International Table Soccer Federation


The International Table Soccer Federation is a non-profit organization based in France that promotes table soccer. It endorses soccer tables that meet requirements for international competition.
The five official tables are currently furnished by Bonzini, Garlando, Roberto Sport, Tornado, and Leonhart, with the ITSF recognising a number of other tables - as being suitable for national competition.

Membership

There are two membership categories that ITSF operates - Regular and Associate. The categories differ in the list of required standards, like membership fees, up-to-date registers of national clubs and venues, the number of ITSF-sanctioned tournaments, the general understanding of table football as a sport etc.
While Regular Members are mature federations, Associate Members should be able to demonstrate the potential to develop table football to the level of a Regular Member.

Nations Members Regions

ITSF was founded in 2002. Events have been held since 2004.
61 Nations in 1 July 2023:
  1. Asia-Oceania : Afghanistan/China/India/Iran/Japan/Kuwait/Laos/Nepal/Saudi Arabia/South Korea/United Arab Emirates/Vietnam
  2. Africa : Algeria/Cameroon/Congo /Ghana/Ivory Coast/Mali/Nigeria/Somalia/Togo/Tunisia/Zimbabwe
  3. Europe : Armenia/Austria/Belgium/Bulgaria/Croatia/Czech Republic/Denmark/Finland/France/Germany/Hungary/Israel/Italy/Lithuania/Luxembourg/Malta/Netherlands/Poland/Portugal/Russia/Romania/Serbia/Slovakia/Spain/ Switzerland/Turkey/United Kingdom
  4. North America : Canada/United States
  5. Latin America : Argentina/Bolivia/Brazil/Chile/Colombia/Costa Rica/Guatemala/Mexico/Peru

    Current Regular Members

CountryNational FederationEstablishedITSF-affiliated
Chinese Taipei Foosball Association01.11.200601.08.2007
Islamic Republic Iran Association12.04.201912.04.2019
Japan Table Soccer Federation01.01.199901.08.2007
Kuwait Table Soccer Association01.01.201001.01.2010
Armenian Table Soccer Federation16.07.201916.07.2019
TischFussballBund Osterreich22.07.200201.08.2006
Belgium Table Soccer Federation01.01.199801.08.2007
Bulgarian Table Soccer Union01.01.200501.01.2005
Czech Foosball Organization01.01.199801.10.2006
Dansk Bordfodbold Forbund01.01.199701.01.2007
Fédération Française de Football de Table01.01.199101.08.2007
Deutscher Tischfussballbund01.01.196901.08.2007
Lega Italiana Calcio Ballila01.02.201710.02.2017
Federazione Paralimpica Italiana Calcio Balilla-
Fédération de Kickersport Luxembourg01.01.196401.08.2007
Nederlandse Tafelvoetbal Bond01.01.196001.08.2007
Federação Portuguesa de Matraquilhos07.02.200715.07.2009
Serbian Table Soccer Federation01.01.201501.01.2015
Foosballova Unia Slovenska01.01.200301.08.2007
Slovenian Table Soccer Association01.01.200701.08.2007
Federacion Española de Futbolin07.01.200701.08.2007
Swiss Tablesoccer Federation01.01.200701.08.2007
British Foosball Association01.01.199801.08.2007
Table Soccer Association of Canada01.01.200601.08.2007
Asociación Desamparadeña de Futbol de Mesa29.03.201629.03.2016
Asociación de Fútbol de Mesa del Perú01.07.201201.07.2012

The Associate members include: Australia, Bangladesh, China, Georgia, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Singapore, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, Benin, Cameroon, Congo, South Africa, Croatia, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Mexico, United States, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia.

Tournaments

The ITSF does not organize most of the events that come under its banner. ITSF organizes the Multi-Table World Championships and World Cup, which takes place bi-annually. Entry to the championships is earned by winning one of the official table type World Championships; by accruing enough ranking points over a number of smaller events that meet ITSF's strict criteria for events; or by becoming a national champion of a member country.
ITSF ranking tournaments are restricted in number to each member country, and ranking status is awarded based around standard of entry expected, number of players entering and prize money to be awarded.
  • Multi-Table World Championships
  • World Table Football Championship in USA since 1974 - Ongoing annually., now World Foosball Tour
  • ITSF World Table Football Championship In Euro since 2005 - Ongoing. In 2015, it was decided to host this event every two years instead of annually.
  • ITSF World Table Football championship Series In Euro since 2004 - Ongoing annually.

    USA World Table Football Championship

, now World Foosball Tour
1st in 1974 Denver and 47th in 2022 Lexington, Kentucky.

Events

Format

  1. Purple: ITSF World Championships + ITSF World Cup
  2. Red: ITSF World Championship Series
  3. Grey: ITSF European Champions League
  4. Yellow: ITSF International Series
  5. Green: ITSF Masters Series
  6. Blue: ITSF Pro Tour Series

    ITSF World Table Football Championship

2005-2014: Annual
2017-Present: Biannual
  1. 2005 - 1 Divisions
  2. 2006 - 2 Divisions
  3. 2007 - 4 Divisions
  4. 2008 - 9 Divisions
  5. 2009 - 9 Divisions
  6. 2010 - 13 Divisions
  7. 2011 - 13 Divisions
  8. 2012 - 18 Divisions
  9. 2013 - 19 Divisions
  10. 2014 - 18 Divisions
  11. 2017 - 25 Divisions
  12. 2019 - 44 Divisions
  13. 2021 - 40 Divisions

    World Cup

1st Table Soccer World Cup - 2006 Germany

World Championship Series

Between 3 - 6 WCS in each year Since 2004:
  1. WCS Tornado 2004
  2. WCS Eurosoccer 2004
  3. WCS Bonzini 2004
  4. WCS Roberto Sport 2004
  5. WCS Tornado 2005
  6. WCS Garlando 2005
  7. WCS Roberto Sport 2005
  8. WCS Bonzini 2005
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  1. World Series Garlando - ITSF World Series 2024
  2. World Series Infinity 2 Legs - ITSF World Series 2024
  3. World Series Leonhart - ITSF World Series 2024
  4. World Series Tornado – ITSF World Series 2024
  5. World Series Bonzini - ITSF World Series 2024

    ITSF World Tour

The world tour has been held since 2004.

Tables

A vast number of different table types exist. As of 2019, there are 5 official ITSF table brands, which are involved in an ITSF World Cup and World Championships and which may host an ITSF World Series.
In the past, these brands also included Fireball, Eurosoccer and Tecball. Moreover, ITSF recognises additional brands for international and professional tournaments, namely Warrior, Fireball, Ullrich Sport, Rosengart and Guardian.

Current

  1. Bonzini
  2. Roberto Sport
  3. Garlando
  4. Tornado
  5. Leonhart

    Past

  6. Fireball
  7. Eurosoccer
  8. Tecball
  9. Warrior
  10. Ullrich Sport
  11. Rosengart
  12. Guardian