A great week of Subbuteo in Italy

Some nations are very active in the WASPA circuit but we are always happy to receive good news from Italy. Even if the country is probably the undisputed leader in the Subbuteo scene and that the national organisation is very strong with many different clubs and types of tournaments, we are extremely happy that some organizers continue to run events under WASPA banner.

In Terni, the "Coppa Cecalocco 2025" was played last Saturday with 16 players from different clubs taking part. The tournament was played with traditional rules and every player had many games. The first four rounds were played in Swiss system before players were later divided in 2 categories.

In a thrilling final, Francesco Zolfanelli (Black Rose Roma) defeated Simone Perotti (Terni 2014) on shots in the final to claim the title. Marco Perotti (Terni 2014) was third while Cristian Cecconi (Firenze) was fourth.

In the "cadetti" tournament, Giovanni Genna (Alba Roma) took the honors after a huge victory against clubmate Valerio Lombaro (4-0) in the final. Ernesto Poncetta (Alba Roma) was third and Luca Di Lullo (Alba Roma) was fourth.

Huge thanks to Marco Perotti for making things happen and for making everyone happy during a long day of Subbuteo.

A long day of play in Brescia

On Sunday, July 20th, Brescia hosted the IX edition of the Endurance Colpani Cup under WASPA banner. The "Endurance" name is not a surprise as this tournament system requires good physical conditions and skills to play a tournament with old Subbuteo rules. 11 players, 10 matches of 30’ each, no referees and the usual super fair play among the attendees.

the group of players

Pietro Megna winner of final draw for the finishers.

All players did until the end. It was almost 8 pm when tournament set the finale standings:

1. Vittorio de Pascale (SC Ligures)
2. Claudio Colpani (ACS Perugia)
3. Federico Milan (Verona Subbuteo)
4. Giancarlo Riva (Torino 2009)
5. Simone Pasquali (Verona Subbuteo)
6. Francesco Molinari (F.lli Bari)
7. Pietro Torri (F.lli Bari)
8. Simone Corleto (Subbuteo Fidenza)
9. Mauro Villa (S. C. Pavia)
10. Giuseppe Lorusso (S. C. Pavia)
11. Pietro Megna (S. C. Pavia)

A round of applause to Pietro Megna, new entry in the circuit who comes to the end and wins the draw of the finishers of the Endurance Cup.

Again, a great thanks to the municipality of Brescia for lending the beautiful hall, to Claudio Colpani for lending the playground and for the organisation of the tournament.

A happy summer to everybody and see you for the X Edition next autumn.

(Thanks to Vittorio de Pascale for the results and story).

Trieste is back

Finally, after a long hyatus, we have been extremely glad to receive news from Trieste were the local club held a tournament with 5 players competing in league format. In the end, Stefano Dardi took the honors with 10 pts. while 

Corrado Toffoletti was runner-up, Alessandro Spiller 3rd, Oscar Caselli 4th and Dario Bilucaglia 5th.

We hope to see more Subbuteo action under WASPA banner in trieste soon.

You can follow the news of Italian WASPA events on teh dedicated blog at https://waspasubbuteoitalia.blogspot.com/

WASPA rankings of June 2025

Dear friends,

tha WASPA rankings of June 2025 are now available!

Results file

Rankings

We have had an amazing month with 41 tournaments (35 regional and 5 old rules) added in the records! Events were played in 14 different countries and we are happy to see Denmark becoming the 38th nations in the current records thanks to Rasmus Lund's victory in Hamburg!

We have very regular players but also some new faces and more and more contacts from all over the world!

Rasmus Lund, winner of the recent Sankt Pauli tournament along with Marcus Tilgner (left) and Edin Mulasmajic (right)

We recently managed to connect 2 players in the United Arab Emirates (Dubai and Abu Dhabi) and have good hope to see the first club in the Middle East being part of the circuit soon!

We are also happy to see action in Austria and in Czech republic for the first time this season as local players in Prague had the visit of guests from Ireland and every player was happy to play some WASPA games :-)

No need to say more, just have a look at the results, rankings and statistics.

We are really proud to see 73 different clubs scored points are are rankind in the three "rankings of clubs". We also have 11 clubs ranked in the junior table!

The doors of the WASPA circuit remain open for all players and clubs!

Don't hesitate to contact me at vincentcoppenolle@gmail.com if you see some mistakes in the files or to send missing results!

We are happy to see organizers doing an amazing job and continuing to promote the game. All connections with other bodies (FISTF and national associations) remain possible and we are looking forward to seeing more nations promoting WASPA events!

Have a great week-end!

Vincent Coppenolle