Federation of International Sports Table Football

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The FISTF game of Sports table football

Two Sports Table Football players
Publishers	FISTF
Players	4 per playing team, 6 per squad
Setup time	2–3 minutes
Playing time	2x15-minute periods, 1x 10-minute extra-time period
Random chance	Low
Age range	10 and up
Skills required	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 were 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 was due to be played in Bolognia 23/24 May 2020 (2nd edition), but was postponed because of Covid-19. 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 29/30 June 2019. The next edition will be in 2021 with Host Nation of Gibraltar. The Confederation of South American Championship will be played in October 2021. The Club Champions League will be in Athens (GRE) and Europa League in Eugies (BEL) in October 2021.

The 23rd edition of the FISTF World Cup will be in Rome (ITA), Original date 5/6 September 2020, but pushed forward to 2022. 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 2022. A date shall be named as soon as it may be possible. Several events from February to December 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 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) in late 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 an Association/club (named as a Federation) in the City of Amiens, France.

FISTF Board of Directors[]

The Board Members listed below will hold office from 2021-2024.

Position	Name	Nation	Elected	Election Period
Core Board				Elected by MNAs
President	Stephen Dettre	Australia	Elected	2021–2024
General Secretary	Francesco Lo Presti	Italy	Elected	2021–2024
Finance Director	Fred Vulpes	Germany	Elected	2021–2024
Vice President Departments				Elected by MNAs
Vice-President Sports	Eric Naszalyi	France	Elected	2021–2024
Vice-President Media	Mike Sgro	Canada	Elected	2021–2024
Vice-President Promotion & Marketing	Brandon Lavender	England	Elected	2021–2024
Vice-President Development		Malta	Elected	2021–2024
Vice-President Special Sport	Vacant	..	..	to be elected / Co-opted
Vice Presidents Confederation				Nominated by Confederations
Vice-President Confederation Asia	Adrian Connolly	Australia	Nominated	2021-2024
Vice-President Confederation America South	Daniel Matos	Brazil	Elected	2017–2020
Vice-President Confederation America North	Peter Alegi	United States	Nominated	July 2020
Vice-President Confederation Africa	Vacant	..	..	to be elected
Vice-President Confederation Europe	Jason Pisani	Malta	Elected	2017–2020

FISTF Presidents since 1992

Position	Name	Nation	Elected	Election Period
1	Laurent Garnier	France	Elected	May 1992 – 1994
2	Laurent Garnier	France	Elected	1994–1996
3	Raymond Kroonberg	Belgium	Commissarial	1996–1998
4	David Baxter	Scotland	Elected	1998–2000
5	David Baxter	Scotland	Elected	2000–2002
6	Vincent Coppenolle	Belgium	Elected	2002–2006
7	Vincent Coppenolle	Belgium	Elected	2006–2008
8	Vincent Coppenolle	Belgium	Elected	2008–2010
9	Silvio Catania	Malta	Elected	March 2010 – January 2011
10	Piero Capponi	Spain	Elected	January 2011 – October 2011
11	Laurent Garnier	France	ad interim	November 2011 – 2013
12	Luís Horta	Portugal	Elected	2013–2014
13	Alan Collins	England	ad interim	2014 - September 2017
14	Alan Collins	England	Elected	September - October 2017
15	Fred Vulpes	Germany	ad interim	November 2017
16	Stephen Dettre	Australia	Elected	December 2017 – November 2020
17	Stephen Dettre	Australia	Elected	November 2020 – November 2024

Note: A President can only be officially elected at a Congress or Extraordinary Congress. All others 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
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
Database, Transfers, World Ranking	Frédéric Perdaens	Belgium	Nominated	2021–2020
Web Administrator	Roger Trouillard	France	Nominated	2021–2024
Web Admin Assistant	...	{{__}}	Nominated	2021–2024
Auditor Controller	...	{{__}}	Nominated	2021–2024
Auditor Controller Vize	...	{{__}}	Nominated	2021–2024
History & Heritage Archive Head	...	{{__}}	Nominated	2021–2024
History & Heritage Archive	...	{{__}}	Nominated	2021–2024
History & Heritage Archive	...	{{__}}	Nominated	2021–2024

Sports Table Football – Playing Rules[]

Details for Sports table football playing rules are found here Sports table football.

Position	Sport	Thematic	Version	Other Info
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 22 FISTF Member Nations (MNA per 2020). Many others are not FISTF members as development moves on. Small associations are struggling with organisation and budgets as well as creating sustainable clubs.

Position	Confederation	Nation	Abbreviation	Association Name	Founded	Member since
1	Europe	Austria	EÖTV	Erster Österreichischer Tischfußball Verband	1973	1994
2	Europe	Belgium	FBFTS-BSTVB	Federation Belge de Football Table Subbuteo-Belgische Subbuteo Tafelvoetbal Bond	1948	1993
3	Europe	Denmark	DSBU	Dansk Subbuteo Bordfodbold Union	1992	1993
4	Europe	England	ESA	English Subbuteo Association	1967	1993
5	Europe	France	3FTS	Fédération Française de Football de Table Sport	1980	1993
6	Europe	Germany	DSTFB	Deutscher Subbuteo Tischfußballbund	1961	1993
7	Europe	Greece	UHTF	Union of Hellenic Table Football	1981?	1993
8	Europe	Gibraltar	GTSA	Gibraltar Table Soccer Association	1970?	19xx
9	Europe	Hungary	HTFA	Hungarian Table Football Association	2012	2017
10	Europe	Italy	FISCT	Federazione Italiana Sportiva Calcio Tavolo	1972	1993
11	Europe	Malta		Malta Table Football Sports Association	1974	1993
12	Europe	Netherlands	NSVB	Nederlandse Subbuteo Voetbal Bond	1954	1993
13	Europe	Portugal	APS	Associação Portuguesa de Subbuteo	1993	1993
14	Europe	Scotland	SSTFA	Scottish Table Football Association	1967	1993
15	Europe	Spain	AEFM	Asociacion Española de Jugadores de Futbol de Mesa	1985	199x
16	Europe	Switzerland	SSTV	Schweizerischer Subbuteo-Tischfussball-Verband	1969	1993
17	Europe	Wales	WSTFA	Welsh Sports Table Football Association	1967	1993
1	Europe	Finland	SUBU	Suomen Pöytäjalkapalloyhdistys	2006	No Member
2	Europe	Czech Republic	CTSU	Czech Table Subbuteo Union	19xx	No Member
3	Europe	Russia	RFTFS	Russian Federation Table Football Subbuteo	2016	No member
4	Europe	Northern Ireland	NITFA	Northern Ireland Table Football Association	197x	No Member
5	Europe	Ireland	TFAI	Table Football Association of Ireland	197x	No Member
6	Europe	Cyprus	CYTFA	Cypriot Sports Table Football Association	19xx	No Member
7	Europe	Norway	NBFF	Norges Bordfotball Forbund	1989	No Member
8	Europe	Romania	FRSFM	Federatia Romana Sport Football de Masa	2000	re-development
9	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: Participated at European Championship 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
1	America South	Argentina	LAFM	Liga Argentina de Fútbol de Mesa	20xx	2002, No member
2	America South	Brazil	CBFM	Confederação Brasileira de Futebol de Mesa	20xx	2002
3	America South	Chile	ACFM	Associaciòn Chile Futebol de Mesa	2016	in development 2016

In South America, the countries play also the Button Football (Sectorball, 12-Touch, 3-Touch, Chapas) codes and have a Confederation. Chile is in a development phase.

Position	Confederation	Nation	Abbreviation	Association Name	Founded	Member since
4	America North	United States	ASA	American Subbuteo Association	1982	1996
5	America North	Canada	SCA)	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
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	NZLTFA	New Zealand ....	..	in development 2017
6	Asia	Malaysia	MYTFA	Malaysian Table Football Association	2012	in development
7	Asia	Israel	ISRTFA	Israel Sports Table Football Association	1986	re-development 2014
8	Asia	Indonesia	INATFA	Indonesian ...	2012	no information
9	Asia	Iran	IRITFA	Iranian ...	2019	no information
10	Asia	India	IN...	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
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: Contact exists
• 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
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 were 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 members 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 Trophy. 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 Brussels (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 Brussels 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
1980	FISA	The 1st FISA European Championship (National teams of 1 Senior & 2 Juniors) were played in Rome (ITA).	Subbuteo	Team event
1981	FISA	FISA (Subbuteo company controlled) was founded as an alternative to ETF (Democratic Sports Federation) 1979?	World	Europe
1982	FISA	The American Subbuteo Association (ASA) is established and North America is on the Sports Table Football (aka Subbuteo) map. Barcelona (ESP) was Subbuteo World Cup host	Subbuteo	USA, Spain
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, 30 May 1992. On the same weekend the Subbuteo European Championship was held in Hamburg.	Laurent 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 was disbanded 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	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 several categories 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 8 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 canceled. The World Cup 2020 in Rome (Italy) was postponed until 2022.	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
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
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
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 were 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 were 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
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.

FISA Subbuteo World Cup – Senior

Year	Place	Senior Champion	Senior Finalist	Result	Senior 3rd place	Senior 4th place	Result
	England, London	Peter Czarkowski  West Germany	Pierre Tignani  Belgium	2–0	Dick Rietveld  Netherlands	Stuart Goldman  Israel	4–1
	West Germany, Munich	Dick Rietveld  Netherlands	Michael Dent  England	2–1 a.e.t.	Stefano Beverini  Italy	Christian Delahaut  Belgium	5–1
	England, London	Phillipe Outmans  Belgium	Norman Gleave  England	1–0	Edoardo Belloto  Italy	Michael Bordach  Germany	4–1
	Spain, Barcelona	Renzo Frignani  Italy	Horst Becker  Germany	2–1	Willy Hoffman   Switzerland	James Skelly  Northern Ireland	6��0
	Greece, Athens	Willy Hoffman   Switzerland	Renzo Frignani  Italy	5–2	Bruno Goset  Belgium	John McGiffen  Scotland	4–3 a.e.t.
	Italy, Rome	Angelos Tsakiris  Greece	Frédéric Hernandez  France	2–1	Willy Hoffman   Switzerland	Felipe Maia  Portugal	4–2
	United States, Chicago	Dominique De Marco  Belgium	Christophe Fuseau  France	4–3	Angelos Tsakiris  Greece	Carl Young  Wales	3–1

FISA Subbuteo World Cup – Junior (U-16)

Year	Place	Junior Champion	Junior Finalist	Result	Junior 3rd Place	Junior 4th Place	Result
	England, London	Not played	Not played	x-x	Not played	Not played	x-x
	West Germany, Munich	Not played	Not played	x-x	Not played	Not played	x-x
	England, London	Andrea Piccaluga  Italy	Dirk Bärwald  Germany	2–0	Marc Clairbois  Belgium	Fred Verhey  Netherlands	2–1
	Spain, Barcelona	Joseph Bonfante  Gibraltar	Bruno Debray  France	1–1 a.e.t. 6–5 Shots	Pierpaola Pesce  Italy	David Lambert  England	4–3
	Greece, Athens	Mario Baglietto  Italy	George Grillakis  Greece	4–3	Eric Threis  Belgium	John Field  Gibraltar	5–1
	Italy, Rome	Vasco Guimares  Portugal	Joris Van Braker  Netherlands	3–2	Marco Gagliardi  Italy	Bertrand Sartisse  Belgium	3–2
	United States, Chicago	Not played	Not played	x-x	Not played	Not played	x-x

FISA Subbuteo World Cup – Senior and Junior (U-16) Summary

Position	Nation	World Champion	Finalist	3rd place	4th place
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.

FISA Subbuteo European Championship – Team 1x Senior and 2x Junior (U-16)

Year	Place	Team Winner	Team Finalist	Result	Team S/F	Team S/F	Result
	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.

FISA Subbuteo European Championship – Senior

Year	Place	Senior Winner	Senior Finalist	Result	Senior 3rd Place	Senior 4th Place	Result
	France, Paris	Renzo Frignani  Italy	Lionel Abecassis  France	1–0	Horst Becker  Germany	William Boschma  Netherlands	4–1
	Belgium, Brussels	Mario Baglietto  Italy	Dominique De Marco  Belgium	4–3 a.e.t.(2x5min)	Christophe Fuseau  France	Michael Kunkel  Germany	7–2
	Germany, Hamburg	Paulo Sobral  Portugal	Dominique De Marco  Belgium	3–2	Christophe Fuseau  France	Mario Baglietto  Italy	2–1
	England, London	Felipe Maia  Portugal	Joseph Borg Bonaci  Malta	1–0	Christian Filippella  Italy	Gil Delogne  Belgium	No 3rd/4th match

FISA Subbuteo European Championship – Junior (U-16)

Year	Place	Junior Winner	Junior Finalist	Result	Junior 3rd Place	Junior 4th Place	Result
	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
	Belgium, Brussels	Raymond De Marco  Belgium	Kostas Sohoritis  Greece	1–0	Alberto Maia  Portugal	Robert Lenz  Austria	5–1
	Germany, Hamburg	Bertrand Sartisse  Belgium	Hugo Carvalho  Portugal	2–1	Joseph Borg Bonaci  Malta	Morten Andersen  Denmark	4–3 a.e.t.
	England, London	Dionisis Koutis  Greece	Sergio Loureiro  Portugal	2–1	Gianmaria Mancinelli  Italy	Sami Targui  Belgium	No 3rd/4th match

FISA Subbuteo European Championship – Senior and Junior (U-16) Summary

Position	Nation	European Champion	Finalist	3rd place	4th place	Sum
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
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.

Individual European Championships – Open, Veteran, U-19, U-15, U-12 and Ladies Summary

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.

Individual World Championships

Year	Host City	Open	Under 20/19	Under 16/15	Ladies	Veteran	Under 12
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	{{___}},	...{{_}}	...{{_}}	...{{_}}	...{{_}}	...{{_}}	...{{_}}

Individual World Cup – Open, Veteran, U-19, U-15, U-12 and Ladies Summary

Position	Nation	World Cup	Finalist	3rd place	4th place	Sum
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.

Individual World Masters

Year	Host City	Winner Open	2nd	S/F	S/F
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.

National Team European 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	...	...	...	...	...	...	...

National Team European Championships – Open, Veteran, U-19, U-15, U-12 and Ladies Summary

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.

• The final:  France 3–1  Belgium

Covid-19 Virus spread: The World Cup 2020 Rome, will be postponed to 2021.

National Team World Championships

Year	Host Country	Open	Under 19	Under 15	Ladies	Veteran	Under 12
1994	France	Belgium
1996	Denmark	Belgium	Belgium	France	Belgium	France
1998	Belgium	Italy	Italy	Austria	France	Belgium
2000	Austria	Belgium	Portugal	Belgium	Belgium	Belgium
2001	Portugal	Italy	Portugal	Belgium	not played	Belgium
2002	England	Italy	Belgium	Belgium	Belgium	Netherlands
2003	Malta	Italy	Malta	Portugal	not played	Italy
2004	Italy	Italy	Italy	Portugal	Belgium	Italy
2005	Belgium	Italy	Belgium	Portugal	Belgium	France
2006	Germany	Italy	Belgium	Denmark	France	Italy
2007	France	Italy	Spain	Italy	Belgium	Italy	Italy
2008	Austria	Italy	Spain	Italy	France	Italy	Italy
2009	Netherlands	Italy	Spain	Italy	Belgium	Italy	Italy
2010	Germany	Malta	Netherlands	Italy	Belgium	Italy	Italy
2011	Italy	Italy	Italy	Italy	Italy	Italy	Italy
2012	England	Spain	Italy	Italy	Belgium	Austria	Italy
2013	Spain	Italy	Italy	Italy	Belgium	Italy	Italy
2014	Belgium	Italy	Italy	Italy	Belgium	Italy	Belgium
2015	Italy	Spain	Italy	Italy	Italy	Spain	Italy
2016	Belgium	Italy	Belgium	Italy	Italy	Belgium	Italy
2017	France	Italy	Italy	Italy	Belgium	Italy	Italy
2018	Gibraltar	Spain	Italy	Italy	France	Italy	Spain
2020	Italy	......	......	......	......	......	......
2022	......	......	......	......	......	......	......

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.

Team World Cup – Open, Veteran, U-19, U-15, U-12 and Ladies Summary

Position	Nation	Team World Cup	Finalist	3rd place	4th place	Sum
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.

CASTFA Asian Cup

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	.....	.....	.....	.....	.....	.....	.....	.....

CONASTF 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 come back in 2021. Individual, club team and national team categories are to be played. The Confederation America North has been established in 2020. USA and Canada signed an agreement under the patronce of FISTF.

CONASTF North and Central America Championship

Year	Place	Open	Under 19	Under 15	Under 12	Veteran	Ladies	Club Team	National Team
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	.....	.....	.....	.....	.....	.....	.....	.....

CSAFM Confederacion Sudamerica Futbal de Mesa Championship[]

Under the authority of FISTF, the CSAFM Confederacion Sudamerica Futbal de Mesa (Confederation South America Table Football) hosts a continental championship annually with individual, club team and national team categories. The CSAFM 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 was Santa Rosa de Calamuchita, Cordoba, Argentina. CSAFM will switch to a biannual system like the other Confederations CASTFA, CONASTF and ECSTFA.

CSAFM South America Championship

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
2021	Valparaiso  Chile	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...

ACSTFA African Confederation Sports Table Football Associations[]

Under the authority of FISTF, the African Sport Table Football Confederation hosts a continental championship annually with individual, club team and national team categories.

ACSTFA African Championship

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.

E.T.F. Europa Cup (Individual)

Year	Host City	Winner	Finalist	Result	3rd place	4th place	Result
	Netherlands, Rotterdam	Marius Schild ( Netherlands)	Jean-Pierre De Joncker ( Belgium)	4–1	Louis van der Heyden ( Netherlands)	Günther Czarkowski  Germany	4–0
	Belgium, Brussels	Johnny De Bruining ( Netherlands)	François Van Cauwelaert ( Belgium)	4–3 a.e.t.(2x10min)	van Ee ( Netherlands)	Roger Dresselaers  Belgium	*No match 3rd/4th
	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
	England, London	Pierre Tignani ( Belgium)	Bertus Mulder ( Netherlands)	3–1	De Groot ( Netherlands)	Delahaut  Belgium	8–4
	Netherlands, Rotterdam	Willi Hogeweg ( West Germany)	René Schoukens( Belgium)	3–2	Pierre Tignani ( Belgium)	Manfred Hogeweg  Germany	4–2
	Belgium, Jambes	Bertus Mulder ( Netherlands)	Jean-Marie Delahaut ( Belgium)	4–3	Schoukens ( Belgium)	Dick Rietveld  Netherlands	4–3 a.e.t. 2x10min.
	West Germany, Altenmarkt	Dick Rietveld ( Netherlands)	Pierre Tignani ( Belgium)	1–0	Bertus Mulder ( Netherlands)	Willi Hogeweg  Germany	4–2
	England, Romford	Dick Rietveld ( Netherlands)	Bertus Mulder ( Netherlands)	4–3 a.e.t.(2x10min)	Marius Mulder ( Netherlands)	Jacques Brichaud  Belgium	2–0
	Netherlands, Maassluis	Antoon Verhaal ( Netherlands)	Marius Schild ( Netherlands)	1–0	Bertus Mulder ( Netherlands)	Peter Körmann  Germany	3–1
	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.
	Switzerland, Basel	Jacques Brichaud ( Belgium)	Kurt Erb (  Switzerland)	1–0	Antoon Verhall ( Netherlands)	Gerhard Donck  Netherlands	2–1
	West Germany, Haibach	Peter Czarkowski ( West Germany)	Norman Gleave ( England)	2–1	Gerhard Donck  Netherlands	Kurt Erb   Switzerland	3–1
	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
	England, Bracknell	Kurt Erb (  Switzerland)	Richard Stolwijk ( Netherlands)	3–2	Mike Dent ( England)	Jacques Brichaud ( Belgium)	2–1
	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
	Netherlands, Rijswijk	Jacques Brichaud ( Belgium)	Philippe Outmanns ( Belgium)	3–2	Rene Vergeer ( Netherlands)	Andre Beckers ( Belgium)	2–1
	Scotland, Uddingston	Kurt Erb (  Switzerland)	Joe Enriles ( Gibraltar)	2–1 a.e.t.(2x10min)	Bertus Mulder ( Netherlands)	Malcolm Lees ( Scotland)	3–1
	Belgium, Verviers	André Beckers ( Belgium)	Kurt Erb (  Switzerland)	1–0	Michael Bordach ( Germany)	Martijn Bom ( Netherlands)	3–2 a.e.t.
	Switzerland, Wallisellen	Willy Hofmann (  Switzerland)	Marc Clairbois ( Belgium)	1–0	Kurt Erb (  Switzerland)	Phillipe Outmanns ( Belgium)	1–0
	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
	Belgium, Verviers	Willy Hofmann (  Switzerland)	Marc Clairbois ( Belgium)	2–0	Kevin Dyson ( England)	Horst Becker ( Germany)	2–1 a.e.t.
	Wales, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan	Bruno Goset( Belgium)	Martijn Bom ( Netherlands)	1–0	Willy Hofmann (  Switzerland)	Paul Remund (  Switzerland)	2–1
	Netherlands, Boskoop	Didier Stévenot ( Belgium)	Horst Becker ( West Germany)	1–0 a.e.t.(2x10min)	Etienne Pairoux ( Belgium)	Martijn Bom ( Netherlands)	3–2
	England, Birmingham	Willy Hofmann (  Switzerland)	Gerherd Ecker ( Austria)	4–1	Dominique Demarco ( Belgium)	Timothy Young ( Wales)	3–1
	Austria, Salzburg	Willy Hofmann (  Switzerland)	Horst Deimel ( Austria)	4–1	Dominique Demarco ( Belgium)	Axel Schneider ( West Germany)	2–1 a.e.t.
	Switzerland, Wallisellen	Dominique De Marco ( Belgium)	Martijn Bom ( Netherlands)	1–0	Christophe Fuseau ( France)	Kevin Dyson ( England)	4–3 a.e.t.
	Scotland, South Queensferry	Willy Hofmann (  Switzerland)	Martijn Bom ( Netherlands)	4–1	Dominique De Marco ( Belgium)	Jim Law ( Scotland)	5–1
	Germany, Stennweiler	Dominique De Marco ( Belgium)	Gil Delogne ( Belgium)	2–1	Horst Deimel ( Austria)	Thierry Vivron ( France)	1–0
	Malta, La Valletta	Christophe Fuseau ( France)	David Baxter ( Scotland)	2–1	Timothy Young ( Wales)	Felix Gübeli (  Switzerland)	7–4
	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

ETF Europa Cup – Senior Summary of places 1 to 4

Position	Nation	Europa Cup Winner	Finalist	3rd place	4th place	Sum
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.

E.T.F. European Nations Cup (Open / A-Team)

Year	Host City	Winner	Finalist	Result	3rd Place	4th place	Result
1966–1969 One home and one away match for each team // 1970–1982 no Nations Cup // 1983–1991 one host nation
1966–67	Dortmund, Brussels, Vries	Netherlands	Belgium	4–4	West Germany	FRG 2–6 NLD	BEL 5–3 FRG
1967–68	Dortmund, Brussels, Rotterdam	West Germany	Netherlands	3–5	Belgium	BEL 5–3 NLD	BEL 2–6 FRG
1968–69	Dortmund, Liège, 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

E.T.F. European Nations Cup (Open / B-Team)

Year	Host City	Winner	Finalist	Result	3rd Place	Result	Result
1966–1969 One home and one away match for each team // 1970–1991 no Nations Cup for B-Teams.
1966–67	Dortmund, Brussels, Vries	Belgium	Netherlands	6–2	West Germany	NLD 7–1 FRG	BEL 8–0 FRG
1967–68	Dortmund, Brussels, Rotterdam	Netherlands	Belgium	4–4	West Germany	NLD 8–0 FRG	BEL 4–4 FRG
1968–69	Dortmund, Liège, Amsterdam	Belgium	Netherlands	4–4	West Germany	BEL 8–0 FRG	FRG 3–5 NLD

E.T.F. European Nations Cup (Junior-Team / U19)

Year	Host City	Winner	Finalist	Result	3rd Place	Result	Result
1966–1969 One home and one away match for each team // 1970–1991 no Nations Cup for Junior-Teams.
1966–67	Dortmund, Brussels, Vries	Belgium	Netherlands	6–2	West Germany	NLD 5–3 FRG	BEL 6–2 FRG
1967–68	Dortmund, Brussels, Rotterdam	West Germany	Netherlands	6–2	Belgium	NLD 4–4 BEL	BEL 0–8 FRG
1968–69	Dortmund, Liège, 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!

Europa Cup for Club Teams (ETF and FISA clubs)

Year	Host City	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place	4th place
1985–86	Spa  Belgium	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	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	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[]

Europa Cup for Club Teams

Year	Host City	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place	4th place
	Milan  Italy	Belgium	A.S. Hennuyer  Belgium	T.S.C. Stella Artois Milano  Italy	Olympique Vitry  France
	Belgium	Italy	S.C. Goldfingers Cornesse  Belgium	R.S.M.V. Rotterdam  Netherlands	A.S. Hennuyer  Belgium
	Vienna  Austria	Belgium	G.D. Dias Ferreira  Portugal	F.T.C. Issy-les-Moulineaux  France	A.S. Hennuyer  Belgium
	Delft  Netherlands	Belgium	G.D. Dias Ferreira  Portugal	S.C. Charleroi  Belgium	F.T.C. Issy-les-Moulineaux  France
	South Queensferry  Scotland	Portugal	S.C. Charleroi  Belgium	A.S. Hennuyer  Belgium	T.S.C. Falcons Athens  Greece
	Dolo  Italy	Belgium	Falcons Athens  Greece	T.S.C. Latina  Italy	Atlas T.F.C.  Greece
	Issy-les-Moulineaux  France	Belgium	A.S. Hennuyer  Belgium	S.C. Stembert  Belgium	T.S.C. Stella Artois Milano  Italy
	Bologna  Italy	Austria	A.C.S. Perugia  Italy	S.C. Charleroi  Belgium	A.S. Hennuyer  Belgium
	Kamen  Germany	Austria	C.C.T. Eagles Napoli  Italy	A.C.S. Perugia  Italy	A.S. Hennuyer  Belgium
	Gembloux  Belgium	Italy	F. Ili Bari Reggio Emilia Reggiana Subbuteo  Italy	C.C.T. Eagles Napoli  Italy	A.S. Hennuyer  Belgium
	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
	Vienna  Austria	Austria	A.C.S. Perugia  Italy	S.C. Charleroi  Belgium	T.S.C. Stella Artois Milano  Italy
	Murcia  Spain	Italy	F.Ili Bari Reggio Emilia Reggiana Subbuteo  Italy	C.C.T. Eagles Napoli  Italy	T.S.C. Stella Artois Milano  Italy
	Almada  Portugal	Italy	A.C.S. Perugia  Italy	S.C. Charleroi  Belgium	A.S. Hennuyer  Belgium
	Atene  Greece	Italy	T.F.C. Mattersburg  Austria	San Siro Worthing 5 Star  England	T.S.C. Stella Artois Milano  Italy
	Manchester  England	Italy	Real Murcia CF  Spain	S.C. Bologna Tigers  Italy	S.C. Stembert  Belgium
	Tournai  Belgium	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[]

Champions League for Club Teams

Year	Host City	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place	4th place
	Mattersburg  Austria	Italy	T.F.C. Mattersburg  Austria	C.C.T. Black & Blue Pisa  Italy	A.C.S. Perugia  Italy
	Nova Gorica  Slovenia	Italy	T.F.C. Mattersburg  Austria	T.S.C. Stella Artois Milano  Italy	A.C.S. Perugia  Italy
	Atene  Greece	Italy	Atlas T.F.C.  Greece	S.C. Stembert  Belgium	F.lli Bari Reggio Emilia  Italy
	Napoli  Italy	Italy	C.C.T. Black & Blue Pisa  Italy	S.C. Fiamme Azzurre Roma Italy	CCT Eagles Napoli  Italy
	Frameries  Belgium	Italy 2–1	S.C. Charleroi  Belgium	S.C. Valletta  Malta 2–1	ASD F.LLI Bari Reggio Emilia  Italy
	Frameries  Belgium	Italy 3–0	S.C. Fiamme Azzurre Roma Italy	C.C.T. Black & Blue Pisa  Italy 3–1	S.C. Charleroi  Belgium
	Rome  Italy	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
	Rochefort  Belgium	Italy 3–1	S.C. Fiamme Azzurre Roma  Italy	S.C. Bologna Tigers  Italy 2–1	T.S. Napoli Fighters  Italy
	Mallorca  Spain	Italy 2–1	T.S. Napoli Fighters  Italy	Rochefort T.S.  Belgium 2–1	C.C.T. Eagles Napoli  Italy
	Caen  France	Italy 4–0	S.C. Charleroi  Belgium	Rochefort T.S.  Belgium 2–2, 10*–9 SD	T.S. Napoli Fighters  Italy
	Atene  Greece	...	...	...	...
	Germany	...	...	...	...
	to be announced {{__}}	...	...	...	...

FISTF Europa League for Club Teams – since 2010[]

Europa League for Club Teams

Year	Host City	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place	4th place
	Rome  Italy	Greece	CCT Roma  Italy	ASD Bari  Italy	SC Bologna Tigers  Italy
	Nova Gorica  Slovenia	Italy	CCT Eagels Napoli  Italy	SC Fiamme Azzuri  Italy	Olympia CS  Greece
	Atene  Greece	Italy	AS Hennuyer  Belgium	T.S.C. Roligans Ilioupolis  Greece	CS Virtus 4 Strade Rieti  Italy
	Napoli  Italy	Greece	A.S. Hennuyer  Belgium	A.S.C. Sessana 82  Italy	S.C. Pobladores Griegos  Greece
	Frameries  Belgium	Austria 2–1ms	T.F.C. Wiener Neustadt  Austria	T.S.C. Roligans Ilioupolis  Greece 2–1	Dutch Legends  Netherlands
	Frameries  Belgium	Malta 3–0	Tiburones F.M.  Spain	T.F.C. Wiener Neustadt  Austria 3–1	CAP Ciudad de Murcia  Spain
	Rome  Italy	Italy 2–1	S.C. Ascoli  Italy	T.F.C. Wiener Neustadt  Austria 2–0	S.C. Proteas Athens  Greece
	Rochefort  Belgium	Greece 2–2 (6–5 Goals)	Rochefort T.S.  Belgium	Tiburones F.M. Spain 3–0	S.C. Lion's Eugies  Belgium
	Aosta  Italy	Italy 2–0	Bormla S.C.  Malta	ASD S.C. Master San Remo  Italy 2–0	S.C. Ascoli  Italy
	Lisboa  Portugal	Italy 2–1	Sporting Club Portugal  Portugal	ASD S.C. Master Sanremo  Italy 1–0	Scarlet Battalion SC  Greece
	Belgium	...	...	...	...
	Atene  Greece	...	...	...	...
	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
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
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.

3 or 4 Country Tournaments for National Teams

Year	Host City	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place	4th place
	Germany Haibach, Lower Franconia	Netherlands	Germany	Austria
	Austria Vienna	Belgium	Switzerland	Austria
	Germany Koblenz	England	Switzerland	Germany
	Switzerland Basel	Switzerland	Germany	England
	Germany Traunreut	Switzerland	Germany	Austria
	Netherlands Elst, Utrecht	Netherlands	Germany	England
	England Milton Keynes	Germany	England	Wales
	Wales Cardiff	Austria	England	Scotland	Wales
	Switzerland Wallisellen	Germany	Austria	Switzerland
	France Bercy	France	Belgium	Netherlands
	Austria Vienna	Germany	Austria	Switzerland
	Switzerland Wallisellen	Austria	Germany	Switzerland
	Germany Kaufering	Germany	Switzerland	Austria
	Hungary Budapest	Austria	Brazil	Hungary
	Wales Cardiff	Austria	Scotland	Wales
	Italy San Benedetto del Tronto	United States	Wales	Japan	Czech Republic
	Austria Vienna	Austria	Germany	Hungary
	France Élancourt	United States	France	Hungary	Tunisia

ETF 3 or 4 Country Tournament

Position	Nation	Winner	Finalist	3rd place	4th place	Sum
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 Brussels (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
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.

British Home Championship

Year	Host City	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place	4th place	5th place	Edition Nr.
	1*)	England	{{__}}	{{__}}	{{__}}		_?_ Edition
	1*)	England	{{__}}	{{__}}	{{__}}		_?_ Edition
	England Southport 1*)	England	Northern Ireland	Scotland	Wales		_?_ Edition
		England	Scotland	Wales			1st Edition
		England	Scotland	Wales			2nd Edition
	England Warrington	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland		3rd Edition
		England	Scotland	Wales			4th Edition
		England	Scotland	Wales			5th Edition
		England	Scotland	Wales			6th Edition
		England	Scotland	Wales			7th Edition
	Wales South Wales	Wales	England	Scotland			8th Edition
	England Havercroft	England	Scotland	Wales			9th Edition
	Scotland Uddingston	England	Scotland	Wales			10th Edition
	Wales Barry	England	Scotland	Wales			11th Edition
	Wales Barry	England	Scotland	Wales			12th Edition
	England Milton Keynes	England	Scotland	Wales			13th Edition
							14th Edition
	England Preston	England	Ireland	Northern Ireland	Wales		15th Edition
	Ireland Dublin	England	Scotland	Wales	Northern Ireland	Ireland	16th Edition
	Scotland Dundee	England	Scotland	Northern Ireland			17th Edition
	Northern Ireland Belfast	Scotland	Northern Ireland	England	Wales	Ireland	18th Edition
	Wales Cardiff	England	Scotland	Wales	Northern Ireland		19th Edition

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
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 8 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 archives are documented for FISTF World Cup and Confederation European Championships/Cups for Asia, South America, North America, Africa and Europe.

• FISTF historical & Heritage archive - 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
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.