 2010 ITSF Tour
WORLD CUP AND WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
- LIVE ON EUROSPORT2 !! -
As mentioned in our May 28th news, the 2011 ITSF Table Soccer World Cup will take place in Nantes, France, from January 6th to 9th, 2011.
What’s new in 2011?
For the first time in 2011, the most important matches of the World Cup will be broadcast LIVE on Eurosport 2. Viewers in about 50 million homes in 58 countries will be able to follow minute by minute the progress of their favourite players and teams.
The 2011 edition of the World Cup will also feature special tournaments, held during the official competition:
- the Foos on Wheels Tournament, for people in wheelchairs, played on specially designed soccer tables;
- the Country Road Take Me To Town Tournament, a competition between teens from junior and senior high schools in the Nantes urban and rural areas;
- the Ph.D. Tournament, open to all college and university students in the Nantes region;
- the VIP Tournament, for the media, World Cup sponsors and representatives of the local governing bodies only.
Sponsor the World Cup!
The 2010 World Cup was largely covered by the media and attended by more than 15 000 visitors.
To show our appreciation, at the 2011 event a 300m2 hall will be exclusively open to our partners for their private use for PR events and meetings and a special tournament will give them the opportunity to develop their business network and meet with the local media.
Come and join the World Cup and help us make it a truly incredible and unforgettable show!
For more info, contact the French Table Soccer Federation.
- ACCOMMODATION -
The French Table Soccer Federation (FFFT) who will host the World Cup has pre-booked 98 bedrooms in a three-star hotel, the Novotel Nantes Centre Bord de Loire, which offers great bargain rates.
This newly renovated hotel is very well-located (just a short 10-minute walk from the city center and from the Mangin-Beaulieu sports complex where the tournament will take place.
Check map (the tournament venue is displayed in green on the map)
The following rooms are available:
- 16 rooms with a double bed for 1 or 2 people
- 12 bedrooms with a double bed and a small sofa-bed for 2 or 3 people
- 27 bedrooms with a 2-meter bed which can be separated into 2 one-meter beds
- 43 bedrooms with a double bed and a large sofa-bed for 4 people maximum
Here are the rates:
- Single room: 70 euros per room with breakfast included
- Double room: 80 euros per room with breakfast included
- Triple room: 90 euros per room with breakfast included
- Quadruple room: 100 euros per room with breakfast included
- plus occupancy tax: 0.85 euros per day and person
All rooms are air-conditioned and you will enjoy free Wi-Fi, a free private indoor car park and bus park for two buses, the stylish and cozy decor of the restaurant and bar.
Both the Welcome party scheduled on January 5th and the Farewell party scheduled on the 9th will take place in this hotel.
Reservations are made on a first-come first-served basis, so if you would like to benefit from these bargain prices, make your reservations ASAP!
Cancellation:
- More than 30 days prior to the competition: the Novotel will keep 40% of the deposit as penalty
- Between 30 days and 7 days : the Novotel will keep 85% of total price as penalty
- Less than 7 days prior to the competition: The Novotel will keep 100% of total price as penalty
To book, please contact:
Novotel Nantes Centre Bord de Loire
Mrs Nathalie GUY
1 boulevard des Martyrs Nantais
44200 Nantes
(+33)2 40 47 77 77
novotel.loire@orange.fr
- INVITATION LETTERS -
Attention: those players who need invitation letters for visa purposes, please make sure to request them way ahead of time, as visa procedures can be lengthy.
Please send your invitation request to our office : info@table-soccer.org
For each person who needs an invitation letter, please indicate the following:
- full name (First name; (Middle names); Last name) as they appear in the passport
- date of birth
- passport number
- address
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
- BONZINI WCS -
Starting on July 1st, the Eurosport 2 TV channel will broadcast three 26-minute features on the Bonzini World Championship Series event which took place in Eaubonne, France from May 13th to 16th, 2010.
Highlights from the following matches will be broadcast in 58 countries and 11 languages:
- July 1st – Men’s - 1st and 2nd semi -finals – BELGIUM-LUXEMBOURG and DENMARK-FRANCE –
at 11:00 pm Central European Time (CET) = GMT + 2:00
- July 8th – Women’s - Finals - FRANCE-GERMANY at 11:15 pm
- July 15th – Men’s - Finals - BELGIUM-FRANCE (check time in Eurosport TV Guide).
Each feature will then be replayed several times.
Check the Eurosport TV Guide.
Find out how to view the programs in Europe.
- GARLANDO WCS -
The third WCS event in the 2010 ITSF World Tour, the Garlando WCS, will take place for the first time in the City of Hartberg, Austria, on July 29th - August 1st.
It is organized by the TFBÖ (Austrian Table Soccer Federation).
If you have already registered for this event, make sure to check your registration online and contact the Austrian Federation in case of mistakes.
If you haven't registered yet, make sure to do so as soon as possible.
Registration deadline: Monday, July 19th, 2010
On July 1st, exactly 4 weeks before the start of the event, the Top 150 players of the ITSF combined ranking will be ranked in the Pro category.
Changes that take place in the rankings after this date will not be taken into consideration for that event.
As explained in the players' information package of the Garlando WCS event, the Austrian Federation (TFBÖ), organizer of the event, is also using the Garlando rankings to determine the categories:
Pro = Promaster and Pro in the Garlando Rankings
Semi Pro = Semi Pro in the Garlando Rankings
Rookie = Rookies in the Garlando Rankings
Please note that the highest rank of each player will be taken into account.
Also please note that foreign players (non-Austrian players in the case of the Garlando WCS event) are at least Semi-Pro, with the exception of non-Austrian female players who can choose to play in the Rookie category.
For Doubles events: a player may take part in a competition in a higher category than his/her own if his/her partner is ranked in that category.
Full tournament details
Information package
- DEKRA WCS - ON ROBERTO SPORT TABLES -
The fourth WCS tournament, to be played on Roberto Sport tables, will take place in the Hotel Praha Pruhonice on October 14th to 17th, 2010 (NOT November 18th to 21st, as was previously announced)
More details to come soon
WCS PACKAGES TO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS WINNERS
Also a reminder that the first 4 winners in each World Championships category (Men's, Women's, Junior, Senior and Disabled) are being awarded World Championship Series (WCS) packages (= free entry fees) so they can attend WCS events during the 2010 Tour.
> Winners can choose to attend any of the WCS, except the one that takes place in their country; this is meant to encourage players to attend other WCS events.
> Winners in the Disabled Doubles category can choose to attend any of the WCS which include a Disabled Doubles category.
This makes for a total of 56 WCS packages awarded to World Championships winners.
Please note that these packages are not transferable to other players.
If you have finished in the top 4 of a World Championships category, please let us know as soon as possible which WCS event you would like to attend so we can forward that information to the WCS organizers.
ITSF PRESIDENT AT US NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
ITSF President Farid Lounas will attend the US National Championships tournament in St-Louis, Missouri, USA, on July 2nd to 4th.
During the event, he will meet with representatives of the Valley-Dynamo company, manufacturer of the Tornado tables, as well as USTSF board members to discuss further development of table soccer in the USA.
If you plan to attend that event and you have specific issues that you would like to talk about in an individual meeting with Mr Lounas, please email us so we can schedule a meeting.
OTHER UPCOMING TOURNAMENTS
Apart from the above mentioned events, the next tournaments in the 2010 Tour are as follows:
- IFP US National Championships (St-Louis, Missouri, USA) - July 1-4
- Czech Bonzini Pro Tour 2010 (Prague, Czech Rep) - July 3-4
- Stubenberg Open (Stubenberg am See, Austria) - July 9-11
- Romanian Garlando Championships (Miercurea Ciuc, Romania) - July 10-11
- Slovenia Coast Championships (Ankaran, Slovenia) - July 16-18
- Fort Worth Open (Fort Worth, Texas, USA) - July 16-18
- UK Masters 2010 (Penkridge, UK) - July 23-25
- Moscow Roberto Sport Challenge ( Moscow, Russia) - July 24-25
Check the current calendar of the 2010 Tour.
LAST TOURNAMENT RESULTS
| May 2010 |
2010 CHINA CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Weifang, China)
Pro Tour
May 20-23
1- Chuan Yun XU (CHN)
2- Renchao SONG (CHN)
3- Jian HUANG (CHN)
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TEXAS STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Irving, Texas, USA)
Master Series
May 28-31
1- Tony SPREDEMAN (USA)
2- Terry RUE (USA)
3- Ryan MOORE (USA)
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BAVARIAN OPEN
(Coburg/Frohnlach, Germany)
Master Series
May 29-30
1- Jamal ALLALOU (GER)
2- Ingo AUFDERHEIDE (GER)
3- Thomas PRZESDZINK (GER)
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| June 2010 |
ROBERTO SPORT CHALLENGE
(Sofia, Bulgaria)
Pro Tour
June 11-13
1- Patrick GLOCKER (GER)
2- Klaus GOTTESLEBEN (GER)
3- Ekaterina ATANASOVA (BUL)
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DUBAI OPEN
(Dubai, UAE)
Pro Tour
June 17-19
1- Abdollah ZOLFAGHARI (IRI)
2- Ali SHAMSI (UAE)
3- Fahad QUBAISI (UAE)
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ROMANIAN BONZINI CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Bucharest, Romania)
Pro Tour
June 19-20
1- Ekaterina ATANASOVA (BUL)
2- Julian ATANASOV (BUL)
3- Najib MALLI (ROU)
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Full Results
Enjoy your summer vacation!
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