Finals rankings of the WASPA season 2022-2023

Dear Subbuteo friends, here comes the time to reveal the file rankings of the WASPA season 2022-2023.

Excel file (rankings)

PDF file (results)

Subbuteo was back in Helsinki in August

I know many of you are excited to discover the final tables. The season has been amazing with 519 WASPA tournaments held in 21 countries. Almost 50% of the events were held in England, which proves the amazing work of development done by the English Subbuteo Association must be a source of inspiration for other Subbuteo nations.

That's no surprise then if England is dominating the different rankings. Solent Subbuteo Club's Jason Christopher is the absolute number 1, not only in the rolling ranking but also in the season ranking. We have 9 English players in the top 9 of the season ranking, which is totally unbelievable.

Thumbs up for Italy's Samuele Bignardi for being the number 1 junior player while samuele's club, "Club Rebels Genova", is also the number 1 junior club!

Solent Subbuteo Club (England) finishes the season as number 1 in the "Top Clubs" section while Yorkshire Phoenix (England) dominated the Development League.

Subbuteo players in Singapore

Congratulations to the winners but please never forget rankings are not the important thing in the WASPA circuit. Playing Subbuteo under WASPA banner should more importantly be a question of fair-play and fun!

As for August, we had another cracking month with 37 events added in the records. We have been pleased to see our friends from Finland playing again and the first tournament held by Athinaikos SC in Greece! The Netherlands continue their development with more local events and their great job offers them a place in the top 3 of nations. Norway is also back in the circuit and there will hopefully be more developments in Oslo soon. Besides all great events in the UK and Ireland, we had good events run in Singapore, Australia, Belgium, Italy and South Africa.

Once again, I want to thank all those who put energy to keep the WASPA circuit going. It's really awesome to have support from so many clubs around the world!

Subbuteo action in Oslo, Norway

Please note more news will be posted in the next few days:

- final season file with more statistics;

- updated WASPA handbook for the new season;

- list of clubs in the "top clubs", Development League" and "Conference League" for the new season.

Quick reminder:

How to send results?

This is a question I often receive and the easiest way to send results is to keep individual scores of all games (group stages, knock-out games) + a list of players taking part (first name, name, club, country, birthdate also if there are new juniors). Once we have that, it's usually easier to keep records.

The first Athinaikos SC WASPA tournament

Once again, I insist on the fact clubs should not hesitate to run tournaments under the WASPA banner. It's a great way to promote your club, to attract new players and to create local or regional development and we all agree this is what the game needs nowadays.

All your ideas to make the WASPA circuit more attractive are more than welcome. Don't hesitate to send your feedback. We also hope to see more and more clubs running events under the WASPA banner in the future.

We also take to opportunity to thank our partners:

- SubKits at https://www.facebook.com/subkits

- Flicks for Kicks at http://shop.flickforkicks.com/

- MAD ABOUT GAMES at http://subbuteo2012.co.uk

Well, that's all for now. Please remember you only need 3 players to register your tournament. Don't be scared to join. It's free and tournament requests can be sent by e-mail to vincentcoppenolle@gmail.com

Keep an eye on the WASPA blog at http://waspa-circuit.blogspot.com as there are updates almost every day.

Please invite your friends to join our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/waspasubbuteo/

We also have a WASPA page here: https://www.facebook.com/WASPA-World-Amateur-Subbuteo-Players-Association-231789816834700/

Keep in mind WASPA is also looking for new partners. If you know any company ready to support us (we don’t ask for money but we want some win-win agreements so that we can promote each other), don't hesitate to contact me at vincentcoppenolle@gmail.com

Thanks for reading and have a great day!

Vincent Coppenolle, WASPA organizer