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Table football (UK) or foosball (US, Canada) is a table-top game that is based on Football (soccer). The origins of the game are unclear, but most historians agree that the first tables probably appeared in Spain, France or Germany in the 1880s-1890s. more...
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History
Patents exist from as far back as the 1890s, and more detail on these are available in the external links section. Several have claimed the honor of inventing table football, like the Galician Alexandre de Fisterra and the French Lucien Rosengart. Table football is normally called foosball in Canada and the US, from Fußball, the German word for football (although foosball is generally known as "Kicker" in German). In Argentina it is known as metegol, in Chile it is known as taca-taca, in Spain and Costa Rica it is known as futbolín, in Guatemala it is called futío, in some other Spanish-speaking countries being futbol de mesa or futbolito, although the latter might also refer to football played on a smaller field, in Italy as biliardino or calcio Balilla, in Portugal as matraquilhos, in Brazil as pebolim or totó, in Turkey as langirt and among French-style players is known as footie or baby-foot.
In 2002, the ITSF (International Table Soccer Federation) was established in France with the mission of promoting the sport of Table Soccer as an organizing sports body, regulating international competitions, and establishing the game with the International Olympic Committee IOC as an officially recognized sport.
The game
To start play, the ball is served through a hole at the side of the table, or simply placed by hand at the feet of a figure in the middle of the table. Players attempt to use figures mounted on rotating bars to kick the ball into the opponent's goal. A ball may travel at speeds up to 40 mph (64 km/h) in competition. The sport/game/simulation requires quick reflexes with a delicate touch using the player's fine tuned motor skills, control and knowledge.
The basics include 'passing' the ball, where you have the ball in your possession with one bar, and pass it to another bar, and 'shooting', where you find a hole in the defense and attempt to score.
The winner is determined when one team scores a predetermined number of goals, typically five. A two-goal victory is most often required. In competition, every ball that enters the goal is counted, unless either (1) the player or players on the scoring team broke a rule during the play or (2) the ball did not touch any of the defending team's foosmen during the play. Large events have referees that determine the infractions and penalties.
Foosball tables can vary in size, but a typical table is about 4 ft (120 cm) long and 2 ft (61 cm) wide. The table usually contains 8 rows of "foos-men", which are plastic, metal, wooden, or sometimes carbon-fiber figures mounted on horizontal metal bars. Each team of 1, 2, or 3 human players controls 4 rows of foos-men.
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