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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.
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]
The Laws of the Game consist of seventeen individual laws, each law containing several rules and directions: [4] Law 1: The Field of Play; Law 2: The Ball; Law 3: The Players; Law 4: The Players' Equipment; Law 5: The Referee; Law 6: The Other Match Officials; Law 7: The Duration of the Match; Law 8: The Start and Restart of Play
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 ...
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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.
Button football or button soccer is an association football simulation game played on a tabletop, using concave buttons or special-made disks to represent players on the pitch (field), often with a larger rectangular block as the goalkeeper piece. Board dimensions, markings, and rules of play are modeled to simulate standard football.
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]