Claudio Murcilli wins two events in Rosario

This weekend the "City of Rosario" cup was celebrated in which 5 players participated with the Round Robin system (Home & Away).
It was a very nice day where almost all were natives of the city plus Mariano Di Luozzo, who traveled more than 300 kilometers to participate in the event against the best in the country and was with the expectation of achieving at least one point.
As expected, Claudio Murcilli won almost all of his matches except one against Sebastian Pesci, who came from a long period of inactivity and found it hard to get into rhythm.
After 10 turns, and a lot of camaraderie Claudio won the tournament and Mariano came back with a triumph in the seventh match played (when he convitió his only goal in the contest).
After the dinner Claudio Murcilli, Gonzalo Gómez and Mariano Di Luozzo played the "Gustavo Cerati" Cup (in honor of the deceased musician who had turned 8/11) with the same format as the previous tournament and again Claudio took the victory.
The day began at noon and ended exactly 12 hours later, being a true day of Subbuteo.

(Report by Mariano Di Luozzo)



Results "Ciudad de Rosario" Cup:

Mariano Di Luozzo - Renato Murcilli     0-1/0-2
Sebastián Pesci - Gonzalo Gómez    0-3/1-1
Claudio Murcilli - Mariano Di Luozzo    3-0/3-0
Gonzalo Gómez - Renato Murcilli    0-1/1-0
Gonzalo Gómez - Claudio Murcilli    0-2/1-2
Renato Murcilli - Sebastián Pesci    0-1/0-2
Mariano Di Luozzo - Gonzalo Gómez    0-1/1-0
Sebastián Pesci - Claudio Murcilli    1-0/0-1
Claudio Murcilli - Renato Murcilli    9-0/3-0
Sebastián Pesci  - Mariano Di Luozzo    2-0/2-0

Standings
Claudio Murcilli     21 pts
Sebastian Pesci        16 pts
Gonzalo Gómez        10 pts
Renato Murcilli        9 pts
Mariano Di Luozzo    3 pts

Results "Gustavo Cerati" Cup
Gonzalo Gómez - Mariano Di Luozzo    2-0/1-0
Mariano Di Luozzo - Claudio Murcilli    1-1/0-1
Claudio Murcilli - Gonzalo Gómez     3-0/0-0

Standings
Claudio Murcilli        8 pts
Gonzalo Gómez        7 pts
Mariano Di Luozzo    1 pts

Juan Gonzalez wins first title in Argentina

On Sunday, May 13, the Buenos Aires International Open took place at the headquarters of the Hudson Table Soccer Club, where the consolation round was played under the concept of WASPA.
First Marcelo Rossi and Juan Gonzalez (debutant) settled the last place in the semi-finals in a game that should have been defined by shoot outs and it was Juan who managed to pass.

Already in semi-finales, Juan returned to win against another debutant, Hugo Senone, while in the other semi-final Brian Gonzalez and Santiago Torres disputed the other pass to the final. And the triumph was for the second in a very tight game.

Brian pulled the thorn of having lost and retaliated with a 4-0 win against Hugo and thus was left with the third place.

In the final Juan was surprised to win in the final to Santiago in what was his first Subbuteo tournament and thus was awarded his first title.

(Report by Mariano Di Luozzo)

Mariano Di Luozzo wins the Metropolitan Cup

The second "Metropolitan Cup" of Subbuteo was organized, organized by the "Fútbol Mesa Hudson" club with the participation of 6 players.
The tournament was held in two groups of 3 players and the first two went to the semifinals, while the third would play the cup consolation to the best of two games.
The tournament was won, for the second year in a row, by Mariano Di Luozzo who beat Brian Gonzalez Garayo (the revelation of the tournament) in the final 2-0.
For his part, Carlos Martinez won the consolation trophy by beating Gonzalo Triad 2-1 on aggregate (he made his presentation in the metropolitan tournaments).

The first tournament in Rosario

On Saturday, August 19 was held in the vicinity of Rosario the open "Las Carolinas" a valid date for the circuit FISTF. All players who were eliminated before the semifinals of the tournament could choose to play the consolation tournament that added points for the WASPA circuit.
For the second tournament there were 6 players who were distributed in the box according to their final location in the main event.
In the first round, Norberto Martinez managed to advance to the next round after beating Martín Gallimó in shoot-outs. On the other key Marcelo Rossi managed to beat Brian Gonzalez (who debuted in Subbuteo tournaments) 2-0
In the next round were added Mariano Di Luozzo and Sebastián Pesci. The first confronted Norberto, in what is already a derby of the city of Buenos Aires by the number of times they faced and by the great parity between them. Mariano managed to advance to the final after winning by shoots-out (again). For his part Marcelo returned to win and also qualified for the final.
For the fifth place, Martín Gallimó took advantage of the inexperience of Brian and was left with the victory. Norberto also beat Sebastian and took third place.
In the final, Mariano knew how to take advantage of every opportunity that was presented to him and beat Marcelo with what was left with the first tournament of the WASPA circuit.

(Report by Mariano Di Luozzo)

Patricio Echevarrieta wins in Buenos Aires

On May 25 the second tournament organized by the "Metropolitan Federation of Table Football" was held in Buenos Aires (Argentina). The tournament was called "Revolution May" and was attended by 5 players. The victory went to Patricio Echevarrieta who won his four games. Norberto Martinez, who proved to have raised his level, managed to take the second place. It is worth mentioning the debut federation of Guillermo Gramajo, who despite not having scored points or goals, was a pleasing revelation with a good level of play.

(Report from the organizers)

Big welcome to Argentina

Mariano Di Luozzo, Norberto Martinez, Marcelo Rossi & Gregorio Caro Solis

Semifinal Di Luozzo vs Martinez

Gregorio Caro Solis (champion) & Mariano Di Luozzo (2nd Place)

The very first WASPA tournament in Argentina took place on Saturday in Buenos Aires. Our local representative Mariano Di Luozzo explained that only four of the seven players supposed to attend finally showed up but it was a good day with a tournament held in two phases. The group stage decided de games for the play-offs. In the end, Gregorio Caro Solis (Buenos Aires Table Soccer) defeated Mariano Di Luozzo in the final by a clear 5-1 while Norberto Martinez was third, leaving Marcelo Rossi in fourth place. Huge thanks to Mariano for making things possible and making the dream come true to have some WASPA presence in a real country of football fanatics! Let's hope the WASPA presence will continue to grow in South America in the future!

Welcome Argentina

On March 18 there will be the first subbuteo tournament organized by the "Metropolitan Federation of Futbol Mesa" in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Organizers told us they are proud host the event with the support of WASPA and we are very pleased to see such positive development in South America thanks to our local correspondant Mariano Di Luozzo. Welcome Argentina! Contact e-mail is mdiluozzo@gmail.com

International news

Some short news from around the Subbuteo world

the Netherlands: the for second year, the club of GSV de Hyacinth will organize a tournament called "COBEX / Top of Holland Tournament" on May 16, 2015. The format of the tournament will be the same as last year and will count for the WASPA circuit. Interested players can contact Jacob Bijlstra at jacobbijsltra@hotmail.com

England: the Sliders Tour 2015 will be played in a new format with four tournaments in four different cities; here is the poster of the event and it seems it will be very exciting.

Belgium: Vincent Guyaux, who is playing this season for the Maltese club of Bormla SC, has been elected as new president of the Belgian association. This is very positive for the WASPA circuit as Vincent has done a lot for the sport and he's also supporting all kind of tournaments, at high or low level. Congratulations and good luck.

Gregorio and Ignacio

Argentina: a recent meeting between Buenos Aires's Gregorio Caro Solis and Chile's Ignacio Lopez Campbell could not happen without a subbuteo game. It is very positive to see every opportunity to play an international friendly is taken. Nobody reported the name of the winner though :)

The US: the ASA National will take place on August 8 in Chicago. The next day there will also be an International Open under FISTF banner. To make things exciting for all visitors, there will be a WASPA tournament on saturday afternoon. Hopefully some foreign players will be able to make it.

South Africa: things are moving in the South as there are now different active clubs. The Pretoria Flickers are the most active club in the country right now but Johannesburg and Cape Town (Cape Town City TFC) are also on the up and there are good signs coming up from Verulam in the Province of Natal to have a fourth active club (Verulam Vipers TFC). There will be a tournament again in Johannesburg on December 13. The day will be very important as there will be an AGM of the South Africa association after the tourney to put certain permanent structures in place.

Jurong Central SC players

Singapore: the Jurong Central Subbuteo Club has new premises and new goals for the future. These goals are defined as follows:
1. To be the top club in Singapore
2. To mould club players into effective and competitive table football players
3. To be transparent in club management and organise professional and enjoyable table football events for club players
4. To foster a strong relationship with the community by introducing the sport in schools and community events
5. To encourage and participate in local and international tournaments
6. To continuously have club players being highlighted in the top 10 of Singapore Table Football rankings, top 100 of WASPA ranking and top 300 of FISTF ranking.
Good luck to all JCSC players!

Canada: here is a picture of a nucleus in the Tsawassen/South Delta BC league. Jon Rogers, Mark Rogers, Casey Cumisky and Stuart Neely are on the picture

Busy week-end: there will be a lot of WASPA tournaments this week-end. We'll soon publish the news from Couldson (England), Macerata (Italy), Heckmondwike (England), Valdivia (Chile), Parramatta (Australia), Ebreichsdorf (Austria), Jakarta (Indonesia) and Glasgow (Scotland). Stay tuned!

(Published by Vincent Coppenolle, vincent.cop@rsca.com)