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Table football

Table football, known as foosball (fußball) or table soccer in North America, is a tabletop game loosely based on association football. Its objective is to move the ball into the opponent's goal by manipulating rods which have figures attached resembling football players of two opposing teams. Although its rules often vary by country and region when the game is played casually, competitive-level table football is played according to a unified code.

Infobox

Highest governing body
International Table Soccer Federation
Nicknames
Table soccer, foosball, kicker, babyfoot
Invented
1921
Team members
Single opponents, doubles, or teams of up to 4
Mixed-sex
Yes
Type
Table
Equipment
Football table
Olympic
No
Paralympic
No

Tables

· The game
1
1
Row
1
Position
Goalkeeper
Number of men (variant)
1 (3)
Typical colours
red or black
2
2
Row
2
Position
Defence
Number of men (variant)
2 (3)
Typical colours
red or black
3
3
Row
3
Position
Opponent's attack
Number of men (variant)
3 (2)
Typical colours
blue or white
4
4
Row
4
Position
Midfield
Number of men (variant)
5 (4)
Typical colours
red or black
5
5
Row
5
Position
Opponent's midfield
Number of men (variant)
5 (4)
Typical colours
blue or white
6
6
Row
6
Position
Attack
Number of men (variant)
3 (2)
Typical colours
red or black
7
7
Row
7
Position
Opponent's defence
Number of men (variant)
2 (3)
Typical colours
blue or white
8
8
Row
8
Position
Opponent's goalkeeper
Number of men (variant)
1 (3)
Typical colours
blue or white
Row
Position
Number of men (variant)
Typical colours
1
Goalkeeper
1 (3)
red or black
2
Defence
2 (3)
red or black
3
Opponent's attack
3 (2)
blue or white
4
Midfield
5 (4)
red or black
5
Opponent's midfield
5 (4)
blue or white
6
Attack
3 (2)
red or black
7
Opponent's defence
2 (3)
blue or white
8
Opponent's goalkeeper
1 (3)
blue or white

References

  1. Pronounced /ˈfuːzbɔːl/ FOOZ-bawl or /ˈfuːzbɑːl/ FOOZ-bahl; from German Fußball ('association football'), pronounced [ˈfu
  2. "BFA – Table Football"
    http://www.britfoos.com/
  3. mw- .mw- UK Expired 205,991, Thornton, H. S., "Apparatus for playing a game of table football", published 1 November 192
    https://patents.google.com/patent/GB205991A/en
  4. "Foosball History"
    http://www.foosballsoccer.com/history-of-foosball.html
  5. Le Soir illustré
  6. "History of Foosball: A Brief Lesson On Table Soccer • Foosball Revolution"
    https://www.foosballrevolution.com/history/
  7. The Guardian
    https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/feb/24/guardianobituaries.spain
  8. "The Murky History of Foosball"
    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-murky-history-of-foosball-314668
  9. The Complete Book Of Foosball
    https://www.foosball.com/learn/knowledge/chp1hist.html
  10. foosballtableguide.com
    https://web.archive.org/web/20210304205558/https://foosballtableguide.com/how-to-play-foosball/
  11. "Welcome to the official ciCMS: Foosball League Website"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20181001113009/http://www.foosball-league.com/?pid=57
  12. "ITSF"
    http://www.table-soccer.org/rules/documents/ITSFRulesEnglish.pdf
  13. "table-soccer.org"
    http://table-soccer.org
  14. "Patent abstract"
    http://www.table-soccer.org/tournaments/
  15. "Official Table Partners - International Table Soccer Federation"
    http://www.table-soccer.org/page/official-table-partners
  16. "Top Bots excel at wide variety of tasks"
    http://www.uakron.edu/im/online-newsroom/news_details.dot?crumbTitle=Top+Bots+excel+at+wide+variety+of+tasks&newsId=3cf658fd-6f79-4ddf-b87c-0dca313ab744
  17. "TeamFoosbot's channel"
    https://www.youtube.com/user/TeamFoosbot?feature=watch
  18. "Automated foosball table"
    http://foospmp.myl.dk/
  19. sti.epfl.ch
    https://web.archive.org/web/20230127135245/https://sti.epfl.ch/student-projects-from-robots-playing-foosball-to-flexible-robots/
  20. "Foosball Snake (Rollover) Shot - Most Popular Shot"
    https://www.foosballsoccer.com/snake-shot.html
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