May 25: results from around the world

We are happy to see many WASPA events played in many different countries. We have struggled to get stories about different tournaments but we publish here a summary of events held around the world. Thanks to our friends in Australia, Belgium, Greece, Wales, New Zealand, Romania and Germany. We hope to see many more tournaments in many more countries.

Melbourne (TFC), Australia, April 26 2025

On Saturday, Melbourne Table Football Club celebrated a major milestone — 12 years since its founding — with a special WASPA tournament held at our home venue of East Ivanhoe Bowls Club. It was a fantastic day of matches, showcasing the growth, talent, and spirit that has characterised Melbourne TFC since its beginnings.

The competition in was incredibly tight, with players battling for every point. After a tense and hard-fought group stage, the standings were extremely close, reflecting the high level of competition and determination among all participants. Every match was meaningful, and several players were separated by just a single result.

A special mention goes to Nathan Heard, representing Northern Phoenix, who delivered an outstanding performance throughout the day. Nathan continues to show rapid improvement in his game, and his efforts were rewarded with a spot in the semi-finals — a fantastic achievement and a sign of great things to come.

In the knockout stages, I was lucky to get on a roll and defeat Adrian Connolly 2–0 in the semi-final and Christos Garagounis 3-0 in the final to claim the tournament title.

Thank you to everyone who attended and helped make this 12th anniversary event a success. Here's to many more years of Melbourne TFC and the ongoing growth of table football in Australia!

Original story: https://www.facebook.com/groups/359073844214135

There will be a Northern Phoenix tournament also in Melbourne on May 25 (https://www.facebook.com/events/2530439713956569/).

Group stage:

1. Benji Batten (Melbourne)
2. Christos Garagounis (Northern Phoenix)
3. Nathan Heard (Northern Phoenix)
4. Adrian Connolly (Western Sydney)
5. Beth Eveleigh (Northern Phoenix)

Semi-finals: Benji Batten - Adrian Connolly & Christos Garagounis - Nathan Heard

Final: Benji Batten - Christos Garagounis

Nassogne, Belgium, May 3 2025

During the "Luxembourg Cup", the consolation tournament was played under WASPA banner and Richard Boulanger from the home club was the undefeated winner!

Semi-finals: Lulani Verhoeven - Maxance Legros 3-0 & Richard Boulanger - David Boulanger 7-1

Final: Lulani Verhoeven - Richard Boulanger 0-5

Club link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/180520979012248

Thessaloniki, Greece, May 6 2025

During the visit of Austria's Alfred Strommer, a WASPA tournament was held in Thessaloniki. Young and older players were playing together. Congratulations to Nikos Giotlis for winning the tournament.

Club link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/508391319337029

Category A:
1. Ilias Galanopoulos (Crimson Horses - Larissa)
2. Nikos Giotlis (Thessaloniki)
3. Alfred Strommer (Phoenix)
4. Takis Tsagkaridis (Thessaloniki)
5. Giannis Psihopoulos (Thessaloniki)

Final: Nikos Giotlis - Ilias Galanopoulos 2-0

Category B:
1. Nikos Stavropoulos (Thessaloniki)
2. Dimitris Topaloglou (Thessaloniki)
3. Ernis Stavropoulos (Thessaloniki)
4. Marinos Dimitrakipoulos (Thessaloniki)
5. Maximos Mpoutsikos (Thessaloniki)

Pireas, Greece, May 1 2025

A small WASPA event was played in Pireas as a good way for local players to prepare for the Open of Chalkida.

1. Leonidas Koutromanos (Piraeus Lions TSC)
2. Vassilis Kondylis (Piraeus Lions TSC)
3. Stavros Lioumos (Piraeus Lions TSC)
4. Spyros Koustas (Piraeus Lions TSC)
5. Ioannis Dimopoulos (Piraeus Lions TSC)

Aberaeron, Wales, May 3 2025

The Welsh national circuit has another successful tournament in Aberaeron earlier this month with some players from England also taking part. Ruby Matthews was sentional and defeated all older players.

Quarter-finals: Rob Fitch - Martin Bellefontaine 1-4, Darren Barnes - Cayne Matthews 2-0, David Lauder - David Samuel 2-1, Ruby Matthews - Matthew Rowley 7-0;

Semi-finals: Ruby Matthews - David Lauder 3-1, Martin Bellefontaine - Darren Barnes 0*-0;

Final: Ruby Matthews - Martin Bellefontaine 4-0

The third stage of the circuit will take place on June 3 at the Parrot in Buckley.

Auckland, New Zealand, May 12 2025

The new season started in New Zealand with a food turnout for the first WASPA event. Mark Rossi took the honors but several platyers are really improving.

Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2858174651002860

1. Mark Rossi
2. Andy Shearer
3. Ian Samsom
4. Richard Edeson
5. Andy Miller
6. Conrad Mudge
7. Phil Samsom

Karlsruhe, Germany, May 10 2025

A big International WASPA tournament took place in Karlsruhe as 24 players from several nationalities were taking part. Players were coming from Switzerland, France, Italy, Germany, Romania and Serbia and there was even a player from Croatia. The winner was Pietro Di Pietrantonio who defeated Janus Gersie in the final while Eric Lienhardt was third. Congratulations to Milan Knezevic for a great organisation and special thanks to Cezar Stoilescu who travelled from Romania to play!

Tralee, Ireland, May 12 2025

The latest Tralee tournament was a success with 7 players taking part and italy's Mario Frittalli taking the honors. We are glad to see new players improving week after week.

1. Mario Frittelli (Italy/Cork)
2. William Magnier (Cork)
3. David Elton(Tralee)
4. James Murphy(Tralee)
5. Sean O'Connell(Tralee)
6. Liam O'Sullivan(Tralee)
7. Donall O'Sullivan(Tralee)

Nassogne, Belgium, May 10 2025

The consolation tournament of the FISTF Open of Wamme Subbuteo Club saw 16 players competing in knock-out games Congratulations to the very young Romain Joris who took the honors after defeating local player Luc Grosdent in the final.

Quarter-finals: Nico Marks - Luc Grosdent 2-4, Mathieu Marlair - Quentin Van Glabeke 0-2, Romain Joris - Antonio Timpano 2*-2, Benoit Lagneau - Delphine Dieudonné 1-4;

Semi-finals: Luc Grosdent - Quentin Van Glabeke 3-1 , Romain Joris - Delphine Dieudonné 2-1

Final: Luc Grosdent - Romain Joris 4-4*

Drury , Wales, May 18 2025

London Road WASPA at The Parrot last Sunday was held with four players. League format then two finals.

Final: Brian Daley - Cayne Matthews 1-0

Final 3rd place: Brendan Ashley - Ruby Matthews 0-5

Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1699324517049032

Bucharest, Romania, May 19 2025

The local group in Bucharest is improving and new faces are showing up now, including Italy's Michele Sterlechini who proves already to be a good support for the Romanian players. Michele won the latest WASPA tournament held last Monday.

1. Michele Sterlechini (Italy)
2. Cezar Stoilescu
3. Mauro Cavalli (Italy)
4. Bogdan Panait
5. Ciprian Necula

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

WASPA tournaments organized in Greece

A few WASPA events have recently been held in Greece.

The players of Atlas TFC organized a tournament in Swiss system. After 4 sessions, Makis Arvanitakis was the big winner of the night.

The final standings were as follows:

1. Makis Arvanitakis
2. Giorgos Karatarakis
3. Yannis Bougiouris
4. Kostas Seses
5. Markos Kapsabelis
6. Kostas Kechris
7. Alberto Di Maggio
8. George Papadopoulos
9. Giannis Nikolaidis
10. Konstantinos Sourlas
11. Miltiadis Giochalas
12. Lazaros Papakonstantinou

A few days later, the Piraeus Lions TSC held a WASPA tournament to celebrate the memory of Manos Tsardoulias. Alberto Di Maggio took the honors after defeating Dimitris Kourabas in the final.

Semi-finals: Kostas Kordatos - Alberto Di Maggio 2-3 ; Dimitris Kourabas - Nikos Probonas 2-0
Final: Alberto Di Maggio - Dimitris Kourabas 4-0

In the next day, another tournament took place iin Pireas with different players taking part. This time it was Foggia's Markos Kapsabelis taking the honors as he beat Leonidas Koutromanos in the final.

Semi-finals: Markos Kapsabelis - Kostas Karasavvas 3-1 ; Leonidas Koutromanos - Nikos Probonas 4-2
Final: Markos Kapsabelis - Leonidas Koutromanos 3-1

George Dimakeas wins Roligans Christmas Cup

The Roligans Ilioupolis club in Greece organized a Christmas tournament on December 26. Seven players participated and the tournament winner was decided by a four round Swiss system. Finaly the winner was the President of Roligans, George Dimakeas, Chris Kotrotsos was runner-up meand the third place was awarded to Dimitris Aggelou (Glyfada United Tsc) while Kostas Stefanis was fourth. Aggelou and Stefanis had the same number of points so the places were decided byt the points won by opponents of both players.

Yannis Bougiouris wins first Atlas tournament

We are very happy to see the famous club of Atlas FTC organising a first WASPA tournament in their premises in Athens. 12 players were taking part and the first round was played in Swiss system, so that everyone had 4 games. After the first round, there were semi-finals and a final. In the final, Yannis Bougiouris defeated George Vlassopoulos (3-2). Semi-finalists were Alberto Di Maggio and Giannis Nikolaidis.

Thanks to the historic club of Atlas for organising this kind of tournament. We hope many more will follow.

First round table:
1. Alberto Di Maggio
2. Giannis Nikolaidis
3. George Vlassopoulos
4. Yannis Bougiouris
5. Konstantinos Sohoritis
6. Miltiadis Giochalas
7. Manolis Papadakis
8. Markos Kapsabelis
9. Giorgos Karatarakis
10. Kostas Kechris
11. Athanasios Chaliotis
12. Sissi Pappa

Semis: Alberto Di Maggio - Yannis Bougiouris 3-4sd ; Giannis Nikolaidis - George Vlassopoulos 1-1*

Final: Yannis Bougiouris - George Vlassopoulos 3-2

First WASPA tournament in Haidari

Our friends in Greece keep on doing a great work to promote the game. For the first time a tournament was held in the Lyceum of Haidari. The tournament was organised by the athletics professor Antonis Krysilas and tables and equipment were donated by Flaming Flickers to help the promotion of the game.

Congratulation to Antonis for introducing the game to the kids and to all the players for their effort and nice games! We await their next events!

The winner was Ioannis Fakyriades (Inter Milan), runner-up was Petros Gioulis (Borussia Dortmund) and the third place was for Elias Chronis (Panathinaikos).

Tournament in memory of Manos Tsardoulias

On Sunday 5/11/23 at the Roligans Ilioupolis Hall, a tournament in memory of Manos Tsardoulias took place. Manos was a collector and player of Subbuteo table Soccer.

Alberto Di Maggio and Alekos Apatzis

During the tournament there was a “minute of silence” and a trophy was given to his family.

39 players took part and the winner was Alberto Dimmagio , member of the Hellenic National team and Bologna Tigers TFC. 2nd was Alekos Apagis and semi finalists Stavros Messonisanakis and Nikos Prombonas.

George Papadopoulus, consolation winner, and George Dimakeas

There was a Consolidation Cup, winner was George Papadopoylos and runner up our junior Thanos Kotrotsos.

Vassilis Tsakalakis wins old rules tournament

The Flaming Flickers are one of the most active clubs in Greece and they love to play with both sets of rules, modern and old. In their recent "octoberfest" tournament, the 12 active players competed with old rules. Vassilis Tsakalakis took the best on clubmate Vaggelis Giantais on shots to win the final while semi-finalists were Antonis Krysilas and Giannis Katros. Thanks to Panos and the Flaming Flickers for remaining one of the most active clubs in the Greek WASPA scene.

June 2023: results from the Netherlands, Wales, England, Greece and Belgium

We receive results of WASPA events almost every day and it's sometimes complicated to make good stories. When organizers send an article and pictures, it's always welcome. So here is a breif summary of the latest WASPA results collected from the Netherlands, Wales, England, Greece and Belgium.

In the Netherlands, the 10th round of the local league in Gouda took place last week with 8 players taking part. After group games, Patrick de Jong won the final against Marco de Bruin (2-1) to claim the honors.

Final: Patrick de Jong - Marco de Bruin 2-1
Final 3-4: Rinaldo van Dijk - Martijn de Jong 3-1
Final 5-6: Xavier Aret - Chantal de Jong 2-0
Final 7-8: Richard Oranje - Otto Remmers 1-0
Dutch table football on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Subbuteonederland

In London, Tony Banks was the winner of the Old Rules WASPA (World Amateur Subbuteo Players Association) tournament organised on Wednesday by the London Subbuteo Club at La Pizzica Restaurant - London. Runner-up was Tony Riley who visited the club from Spain. Third Stephen Moreton, fourth Gianluca Zucchelli and fight George Slater.

London SC on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100083345050371

In Wales, London Road SC welcomed back Raoul Newton as well as being visited by Morecombe Bay SC players Rob Wilkinson and Keith Carman. 

Brian Daley won the tournament beating Ruby Matthews in the Final. In the plate event Lucasz Whittle beat Brian Hall.

London Road SC on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1699324517049032

The latest Rochford & Southend tournament took place this week at "the Oakwood" in Leigh on Sea. Devyn Dyson was the undisputed winner after winning his four games. It was great also to see two players attending their first WASPA tournament. Final standings were as follows (all R&S players unless noted):

1. Kevin Dyson (TSPA)
2. Mark Francis
3. William Target
4. Mark West (Chasers)
5. Stewart Grant
6. David Horncastle
7. Glenn Asher
8. Ian Horncastle
9. Kevin Imbush
10. Jim Jameison

Rochford & Southend on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/267835711660565

Andover Subbuteo Club has a small event with four players during the week. Jason Christopher took the honors after winning 2 of his three games and sharing points against Chris Burford. Final standings were as follows:

1. Jason Christopher (Solent)
2. Steve George (Kent Invicta)
3. Malcolm Jamieson (Solent)
4. Chris Burford (Andover)

Andover SC on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/985139298989041

Yorkshire Phoenix also had a great tournament with 10 players taking part.

"Another great club night at Dewsbury Moor Sports Club for our latest WASPA (World Amateur Subbuteo Players Association) event. Ten players took part this evening including a returning Dan Nicholls and new club player Vicky Lewis.

The night was won by a canter by WASPA specialist Brian Daley. Second place was shared three ways between Dan, Craig Heward and Shaun Dunne. Thank you to everyone that took part - next club meet is Thursday 13th July", wrote the organizers.

Final WASPA table:

1. Brian Daley
2. Shaun Dunne
2. Craig Heward
2. Dan Nicholls
5. Nick Pearson
5. Ian Sharp
7. Dale May
8. Lucasz Whittle
9. Vicky Lewis
10. Darren Brook

Yorkshire Phoenix on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yorkshirephoenixtfc

We have been extremely delighted to receive results from Greece for the first time for months. Players in Thessaloniki were glad to host Austria's Alfred Strommer for some good games. 8 players attended the event and Ilias Galanopoulos defeated Thanasis Giaglis in the final (6-3). Alfred Strommer and 

Nikos Giotlis were the unlucky semi-finalists.

Thessaloniki TSC on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/508391319337029

In England, Worthing players met for their monthly tournament. Paul Woodhouse took the honors. Thanks to Ian Maskell for sending regular results of the club!

1. Paul Woodhouse
2. Steve Taylor
3. Joe Currey
4. Nigel Pestelle
5. Nathan Holley
6. Ian Maskell

Worthing fivestar on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/worthingfivestar

Finally, last Friday Templeuve United in Belgium held a promotional tournament. 7 players were attending the club night but only 4 players were allowed to play the "promotional" event as according to WASPA rules. Benjamin Marain (AS Hennuyer), the youngest players taking part, too the honors after winning his 3 games. Michaël Dupret (Magic team Tournai) was runner-up while Templeuve players Sébastien Sorge and Eric Caillaux took the 3rd and 4th spots.

Templeuve United on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TempleuveUnited and https://www.facebook.com/groups/templeuveunited

Latest WASPA results from Greece

Big success for the Octoberfest tournament

October was a month to remember for Greek Subbuteo. In Kallithea, 16 players competed in the traditional "Octoberfest WASPA tournament" in two categories, modern and old. German teams were used, beers and sausage in the catering section, and as always great fun and super games for the Subbuteo Flaming Flickers.

In the modern rules event, Mike Tastsoglou defeated Vassilis Dragossis in the final while Ioannis Stergiopoulos and Makis Kazatzoglou were the losing semi-finalists.

The old Subbuteo event was won by Nikos Probonas who was playing his very first WASPA event. The Noctuas player defeated Vaggelis Scotiniotis by a single goal in the final. Vasilis Tsakalakis and Antonis Krysilas made it the semis.

Later in the months, the Kallithea Flames held their "Copa Libertadores" with 16 players competing with original Subbuteo teams. Vaggelis Giantais (Ibis, Brazil) defeated Mike Tastsoglou to claim the title while Vaggelis Scotiniotis and Vasilis Tsakalakis made it to the final 4.

Earlier in the month, the club of Achaioi TSC had a tournament with FISTF rules. Panagiotis Sotiropoulos finished on top of a group of 5 while Dimitris Sotiropoulos was runner-up. Nikos Vasilopoulos was 3rd, Georgios Verganelakis 4th and Manolis Sotiropoulos 5th.

Manolis Sotiropoulos had more luck a few days later, winning the club's first old rules event while Dimitris Sotiropoulos was runner-up.

Tatsoglou and Scotiniotis winners in Kallithea

In Kallithea the Flaming Flickers recently held a "UEFA Nations League" WASPA tournament.

Once again, the Flaming Flickers held two events with two different sets of rules. Each tournament had 8 players competing in groups and knock-out stages. Int he modern rules tournament, Mike Tatsoglou (as Holland) defeated Vaggelis Giantais in the final (2-1) while semi-finalists were George Fanariotis and Giorgos Evaggelou. Int he old rules section, Vaggelis Scotiniotis (as England) beat Vasilis Tsakalakis in the final (2-1). Giannis Katros and Christian Tsakalakis made it to the semi-finals.

Congratulations to the winners and to all the participants for another super Subbuteo Saturday in the WASPA spirit.

Champion's League tournaments in Greece

Our friends from Greece, the Flaming Flickers based in Kallithea, recently held a double tournament with 20 players taking part. The event was special with 2 categories. In the FISTF rules tournament, 8 players were taking part and Vaggelis Giantais defeated Vassilis Dragossis (3-1) to claim the title. Mike Tastsoglou and organizer Panos Panagiotides were the other semi-finalists.

Int he "old rules" tournament, Vaggelis Scotiniotis managed to beat Makis Kazatzoglou in the final after the shootout while the semi-finalists were Antonis Krysilas and Manos Daskaladis.

The "Champion's League" tournament was made special by the fact players were wearing the jersey of their favorite football team.

Tastoglou and Scotiniotis win Easter Cup!

16 players recreated the Greek Easter Cup, a very old competition that no longer takes place. Players were divided in 2 categories: one for players with old equipment and played with old rules and one with modern equipement and FISTF rules. It was again a very good tournament with a lot of action and great games. Congratulations to the winners and to all the participants for another successful WASPA event. 

Dragossis and Scotiniotis winners in Greece

Last week-end the Flaming Flickers held their tournament with the theme of the "Anglo-Italian Cup". 18 players competed in 2 categories. The modern rules tournament was dominated by Vassilis Dragossis (Sassuolo) who defeated Giorgos Evaggelou (Manchester United) in the final (1-0 in sudden death). Semi-finalists were Minas Kakiltakis (Leicester) and Filippos Vavoulakis (Millwall).

In the old rules section, Vaggelis Scotiniotis (Fulham) beat Antonis Krysilas (Juventus) in the sudden death of the final (3-2). Manos Tsardoulias (Brighton) and Kostas Filippopoulos (West Ham) made in to the semi-finals.

Congratulations to all the players, especially the 3 players who made their WASPA debut. Thanks to the organizers for taking some time for tha traditional pizza break.