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This article is a list of male, female and national teams world champions in foosball.. The International Table Soccer Federation (ITSF) since 2004 has held a World Championships annually or bi-annually, with the winning players and teams recognised as the best international multi-table players and teams of that period.
Table football, known as foosball [a] or table soccer in North America, is a tabletop game loosely based on association football. [1] Its objective is to move the ball into the opponent's goal by manipulating rods which have figures attached resembling football players of two opposing teams. Although its rules often vary by country and region ...
VIFA works in association with the ITSF to promote the Foosball World Championships and World Championship Series events (having hosted the World Championships previously). VIFA is also closely associated with the USTSA (United States Table Soccer Association), and the USTSF (United States Table Soccer Federation) is a member.
The only major difference between sports table football and real football is the shooting zone in front of each goal. The ball must enter the shooting zone to be able to score a legal goal. The pitch is divided into four equal quarters, normally 300 millimetres (12 in) each, but dimensions may vary (FISTF playing rules).
The ITSF endorses soccer tables that meet requirements for international competition. The five official tables are currently furnished by Bonzini, Garlando , Roberto Sport, Tornado (table football) , and Leonhart, with the ITSF recognising a number of other tables ( Warrior Table Soccer , Fireball, Rosengart, Jupiter, Metegol) - as being ...
Tafelvoetbal/Kicker (after the brand of foosball tables) Bolivia: Futbolín: Brazil: Pebolim or totó: Bulgaria: Футбол на маса ("table football"), also джаги: Canada: usually foosball, but often referred to as jitz which initiated from the Italian word "gitoni" which means foosball or table soccer. People called it gitz for ...
Tony finished 2nd at the ITSF World Championships in early 2009 which is a multi-table tournament. Many people consider Tony to be among the best table foosball players in the world, at least on the Tornado table. [4] In April 2010, Tony Spredeman became the global spokesperson for the Fireball table. [5]
Michael Wilbon (/ ˈ w ɪ l b ɒ n / WIL-bon; born November 19, 1958 [1]) is an American commentator for ESPN and former sportswriter and columnist for The Washington Post. He is an analyst for ESPN and has co-hosted Pardon the Interruption on ESPN since 2001.