Ferran Coll triumphs in Girona

On Sunday, March 30, Girona hosted a tournament of the Catalan Table Football Circuit for the second time. This edition was held at the facilities in the Sant Narcís neighborhood of the GEiE , bringing together 26 players from all over Catalonia: Barcelona, ​​L'Hospitalet, Montornès, Mataró, Breda and, obviously, a local representation from Girona.

This was the fourth scoring tournament of the 2024-2025 season, of the five events that make up the Circuit and that determine the 16 qualified for the final playoffs. The competition was intense and full of emotions, with great matches that kept the excitement going until the last moment.

The final offered a duel already known within the Catalan Circuit: Ferran Coll (Vila de Gràcia) against Vicenç Prats (Sarrià). Although on most occasions it has been Prats who has prevailed, this time Coll reversed the trend and took the tournament with a narrow victory by 2 to 1.

With this triumph, the player from Gracia consolidates his leadership in the general classification and takes a firm step towards the playoffs.

The consolation tournament, for Guillem Balaguer

As for the consolation tournament, Guillem Balaguer was proclaimed champion after beating Cesc Vidal (Mataró) in the final. Vidal, who had already reached the consolation final in the previous tournament, repeated a great performance, demonstrating his progression in the competition.

One last tournament before the playoffs

With this competition, the Catalan Circuit enters its final stretch. There is only one tournament left before the playoffs , and it will be held on June 1 , at a venue yet to be determined. The players will have one last chance to secure a place among the top 16 and fight for the title of champion of the season.

(Article from Ricard Carles, translated from the Catalan)

Great success for the latest Rebels Genova tournament

Last Saturday the Rebels Genova had an amazing tournament in their premises with 15 players taking part and Pasquale Sepe taking the honors after winning the big final against Marco Bertolotto. Samuele Bignardi and alberto Capoferri made it to the semi-finals.

Cristian Cordone defeated Luca Bignardi in the consolation final. In the Junior tournament, Andrea Bolioli won the final against Filippo Sottili.

Congratulations to the "Rebels" for another good day of table football.

WASPA standings of March 2025

Dear all, here are the updates records of the WASPA circuit after the 33 tournaments added in March!

Excel file

PDF file

Thanks to all organizers for their contribution! It's really appreciated!

We are glad to see tournaments being played in many countries and hope that many more events will be played in the next few weeks!

Stay tuned for more news!

Vincent Coppenole, WASPA organizer

Some pictures of events played last month

David Lauder wins Glynneath tournament

The fist stage of the Wales International WASPA circuit took place last Saturday at Glynneath Sportsbar in Glynneath with 9 players taking part. Competitors were representing four different clubs and David Lauder was the big winner of the day. David (Cardiff) defeated Martin Bellefontaine from London TFC (2-0) in the final while semi-finalists were John Lauder and David Samuel. The next event will take place in Royal Feathers pub, Aberaeron, on May 4th. 

New home for Edinburgh Subbuteo

March saw the return of the 'Golazzo' Edinburgh Subbuteo club at another new home, The Leith Docker's Club in Edinburgh. 

After a comfortable start, Marco retained the title in this month's WASPA through a goal in the last few minutes to make it 2-2 against Dave "the Danger" Allen. 

Andy Kent continues his rapid rise in the Edinburgh ranks by dispatching Bruce "The Bomber" Henderson 1 - 0 in a tight contest before a resolute performance by Paul "The Madyin" McFadyen halted his progress, securing a 0 - 0 in the Cramond Derby. 

We would like to say a huge thanks to Leith Docker's Club for hosting us and hopefully this is the start of a long stay at our new venue.

A special Subbuteo workshop in Wil/Switzerland

Even if only at an unofficial event for the time being, Willi Hofmann is fortunately back in the Swiss Subbuteo scene: On 22 March, the former six-time European champion and 1986 World Cup winner Willi Hofmann (SUI) met with two current internationally active FISTF licensed players at the ‘SUBBUTEO Tischfussball TREFF Wil’: Wolfgang Haas (AUT, lives in Switzerland, winner of the 2025 Australian Grand Prix) and Clinton Gähwiler (SUI, lived in South Africa for a long time, and immediately became Swiss champion in 2023 after moving there). 

The aim was to share practical and theoretical experiences of playing materials from the past, present and perhaps also of the future. Workshop organiser Martin Wiesmann (SUI): "I am delighted that these three Subbuteo enthusiasts from the most diverse backgrounds and Subbuteo careers were able to try out and discuss the various materials, techniques and tactics with me with curiosity and an open mind". 

Willi Hofmann (centre) had not only brought along his ‘Cones’ (curling figures weighing just 0.8 grams), but also milestones relevant to our table football history such as the original 'Newfooty figure' (front right), the ‘Sport figure’ developed by him and, of course, his creation ‘Toccer’. Wolfgang Haas (left), who also used to play with the ‘Sport figure’ and then switched to the ‘C3S’ from Profibase, was able to impart a lot of knowledge about the ‘Turtle Goalies’, developed by his brother Christian. Clinton Gähwiler (right), who played with the ‘Heavy Weight’ figures in the ‘Old Subbuteo’ category at the World Cup 2024, is an expert with them. 

Clinton and Wolfgang tested their ‘C3S’ and ‘Heavy Weights’ on two different pitches and with different balls against Willi with his ‘Cones’. The FISTF recently refused to grant homologation for this, in contrast to the authorisation previously granted for the ‘Turtles’. It turned out that the curled ‘Cones’ can certainly compete with the other types of figures - at least in the hands of old master Willi Hofmann. The main reason he gave for developing the ‘Cones’ was that he wanted to extend the range of technical possibilities (curling) compared to the figures commonly used today and to enable experts to play a more challenging game. 

It can be assumed that ‘Turtle’, ‘Cones’ and also the great popularity of the ‘Heavy Weight’ at Old-Subbuteo will clearly stimulate discussions about the further development of our sports table football. 

Writer: Martin Wiesmann

There is a video here in which you can see the shooting and curling technique of Willi's 'Cones'.

The original version of this text was written in German and is published on www.swiss-subbuteo.ch