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Subbuteo (/ s ʌ ˈ b (j) uː t i oʊ / sub-(Y)OO-tee-oh) is a tabletop football game in which players simulate association football by flicking miniature players with their fingers. . The name is derived from the Neo-Latin scientific name Falco subbuteo (a bird of prey commonly known as the Eurasian hobby), after a trademark was not granted to its creator Peter Adolph (1916–1994) to call ...
Table football, known as foosball [a] or table soccer in North America, is a tabletop game loosely based on association football. [1] 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.
The line defence (7 figures or more) was introduced to the game by Michael Dent in the early 1970s when he moved from Scotland to England and joined the English Table Soccer League (Division 2). Prior to that date Subbuteo rules mandated a 'FIFA approved' formation, e.g. 4-2-4, 3-5-2, 4-4-2 etc. (see Scottish TSA Newsletter No.10, p3, November ...
Subbuteo is the best-known brand of this sort of game, using tiny models of human players. A competitive sport in its own right, sports table football, has developed around this style of game equipment. A variation among the movable-piece games has figures whose heads can be pressed down to fire a spring-loaded kick with a moving leg. [2]
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This article is a list of male, female and national teams world champions in foosball. The International Table Soccer Federation (ITSF) since 2004 has held a World Championships annually or bi-annually, with the winning players and teams recognised as the best international multi-table players and teams of that period.
The largest association football video game franchise is EA Sports FC (formerly FIFA) by Electronic Arts (EA), with the second largest franchise being Konami's competing eFootball (formerly known as Pro Evolution Soccer or Winning Eleven). FIFA is also the most successful sports video game franchise overall. [1]
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