Kenny Beggs wins Ryan McBride Memorial Cup

Derry city TFC held the 2nd Ryan McBride Memorial Cup. It was played with old bases and to the old rules but that didn’t hold back the Legend, Kenny Beggs. Kenny topped his group and then for the second time in the tournament he faced off against Barry Spence, again coming away the victor to be crowned the Ryan McBride Champion. Mark McCrossan and Lawrence Watson made it to the semi-finals while Brendan Rodgers won the Plate tournament.

Alekos Apatzis wins old rules tournament

The Kallithea Flame club in Greece recently held a tournament played with the old rules. 16 players were taking part and the theme of the tournament was the Intertoto Cup. Alekos Apatzis defeated Panos Pangiotides in the final while Nikos Psomiadis and Christian Tsakalakis were the semi-finalists. Congratulations to the winner and thanks to the organizers!

Alekos Apatzis wins Gagarin Cup

A few weeks ago the Flaming Flickers in Greece organized the third edition of the Gagarin Cup in memory of Zaharias Pitihoutis.

The tournament was played with old subbuteo teams and old rules.

Players followed the  teams of the 1963 greek championship and the winner this year was "PAOK" (Alekos Apatzis).

The team defeated "Aigaleo" (Vangelis Scotiniotis) in the final.

Congratulations to the winner and to all the participants for another great tournament with the old rules.

Alekos Apatzis wins Chile 1962 tournament

16 players from different clubs including 4 new WASPA entries competed with subbuteo teams and old rules in the Mundial Chile 1962. The event took place on Saturday, March 2.

Highlight of the event was the first WASPA tournament of the famous chef Ilias Skoulas and his sons Gregory and Dimitris.

There were many great games and people had a lot of fun. The winner was "CCCP" of Alekos Apatzis after a 2-1 win against "URUGUAY" of Franco Alfonso in the final.

Semi-finalists were BRAZIL of Christos Panagiotides and ENGLAND of Panagiotis Patistas. Congratulations to the winner for one more trophy and to all the participants for the great games.

Alekos Apatzis wins old Subbuteo tournament

On Saturday October 13, 12 players attended the "old rules international champions cup" tournament held in Kallithea, Athens, Greece. 3 groups of 4 teams, old rules and subbuteo original lightweight equipment used made the evening special!

Final winner was Alekos Apatzis who defeated Giorgos Pitihoutis (2-1) in the final. Nikos Liakopoulos and Panos Panagiotides made it to the semi-finals.

Congratulations to all players for a great Subbuteo Saturday morning.

Serafeim Koulosousas wins Italia 90 event in Greece

On saturday, June 9 16 players attended the old rules tournament played under the theme of "itali 90 World cup". Players were split in four groups and used old subbuteo equipment and rules. The special guest of the day was the actual Subbuteo World Cup winner of Rome in 1990 Angelos Tsakiris. Angelos brought the final's team and the trophy with him, signed a poster for the local club of Flaming flickers and was kind enough to give an interview describing what happened and how he won the World Cup back then you can find the video here.

As for the tournament, Serafim Koulousas defeated Panos Patitsas in the final on shots to claim the victory!

Makis Koulosousas wins the Gagarin Cup

On Saturday, May 12, 12 subbuteo players from various clubs attended the 2nd Gagarin Cup, a tournament held in Kallithea. This event was organized by OSC Kallitheas Flame in the memory of Zacharias Pitihoutis, Greek National and Panathinaikos Athens player who passed away last May. He was the uncle of local club player Giorgos Pitihoutis and a member of the Panathinaikos Athens team that took the Greek Champions title in 1963 undefeated. He was a great player and a great personality that was loved by supporters of all teams. His nickname was "Gagarin" after the Russian astronaut because he was jumping too high for the headers and reminded the astronauts space jumps. The tournament was played with lightweight subbuteo equipment and the old rules and players followed the teams of the 1963 Greek Championship.

Makis Koulosousas defeated Alekos Apatzis in the final to claim the victory!

(Report with the help of Panos Panagiotides)

Alekos Apatzis king of old rules

The club of OSC Kallithea Flame held a WASPA tournament with old rules on April 28 and there was a good field of 12 players. it was already the 13th tournament with old rules in Greece. the winner was Alekos Apatzis who defeated Giannis Mpougiouris (2-0) in the final. The event was played in a good spirit and with old equipment, which made it was a special day for everybody!

When Tottenham wins Anglo-Italian Cup...

16 players competed last Saturday in an old rules tournament with Anglo-Italian theme! 8 lightweight subbuteo Italian and 8 English teams were mixed in groups of 4 (2 Italian and 2 English in each group). In the final we had Tottenham of Alekos Apatzis winning after penalties against Crystal Palace of Vangelis Scotiniotis after a really close game.

Ipswich and Sampdoria were eliminated in the semi-finals.

Congratulations to winner Alekos and finalist Vangelis to all the participants for the great games and to our local Roma Pizza for the tasty pizzas!

Alekos Apatzis still an old rules king

With a lot of last minute cancellations due to the bad weather, the 12th Greek Old Subbuteo WASPA tournament took place on Sunday December 3. The winner was Alekos Apatzis (Flaming Flickers) who won the final against Panos Panagiotides 4-3 on penalties while the game and extra-time ended in a 1-1 draw. Congratulations to the winner Alekos and to all the participants for the great games!

Christmas Cup in Derry

The Derry City TFC 2017 Christmas Cup was a great success. We played with old subbuteo bases and the advanced rules. Due to the snow we only had 8 players so played a league format. The table was close at the end and all came down to a crunch match between Paul Boyle and Lawrence Watson, with Lawerence needing a win to top the table and Paul only needing a draw. A match full of drama was ended in the final few minutes with a goal from Watson, giving him his first WASPA win.

Table
Lawrence Watson - 14
Craig Stewart - 13
Martinog Bradley - 13
Paul Boyle - 12
Brendan Rodgers - 11
Patrick Mc Keever - 8
Niall Mc Keever - 3
Linus McLaughlin - 0

WASPA Christmas Cup Champion 2017 ‘ Lawrence Watson’

Alekos Apatzis wins Argentina 1978

16 players revived the Mundial "Argentina 1978" using lightweight subbuteo equipment and old rules. The exact groups and format of the competition were followed and the players brought back to action the original national subbuteo teams and tango balls. Even the secret message of the black bands on the goalposts was recreated (read the real story here). It was a great tournament and the winner was "Argentina" of Alekos Apatzis who won the final against "Hungary" of Giorgos Pitihoutis after the penalty shootout.

(Report by Panos Panagiotides)

Nikolaos Papadogonas wins old rules tournament

Earlier this month 12 players from various clubs attended the "11th Greek old subbuteo WASPA tournament" organized by the Greek club of Flaming Flickers.

Old rules and equipment were used and the winner was Nikolaos Papadogonas (Pireas Lions) after a close final against "Flaming Flicker" Panos Panagiotides.

Congratulations to Nikos for the trophy and to all the participants for the good games!

Subbuteo party at the Overtime Festival

 
Last Sunday the club of Macerata (Italy) organized a tournament with old rules during the "Overtime Festival", a festival for the books and sports ethics. 8 players were taking part, playing a group stage so that everyone had 7 games and then semi-finals and finals. Alberto Gagliardi defeated Mario Marcolini in the final to win the tournament. Daniele Tombolini, an international football referee, presented the trophies to the winners. Congratulations to Alberto and the Macerata boys for their great efforts to promote old rules within the WASPA circuit.

A first victory for Sotiris Korologos

12 players from various clubs competed this Sunday during the 10th WASPA Greek Old rules Subbuteo tournament, organized by Flaming Flickers at Kallithea Athens. There were many great games, a lot of penalties and the winner was Sotiris Korologos, currently member of the Italian club Serenissima Mestre, who won the title in his first appearance.

Congratulations to Sotiris and to all the players for the great Subbuteo Sunday morning!

Alberto Gagliardi takes the Summer Cup

Last Friday the "WASPA Summer Cup" took place in Macerata, Italy. The tournament was organized by the local Macerata Subbuteo Club and attracted a nice turnout of 8 players. who competed in Swiss system and with the old rules. After 5 games, Alberto Gagliardi finished on top with 9 points, while Stefano Gambella was runner-up. Paolo Guidara took the third place. Congratulations to all the players for the great evening.

Vangelis Scotiniotis wins old rules event

19 players from various clubs competed last Sunday morning for the 1st Gagarin Cup.

The tournament was held in the memory of Zacharias Pitihoutis, Greek National and Panathinaikos Athens player that passed away this year in May.

He was the uncle of our player Giorgos Pitihoutis and member of the Panathinaikos team that took the Greek Champions title in 1963 undefeated. He was a great player and a great personality that was loved by supporters of all teams.

His nickname was "Gagarin" after the Russian astronaut because he was jumping too high for the headers and reminded the astronauts space jumps.

The tournament was played with lightweight subbuteo equipment and the old rules and players followed the teams of the 1963 championship.

Win 3 points, draw 2 points and loss 1 point was the system used back then. Winner was Vangelis Scotiniotis who defeated Leonidas Koutrouanos (2-1) in the final. Congratulations to the winner and to all the participants.

The Flaming Flickers will now have a tournament played with the old rules on July 25.

(Report by Panos Panagitides)

Poster of the next event on July 25

The George Best trophy for Alberto Gagliardi

The 6th edition of the "Trofeo Subbuteo George Best" took place on Saturday in Tolentino (Italy) and was organized by the club of Macerata. This tournament played with the old rules had a good turnout of 15 players with a majority of players from the home clubs but also representatives from Giulianova and Ancona. After the group stage played in three groups of five, the tournament was decided in knock-out games. Alberto Gagliardi (Macerata) defeated clubmate Mario Marcolini to win the title. Adriano Iobbi (Giulianova) and Alessandro Battistoni (Ancona) reached the semi-finals.

Martinog Bradley king of old rules

Martinog received his trophy from Gerard Doherty

Mark Mc Crossan and Martin Bradley

The Ryan Mc Bride Memorial cup took place on Monday night in Derry, Northern Ireland. it was the first WASPA tournament with old Subbuteo rules played in the country under WASPA banner. Local organizer Martinog Bradley won the tournament and Derry City FC Captain Gerard Doherty presented the trophy. Mark Mc Crossan was runner-up. Congratulations for a good night of Subbuteo.