Nantes, France – The United States has just claimed top honors in the world of table soccer (a.k.a. “foosball”), in a decisive victory at the International Table Soccer Federation (ITSF) World Cup of Table Soccer. The tournament, held January 7-10 th in Nantes, France, featured 48 men and women’s national teams and for the first time, the event was combined with the ITSF World Championships, drawing over 500 athletes from 36 countries worldwide.
In the World Cup, the USA’s men’s team found stiff competition in the final against the Netherlands, but otherwise cruised past most of its competition including arch-rival France, who had stunned the USA at the last World Cup of Table Soccer in Hamburg, Germany in 2006.
The tournament was sanctioned by the ITSF and hosted by the French Table Soccer Federation (Fédération Française de Football de Table). As a true test of all around foosball skills, competition took place on all five ITSF “Official” styles of tables including Brunswick’s Tornado Table Soccer™.
ITSF WORLD CUP OF TABLE SOCCER RESULTS
Mens:
1st: USA
2nd: Netherlands
3rd: Austria/Denmark
Women’s:
1st: Germany
2nd: France
3rd: Austria/Czech Republic
Photo-report by Carlos Teófilo, Lda at the World Cup 2010
08 - 01 - 2010
"he Portuguese company of billiards Carlos MM Teófilo, based in Sintra, with branches in Faro, Barcelona and Madrid, has install in S. Marcel les Valence, near Valence, south of Lyon, 12Via Bowling professional and approved bowling lanes and 8 American billiards Valley of the Championship VNEA world.
"The Bowling is made in China, except for the synthetic tracks that are made in the United States and the scoring system that is made in Italy, but on balance the Bowling is American and it is said American Bowling" explained Carlos Teófilo to LusoJornal: "The pool tables are from renowned American brand "Valley". But the assembly and marketing is Portuguese. The Billiards Carlos MM Teófilo are representatives for Via Bowling in Europe and are exclusive representatives of Valley and Tornado for Portugal, Spain and France.
The inauguration of the new Bowling Valence took place on Friday last week, the 8th of January, with pomp and circumstance. With its "12 tracks fluo-art" the local press praised the decor, the big screen and the technology used."
Will be held from 7 to 10 January, in the city of Nantes - France, the World Cup in foosball. This event will be attended by the top athletes of the modality and the best teams today,like Germany, the United States of America and the Czech Republic in the categories: Male, Female, Juniors and Seniors in the variants of individual and teams.
In numbers, will be in competition around 470 athletes representing 42 countries.
The players who will take part in this event have qualified by taking part in the 52 tournaments that make up the ITSF International Tour on the 5 continents. See here the 2009 final RANKINGS that provides access to this World Cup.
This Championship match features the latest table soccer model from Tornado, the Tornado Platinum Edition Tour, certified with the ITSF as one of the Official Soccer tables. and the only table recognized by all the top sanctioning bodies of the sport worldwide!
