25th tournament of the season in Canada and 7th title for Shane Hoopfer

The players of the Calgary Subbuteo Club met last week for their monthly tournament. This time only six players were present. All of them played a group stage and Shane Hoopfer finished on top with 13 points. There was no surprise in the barrage round as Tom Stevenson defeated Keifer Korol and Josh Braun beat Ben Herrel. In the semis, Shane Hoopfer beat Josh Braun by a single goal while Logan Stevenson beat Tom Stevenson on shots. In the final, there was no surprise as Hoopfer beat Stevenson by a clear 3-0 to claim his 7th title in the WASPA circuit. Well done Shane!

This was already the 25th tournament in Canada this season

Alberto Gagliardi wins in Corridomnia

8 players attended the tournament played with the Old rules in Corridomnia (Italy) and organized by United OSC Macerata. There were some new players and there was some good action in the games. After the group stage, Alberto gagliardi had no pain to win his semi-final against Leonardo Matteucci while Antonio Chieppa beat Mauro Matteucci on shots to qualify for the final. The final was easy for Gagliardi who beat Chieppa by a clear 4-0. Well done to all the players who competed outside by a very hot temperature of 38°.

Peter Alegi offers the title to Italy in Michigan

Peter Alegi walked off with a half gallon of Michigan maple syrup as winner of the 616 Cup played at SpeakEZ Lounge on Sunday. Unbeaten in a 7-game round robin tournament, his only blemish was a 1-1 draw with Paul Pate. The only out-of-state visitor this time round was Tim Tumminaro from the Chicago area, who finished 5th on goal difference. Marcus Fila, from Bournemouth England via Athens Ohio and new to the Grand Rapids area, played his first ASA tournament and finished second, losing only to Peter Alegi 0-1 and drawing with Paul Pate 2-2. Mike Ewer started out with two amazing results beating both Pates, Paul 3-0 and Nate 1-0, but then some indifferent form placed him 4th. Nathan Pate was a disappointing 5th, only beating the bottom two players. First year player EZ Albertson, owner of SpeakEZ, played a couple of 0-0 draws against Mike Ewer and Paul Pate. It was great to receive our near neighbour Tim Tumminaro from just a couple of hours away for the first time. And Marcus Fila adds to a local scene growing in strength.

Final Standings:
Peter Alegi (E.Lansing MI) ..... ITA 7 6 1 0 35:02 19
Marcus Fila (Grand Rapids MI) .. ENG 7 5 1 1 21:06 16
Paul Pate (Rockford MI) ........ USA 7 2 4 1 10:06 10
Mike Ewer (Grand Rapids MI) .... ENG 7 3 1 3 10:09 10
Tim Tumminaro (Batavia IL) ..... USA 7 3 1 3 11:17 10
Nathan Pate (Rockford MI) ...... USA 7 2 2 3 15:12 08
Eric Albertson (Grand Rapids MI) USA 7 1 2 4 02:18 05
Chad Idema (Grand Rapids MI) ... USA 7 0 0 7 00:34 00

(report by Mike Ewer)

Great picture showing the players in action

Luigi Marino wins the first regional tournament in Bari

As scheduled, on July 22th Subbuteo Club Bari (Italy) staged their first 'regional' tournament under the banner of WASPA! Despite of two last minute drop-outs, eleven players present. Not bad considering the holiday period and the sea nearby. One of the absent players was Stefano Capossela who was the big favorite!
This time the tournaent was played in swiss system with 5 rounds of 20 minutes. There were many close games and a lot of goals. Luigi Marino, who won the promotional tournament earlier in July, was again the winner. Giuseppe Triggiani was a surprising second and Paolo Triccoli was third.

Action!

The players

The top 3

Second tournament of the SG Flicks Tour in Singapore

This week-end the "SG Flicks Tour" at Leste Subbuteo club had a reasonable turn out with 12 participants. The draw was made and the group of death was in group A where the favourites were in. All in all the players were divided into 3 groups. Group A: Rudy, Anas, Rizal Ahmad & Farhan. Group B: Fauzi, Galvin, Azim Haikal and Amirul. Group C: Azhar, Fizul, Ashraff & Aziz. In the group games the first game provided an upset where Anas beat Rudy 2-1 however Anas loss the 2 other games thus was eliminated in the group stages. The other two groups were as expected apart from Galvin sudden rise beating the other two senior players & topping the group. In the knock-out stage, again Galvin surprized the field first by beating Rizal 2-0 and then Farhan in the shoot-out while Rudy won comfortably against Azim 7-3 and Fauzi 3-0 to reach the final. In the consolation final Farhan won a hard battle against Fauzi 1-0. Final: Rudy outplayed Galvin 7-3 who seems loss steam in the final stage nevertheless kudos to Galvin who outplayed himself reaching his 1st final.

(report by Rudy Hesty)

First tournament in South CarolinaCrai

Congratulations to Craig Cousino for winning the very first Azalea Cup in Summerville, SC (USA). He won a group stage of six players to win the title. Organizer Richard Mike Mellott took the second place. Great to see some subbuteo action in the part of the USA.

Craig Cousino from Charlotte, NC won the first Azalea Cup

Stefano Tagliaferri and Matteo Del Brocco on top in Rome

On July 24th, the fourth and final event of the Summer Cup Lazio WASPA, 2013 was played in Rome. It was counted as a wASPA tournament (as the August event of the Lazio club). It was also the last evening of the social competition at SS Lazio TFC for the season 2012/2013. The tournament was held over three rounds of 30 minutes each with seven players at the start. Stefano Tagliaferri and Matteo Del Brocco (who just scored one more goal) ended on top of the table with seven points while Gianmarco Del Brocco took six points.
In the same evening a team tournament was played with three teams, which was a good way for everyone to have good fun.

Giorgos Zangylos wins again

The last tournament in Cyprus saw Giorgos Zangylos's victory after he beat Kostas Kalopsioditis in the final. There was a big surprise in the first round as Marcos Kalopsioditis, the winner of the previous event, could not pass the group stage, taking only one point in two games. Kostas Kalopsioditis scored a golden goal to beat Giannis Zenonos and qualify for the final but he had no chance against the experience Zangylos who claims his 8th WASPA title.

The players

Fact of the day: more than 800 ranked players

Thanks to new players from Italy, Ireland, England, Malta, Belgium, South Africa, Finland and Singapore, we have now reached the gap of 800 players in the WASPA ranking. There will probably be more to come as we are waiting for results from the US, Canada, Italy and there will be some more events in Cyprus, Singapore, the US, Italy and England before the end of the month. Thanks to those who help WASPA to grow day after day!

Surprises and good time in Templeuve

10 players attended the monthly tournament organized by the Templeuve United club in Belgium. The tournament took place on monday evening and and there were several players from SC Eugies taking part. After the first round (2 groups of 5), the winners automatically qualified for the semi-finals. In the barrages, Vincent Coppenolle and Stelio Tsangouris qualified after beating Quentin Van Glabeke and Renald Deloose. There was a big surprise in the semi-final when Vincent Coppenolle beat Geoffrey Marain (2-1) while Stelio Tsangouris beat Anthony Lispet. In the final, it was another surprise. Coppenolle scored the first goal and had to admit the pressure from Tsangouris till the end of the game but Stelio didn't manage to equalize. This is Coppenolle's third WASPA title. Logan Adam won the consolation tournament, winning the group stage to Philippe Godart, Cyprien Godart and Olivier Van Glabeke.

The "final 4": Anthony Lispet, Stelio Tsangouris, Vincent Coppenolle and Geoffrey Marain