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USA Dominates 2010 World Cup of Table Soccer
January 11, 2009
Nantes, France - While the men’s U.S. National Soccer Team is still striving to reach the pinnacle of soccer success – a World Cup title – the U.S. National Table Soccer Team has just won its second
consecutive title, handily defeating arch-rival France at the
International Table Soccer Federation’s World Cup – of “Foosball.”
Yes, you read that right: foosball, a.k.a. “table soccer.” You know,
that game with miniature soccer men attached to rods that spin around
to hit a little ball on a kitchen table sized soccer field. As it
turns out, there’s much more to it than that, as nearly 500 of the
world’s most elite players from over 40 countries faced off this
weekend in the ITSF’s combined World Cup and World Championship
tournaments.
Not that the U.S. foosball team had it easy. World #1-ranked team
Austria, as well as Germany, Denmark and the Czech Republic all had
their sights on an upset, as did others from as far away as India,
Japan and South Africa. Each team, having selected eight of their
nation’s best players, competed in a combination of doubles and
singles events. And in a true test of all around foosball skills,
competition took place on five different official styles of tables:
Tornado Table Soccer™, Bonzini™, Garlando, Lehmacher Tech-Ball, and
Roberto-Sport.
In the World Championships portion of the tournament the USA’s Men’s
teams found further victories, with Dave Gummeson (MN) and Tracy
McMillin (TX) teaming up to defeat World #-ranked team Frédéric
Collignon and Davy Dehoest of Belgium in Men’s Doubles. Meanwhile,
USA’s 2007 World Junior champion Ryan Moore (KY), now ranked #2 in the
world, upset #1-ranked Collignon for the World Championship title in
Men’s Singles. On top of all that, the USA’s World Cup team in the
Seniors category also took top honors, handing Germany defeat in a
category they had widely been expected to win.
Victory in other categories this weekend went to: Simone Burkhardt and
Sandra RANFF (GER) in Women’s Doubles, Emil Savery and Troels Trier
(DEN) in Junior Doubles, Hans-Friedrich Kircher and Ulrich Stoepel
(GER) in Senior Doubles, Francesco Bonanno and Fabio Cassanelli (ITA)
in Disabled Doubles. Additional titles were captured by Sandra Ranff
(GER) in Women’s Singles, Timo Weickenmeier (GER) in Junior Singles,
and Ulrich STOEPEL (GER) in Senior Singles. In the World Cup Women’s
competition France edged out the United Kingdom, and in the Juniors
World Cup it was Germany over the Netherlands.
So who is the U.S. National, 2010 World Cup of Table Soccer
Championship team? They are: Larry Crowder of Cherryville, NC; Dave
Gummeson, Coon Rapids, MN; Robert Mares, Aurora, CO; Tracy McMillin,
Houston, TX; Ryan Moore, Lexington, KY; Billy Pappas, Lowell, MA; Tony
Spredeman, Cudahy, WI; and Tom Yore, Tampa, FL. The women’s World Cup
event also featured an exceptional USA team: Tommie Bagley, of Denver,
CO; Amy Eckhart, Durango, CO; Christina Fuchs, Laguna Hills, CA; Liz
Hellstern, Stroud, OK; Natasha Kraus, Lincoln, NE; and Shelly Langley
of Greely, CO. Additional qualifiers for the combined event include
Robert Janac (TX), Bruce Nardoci (NC), Gregg Perrie (CA) and Bud
Spredeman (WI).
The combined tournaments were sanctioned by the ITSF and hosted by the
French Table Soccer Federation (Fédération Française de Football de
Table). Sponsors included Region Pays de la Loire, Ville de Nantes,
and Le Mouv, among others. Media partners included EuroSport2, Kazoom
Production, Production 44, and Presse Ocean. Sponsors of the U.S.
National Table Soccer Team include Valley-Dynamo’s Tornado Table
Soccer™, NetFoos.com, TTR Masterwraps and Foosball.com.
Other ITSF 2010 World Tour events are scheduled to take place in
China, Czech Republic, Germany, India, Japan, Lithuania, Mexico,
Poland, Russia, South Africa, the United States, United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and more. In fact, this year’s tour is expected to be the largest worldwide table soccer pro tour ever!!
For additional details about this event and the sport of table soccer, please see the following websites:
For more information, photos, or for an electronic version of this release, please contact:
Christine Cabrera, ITSF,
Tel: +33-240-479-084;
Email: info@table-soccer.org
Larry Davis, ITSF Media Commission,
Tel: +1-563-580-9485;
Email: larry.davis@ustsf.foosball.com
International Table Soccer Federation
27 rue Adolphe Moitie - 44000 Nantes, France
Tel: +33 2 40 47 90 84
Fax: +33 2 40 20 44 59
E-mail: info@table-soccer.org
ITSF Website: www.table-soccer.org
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