova Gorica Slovenia | C.C.T. Black & Blue Pisa Italy | T.F.C. Mattersburg Austria | T.S.C. Stella Artois Milano Italy | A.C.S. Perugia Italy |
2012 | Atene Greece | S.C. Fiamme Azzurre Roma Italy | Atlas T.F.C. Greece | S.C. Stembert Belgium | F.lli Bari Reggio Emilia Italy |
2013 | Napoli Italy | ASD F.lli Bari Reggio Emilia Italy | C.C.T. Black & Blue Pisa Italy | S.C. Fiamme Azzurre Roma Italy | CCT Eagles Napoli Italy |
2014 | Frameries Belgium | C.C.T. Eagles Napoli Italy 2–1 | S.C. Charleroi Belgium | S.C. Valletta Malta 2–1 | ASD F.LLI Bari Reggio Emilia Italy |
2015 | Frameries Belgium | ASD F.LLI Bari Reggio Emilia Italy 3–0 | S.C. Fiamme Azzurre Roma Italy | C.C.T. Black & Blue Pisa Italy 3–1 | S.C. Charleroi Belgium |
2016 | Rome Italy | ASD F.LLI Bari Reggio Emilia Italy 1–1 (7–6 goals) | S.C. Fiamme Azzurre Roma Italy | C.C.T. Black & Blue Pisa Italy 2–2 (10–7 goals) | T.F.C. Mattersburg Austria |
2017 | Rochefort Belgium | ASD F.LLI Bari Reggio Emilia Italy 3–1 | S.C. Fiamme Azzurre Roma Italy | S.C. Bologna Tigers Italy 2–1 | T.S. Napoli Fighters Italy |
2018 | Mallorca Spain | ASD F.LLI Bari Sporting Club Italy 2–1 | T.S. Napoli Fighters Italy | Rochefort T.S. Belgium 2–1 | C.C.T. Eagles Napoli Italy |
2019 | Caen France | S.C. Fiamme Azzurre Roma Italy 4–0 | S.C. Charleroi Belgium | Rochefort T.S. Belgium 2–2, 10*–9 SD | T.S. Napoli Fighters Italy |
2020 | Atene Greece | ... | ... | ... | ... |
2021 | Höpfigheim Germany | ... | ... | ... | ... |
2022 | to be announced {{__}} | ... | ... | ... | ... |
FISTF Europa League for Club Teams – since 2010
Year | Host City | 1st Place | 2nd Place | 3rd Place | 4th place |
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2010 | Rome Italy | Atlas FTC Greece | CCT Roma Italy | ASD Bari Italy | SC Bologna Tigers Italy |
2011 | Nova Gorica Slovenia | SC Bologna Tigers Italy | CCT Eagels Napoli Italy | SC Fiamme Azzuri Italy | Olympia CS Greece |
2012 | Atene Greece | SC Bologna Tigers Italy | AS Hennuyer Belgium | T.S.C. Roligans Ilioupolis Greece | CS Virtus 4 Strade Rieti Italy |
2013 | Napoli Italy | TSC Falcons Athens Greece | A.S. Hennuyer Belgium | A.S.C. Sessana 82 Italy | S.C. Pobladores Griegos Greece |
2014 | Frameries Belgium | T.F.C. Mattersburg Austria 2–1ms | T.F.C. Wiener Neustadt Austria | T.S.C. Roligans Ilioupolis Greece 2–1 | Dutch Legends Netherlands |
2015 | Frameries Belgium | Valletta Subbuteo Club Malta 3–0 | Tiburones F.M. Spain | T.F.C. Wiener Neustadt Austria 3–1 | CAP Ciudad de Murcia Spain |
2016 | Rome Italy | SC Bologna Tigers Italy 2–1 | S.C. Ascoli Italy | T.F.C. Wiener Neustadt Austria 2–0 | S.C. Proteas Athens Greece |
2017 | Rochefort Belgium | Olympia C.S. Greece 2–2 (6–5 Goals) | Rochefort T.S. Belgium | Tiburones F.M. Spain 3–0 | S.C. Lion's Eugies Belgium |
2018 | Aosta Italy | SC Bologna Tigers Italy 2–0 | Bormla S.C. Malta | ASD S.C. Master San Remo Italy 2–0 | S.C. Ascoli Italy |
2019 | Lisboa Portugal | FCD Mortellito Barcellona PG Italy 2–1 | Sporting Club Portugal Portugal | ASD S.C. Master Sanremo Italy 1–0 | Scarlet Battalion SC Greece |
2020 | Eugies Belgium | ... | ... | ... | ... |
2021 | Atene Greece | ... | ... | ... | ... |
2022 | to be announced {{__}} | ... | ... | ... | ... |
FISTF Europa Cup, Champions- and Europa League statistics
Overview per winning club.
Winners per club – Europa Cup, Champions – and Europa League
Rang | Club | Winner EC | Finalist EC | Winner CL | Finalist CL | Winner EL | Finalist EL | Total Winner | Total Finalist |
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1 | Italy F. Ili Bari Reggio Emilia (Reggiana Subbuteo) | 1 (2003) | 2 (2002, 2005) | 5 (2010,2013,2015,2016,2017) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
2 | Austria TFC Mattersburg | 3 (2000, 2001, 2004) | 2 (2007, 2009) | 0 | 2 (2010, 2011) | 1 (2014) | 0 | 4 | 4 |
3 | Belgium SC Goldfingers Cornesse | 4 (87–88, 89–90, 1993, 1995) | 1 (1994) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
4 | Italy CCT Eagles Naples | 2 (2006, 2009) | 2 (2001, 2003) | 1 (2014) | 0 | 0 | 1 (2011) | 3 | 3 |
5 | Italy CCT Black & Blue Pise | 2 (2007, 2008) | 1 (2013) | 1 (2011) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
6 | Italy SC Bologna Tigers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (2011, 2012, 2016) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
7 | Belgium SC Charleroi | 2 (1998, 1999) | 2 (1997) | 0 | 1 (2014) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
8 | Italy ACS Perugia | 2 (2002, 2005) | 3 (2000, 2004, 2006) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
9 | Belgium AS Hennuyer | 1 (1996) | 2 (1993, 1999) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2012, 2013) | 1 | 4 |
10 | Italy SC Fiamme Azzure | 0 | 0 | 1 (2012) | 3 (2015,2016,2017) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
11 | Portugal GD Dias Ferreira | 1 (1997) | 2 (1995, 1996) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
12 | Greece SC Falcons Athènes | 0 | 1 (1998) | 0 | 0 | 1 (2013) | 0 | 1 | 1 |
13 | Italy TSC Stella Artois Milan | 1 (1994) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
14 | Greece Atlas TFC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2012) | 1 (2010) | 0 | 1 | 1 |
15 | France SC Aubervilliers | 1 (85–86) | 1 (87–88) | 0 | 0) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
16 | Malta Valletta Subbuteo Club | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0) | 1 (2015) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
17 | Spain Real Murcia CF | 0 | 1 (2008) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
18 | Italy CCT Roma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0) | 1 (2010) | 0 | 1 | |
19 | Austria TFC Wr. Neustadt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0) | 0 | 1 (2014) | 0 | 1 |
20 | Spain Tiburones FM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0) | 0 | 1 (2015) | 0 | 1 |
21 | Italy SC Ascoli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0) | 0 | 1 (2016) | 0 | 1 |
22 | Belgium JRSC Rochefort | 0 | 1 (85–86) | 0 | 0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
23 | Wales SC Cardiff | 0 | 1 (89–90) | 0 | 0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
24 | Greece Olimpia CS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2017) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
25 | Belgium Rochefort TS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0) | 0 | 1 (2017) | 0 | 1 |
Overview per winning nation.
Winners per Nation – Europa Cup, Champions – and Europa League
Rang | Nation | Winner EC | Finalist EC | Winner CL | Finalist CL | Winner EL | Finalist EL | Total Winner | Total Finalist |
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1 | Italy | 8 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 14 |
2 | Belgium | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 |
3 | Austria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
4 | Greece | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
5 | Portugal | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
6 | France | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
7 | Malta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
8 | Spain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
9 | Wales | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* Europa Cup 1985–1993 (3 Editions)
- Belgium 2
- France 1
* FISTF Europa Cup 1993–2006 (17 editions)
- Italy 8
- Belgium 5
- Austria 3
- Portugal 1
* FISTF Champions League 2010–2017 (8 Editions)
- Italy 8
- No other Nation could win the CL yet.
* FISTF Europa League 2010–2017 (8 Editions)
- Italy 3
- Greece 3
- Austria 1
- Malta 1
FISTF – FISA – ETF – 3 or 4 Country Tournament
The 3 or 4 country tournaments for National Teams are played irregular on invitation and the Nations play each other once or twice, too create a league table. It was common that Austria, Germany and Switzerland // Belgium, Germany and Netherlands played these events. The British Championship with England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland were also played irregular within ETF and FISA. Possibly that Spain, Portugal, and Gibraltar played such a 3 country tournament as well. It is common that Nations play international friendly games when possible and within ETF it was a main sports event with the A-Team, B-Team and Juniors. Today, International tournaments are used, to play 'internationals' between Nations. Mainly the Open and Veteran category are played. FISTF has a registration form to agree on an international match. 2017 saw in Élancourt France the first 4-Country tournament with 3 Continents, America, Africa and Europe, involved. We will update this passage with more information.
Position | Nation | Winner | Finalist | 3rd place | 4th place | Sum |
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1 | Austria | 1985,90,2014,2x2015 | – | – | – | 5 |
2 | Germany | 1985,87,89,91 | – | – | – | 4 |
3 | Netherlands | 1976,81 | – | – | – | 2 |
4 | Switzerland | 1980,81 | – | – | – | 2 |
5 | Belgium | 1976 | – | – | – | 1 |
6 | England | 1977 | – | – | – | 1 |
7 | France | 1987 | – | – | – | 1 |
8 | United States | 2015, 17 | – | – | – | 2 |
ETF. FISTF. British Home Championship
Update: The British Home Nation Tournament from 1973 was added, found in a private archive. The edition counting will be revised. The 13th (14th) edition was played in 1986. The information are mentioned in the Table Soccer Review of the ETSA. Mainly England, Scotland and Wales participated, with Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland (EIRE, ROI) participating in several editions. In 1976, England won their 5th Home Championship, therefore the Edition numbers need corrections. Research goes on through old copies of "The blue" magazine. England won the first seven (eight!) editions. Wales humbled England in 1981. 1982–1986 England won again five editions in a row. The 14th (15th) edition has not been found yet. Research work ongoing. The first ever International match (National Teams) was played in Bruxelles (BEL) 7 February 1960, between Belgium and the Netherlands. Belgium won! The foundation of an international federation was in line.
All started with an International match in England, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. This 2nd International match between two Nations was played in Tunbridge Wells, Oct./Nov. 1960, England against Belgium, on behalf of an invitation for three players from Mr. Peter Adolph. Earlier in February 1960 the 1st International Match was played between Belgium and the Netherlands. After that, more International matches between sports table football associations have been played. It is not known to date, if in 1960 England played the Netherlands.
2nd International Match between Nations 1960
England | England | 1–2 (5–7) | Belgium | Belgium |
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Player | Nation | Result | Player | Nation |
Mahoney __ | England | 2–3 | Roger Dresselars | Belgium |
Brian Nixon | England | 2–1 | Pierre Tignani | Belgium |
Woolcock __ | England | 1–3 | Francois van Caulewaert | Belgium |
A British Home championship with Ireland started in 2004, following renewed interest in Sports Table Football (a.k.a. Subbuteo) within the UK and Ireland. Each nation could enter a maximum of 5 players, who competed for the Individual Championship on Day 1 and for the Team Crown (national Team) on Day 2. The tournament was held annually until 2008, when all five Nations had taken their turn as hosts.
Reference Website: Website_UK & Ireland Note 1*) 1971 and 1972 was won by England due to an article mentioned by (ETSA, The Blue or Table Soccer Review, Edition.?.) Sentence: "England duly completed a hat-trick of wins in this competition, reported 1973 by Mr Barry Winston (England International).
Sports table football – Unions, Associations and Federations
The following is an ultimate list of founded Unions, Associations and Federations. FISTF Member countries are not mentioned.
Year | Nation | Abbreviation | Name | Years | Other info |
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1934 | England | NPA | Newfooty Players Association was founded in England by William Lane Keeling (ENG). The year of dissolution is not exactly known. | 1934–1947 | .. |
1950 | England | TSPA | Table Soccer Players Association was founded in England by Peter Adolph (Subbuteo SSG), when the UES, then ETF was in preparation. | 1950–present | .. |
1961 | Europe | UES | Union Europeene de Subbuteo was founded in Schiedam (NED) by Mr. Ling (NTVB), Mr. Kroonberg (FBFTS) and Mr. Feuerlein (DSTFB). Named also UES/UNEFTA. The UES was predecessor of the ETF. | 1961–1963 | .. |
1963 | Europe | ETF | European Table Soccer Federation was founded in 1963 by the founding Association members NTVB, FBFTS and DSTFB. It was renamed to ESTF in 1992–1993 | 1963–1993 | 1993 the last Europa Cup was played. |
1979 | World | FISA | Federation International Subbuteo Associations was founded in England (UK) by Waddingtons Sports Games Ltd. | 1979–1994 | 1996 the last European Championship was played. |
1992 | World | FISTF | Federation of International Sports Table Football was founded in Paris, France by Laurent Garnier (FRA) | 1992–present | .. |
2010 | America South | CSAFM | Confederación SudAmericana de Fútbol de Mesa was founded in Río de Janeiro on 06.06.2010 by LAFM, Argentina and CBFM, Brazil | 2010–present | .. |
2011 | World | WASPA | World Amateur Subbuteo Players Association founded from Mr. Vincent Coppenolle (Belgium) is a simple organisation, which is not registered as an official club/association. | 2011–present | .. |
2017 | Asia | CASTFA | Confederation of Asian Sports Table Football Associations was founded in Tokyo 11 June 2017 by NOSKSJ, Japan, TFAS, Singapore and ATFA, Australia | 2017–present | .. |
2018 | Europe | CETFA | A new Confederation for European STFA is in preparation | 2018–present | .. |
2020 | America North | CONASTF | The Confederation of North American Sports Table Football was founded 8th February 2020 in Ontario (Canada). Founding members: American Subbuteo Association and Subbuteo Canada. | 2020–present | .. |
Sports table football – Historical sources and archives
Champions- and Europa League and International tournaments, such as Majors, Grand Prix, International Open, Satellite and Challenger tournaments. The folded Associations of FISA and ETF (ESTF) archives are documented in PDF files. The archive is documented for FISTF World Cup, European Championships,
- FISTF historical archive and historical data from ETF and FISA.
- National associations and clubs with archives.
- Private Sport Table Football (aka Subbuteo) collectors.
- Webpages from FISTF Member Associations, clubs and private persons.
Table football Publications, magazines and newsletters
Association | Nation | Publications | Years | Other info |
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EÖTV | Austria | EÖTV News, EÖTV Handbook, Subbuteo Magazin, Der Tischfussballer. EÖTV Festschrift 1973–1988 | since 1973 | .. |
DSTFB | Germany | DSTFB Report | since 1961 | .. |
FFFTS | France | Movement International & Football de table magazine | since 1984 | .. |
ESA | England | The Blue, The Subbuteo Blue, Table soccer review, Subbuteo Magazine. | since 1967 | .. |
SSTV | Switzerland | Subbuteo Bulletin (SSTFB) & SSTV Info | since 1969 | .. |
NSVB | Netherlands | Infomatie bulletin, Subbuteo bulletin, IEBEE | since 1958 | .. |
FISCT | Italy | La Freccia Calcio de tavola, Subbuteo magazine | since 1974 | .. |
FBFTS | Belgium | Subbuteo Flash | since 1950s / 1960s. | .. |
References – Sports table football – Subbuteo Publications
- Daniel Tatarsky. Flick to Kick: An Illustrated History of Subbuteo. 2004. ISBN 978-0752860831 Language: English.
- Mark Adolph. Growing Up with Subbuteo: My Dad Invented the World's Greatest Football Game. 2006. ISBN 978-1899807406 Language: English.
- Flavio Firmo. Subbuteo world championship 1970: The true story of a legend. 2016–2017. ISBN 978-1521237212 Language: Italian.
- Stefano Bolotta. Subbuteo and nothing else. 2015. ASIN: B013VXYZVM Language: English.
- Richard Payne. Fifty Years of Flicking Football 1946–1996: 1946–1996 (First). 1996, 2013. ASIN: B00EQ8J15C Language: English.
- Paul Willetts. Teenage Flicks: Memories of the Sub-beautiful Game. 2008 ISBN 978-1903660027 Language: English.
External links
The main worldwide webpages for the Sports Table Football/Soccer (aka Subbuteo) community.
- – FISTF Federation International Sports Table football
____(includes links to member national associations/federations)
- – Peter Upton Subbuteo Tribute Website
____A huge collection of historical data.