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South African players enter world rankings
After the successful hosting of the first World Amateur Subbuteo Players Association (WASPA) Regional tournament at Panorama Club on the 9th of September, all 19 participants appear on the official WASPA World Rankings.
Tournament winner, Clifford Graaf is seeded number 3 with runner-up, Cohen Naidoo (who is still a junior) seeded at number 11. Losing semi-finalists, Daygin Prescott (junior) and Jason Kennedy are both seeded at 20.
All the remaining players are tied at number 50. There are 86 players ranked on the official WASPA World Rankings.
South Africa is seeded a very creditable second on the nations rankings along with Belguim. Malta head the national rankings There are 13 countries seeded in the above rankings - so congratulations are in order for our country for our great showing in our first foray into WASPA.
A second WASPA tournament will be hosted early in December to close off our local season.
WASPA Johannesburg Tournament a huge success
The South African Table Football Association (SATFA) hosted their first World Amateur Subbuteo Players Association (WASPA) Tournament on Friday evening (09/09/11) at Panorama Sports Club. The Johannesburg Tournament was WASPA's eighth tournament this year with early tournaments held in USA, Belguim, Malta (twice), Sweden, Singapore and Japan.
The Johannesburg tournament saw a big field of 19 entrants who were divided into three groups of five and one group of four. Each group were assigned to their respective playing table. After a round robin stage the top two from each group progressed to the quarter finals. The first quarter final saw Clifford Graaff defeat ever improving junior Cameron Keylock by two goals to nil. Junior, Daygin Prescott produced the first shock of the tournament when he defeated Fernando Rodrigues on shots after an goalless match. Jason Kennedy, back after a hiatus of nearly nine months accounted for another junior, Dylan Joannou by the odd goal in an entertaining encounter. In the battle of the juniors, Cohen Naidoo defeated African Junior Champion, Alex Rodrigues also by the odd goal in an extremely tight sencounter. Daygin Prescott's great run came to an end when he lost to Clifford in the first semi final. The second semi final also produced an upset when Cohen Naidoo defeated Jason Kennedy on shots after a one-all draw in a dramatic semi final.
The final saw junior, Cohen Naidoo play Clifford Graaff. In a very close and tight game Clifford edged out Cohen by a single goal to stop a very determined junior who is surely in line for most improved player of the year.
SATFA Chairman was very impressed with both the turnout and great progress that the juniors have made this season and stated the following: 'Five of the top eight players were juniors, all from our club which is a potential hotbed for future stars. The enthusiasm and excitement displayed by all the juniors made this tournament a truly memorable occassion. We have junior players who are continually improving their game and giving the senior players some serious challenges. This augurs well for our club and table football at our club'.
SATFA plan on holding a WASPA tournament every three months to build on the momentum created from this first, very successful international recognised tournament. World Championship WASPA points will be awarded to all entrants. As soon as the latest world rankings are released it will be posted on this site.
Great start to PSL season
The first Premier Subbuteo League flicked off last Friday (19/08/11) at Parc de Graaff and seven teams played each other in a number of fixtures. Please see the results and league positions for the first 16 fixtures that were completed.Five teams will be using the Parc or Rand Stadium as their home ground and 'visiting' players will be playing against the 'home' players in the first fixtures of the season.
Photographs will be taken and poosted on this web-site. The halfway mark of the season will be the week-end of the 23 - 25 September, all outstanding fixtures after this date will be recorded as a scoreless draw. The first round of the Challenge Cup will be played on the week-end of the 30th of September. The draw will be made towards the end of August and will be unseeded.
So let us continue flicking and good luck and enjoy the season!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PSL News
The Premier Subbuteo League is the first table football (Subbuteo) league in South Africa whereby players will have the opportunity to host games at their home venue. Obviously certain players will not have the necessary fields at their home to host games, these players may then 'base' their home ground at existing venues. The league will then be based on the normal 'home' and 'away' format. Cup competitions will also be played on the 'home' and 'away' format. It is envisaged that more players will have their own 'home' ground which may be customized to suit their own style of play, for example slow/fast and soft/hard playing fields.
Emphasis will be on enjoying hosting games and the cameraderie which will result with all participating players.
A PSL Committee will be established whereby the ensuing league formats, and hopefully new areas will be set up and pro-active ideas will be formulated to insure the growth of table football in South Africa.
The PSL is part of the South African Table Football Association (SATFA) which hosts a yearly African/South African Table Football Championship whereby any player can vie for top honours. SATFA is also affiliated to the Federation International Sports Table Football (FISTF), and our local players appear on the international rankings.
A lot is hoped for with the establishment of the PSL to promote table football in South Africa and hopefully table football players in other parts of our country will form their own regional leagues which will be included and appear on this website.
Second season of G - League has flicked-off
The second season of the successful G - League has flicked off and the early indications are that we are going to be entertained with goals and action galore.The Champion of Champions Challenge between last season's league winners - Zebras, took on the Gold Cup Champions - Arrows, at Parc de Graaff in the curtain raiser to the 2012 season and the trophy was shared in a highly entertaining 2 all draw.
An additional eighteen teams have been divided into three streams, namely the Green, Gold and White. Each team will play each other twice and the top two teams will form the First Division. Teams three and four will form the Second Division and teams five and six will form the Third Division.
It has also been decided that all three stream winners, along with the best placed runner-up will be involved in a Promotion Challenge to decide on a winner who will be promoted to the Premier Division to replace the bottom team of the Premier Division.
Two amateur teams, namely the Coastal Warriors and WB Superstars will join the Third Division next season.
The Gold Cup will also be contested this season again including all 24 G-League teams along with the two amateur teams who will be joining the Third Division next season. The first round will take place on the 23/24 and 25 March whereby all 18 stream teams along with the two amateur teams will be paired off - draw will take place on the 7th of March at the G-League headquarters at Parc de Graaff.
So sit back and be entertained to great Subbuteo action.
New Results Page to be added shortly!!!!!!!!
A new 'Results File' will be added to this web-site shortly reflecting all past tournaments held since the formation of the South African Table Football Association (SATFA) listing all category winners and denoting if the respective tournaments were sanctioned by the world table football body.