Sports table football is the competitive game based on the board game of Subbuteo. It is administered globally by the Federation of International Sports Table Football, or FISTF. While the inspiration for STF comes from Subbuteo, the rules and playing equipment employed mark it out as a separate game (sport) in its own right - although Subbuteo itself is, in its way, a form of STF (sports table football).
FISTF was a result of negotiations between FISA (Federation of International Subbuteo Associations) members and ETF (European Tablefootball Association) members to unify the sports table football world in one govering body. FISA was actually run through Waddingtons (Subbuteo Sports Games) and ETF through its Member Nations on a democratic basis.
The World of Subbuteo and Sports table football was unified with rules, regulations, equipment and friendships. Great players and nations were now able to see competitions to be organised under FISTF. See below the Hall of Fame of winners of the FISTF, FISA and ETF competitions. The entire Subbuteo and Sports table football community has in fact the same history.
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Sports table football rules are laid down by FISTF, and based on the original Subbuteo rules with a number of changes to allow the competitive version of the game to be played without too much contention and unsportsmanlike conduct.
The board of the international governing body, FISTF, is decided every four years at the FISTF Congress, usually held the day before the World Championships. The first board was ellected in 1992, although the first FISTF event was held in September 1993 in Belgium.
___ The present board comprises ___
President Laurent Garnier France (ad interim),
General Secretary Luís Filipe Horta Portugal (ad interim),
Marketing & IT Director Leonidas Koutromanos Greece,
Sports Director Antonello Rodriquez Italy,
Finances Director Fred Vulpes Germany,
Vice Chairmen Communications Gary Pearson England,
and,
Honorable Life President Alan Collins England.
___ FISTF Disciplinary Council ___
President Mike BURNS Scotland,
Council Member Hansel MALLIA Malta,
Council Member John FIELD Gibraltar.
Referees for a tournament are currently drawn from the pool of players. In the group stage of an event, inactive players are used to referee games. In the knockout stage, players eliminated from the group stage are used as referees. Referees are placed usually outside of their own qualifying group and away from team mates or compatriots where possible. In familiar surroundings such as a club, or in regions where sportsmanship is highly regarded, a referee is considered unnecessary and can be done without if both players agree.
FISTF "homologates" certain playing equipment - i.e., agrees on its use in competition play. Playing figures on bases, pitches (cotton or artificial cloth (simulating grass), goals and balls must all comply with standards and be officially homologated from FISTF Board. Sports table football (also known world wide as Subbuteo) equipment can be used, but many higher-level players prefer to use sturdier and more expensive sports equipment manufactured by a number of different specialist companies. Training equipment is now also available for better practicing the sport.
FISTF sanctioned competitions are held in many of its member nations, featuring individual competitors divided into a variety of categories by age group and gender (Open, Veteran, U-19, U-15, U-12 and Ladies) as well as competitions for teams (Open, Veteran, U-19, U-15 and Ladies). All these categories are played during a World Cup weekend each year. A team consists of 6 players on the protocoll of play, while 4 players of each opposite team are picked by the team coach (or captain) and written onto the protocoll. The 2 reserve players remain, and only one of them are able to be exchanged during half-time on one of the four playing tables, in case of injury or tactical reasons. The FISTF World Cup is held annually and will take place in 2011 in Palermo, Italy and in 2012 in Athens, Greece(dates to be announced by FISTF and organisers).
The FISTF champions league 2010 (18th edition, Host TFC Matterburg from Austria) and the Europa league (Host Lazio Rom, Italy will be played for the first time in 2010). The FISTF Champions League (19th edition) and the Europa League 2011 (2nd edition) where hosted by Gruppo Calcio de Tavolo GLF Gorizia from Italia, which was actually played for the first time on slovenian territory in 2011. Both events took place on the 22nd and 23rd October 2011. There are several Major Grand Prix, International Open and Satellite tournaments all over the world. National competitions are organised by the national federations such as Individual and team competitions with promotion and relegation systems. Cup competitions (Knock out) are also played and loved by the players. Internationals between Nations are also on the score board and popular as well. Each Players has the chance to get international caps. Matches between Nations or clubs see the emotions rise sky high and patriotism is big. Great atmosphere in a world cup match or Final is guaranteed.
Austria - EÖTV Erster Österreichischer Tischfußball Verband, Belgium - FBFTS Federation Belge de Football Table Subbuteo, Denmark - DSBU Dansk Subbuteo Bordfodbold Union, England - ESTFA English Subbuteo Table Football Association, Finland - SUBU Suomen Pöytäjalkapalloyhdistys, France - FFFT Fédération Française de Football de Table, Germany - DSTFB Deutscher Subbuteo Tischfußballbund, Greece - PATFAP Panhellenic Association of Table Football for Amateur Players, Italy - FISCT Federazione Italiana Sport Calcio da Tavolo, Malta - MTFSA Malta Table Football Sports Association, Netherlands - NSVB Nederlandse Subbuteo Voetbal Bond, Norway - NBFF Norges Bordfotball Forbund, Portugal - APS Associação Portuguesa de Subbuteo, Scotland - SSTFA Scottish Sports Table Football Association, Spain - AFM Asociacion Española de Jugadores de Futbol de Mesa, Wales - WSTFA Welsh Sports Table Football Association,
Gibraltar - GTSA Gibraltar Table Soccer Association, Monaco - AMFT Association Monegasque de Football de Table,
Argentina - LAFM Liga Argentina de Fútbol de Mesa, Brasil - LBS Liga Brasileira de Subbuteo, Canada - CSTFA Canadian Sports Table Football Association, Colombia - ACFMS Asociación Colombiana de Fútbol de Mesa Subbuteo, Cyprus - CTFA Cypriot Table Football Association,b Ireland - TFAI Table Football Association of Ireland, Northern Ireland - NITFA Northern Ireland Table Football Association, South Africa - SATFA South African Table Football Association, Singapore - TFAS - Table Football Association of Singapore, Switzerland - SSTV Schweizerischer Subbuteo-Tischfussball-Verband, United States of America - ASA American Subbuteo Association, Czech Republic - ... , Hong Kong - ... , Israel - ... , Japan - ... , Malaysia - ... , New Zealand - ... , Pakistan - ... , India - ... ,
Many countries are still missing in the world of sports table football. Countries have participated in the past at FISTF, FISA and ETF competitions or other events such as the Bahamas, Luxemburg, Poland, Romania and Australia. Sweden, Hungaria, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Turkey and many others all over the planet can create associations to organize national championships.
| FISA World Subbuteo Championships | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Place | Senior Champion | Senior Finalist | Res. | Junior Champion | Junior Finalist | Res. |
| 1970 | England, London | Peter Czarkowski ( West Germany) | Pierre Tignani ( Belgium) | 2-0 | |||
| 1974 | West Germany, Munich | Dick Rietveld ( Netherlands) | Mike Dent( England) | 2-1 | |||
| 1978 | England, London | Phillipe Outmans ( Belgium) | Norman Gleave ( England) | 1-0 | Andrea Piccaluga( Italy) | Dirk Bärwald ( West Germany) | 3-0 |
| 1982 | Spain, Barcelona | Renzo Frignani ( Italy) | Horst Becker ( West Germany) | 2-1 | Joseph Bonfante ( Gibraltar) | Bruno Debray ( France) | 6-5 a.e.t. |
| 1986 | Greece, Athens | Willy Hoffman ( Switzerland) | Renzo Frignani ( Italy) | 5-2 | Mario Baglietto ( Italy) | George Grillakis ( Greece) | 2-1 |
| 1990 | Italy, Rome | Angelos Tsakiris ( Greece) | Frédéric Hernandez ( France) | 2-1 | Vasco Guimares ( Portugal) | Joris Van Braker ( Netherlands) | 3-2 |
| 1994 | United States, Chicago | Dominique De Marco ( Belgium) | Christophe Fuseau ( France) | 4-3 | |||
| Individual World Championships | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Place | Open | Under 20/19 | Under 16/15 | Women | Veteran | Under 12 |
| 1993 | Belgium, Verviers | Christophe Fuseau France | Fabian Brau Belgium | Bertrand Sartisse Belgium | Véronique Garnier France | not played | |
| 1994 | France, Paris | Dominique De Marco Belgium | Joseph Borg Bonaci Malta | Darren Scicluna Malta | Delphine Dieudonné Belgium | not played | |
| 1995 | Germany, Wuppertal | David Ruelle Belgium | Vasco Guimarães Portugal | Thomas Wittmann Austria | Delphine Dieudonné Belgium | not played | |
| 1996 | Denmark, Silkeborg | Vasco Guimarães Portugal | Simone Bertelli Italy | Wolfgang Haas Austria | Delphine Dieudonné Belgium | Gerhard Ecker Austria | |
| 1997 | Greece, Athens | Vasco Guimarães Portugal | Dionisis Koutis Greece | Nikos Beis Greece | Delphine Dieudonné Belgium | Gerhard Ecker Austria | |
| 1998 | Belgium, Namur | Gil Delogne Belgium | Simone Bertelli Italy | Wolfgang Haas Austria | Delphine Dieudonné Belgium | Thierry Vivron France | |
| 1999 | Netherlands, Delft | Massimo Bolognino Italy | Efrem Intra Italy | Nikos Beis Greece | Cynthia Bouchez 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 | Greece, to be announced | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| Team World Championships | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Open | Under 19 | Under 15 | Women | Veteran | Under 12 |
| 1994 | Belgium | |||||
| 1995 | Portugal | |||||
| 1996 | Belgium | Belgium | France | Belgium | France | |
| 1997 | Portugal | Greece | Greece | Austria | ||
| 1998 | Italy | Italy | Austria | France | Belgium | |
| 1999 | Italy | Belgium | Belgium | France | Belgium | |
| 2000 | Belgium | Portugal | Belgium | Belgium | Belgium | |
| 2001 | Italy | Portugal | Belgium | Belgium | ||
| 2002 | Italy | Belgium | Belgium | Belgium | Netherlands | |
| 2003 | Italy | Malta | Portugal | Italy | ||
| 2004 | Italy | Italy | Portugal | Belgium | Italy | |
| 2005 | Italy | Belgium | Portugal | Belgium | France | |
| 2006 | Italy | Belgium | Denmark | France | Italy | |
| 2007 | Italy | Spain | Italy | Belgium | Italy | Italy |
| 2008 | Italy | Spain | Italy | France | Italy | Italy |
| 2009 | Italy | Spain | Italy | Belgium | Italy | Italy |
| 2010 | Malta | Netherlands | Italy | Belgium | Italy | Italy |
| 2011 | Italy | Italy | Italy | Italy | Italy | Italy |
| 2012 | ||||||
| FISA European Subbuteo Championship | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Place | Open Winner | Open Finalist | Res. | Junior Winner | Junior Finalist | Res. |
| 1980 | Italy, Rome | Italy ( Italy) | Belgium ( Belgium) | 2-0 | |||
| 1984 | France, Paris | Renzo Frignani ( Italy) | Lionel Abecassis ( France) | 1-0 | Dominique De Marco ( Belgium) | Marco Santachiara ( Italy) | 4-3 d.c.p. |
| 1988 | Belgium, Bruxelles | Mario Baglietto ( Italy) | Dominique De Marco ( Belgium) | 4-3 d.c.p. | Raymond De Marco ( Belgium) | Kostas Sohoritis ( Greece) | 1-0 |
| 1992 | Germany, Hamburg | Paulo Sobral ( Portugal) | Dominique De Marco ( Belgium) | 3-2 | Bertrand Sartisse ( Belgium) | Hugo Carvalho ( Portugal) | 2-1 |
| 1996 | England, London | Felipe Maia ( Portugal) | Joseph Borg Bonaci ( Malta) | 1-0 | Dionisis Koutis ( Greece) | Sergio Loureiro ( Portugal) | 2-1 |
| E.T.F. Europa Cup (Individual) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Place | Winner | Finalist | Result | ||
| 1964 | Netherlands, Rotterdam | Marius Schild ( Netherlands) | Jean-Pierre De Joncker ( Belgium) | 4-1 | ||
| 1965 | Belgium, Bruxelles | Johnny De Bruining ( Netherlands) | François Van Cauwelaert ( Belgium) | 4-3 d.c.p. | ||
| 1966 | West Germany, Dortmund | Pierre Tignani ( Belgium) | Jean-Pierre De Joncker ( Belgium) | 5-1 a.e.t (after extra time) | ||
| 1967 | England, London | Pierre Tignani ( Belgium) | Bertus Mulder ( Netherlands) | 3-1 | ||
| 1968 | Netherlands, Rotterdam | Willi Hogeweg ( Netherlands) | René Schoukens( Belgium) | 3-2 | ||
| 1969 | Belgium, Jambes | Bertus Mulder ( Netherlands) | Jean-Marie Delahaut ( Belgium) | 4-3 | ||
| 1970 | West Germany, Altenmarkt | Dick Rietveld ( Netherlands) | Pierre Tignani ( Belgium) | 1-0 | ||
| 1971 | England, Romford | Dick Rietveld ( Netherlands) | Bertus Mulder ( Netherlands) | 4-3 a.e.t. | ||
| 1972 | Netherlands, Maassluis | Antoon Verhaal ( Netherlands) | Marius Schild ( Netherlands) | 1-0 | ||
| 1973 | Belgium, Spa | Antoon Verhaal ( Netherlands) | Gerard Donk ( Netherlands) | 3-1 a.e.t. | ||
| 1974 | Switzerland, Basel | Jacques Brichaud ( Belgium) | Kurt Erb ( Switzerland) | 1-0 | ||
| 1975 | West Germany, Haibach | Peter Czarkowski ( West Germany) | Norman Gleave ( England) | 2-1 | ||
| 1976 | Malta, La Valletta | Mike Dent ( England) | Norman Gleave ( England) | 2-0 | ||
| 1977 | England, Bracknell | Kurt Erb ( Switzerland) | Richard Stolwijk ( Netherlands) | 3-2 | ||
| 1978 | Austria, Wien | Bertus Mulder ( Netherlands) | Jacques Brichaud ( Belgium) | 3-2 a.e.t. | ||
| 1979 | Netherlands, Rijswijk | Jacques Brichaud ( Belgium) | Philippe Outmanns ( Belgium) | 3-2 | ||
| 1980 | Scotland, Uddingston | Peter Erb ( Switzerland) | Joe Enriles ( Gibraltar) | 2-1 a.e.t. | ||
| 1981 | Belgium, Verviers | André Beckers ( Belgium) | Kurt Erb ( Switzerland) | 1-0 | ||
| 1982 | Switzerland, Wallisellen | Willy Hofmann ( Switzerland) | Marc Clairbois ( Belgium) | 1-0 | ||
| 1983 | West Germany, Haibach | Willy Hofmann ( Switzerland) | Marc Clairbois ( Belgium) | 3-2 a.e.t. | ||
| 1984 | Belgium, Verviers | Willy Hofmann ( Switzerland) | Marc Clairbois ( Belgium) | 2-0 | ||
| 1985 | Wales, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan | Bruno Goset( Belgium) | Martijn Bom ( Netherlands) | 1-0 | ||
| 1986 | Netherlands, Boskoop | Didier Stévenot ( Belgium) | Horst Becker ( West Germany) | 1-0 a.e.t. | ||
| 1987 | England, Birmingham | Willy Hofmann ( Switzerland) | Gerherd Ecker ( Austria) | 4-1 | ||
| 1988 | Austria, Salzburg | Willy Hofmann ( Switzerland) | Horst Deimel ( Austria) | 4-1 | ||
| 1989 | Switzerland, Wallisellen | Dominique De Marco ( Belgium) | Martijn Bom ( Netherlands) | 1-0 | ||
| 1990 | Scotland, Edinburgh | Willy Hofmann ( Switzerland) | Martijn Bom ( Netherlands) | 4-1 | ||
| 1991 | Germany, Stennweiler | Dominique De Marco ( Belgium) | Gil Delogne ( Belgium) | 2-1 | ||
| 1992 | Malta, La Valletta | Christophe Fuseau ( France) | David Baxter ( Scotland) | 2-1 | ||
| 1993 | England, Fareham | Horst Deimel ( Austria) | Tonio Montesin ( Malta) | 2-1 (After extra time 2x10min and 1x10min golden goal in 63min.) | ||
| E.T.F. European Nations Cup (Team) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Place | 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 - 1967 | Dortmund, Vries, Brüssel, | Netherlands | Belgium | 4-4 | West Germany | ||
| 1967 - 1968 | Rotterdam, Dortmund, Brüssel, | West Germany | Netherlands | 3-5 | Belgium | ||
| 1968 - 1969 | Dortmund, Amsterdam, Lüttich, | Belgium | West Germany | 8-0 | Netherlands | ||
| 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 |