WASPA Update: Results from England, Australia, Cyprus and Finland

We have received results from England, Australia, Cyprus and Finland, and we are delighted to see the successful staging of the first tournament organized by the Larnaca Spartans, with the help of Paul Andreas.

Larnaca Tournament Report

Paul Andreas reports:

“On Saturday, 9-year-old Greek Cypriot Christos Marneros won his first WASPA title. Christos has been playing FISTF Subbuteo for one year and took his first flicks of traditional Subbuteo at the age of five, using his father Andreas Marneros’ 1980s Lightweight Club Edition set.

Christos showed a tremendous appetite for the game, a strong eagerness to learn, excellent concentration, and some very impressive technique. He even helped explain rules to his opponents during the tournament. With three wins and one draw in the five-player round robin competition, he deservedly claimed the title.

All of us involved with Subbuteo in Cyprus are extremely proud of our young players, and we look forward to following their Subbuteo journey.”

Kent WASPA Sunday Specials

Terry Arnold reports:

“Kent Invicta held a couple of WASPA events in Gillingham on Sunday, featuring Open and Junior categories, with the latter serving as World Cup preparation.

In the Open event, Worthing's Malcolm Jamieson took victory by a single point ahead of the in-form Tom Lacey of Kent, with fellow Worthing player Connor Gregory finishing third.

The Youth tournament welcomed guest player Simon Polgár-Mayne from Hungary, who joined the Kent youngsters for a fun afternoon of flicking. In the end, Fraser Chapman emerged victorious, ahead of Hadley Chapman in second place and Joel Palmer-Jones in third.”

England and Australia

In Milton Keynes, Mark Green finished at the top of a six-player group, while Jason Christopher claimed top honours at the latest tournament in Finchampstead.

In Brisbane, six players took part in another closely contested event. After a series of tight matches, Wayne Miller defeated Gareth Whalley 1–0 in the play-off before overcoming Gordon Orr 1–0 in the final to take the title.

A small international gathering was also held in Helsinki, where George Papadopoulos claimed first place ahead of Australia's Robert Green, with local player Kari Hakkarainen finishing third.

Upcoming Event

We are also pleased to publish the poster for the forthcoming Dave Hunter Memorial Trophy, which will be organized by Solent Subbuteo Club on 4 October. Entries are limited to 32 players, so be sure to secure your place early.

Please continue sending in the results of your WASPA tournaments. Remember that the season concludes at the end of August, and the next rankings will be the final standings for the 2025/26 season.

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Results

Milton Keynes (England) – 17 August 2026

1. Mark Green
2. Paul Gildersleve
3. Greg Lickorish
4. Harry Staszewski
5. Graham Farmer
6. David Parsons

Finchampstead (England) – 17 August 2026

1. Jason Christopher
2. Alan Cutler
3. Shaun Ellis
4. Jon Patten
5. Dave Simmil
6. Ian Graham

Helsinki (Finland) – 21 August 2026

1. George Papadopoulos (George)
2. Robert Green (Australia)
3. Kari Hakkarainen (Finland)

Brisbane (Australia) – 22 August 2026

1. Gordon Orr
2. Gareth Whalley
3. Wayne Miller
4. Giuseppe Tardiota
5. Jordan Heal
6. Mick Church

Play-off: Wayne Miller 1–0 Gareth Whalley
Final: Gordon Orr 0–1 Wayne Miller

Larnaca (Cyprus) – 22 August 2026

1. Christos Marneros
2. Andreas Marneros
3. Vasilis Kotzakoulakis
4. Akis Iosephides
5. Marios Kotzakoulakis

Gillingham Open (England) – 23 August 2026

1. Malcolm Jamieson (Scotland)
2. Thomas Lacey
3. Connor Gregory
4. Daryl Radwell
5. Chris Shilling
6. James Palmer-Jones
7. Riccardo Castagna

Gillingham Youth (England) – 23 August 2026

1. Fraser Chapman
2. Hadley Chapman
3. Joel Palmer-Jones
4. Simon Polgár-Mayne (Hungary)
5. Marco Castagna
6. Evan Longman

A total of seven WASPA events were reported this week, highlighting the continued growth of the circuit across four countries and featuring winners from England, Scotland, Cyprus, Finland and Australia.

Some results from last week-end

While we continue to receive a lot of results from England, other nations have been in action for the last week-end of the WASPA season.

In Cyprus, the last stage of the domestic circuit took place in the premises of Famugusta TFC in Limassol. Georgios Zangylos defeated Markos Kalopsidiotis in the final (1-0) to win the tournament while Marios Nikolaou and Giorgos Stylianou made it to the semi-finals.

In Wales, London Road SC had another WASPA event run as a six players league. Chris Bedford wins with 4 wins and a draw, only challenger was Ruby Matthews with 4 wins and a defeat. Cayne Matthews finishes a comfortable 3rd with 3 wins 2 defeats. Brian Daley, Dan Nicholls and Brendan Ashley finish 4th, 5th and 6th.

In Belgium, the Templeuve United club had a final season meeting played as a small league of six players with games of 20 minutes. Geoffrey Marain won on goal-difference after finishing with the same number of points as Vincent Coppenolle. Sébastien Rochez was third, Benjamin Marain 4th, Stéphane Lambert 5th and Sébastien Sorge 6th.

Marios Nikolaou winner in Limassol

The 7th stage of the national circuit in Cyprus had 9 players competing in 2 different categories. Marios Nikolaou was the winner of the serie A after winning his 4 games while Eleni Kapsali took the Serie B. More importantly, there were new players attending their first tournament, which proves the efforts of the local organizers continue to pay!

Serie A:

1. Marios Nikolaou (Phoenix)
2. Christos Panaretos (Phoenix)
3. Christos Andreou (Salamis)
4. Giannis Christofi (Salamis)
5. Victoras Koumas (Salamis)

Serie B:

1. Eleni Kapsali (Salamis)
2. Georgia Papazacharia (Salamis)
3. Mihaelia Michael (Apollo TFC)
4. Milada Zvarots (Apollo TFC)

Georgios Zangylos wins national circuit tournament

Runner-up Kalopsidiotis and winner Zangylos

The 6th stage of the national circuit in Cyprus took place last Sunday in the remises of Famagusta TFC. The tournament had 8 players competing in 2 sections of 4 players. Georgios Zangylos (famausta) took the honors in the "Serie A" after winning two of his three group games while Markos Kalopsidiotis was runner-up. In the Serie B, Christos Panaretos (Phoenix) was the undisputed winner and claimed the honors while Christos Andreou was runner-up. To be noted two new players were taking part in the tournament. Welcome to eleni Kapsali and Victoras Koumas!

News from around the world - January 2025

The last few days have been full of subbuteo tournaments in many different countries. We will come back later with all the results from England but here is a summary of the other recent tournaments added in the WASPA records.

Karlsruhe, Germany

Last Saturday, 11 players from different nations met in Karlsruhe, germany, for a wonderful day of Subbuteo. "There were some old faces but there were also some new players. That is the most important thing and the main goal to show the game to others and that's why we organize WASPA events", commented Milan Knezevic, the happy organizer of the tournament. "Results are not important. The important thing is that we meet from different cities and that we had a wonderful day. There were players from Basel, Mulhouse, München, Frankfurt and Karlsruhe attending".

For the records, Milan Knezevic defeated John Imbrogiano (2-1) in the big final to win the tournament.

Final standings of the tournament:

1. Milan Knezevic (Serbia)
2. John Imbrogiano (Switzerland)
3. Janus Gersie (Germany)
4. Peter Erb (Switzerland)
5. Pierre Troestler (France)
6. Nicola Mariconda (Italy)
7. Alessandro Indellii (Italy)
8. Charlotte Troestler (France)
9. Pascal Chevalier (France)
10. Daniele Giulianelli (Switzerland)
11. Gionatan Luppolo (Italy)

Limassol, Cyprus

The 5th stage of the domectic circuit took place last Sunday in Limassol with 7 players taking part. Giorgos Zangylos (Famagusta) finished on top of the main event, which consisted in a group of 5, while Christos Panaretos (Phoenix) won the beginners section.

Main event:

1. Giorgos Zangylos (Famagusta)
2. Petros Kosmas (Famagusta)
3. Marcos Kalopsidiotis (Salamis)
4. Marios Nikolaou (Phoenix)
5. Giorgos Stylianou (Famagusta)

Beginners: 

1. Christos Panaretos (Phoenix)
2. Christos Andreou (Salamis)

Gouda, the Netherlands

Last week the Dutch Legends held another WASPA event with 9 players taking part. Three groups of three in the first round and some three other groups of 3 in the second rounds managed to define the final ranking. Fabrizio cavazza was the big winner. Congratulations.

Final table:

1. Fabrizio Cavazza (Gorizia)
2. Nico Marks (Dutch Legends)
3. Jarno Marks (Dutch Legends)
4. Marco de Bruin (Dutch Legends)
5. Xavier Aret (Dutch Legends)
6. Maurice Montone (no club)
7. Rinaldo van Dijk (Rijnmond)
8. Richard Oranje (Dutch Legends)
9. Cailim Marks (Dutch Legends)

Genova, Italy

On Saturday, the club of Rebels Genova held another WASPA tournament with 10 players from different ages taking part. Three players were attending their very first WASPA tournament, which is a great satisfaction. After the group format, finals were played to define the winners as follows:

Final: Massimo Garatti - Tommaso Sani 0-1
Final 3-4: Samuele Bignardi - Luca Bignardi 2-1
Final 5-6: Filippo Careddu - Alessandro Gandin 1-3
Final 7-8: Rononio Rossi - Massimo Togo 2-0
Final 9-10: Andrea Gandin - Simone Pennati 3-0

Tralee, Ireland

In Ireland, the Tralee club held their latest tournament on January 20. 8 players from 2 different clubs (Tralee and Cork) were taking part and after the 5 sessions of the Swiss system, William Magnier was the big winner. It was also James Murphy's first tournament so we are glad to see another beginner from Ireland.

"Very well done to William who took first place in the Monday night WASPA in Tralee. An excellent turnout of 8 players and with 4 missing through illness the numbers are improving. A closely fought contest with the Cork man just shading it. Keep a close eye on our new recruit James. One point behind in his second outing. Undoubtedly one to watch for the future", commented David Elton.

Final standings:

1. William Magnier (Cork)
2. David Elton (Tralee)
3. Cian Hogan (Tralee)
4. James Murphy (Tralee)
5. Jeff Murphy (Cork)
6. Silvia Martin Simal (Spain/Tralee)
7. Barry Higgins (Cork)
8. Sean O'Connell (Tralee)

Johannesburg, South Africa

The ETS club in Johannesburg, South Africa had 2 small tournaments on December 24. The first one was held to re-introduce Shaun Majendie to the game and the other one was a group format with five players before everyone went on leave. The next ETS tournament will be in February for the club's Anniversary Birthday (5 Years).

First tournament (every player met each other twice)

1. Jason Kennedy (ETS Club)
2. Shaun Majendie (ETS Club)
3. Johan Niewenhuis (Johannesburg TFC)

Second tournament (group of 5)

1. Clifford Graaff (Johannesburg TFC)
2. Jason Kennedy (ETS Club)
3. Fernando Rodrigues (ETS Club)
4. Shaun Majendie (ETS Club)
5. Liam Chapman (ETS Club)

Home win for Giorgos Zangylos

The latest tournament in Cyprus was held on Sunday with five players taking and this time only Cypriots were playing. Players were dropped into a group so that everyone had four games. Giorgos Zangylos (Famagusta TFC) was unbeaten but shared points in two of his games, which was enough to win his first tournament of the season. Congratulations!

1.  Giorgos Zangylos (Famagusta TFC)
2.  Petros Kosmas (Famagusta TFC)
3.  Marcos Kalopsidiotis (Salamis Famagusta TFC)
4.  Giorgos Stylianou (Famagusta TFC)
5.  Marios Nikolaou (Phoenis Famagusta TFC)

Subbuteo lives on in Cyprus

 There is a revival of the game in Cyprus as regular events are held this season in Limassol thanks to Giorgos Zangylos.

The test-match between G. Zangylos and C. Stoilescu

Last Friday, a WASPA test-match was held between local organizer Giorgos Zangylos and Subbuteo Bucharest's Cezar Stoilescu. The local organizer won the test-match (2-1, 2-0, 3-1) against the player from Romania.

On Sunday, the third WASPA tournament of the season took place in Limassol. 8 players competed in a league format and Panos Vogiatzis won his 7 games to claim the victory.

Final standings:
1. Panos Vogiatzis (GRE/Famagusta)
2. Massimo DalPrà (ROM/Bucharest)
3. Giorgos Zangylos (Famagusta)
4. Petros Kosmas (Famagusta)
5. Giorgos Stylianou (Famagusta)
6. Cezar Stoilescu (ROM/Bucharest)
7. Marcos Kalopsidiotis (Salamis)
8. Marios Nikolaou (Phoenix)

A great week-end in Limassol

There is a real revival in Cyprus where several games have been played under WASPA banner in the last few days.

Test-match Zangylos vs Weaver

First of all, local organizer George Zangylos had the visit of England's Mark Weaver and both players decided to play a WASPA test match. George defeated Mark 2-0 (1-1, 5-1 and 2-0) but more importantly, it was great to have 2 nice players meeting.

During the week-end, another test-match was played. This time George Zangylos hosted Massimo Dal'Pra for a few games. The Famagusta player was defeated by the Bucharest top player in close games (1-3, 1-2, 2-1. Total 1-2)

Finally, the second stage of the Cypriot circuit was played by 5 players. After 5 sessions, Famagusta's Petros Kosmas took the honors while Bucharest's Massimo Dal'Pra was runner-up. Final stable:

1. Petros Kosmas (Famagusta)
2. Massimo DalPrà (Bucharest)
3. Giorgos Zangylos (Famagusta)
4. Marcos Kalopsidiotis (Salamis)
5. Marios Nikolaou (Phoenix)

Revival day in Cyprus

This Sunday the first stage of the "WASPA Open Tour of Cyprus" was taking place in the Famagusta TFC Center. It was the revival day of the WASPA circuit in Cyprus.

Pano Vogiatzis (Famagusta) came on top of a group of 5 with 3 wins and a draw while George Zangylos (Famagusta) was runner-up and Patros Kosmas (Famagusta) was third. Other involved players were Markos Kalopsidiotis (Salamis) and Marios Nikolaou (Phoenix).

August 2024: news from around the world

The WASPA circuit is present in any different countries. Sometimes we receive results from small events but even small tournaments are very important as they show the love and passion from players from many different places for our beautiful hobby. Every tournament is a chance to attract new players and to promote Subbuteo table football. Our doors are always open to organize more tournaments under WASPA banner! Here are the latest news from Finland, Australia, Wales, Romania, the USA, Cyprus and Belgium.

FISTF rules are back in Helsinki

Kari Hakkarainen vs Robert Green

Great news from Finland as the players in Helsinki organized a tournament on August 17 with Greece's George Papadopoulos and Australia's Eliot Kennedy as special guest. "Actually this was the biggest FISTF-rules tournament in Finland  for the last 9 years", commented Kari Hakkarainen. Another small gathering was also played on August 25 with Eliot Kennedy finishing on top of a group of three.

Final table August 17:

1. George Papadopoulos (GRE/Flaming Flickers)
2. Teemu Sihvola (FIN)
3. Eliot Kennedy (AUS/Northern Falcons TFC)
4. Kari Hakkarainen (FIN)
5. Vesa Kouvonkorpi (FIN)
6. Kai Grönfors (FIN)

Final table August 25:

1. Eliot Kennedy (AUS/Northern Falcons TFC)
2. Robert Green (AUS/Northern Falcons TFC)
3. Kari Hakkarainen (FIN)

Northern Phoenix Battle of the Clubs WASPA

There was another epic night with all 4 Melbourne clubs represented... a true Battle of the Clubs! A few late outs and late arrivals necessitated a change of format.

Well done all and big thanks to Beth Robin for hosting all players!

Group format:
1. Benji Batten (Melbourne TFC)
2. Beth Eveleigh (Northern Phoenix TFC)
3. Kevin Grant (Central Victoria TFC)
4. Adrian Connolly (Western Flickers TFC)
5. Adam Deverell (Western Flickers TFC)
6. George Theocharis (Northern Phoenix TFC)

Final: Benji Batten - Beth Eveleigh 3-2

Northern Phoenix page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/780610992079187

Phil Dacey winner in Cardiff

In Wales, Phil Dacey keeps on winning and took the honors once again at the latest club WASPA. The next event will take place on September 2.

1. Phil Dacey
2. Matthew Rowley
3. David Lauder
4. John Lauder
5. David Samuel

Cardiff TFC Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/978571135493228

Revival of Subbuteo table football in Bucharest, Romania

After several tries, things are on the up again in Romania with local top player Cezar Stoilescu organising a first WASPA gathering for newcomers on August 21. 4 players were taking part and Cezar was tmonitoring new players. Cristian Frisk was the winner of the night to write history. Hopefully the small group will grow in the future and plans are on the way to organize another event on August 28.

Final: Cristian Frisk - Radu Ungureano 1*-1

Final 3-4: Razvan Alexandrescu - Bogdan Predescu 1-1*

Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/subbuteoromania

Another great day of Subbuteo in Maryland

There was a WASPA event on August in The Shrine. 10 players were attending. Paul Eyes & Dan Cranston tied 1-1 in a 6 round Swiss format event. Dan took the top spot with a 3-2 shootout win.

1. Daniel Cranston (Black Rose)
2. Paul Eyes (Black Rose)
3. Andrew Zunino(Washington TSL)
3. Chris Belcher (Maryland)
5. Michael Buccheri (Maryland)
5. Ryan Belcher (Maryland)
7. Colin Dohner (Maryland)
8. Kara Hignutt (Maryland)
9. Zach Swope (Maryland)
10. Andrew Ansaldi (Maryland)

Club's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/284657468410496

New circuit in Cyprus

We are very happy to see Cyprus back in the game. After the recent FISTF tournament, George Zangylos confirmed there will be a new WASPA Open Tour in Cyprus. Details can be found on the Famagusta TFC page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/345139252243710

Belgium: last of the season

The last WASPA tournament of the Belgian season will take place on August 30. The event will be played in Templeuve. Kick-off at 6.30 pm. Details from vincentcoppenolle@gmail.com

Subbuteo is back in Cyprus!

Bekos vs Zangylos

The final

Saturday was a great day for the WASPA circuit and for the game in Cyprus. After more than two years, the first WASPA tournament took place in Limassol, organized by Famagusta TFC. The fist leg of the Easter Cup had a good turnout of 8 players with some old and new faces. In the end, it was a family affair with Giorgos Stylianou defeating Kyriakos Stylianou (3-1) in the final while Demetris Bekos won the game for the third place against Maximos Koumas. More importantly, it was a great day of play with hope to see more action in Cyprus in the near future.

Subbuteo news from Cyprus, Australia, England and Austria

Here are the last stories with results from March.

The final in Limassol

Cyprus was definately the nation on top in March as the Famagusta tournament held on March 31 was a big success with 18 players taking part. There was yet another winner as Kyriakos Stylianou won the 8th stage of the national circuit after defeating Marios Nikolaou in the final (4-1). Panagiotis Panaretos and Demetris Bekos reached the semis. To be noted there are a lof of Juniors involved int he national circuit in Cyprus and the clubs of Erimi Limassol, Famagusta TFC and Erimi Limassol will appear in the "WASPA ranking of clubs for Juniors" to be out in the next few hours.

In Heckmondwike, two WASPA tournaments have been held during the recent FISTF Grand Prix of England. 29 players were involved. Open players competed in a knock-out event with Cypru's Paul Andreas defeating Aaron Skineer from Bristol in the final. Brian Kinrade (Isle of Man) and Richard Badger (England) made it to the semi-finals. In the Veterans, England's Craig Heward took the honors after defeating italy's Pasquale Carrassi in the final. Robert Ramsay (Scotland) and Kevin Adderley (England) also reached the final 4.

Nice people in Melbourne

In Australia, the Northern Phoneix Club had a great event with 9 players involved. Luke Radziminski from Melbourne TFC was in a great day and defeated local organizer Christos Garagounis in the final. Paul Mercer and Anthony Madiona made it to the semi-finals while Steve Wright defeated Beth Eveleigh on shots in the game for the 5th place.

Finally, Austria had a tournament in March with six players meeting in Ebenfurth. David Busch finished on top of the league while Horst Deimel took the second place. We are very happy to see action in Austria and we were also very glad to see Thomas Eppensteiner's comeback in the Ebenfurth tournament.

Amazing field of 23 players in Cyprus

Ladies in action

The final

The 7th stage of the national circuit in Cyprus took place on Monday (day off in Cyprus) with a very exciting field of 23 players. There were 7 groups and later knock-out games.

In the end, it was another battle of the chief sin the final with Georgios Zangylos defeating Marcos Kalopsidiotis in the final (2-1) while Panagiotis Panaretos and Demetris Bekos made it the the semi-finals.

Congratulations to the organizers for an amazing work to get so many players together. Keep up the excellent work!

First WASPA title for Demetris Bekos

Last week-end the 6th stage of the cypriot circuit took place in Limassol. 9 players compted and there were many surprises. The Kalopsidiotis brothers didn't attend this time so the door looked open for Marios Nikolaou and Giorgos Zangylos but in the end, the final waq between Ioannis Bekos and Demetris Bekos (0-1). Demetris claims his very first WASPA title. He defeated Giorgos Zangylos in the barrage round and Panagiotis Panaretos in the semi. Marios Nikolaou was the other semi-finalist. Ioannis Bekos and Demetris Bekos play for Erimi Limassol and will be players to follow in the future. Good job to the organizers!

Test-match and tournament in Cyprus

Cyprus was in the spotlight this week-end with two very different WASPA happenings taking place on the island.

Massimo winner of the test-match

On Friday local organizer Giorgos Zangylos had the chance to host the first WASPA test-match of the season against Italy's Massimo Dalprà. Massimo lives in Bucharest, Romania and travels a lot for business. The Italian won the series 1-2 (scores were 2-0, 0-1, 0-3) and it was a special game as both players had already played a test-match together in May 2017, which Zangylos won. This is also a great way to remind everyone that test-matches are a great way to create links between players when there are not enough players to organize a tournament.

The final

On Saturday, the 5th tournament of the season took place in Limassol. There was a very good field of 13 players taking part with some new faces compared to the previous events. This time it was Marios Nikolaou (Phoenix) who took the honors after defeating Giorgos Zangylos (Famagusta) in the final. Marcos Kalopsidiotis (Salamis) and Demetris Bekos (Erimi) reached the semi-finals. In 5 events 24 different players have already competed in the domestic circuit, which proves the good health of the game in Cyprus.

Kostas Kalopsidiotis takes the fourth stage

The 4th stage of the Cypriot circuit took place on Saturday with 12 players taking part. Kostas Kalopsidiotis (Salamis) won the tournament after defeating Panagiotis Panaretos (Phoenix) in the final. Georgios Zangylos (Famagusta) and Marcos Kalopsidiotis (Salamis). Huge thanks to the organizers for the amazing work!