2009 ITSF Tour

INTERNATIONAL

The first tournament in the International Series tournament category took place in Las Vegas, USA, on March 11 - 15, 2009.

During these tournaments players are awarded important points and the Open Singles winner of each International Series tournament is automatically qualified for the World Championships.

We are pleased to announce that US Tony SPREDEMAN is the first qualified player for the next World Championships.

The winner of the Women's Singles is Hungary's Ivett PAPPAS.


Full results

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

The first World Championship Series (WCS) event in the 2009 ITSF Tour took place for the first time in Valkenswaard, the Netherlands, on March 19-22.

Around 350 players competed in the tournament, and 13 nations took part in the National Teams Competition.

During the WCS events, players are awarded major points towards the ITSF World Rankings and the first 3 Open Singles winners of each event are automatically qualified for the World Championships, as well as the winners of the Women’s, Junior and Senior Singles competitions.


We are pleased to announce that the three qualified male players are:

1. Frédéric COLLIGNON (BEL)
2. Ryan MOORE (USA)
3. Christian SZULE (SUI)


The winner of the Women’s Singles is:

1. Katrin MATSUSHITA (GER)


The winner of the Junior Singles is:

1. Wesley DE VRIES (NED)


And the winner of the Senior Singles is:

1. Ulrich STOEPEL (GER)



In the National Teams' Competition, the best players of each country competed in a series of Singles and Doubles matches, in order to determine the best national team on the Tecball table.
1. BELGIUM
2. FRANCE
3. SWITZERLAND


Full Results



The second WCS event will take place on May 21-24, 2009, at the CDFAS in Eaubonne (near Paris), France, for the 6th consecutive year.
It is organized by the FFFT (Fédération Française de Football de Table).

Info package

Registration form

Deadline for registration : Monday, May 4th.



After this, there will be 3 more WCS tournaments this year, to take place on the following dates:
- Garlando WCS (Tulln, Austria) - July 22-26
- Tornado WCS (Dallas, Texas, USA) - September 2-7
- Roberto Sport WCS (TBA)

All these events feature a National Teams Competition where the best players of each country compete in a series of Singles and Doubles matches, in order to determine the best national team on the Official Table used in each World Championship Series event.

OTHER UPCOMING TOURNAMENTS

Apart from the above mentioned events, the next tournaments in the Tour are as follows:

• Abu-Dhabi Masters (Abu-Dhabi, UAE) – March 27-28
• 11th Czech Championships (Prague, Czech Republic) – March 27-29
• Oxford International Open (Oxford, UK) – April 3-5
• Green Heart Open (Graz, Austria) – April 18-19
• Evry Open (Evry, France) – April 18-19
• Slovak Open (Trnava, Slovakia) – April 24-26
• Moscow RS Open (Moscow, Russia) – April 25-26

Check the current calendar of the 2009 Tour.

LAST TOURNAMENT RESULTS

Full Results

World Cup photos

Just a reminder that you can view here some photos of the 2009 World Cup in Nantes that were taken by Yves-Marie Quemener, a professional photographer.

On the right hand side of the screen, in "Accès aux albums publics" (Access public albums), select an item from the "Choisir votre album" scroll bar.

Then click on "Voir les photos" (View photos) under the picture in the middle.

If you would like to order some of these pictures, please get in touch directly with Yves-Marie, by clicking on "Contacter votre photographe" juste above the picture in the middle.

Official and Recognized Tables

The SardiSport table manufactured by the Sardi company based in Alessandria, Italy, was sanctioned as an ITSF Recognized Table for the 2008-2009 registration period by a vote of the ITSF Executive Committee, on December 26th, 2008.

There are 2 categories of ITSF Partner Tables: Official and Recognized Tables.

OFFICIAL TABLES

Official Tables are Competition and Training tables that conform to international tournament standards. All ITSF sanctioned tournaments can be organized on these tables.

Sanctioning of Official Tables is submitted to the ITSF Executive Committee's vote every 2 years. There can be no more than 5 Official Tables.

The following tables have been granted sanctioning as ITSF Official Tables until 2010:

- Bonzini
- Garlando
- Roberto Sport
- Tecball
- Tornado

The next vote on Official tables will take place later on this year for the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 registration periods.

RECOGNIZED TABLES

Recognized Tables are tables sanctioned by ITSF for the practice of table soccer leading to major international competition. Only Master Series and Pro Tour events can be organized on these tables.

The Executive Committee can vote new Recognized Tables during the year.

The following tables have been granted sanctioning as ITSF Recognized Tables for the 2008-2009 registration period:

- Rosengart
- Leonhart
- Sardi

New support payments to federations

We are pleased to announce that new support payments were made this week to Regular Member federations' accounts, for a total amount of 11 280,00 euros, as their part of the sales proceeds of the ITSF license stickers placed on Official Tables.

Payments are made every time a Regular Member federation is owed 500,00 euros or more.

Since the implementation of license stickers on ITSF Official Tables, the grand total of support payments made to our federations amount to 39 180,00 euros.

Countries benefiting from the current payments are as follows:

- France: 860.00 euros
- Germany: 1040.00 euros
- Italy: 660.00 euros
- Netherlands: 580.00 euros
- Poland: 580.00 euros
- Switzerland: 1780.00 euros
- UAE: 680.00 euros
- UK: 600.00 euros
- USA: 4500.00 euros

New features on ITSF website

CHECKING EVENT REGISTRATIONS ONLINE

As part of the ongoing development of the FAST software, you can now check your registration details online for those ITSF events run with FAST.

To do so, go to the tournament section on our website. When this option is available for a tournament, you can click on the player icon in the "players" column of the chart.
You will then access the list of the various competitions held in that particular tournament. Just click on any competition to check the current registration.

This new feature helps players check their registration, and it also enables event organizers to avoid mistakes and/or make changes ahead of time instead of having to deal with them when the tournament starts.

ENTERING EVENT RESULTS ONLINE

Event organizers will now be able to enter competition results directly in the FAST database, using special access codes that are being created for all tournaments in the Tour.

This new feature will help event organizers familiarize themselves with the FAST software, before it becomes compulsory to run all ITSF events.

Keep checking the website often for more features to come!