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Table hockey is a sport played on table hockey games. The origin of the sport was the Swedish Championship 1982 in Upplands Väsby. Organized table hockey is played in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe, in North America and in Japan.
The World Championship is organized by the International Table Hockey Federation every two years. The Stiga Play Off game is the official game of the Table Hockey World Championship.
The most recent table hockey World Championship was held in Rīga, Latvia. The winner was Sweden's Hans Österman. Although a record 22 countries were represented at the 2005 World Championships, Sweden, along with Norway, Russia, Finland and the Czech Republic dominate the international table hockey scene.
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[edit] World Championship History:
| Year | Location | Winner | No. of Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Stockholm, Sweden | Mikael Kratz, SWE | 42 (7 Nationalities) |
| 1992 | Brno, Czechoslovakia | Jacob Lindahl, SWE | 32 (5 Nationalities) |
| 1993 | Paris, France | Anders Ekestubbe, SWE | 61 (9 Nationalities) |
| 1995 | Stockholm, Sweden | Jacob Lindahl, SWE | 66 (8 Nationalities) |
| 1997 | Helsinki, Finland | Hans Österman, SWE | 61 (9 Nationalities) |
| 1999 | Wilhelmshaven, Germany | Stefan Edwall, SWE | 71 (15 Nationalities) |
| 2001 | Plzen, Czech Rep. | Hans Österman, SWE | 100 (16 Nationalities) |
| 2003 | Zurich, Switzerland | Daniel Wallén, SWE | 102 (19 Nationalities) |
| 2005 | Riga, Latvia | Hans Österman, SWE | 132 (22 Nationalities) |
| 2007 | Moscow, Russia |
[edit] European Championship History:
| Year | Location | Winner | No. of Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Lund, Sweden | Jörgen Sundqvist, SWE | 63 (9 Nationalities) |
| 1992 | Brno, Czechoslovakia | Mikael Kratz, SWE | 75 (5 Nationalities) |
| 2006 | Skalica, Slovakia | Alexey Zakharov, RUS | 111 (17 Nationalities) |
[edit] World Table Hockey Tour
For the season 2003-2004 six of the biggest tournaments formed a league called Euroleague. The tournaments were Helsinki Open, Oslo Open, Riga Cup, SM (Huskvarna), Moscow Open and Czech Open (Plzen).
The following season Boston Challenge was also included. The other tournaments remained, but SM was played in Stockholm and Czech Open in Pribram.
For the season 2005-2006 the league changed name to World Table Hockey Tour, and was expanded to 13 tournaments. The new ones were Öresund Cup (Elsinore), Gatineau Challenge, Stiga Las Vegas, Budapest Open, Bratislava Open and Berlin Open. In the original six tournaments, the players were awarded higher points than in the other. SM was played in Eskilstuna and Czech Open in Prague.
The 2006-2007 season of the World Table Hockey Tour will include the following tournaments:
- Lemont, USA, 29th July 2006
- Øresund Cup, Copenhagen, Denmark, 16th September 2006
- Oslo Open, Norway, 30th September 2006
- Gatineau Challenge, Canada, 21st October 2006
- Helsinki Open, Finland, 28th October 2006
- Riga Open, Latvia 2th December 2006
- Stiga Las Vegas, USA, 29th January 2007
- SM, Gothenburg, Sweden, 3rd – 4th February 2007
- Bratislava Open, Slovakia, 24th February 2007
- Budapest Open, Hungary, 25th February 2007
- Moscow Open, Russia, 17th – 18th March 2007
- Boston Challenge, USA, 7th April 2007
- Berlin Open, Germany, 21st April 2007
- Czech Open, Prague, Czech Republic, 5th May 2007
[edit] See also
- Table hockey games
- Air hockey
- An equivalent for soccer football is Table football (or "foosball").
[edit] External links
[edit] Federations
- International Table Hockey Federation
- Canadian Table Hockey Association
- Danish Tablehockey Union
- Finnish Table Hockey Association
- Latvian Table Hockey Federation
- Norwegian Table Hockey Association
- Slovenian Table Hockey
- Swedish Table Hockey Association
- United States Table Hockey Association
- Estonian Table Hockey Union
- Russian Table Hockey Federation
