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Valle d’Aoste, Italy - The International Table Soccer Federation (ITSF) World Championships Finals tournament will take place November 3- 5 at the St. Vincent Palazzeto dello Sport, Valle d’Aoste, Italy. As the culmination of the five- continent, 35-tournament 2006 ITSF World Pro Tour, the very best table soccer (a.k.a. “foosball”) players from approximately 40 countries will be on hand to compete for the overall titles, cash and prizes.

All eyes will be on World #1-ranked Billy Pappas from the USA , as he squares off against Belgian superstar Frederico Collignon, who has dominated this and other tournaments worldwide for the last several years. Other top challengers include #3-ranked Rob Atha (UK), and several members of the U.S. , German, and French National Foosball Teams, including: Terry Moore (USA), Robert Mares (USA), Dave Gummeson (USA), Djamal Allalou ( Germany ), Olivier Covos (France), Tim Ludwig ( Germany ) and more.

The women’s side of the competition is expected to be especially fierce with local favorite, defending champion and World #1-ranked Samantha Di Paolo ( Italy ) facing multi-time World Champion Cindy Head (USA) for the first time ever. Both highly-charged, aggressive players, they’ll additionally meet tough competition in Austria ’s Verena Rohrer and Canada ’s Moya Tielens, among others.

Participation in the tournament is limited to ITSF World Pro Tour Event Champions, tour “points” leaders, and the National Champions from all ITSF member countries, who will compete in specially formatted Singles and Doubles events. In a true test of all around foosball skills, competition will take place on all six ITSF “Official” styles of tables: Brunswick ’s Tornado Table Soccer ™ , Bonzini ™ , EuroSoccer, Garlando, Roberto-Sport and Lehmacher Tec Ball.

The tournament is sanctioned by the ITSF and hosted by the Italian Table Soccer Federation (Federazione Italiana de Calcio Balilla) and its president, Massimo Ragona. S ponsors of the event include the Casino de la Vallee and the Community of St. Vincent – “the Riviera of the Alps .” Spectators and press are welcome to attend and there is no admission fee to enter the tournament arena. Opening ceremonies followed by the first round of competition will begin at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, November 3 rd, with all finals occurring on Sunday the 5 th.

This will be the final stop on the 2006 ITSF World Pro Table Soccer Tour. Other major tour events took place this year in France, Austria, Italy and the United States, with even more qualifying events in countries as diverse as Japan, the Czech Republic, Costa Rica, Poland, South Africa, United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom. And for 2007, there will be more than 40 tour stops worldwide in the largest world table soccer tour ever!!

For additional details about this event and/or the sport of table soccer, please see the following websites:

http://www.table- soccer.org/news/sport/documents/world_championships_informat ion_and_schedule.pdf

www.table-soccer.org - ITSF Website/International Rankings

www.tischfussball-wm- 2006.de/eng_teams.html - Official World Cup of Table Soccer Website/Results

www.ustsf.org - Official U.S. Table Soccer Federation Website

www.foosball.com - General Information about the Sport of Table Soccer

For more information, photos, or for an electronic version of this release, please contact: Damien Sadrant or Christine Cabrera, ITSF, Tel: 33-240-20-52-38; Email: info@table-soccer.org

Larry Davis, Executive Director, USTSF, Tel: 1-563-580-9485; Email: larry.davis@ustsf.foosball.com

27 rue Adolphe Moitie - 44000 Nantes , France
Tel: +33 2 40 47 90 84 Fax: +33 2 40 20 44 59
E-mail: info@table-soccer.org ITSF Website: www.table- soccer.org

Table Soccer Press Release, June 7, 2006
ITSF World Cup Results - The first ITSF World Cup a big hit!
On May 25-28, 2006 , 200 of the world’s most elite foosball players competed for the first ITSF World Cup title.
In the famed Fischauktionshalle (the old fish market) in Hamburg , the tournament took place on five different official styles of tables: Bonzini, EuroSoccer, Garlando, Roberto Sport and Tornado. The qualification rounds took place over the first 2 days. Competition was fierce right from the beginning, as each team wanted to secure a place in the elimination phase. 16 teams went on to the playoffs, providing exciting shows for spectators and media. In the finals, Austria defeated Germany , while Belgium beat France in the match for 3rd place; so the 3 winners of this first World Cup are:

AUSTRIA
GERMANY
BELGIUM

Congratulations to the winners!
Check complete results on http://www.tischfussball-wm- 2006.de/eng_ergebnisse.html

More information to be found on the World Cup website:
http://www.tischfussball-wm-2006.de/eng_teams.html

International Table Soccer Federation
4, Place Edouard Normand - 44000 Nantes, France
Tel: +33 2 40 20 52 38 Fax: +33 2 40 20 44 59
E-mail: info@table -soccer.org
ITSF website: www.table-soccer.org

Table Soccer Press Release, May 20, 2006
Next week, about 200 of the world’s most elite foosball players will compete for the International Table Soccer Federation (ITSF) World Cup title.
20 national teams will take part in this exceptional competition:

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

1- BELGIUM

1- GERMANY

1- USA

1- AUSTRIA

2- France

2- UNITED KINGDOM

2- HUNGARY

2- ITALY

3- JAPAN

3- CANADA

3- LUXEMBURG

3- ARGENTINA

4- IRELAND

4- SLOVAKIA

4- COSTA RICA

4- DENMARK

5- SOUTH AFRICA

5- CZECH REPUBLIC

5- POLAND

5- NETHERLANDS

Each team, having selected eight to ten of their nation’s best players, will be competing in a combination of doubles and singles events for both men and women. In a true test of all around foosball skills, competition will take place on five different official styles of tables: Bonzini, EuroSoccer, Garlando, Roberto Sport and Tornado.

Thursday and Friday will be qualification rounds, with a special opening ceremony at 7:00 pm Thursday. Playoffs are on Saturday with semi finals and finals on Sunday the 28th and a final awards presentation will take place on Sunday evening at 6:00 pm. More information to be found on the World Cup website:
http://www.tischfussball-wm-2006.de/eng_teams.html International Table Soccer Federation
4, Place Edouard Normand - 44000 Nantes, France
Tel: +33 2 40 20 52 38 Fax: +33 2 40 20 44 59
E-mail: info@table-soccer.org
ITSF website: www.table-soccer.org

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