December 2025: More WASPA results from around Europe!

It's Christmas time and we have a lot of results coming in the WASPA records. Recent events have been held in England, the Netherlands, Italy and Belgium. Here is a quick summary of results.

In Bristol, Aaron Skinner won the latest monthly WASPA event. 7 players were taking part and Aaron defeated Steve Wonnacott in the final. In Rochford, the latest RAS tournament had a big turnout of 11 players divided in threee groups. Kevin Dyson later emerged as winner after defeating Stewart grant and Jack target in the second round. Casey van Os continues to dominate the Dutch scene. The Rijnmond player won another tournament in Gouda were 7 players competed in a league format. As a rehearsal for important events coming up in the agenda, Luc Grosdent claimed the honors in Nassogne where the Wamme players had another brilliant evening of play.

During the recent FISTF Satellite in Gilligham, the Kent players organized two tournaments for players eliminated after the frist round. In the tournament for players ranked third in their groups, young talent Jamie Warren defeated Chris Shilling in the final. In the event for players ranked fourth in their group, local organizer Terry Arnold defeated clubmate Thomas Lacey in the final. In Italy, 17 players attended the latest event organized by the Rebels Genova. 11 players competed in the main event and after the group stage (1 group of 5 and 1 group of 6), finals were played to decide the positions. Tommaso Sani managed to defeat clubmate Samuele Bignardi in the final. In the "Silver" tournament, Samuele Corrias finished on top of a group of six.

The Templeuve United christmas tournament was played in Néchin last Friday with 9 players from 4 different clubs taking part. Matthias Averlant won his four games to win the swiss system while his clubmate Jann Segers was runner-up and Michaël Dupret, who recently travelled to Yokohama (Japan) to play, took the third place.

Finally, congratulations to the old rules lovers in Terni, Italy. This time Marco Perotti took the honors after finishing on top of the table while Alessandro Arca was runner-up.

Bristol, England, December 15 2025

Aaron Skinner, open winner

Final: Aaron Skinner - Steve Wonnacott 2-1

Steve Wonnacott, runner-up

Final 3-4: Dave Fletcher - Stuart Briffett 2-1

Final 5-6: Alan Twiddy - Alex Salter 0-2

Rochford, England, December 17 2025

1. Kevin Dyson (TSPA White Star)
2. Stewart Grant (Rochford and Southend Casual Subbuteo Club)
3. Jack Target (Rochford and Southend Casual Subbuteo Club)
4. David Horncastle (Rochford and Southend Casual Subbuteo Club)
5. Sam Cracknell (Rochford and Southend Casual Subbuteo Club)
6. Amy Horncastle (Rochford and Southend Casual Subbuteo Club)
7. Kevin Imbush (Rochford and Southend Casual Subbuteo Club)
8. Ian Horncastle (Rochford and Southend Casual Subbuteo Club)
9. Doug Cracknell (Rochford and Southend Casual Subbuteo Club)
10. William Target (Rochford and Southend Casual Subbuteo Club)
11. Steve Target (Rochford and Southend Casual Subbuteo Club)

Gouda, the Netherlands, December 17 2025

1. Casey van Os (Rijnmond)
2. Nico Marks (Dutch Legends)
3. Jarno Marks (Dutch Legends)
4. Fabrizio Cavazza (Gorizia)
5. Rinaldo van Dijk (Rijnmond)
6. Xavier Aret (Dutch Legends)
7. Cailim Marks (Dutch Legends)

Nassogne, Belgium, December 18 2025

1. Luc Grosdent (Wamme)
2. Jean Grosdent (Wamme)
3. Noah Dirick (Wamme)
4. Maxim Grosdent (Wamme)
5. Vincent Dirick (Aye)
6. Sophia Grosdent (Wamme)

Gillingham, England, December 14 2025

Semi-finals: Jamie Samuel Warren - Simon Goodman 3-2
Adam Wells - Chris Shilling 0-0*

Final: Jamie Samuel Warren - Chris Shilling 5-0

B category Semi-finals: Terry Arnold - Neil Doherty 2*-2
Samantha Levy - Thomas Lacey 0-6

Final: Terry Arnold - Thomas Lacey 5-2

Genova, Italy, December 13 2025

Final: Samuele Bignardi - Tommaso Sani 1-3
Final for 3rd place: Massimo Garatti - Alessandro Gandin 0-2

Top 3 of the Silver competition: 1. Samuele Corrias ; 2. Andrea Bolioli ; 3. Matteo Corrias

Néchin, Belgium, December 19 2025

1. Matthias Averlant (Hennuyer)
2. Jann Segers (Hennuyer)
3. Michaël Dupret (Tournai)
4. Vincent Coppenolle (Templeuve)
5. Raphael Dhondt (Templeuve)
6. Dorian Tailliar (FRA/Wattrelos)
7. Sébastien Sorge (FRA/Wattrelos)
8. Ursule Dhondt (Templeuve)
9. Eric Caillaux (FRA/Templeuve)

Terni, Italy, December 17 2025 (old rules)

1. Marco Perotti (SC Terni 2014)
2. Alessandro Arca (Subbito Gol Ferrara)
3. Simone Perotti (SC Terni 2014)
4. Riccardo Pazzaglia (SC Terni 2014)
5. Massimiliano Mancini (SC Terni 2014)

December results from around the world

We keep on receiving results from around the global and many clubs have been playing tournaments in the last few days.

The "big event" in the recent records was played in Derry, Northern Ireland. This was the last stage of the Irish circuit and 10 players were taking part. Kenny Beggs was the expected winner after defeating local organizer Martinog Bradley in the final. Stephen McAllister won the Plate final. Thanks to the Derry players for a great day in a great venue.

Morecambe Bay players finished their November tournament, which was played as a league with Lee Hatfield taking the honors. The club will hold their first WASPA Open tournament on December 28.

In Italy, Marco Perotti was on a great night to win the old rules tournament in Terni. Three of the 5 players finished the night with 8 points but Marco was the decided winner on goal difference.

The Tralee players in Ireland had their monthly tournament and this time Cian Hogan was in a great night to win all his games. Congratulations.

The North Shields group had a limited turnout but players but Jeff Parsons was glad to win the latest club event.

Small events are always welcome and we are gland to see the Sports TFC of Western Australia in Perth holding their first tournament of the season. Hugh Best took the honors but more importantly it was Des Devine's debut in the circuit.

Finally, two events have been played in Belgium on Friday. In the East of Belgium, 8 players met in the premises of SC Verviers-Herve. It was good to see some old faces back to the game but in the end, Sébastien Scheen defeated his brother Pascal to claim the victory while Jean-Michel Cuenca won the consolation tournament. In the Westy of Belgium, Matthias Averlant finished on top of the Swiss system night organized by the Templeuve United club. It was the club's November WASPA and the Christmas tournament will be played on November 19.

North Shields, England, December 5 2025

1. Jeff Parsons (Wolverhampton TFC)

2. Nigel Lamond (North Shields STF)

3. Dan Gosling (North Shields STF)

Perth, Australia, December 10 2025

1. Hugh Best (Sports TFC of Western Australia)

2. Noel Mani (Subbuteo Perth)

3. Des Devine (Sports TFC of Western Australia)

Derry, Northern Ireland, November 29 2025

Ian Greer - Martinog Bradley 0-3

Kenny Beggs - Andy Fitzpatrick 0*-0

Martinog Bradley - Kenny Beggs 1-2

Plate final: Daniel Kaliszewski - Stephen McAllister 0-2

Tralee and Munster, Ireland, December 8 2025

1. Cian Hogan

2. David Elton

3. James Murphy

4. Sean O'Connell

Morecambe Bay, England, December 10 2025

1. Lee Hatfield

2. Luca Lanzani

3. Stuart Andrews

4. Perry Sinacola

5. Keith Carman

6. Rob Wilkinson

7. Steven Dobinson

Terni, Italy (old rules), December 11 2025

1. Marco Perotti

2. Simone Perotti

3. Moreno Margheriti

4. Leonardo Ascani

5. Antonio Termini

Manaihant, Belgium, December 12 2025

Semi-finals: Ludovic Ponthieux - Pascal Scheen 3-6

Sébastien Scheen - Valéry Willot 2-1

Final: Pascal Scheen - Sébastien Scheen 2-3

Consolation final: Jean-Michel Cuenca - Cédric Geurten 4-3

Néchin, Belgium, December 12 2025

1. Matthias Averlant (AS Hennuyer)

2. Sébastien Rochez (Stembert)

3. Geoffrey Marain (AS Hennuyer)

4. Benjamin Marain (AS Hennuyer)

5. Vincent Coppenolle (Templeuve)

6. Raphael Dhondt (Templeuve)

7. Sébastien Sorge (FRA/Wattrelos)

8. Ursule Dhondt (Templeuve)

Stavros Giapoutzis winner in Thessaloniki

Last sunday the Greek club of Panorama 1978 Subbuteo Club in Thessaloniki held their first WASPA tournament for a long time. Six players were taking part and after the group stage (2 groups of 3 players), knock-out games took place. Stavros Giapoutzis and Vasilos Vasilis managed to reach the final and Stavros Giapoutzis won the game (2-0).

Thanks to the organizer Constantios Giapoutzis for making things happen and for the support to the WASPA movement.

To be noted it was the first tournament played in Greece under WASPA banner this season. We hope some more events will take place this season. Great job!

Final standings:
1. Giapoutzis Stavros
2. Vasilis Vasilos
3. Terzidis Ioannis
4. Giapoutzis Constantios
5. Giapoutzis Nikiforos
6. Mastrothymnios Panagiotis

WASPA rankings of November 2025 + help needed

Dear Subbuteo friends,

the WASPA rankings of November 2025 are now available.

Results file in PDF format

Rankings and statistics in Excel file

November is usually a quiet period but we have added 22 regional tournaments, 7 old rules events, 2 "Club WASPA" and the National championship with Finnish rules (played in Finland) in the records.

We are happy to see some excitement for rankings even if the priority of the WASPA circuit is to promote the game of Subbuteo table football, to attract new players and to keep local clubs alive as clubs are the key of development for the future of the game. We also insist that all ideas to involve more young players are more than welcome.

As the end of the year is coming quickly, I would love to ask you to contribute to the different WASPA channels. For instance, it is important to keep some pages updated:

-> list of WASPA active clubs: https://waspa-circuit.blogspot.com/p/waspa-top-clubs.html

-> you can follow the WASPA Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/127530464069377

-> you can follow the WASPA Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100057361903237

Your feedback to improve the WASPA circuit is more than welcome.

The doors of the WASPA circuit remain open for all players and clubs around the world ;-)

For any question, feel free to send me a message at vincentcoppenolle@gmail.com

Have a great week-end!

Vincent Coppenolle, WASPA organizer

Some pictures of recent events

Brisbane players had the vist of a special guest from Japan

Many young players involved in the tournament in Genova, Italy

Action at the old rules event in Terni, Italy

Latest Northern Falcons tournament in Sydney

Players in Attard, Malta

Final of the Old Rules tournament in Coventry, England

Rob Paterson winner of the Pedmore tournalent

The South Devon club held their first event of the season

Marko Tiikkaja wins Finnish rules championship in Heinola

From times to times we receive news from Finland where the Subbuteo table football scene has several types of tournaments but the events with the Finnish rules remain very popular. Kari Hakkarainen reports the annual Finnish Championship tournament took place this week-end with 17 players taking part, which is the biggest number of entries in the whole 2000s.

The organizing club was TFC Lynx and the tournament was held on Heinola. Marko Tiikkaja from Tampere had a glorious day and won the final against Jani Naapila.

There was also the first ever female player in the tournament, Nina Toiviainen. She learned the rules and flicking on Saturday and on Sunday she took part in the tournament. So, she had the very minimum experience about the game. Very surprisingly she could take a couple of draws. Local players had never seen anything like that before. Normally the beginners are just murdered 10-0 in every game.

In the tournament there was also a man who filmed the games and interviewed some players. There should be some video in youtube about the tournament in the near future.

There were also some people who came just to watch the games and didn’t know so much about the game before. The tournament was held on a workplace restaurant.

Congratulations to the local organizers for keeping the game alive!

More results from around the world - November 2025

Several WASPA events have been held in different countries in the last few days. We collect results from "small events" but for us, even small events remain very important as they give visibility to the motivated players from various isolated areas. Thanks for all organizers who contribute to keep the WASPA circuit very active.

By the way, quick reminder. We try to keep the WASPA list of active clubs alive. Can you check this link (https://waspa-circuit.blogspot.com/p/waspa-top-clubs.html) and see if you have details to update/add/delete? Don't miss a chane to promote the activites of your club!

Bucharest, Romania, club WASPA, November 24

1. Michele Sterlechini (Italy)
2. Massimo DalPrà
3. Cezar Stoilescu
4. Bogdan Panait

Cape Town, South Africa, regional tournament, November 25

1. Sven Schilling (Germany, Subbuteo St. Pauli)
2. Neil Hampton
3. Wayne McKenzie
4. Mike Ryder

Final: Sven Schilling - Neil Hampton 0*-0

Milton Keynes, England, regional tournament, November 24

1. Mark Green
2. David Parsons
3. Greg Lickorish
4. Graham Farmer

Stourbridge, England, regional tournament, November 20

1. Richard Roper (Pedmore)
2. Andy Pountney (Pedmore)
3. Stuart Collins (Stourbridge)
4. Arthur Collins (Pedmore)
5. Matthew Powell (Stourbridge)
6. Matthew Reynolds (Stourbridge)
7. Neil Walker (Stourbridge)

Gouda, the Netherlands, club WASPA, November 19

1. Fabrizio Cavazza (Gorizia)
2. Casey van Os (Rijnmond)
3. Marco de Bruin (Dutch Legends)
4. Xavier Aret (Dutch Legends)
5. Richard Oranje (Dutch Legends)

Grottaferrata, Italy, old rules event, November 19

1. Ernesto Poncetta
2. Luca Di Lullo
3. Riccardo Galieti (Lazio)
4. Andrea Alfonsi

Matthias Averlant wins big WASPA event in Verviers

Matthias Averlant vs Noah Janssens

Last Friday there was a great "training session" in Verviers just before a big week-end of action as the Belgian Interclubs Championships were taking part in the same venue. 16 players from 4 nations (Belgium but also France, Spain and Malta) were taking part in a WASPA tournament played in Swiss system. After the four sessions, two players finished the event with 12 points and Matthias Averlant was decided winner thanks to more goals scored than Daniel Scheen. The highlight of the night was the presence of Subbuteo legend Dominique Demarco. Dominique is a retired player for many years but used to be the "Carlos Flores of the 90's" after some significant wins in major events like the ETF European Cup 1989 in Wallisellen, the FISA World Cup 1994 in Chicago and later the FISTF World Cup 1994 in Paris. For sure it was a big honor for his opponents to meet him in a WASPA tournament

Dominique Demarco vs Sébastien Sorge

Final table

1. Matthias Averlant (Hennuyer)
2. Daniel Scheen (Stembert)
3. John Zammit (Malta/Stembert)
4. Geoffrey Marain (Hennuyer)
5. Noah Janssens (Stembert)
6. Dominique Demarco (-)
7. Aurélien Feye (Stembert)
8. Pascal Scheen (*) (Stembert)
9. Valéry Willot (Stembert)
10. Cédric Geurten (Stembert)
11. Bruno Goset (Stembert)
12. Benjamin Marain (Hennuyer)
13. Jean-Michel Cuenca (Spain/Tiburones)
14. Sébastien Sorge (France/Wattrelos)
15. Richard Boulanger (Wamme)
16. David Boulanger (Wamme)

(*): replaced by Sébastien Rochez in the last 2 sessions.

Ian Clarke wins ETS tournament in Johannesburg

We are happy to see a good turnout for the latest event in South Africa. Last week-end the ETS club held their latest tournament in Johanneburg. Local players had the visit of Sven Schilling from Germany. The Sankt Pauli player finished on top of his group of 5 players to qualify for the semi-finals. In the other group, Ian Clarke won his four games to take the first spot. In the semis, Rui Dos Santos managed to defeat Sven Schilling on shots while Ian Clarke took the best on Gary Downs. Ian Clarke later won the final to take the trophy while Jason Kennedy won the consolation tournament.

Steve Wonnacott wins Bristool WASPA night

Some news from the Bristol club where the latest WASPA event was held on Monday. Steve Wonnacott finished on top of a group of six players with Stuart Briffett being runner-up.

Players interested to join the Bristol club can check the club's Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2435653826668859

Latest tournament in Brisbane, Australia

On Thursday the Brisbane players held their fourth WASPA tournament of the season with six players competing in a league format. Tomoki from Japan was the special guest of the night but Giuseppe Tardiota was the undefeated winner of the tournament.

We are really happy to see enthusiast players in such an isolated city and regular meetings prove how the local group is working well to promote the game.

If you are also part of an isolated group of Subbuteo players, don't hesitate to join the WASPA circuit!