World Championships - Results

A double win for Germans RANFF and STOEPEL

As the culmination of the five-continent, 50 plus-tournament 2009 ITSF World Tour, the very best table soccer players from 30 countries competed for the overall titles at the World Championships in Nantes, France, on January 7-8, 2010.

Participation in the tournament was limited to ITSF World Event Champions, tour “points” leaders, and the National Champions from ITSF member countries, which competed in specially formatted Singles and Doubles events.

In a true test of all around foosball skills, competition took place on all five ITSF “Official” styles of tables: Tornado, TecBall, Roberto Sport, Garlando and Bonzini.

For the second time, the competition included a Disabled Doubles category for players in wheelchairs.

Here are the winners in each category:

Men’s Singles
1 Ryan MOORE (USA)
2 Frédéric COLLIGNON (BEL)
3 Robert ATHA (GBR)
3 Tony SPREDEMAN (USA)

Women’s Singles
1 Sandra RANFF (GER)
2 Amalie BREMER (DEN)
3 Bianca MOENEN (NED)
3 Ekaterina ATANASOVA (BUL)

Junior Singles
1 Timo WEICKENMEIER (GER)
2 Manuel MAYER (AUT)
3 Marco BERTELLI (ITA)
3 David PLASGURA (CZE)

Senior Singles
1 Ulrich STOEPEL (GER)
2 Johann WAHL (GER)
3 Gregg PERRIE (USA)
3 Dave ZIEMANN (GBR)


Men’s Doubles
1 David GUMMESON (USA) - Tracy MCMILLIN (USA)
2 Frédéric COLLIGNON (BEL) - Davy DEHOEST (BEL)
3 Robert ATHA (GBR) - Joe HAMILTON (GBR)
3 Larry CROWDER (USA) - Bruce NARDOCI (USA)

Women’s Doubles
1 Simone BURKHARDT (GER) - Sandra RANFF (GER)
2 Anais NOEL (FRA) - Marine POHL (FRA)
3 Ekaterina ATANASOVA (BUL) - Ekaterina LAZAROVA (BUL)
3 Christina FUCHS (USA) - Liz HILL (USA)

Junior Doubles
1 Emil SAVERY (DEN) - Troels TRIER (DEN)
2 Manuel MAYER (AUT) - Mathias SCHÖPF (AUT)
3 Muaaz MAHOMED (RSA) - Suhail MAHOMED (RSA)
3 Kamil KACER (CZE) - David PLASGURA (CZE)

Senior Doubles
1 Hans-Friedrich KIRCHER (GER) - Ulrich STOEPEL (GER)
2 Christopher HADDON (GBR) - Dave ZIEMANN (GBR)
3 Jean-Pierre PIRLET (BEL) - Maurice STEVENS (BEL)
3 Thei CONJOUR (NED) - Mat KOUSSEN (NED)

Disabled Doubles
1 Francesco BONANNO (ITA) - Fabio CASSANELLI (ITA)
2 Pierangelo BANDERA (ITA) - Fabiano PETRELLA (ITA)
3 Elisabeth SOYER (FRA) - Pierre SOYER (FRA)
3 Luc BERGEAS (FRA) - Jean-Baptiste DOYEN (FRA)


Complete results…

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News article published on Jan. 12, 2010