Hong Kong players in the world rankings

In the Open section of the FISTF ranking of June 2012, Antonio Carabillo is now 97th. Antonio is also 120th in the veterans section.

Hong Kong players in the WASPA ranking

In the WASPA ranking of June, Antonio Carabillo is now 34th while Stephen Peaker is 67th. Hong Kong is now 10th in the WASPA ranking of nations with 26 points. The top 3 nations are Malta (167), Belgium (154) and Singapore (144).

www.subbuteo.com is online

Our friends from SUBBUTEO have officially launched their website at http://en.subbuteo.com/

There are tips for new players, a list of available products and even the list of retailers. The game is currently available in Portugal, the UK, Spain, Italy, Singapore and Australia. Many more nations should have distributors soon.

Hopefully this will help to get a lot of new players interested in the beautiful game.

Antonio takes the 4th place in Singapore

The Singapore Satellite, a tournament counting for the FISTF circuit, took place last week-end and 24 players were competing in a nice sports hall. Antonio Carabillo was the only foreign player taking part. Being 87th in the world ranking, Antonio was the top seed of the tournament. In the group stage, he easily beat Soh Wee Lik (2-1) and Mohd Rizal (2-0) to finish on top of the group. In the last 16 round, it was another victory against Mohd Azhar (3-0). In the quarter-final, Antonio was in great shape and beat Noor Haikal (5-0). Int he semi-final, it was something very different as Antonio lost to Den Mulia (3-0). Den Mulia is know as one of the best Singapore player, maybe the best player for the moment. Den Mulia later won the final against Rudy Hesty (2-0). In the final for the third place, Antonio lost to John Ho (0-2). Finishing in the top 4 of such a big tournament is still a great satisfaction for the best Hong Kong player. 

Hong Kong players in the world rankings

In the FISTF world rankings of May 2012, Antonio Carabillo is now 84th while Marco Todini is 1054th in the Open category.

A big change for the WASPA circuit

There were a lot of comments in the last few days about the possible change to have WASPA tournaments with only three players instead of four. A mail has been sent to several tournaments organizers and players and, apart from two people who didn't really know if a change like this would be a good thing, everyone gave support. The idea is not to lower the standards of organisation but just to help smaller associations and isolated groups of players. In countries such as Australia, Canada or the US, it's difficult to get players together for a tournament because of the long distances between cities. Also, in the last few months some tournaments were held with only three players. Despite of the efforts made by the local organizers to have something great, the tournaments could not count for the WASPA ranking and archives. Hopefully the change will motivate more clubs and players to organize tournaments under WASPA banner. The idea is to have more nations involved in the near future. The decision is therefore taken with immediate effect.

For more details about the WASPA circuit, take a look at http://waspa-circuit.blogspot.com/ 

Hong Kong players in the different international rankings

In the FISTF Open ranking of April 2012, Antonio Carabillo is 87th while Marco Todini is 1070th. 1170 players are in the table.
The WASPA ranking of April has also been relased. Antonio Carabillo is now 30th while Stephan Peaker is 61st.

Hong Kong is ranked in 10th position in the WASPA ranking of nations.

Inaugural Hong Kong WASPA tournament

There was a lot of action and excitment in Hong Kong on sunday as the very first WASPA tournament took place between four very motivated players. The games were closely fought affairs, accompanied with a fair share of goals. In a group stage of four players, almost every competitor had a chance to win. Playing in a totally new and unfamiliar ground, Kok Wee, ironically, winning away from home... managed to top of the group with two wins and a draw, thus winning the tournament. His very first, in fact, since his push for the game in the region. Antonio, playing at home, but slipping up occasionally, came as seconnd, with John, not having time and some luck on his side, came in 3rd. The pack was followed by Stephan, whom is relatively new to the modern play of the game, completed the group at 4th. Overall, every player put in fine performances, with quite a few good goals and completed successfully the inaugural Hong Kong WASPA Tournament! The final ranking: 1. Tan Kok Wee (Singapore - Singpore Lions SC) ; 2. Antonio Carabillo (Hong Kong - Dragons SC) ; 3. John Ho (Singapore - Woodlands SC) ; 4. Stephan Peaker (Hong Kong - Dragons SC)

A first tournament in Hong Kong

There are some excellent news coming up from Hong Kong. There will be the very first tournament in the country on sunday, April 29 as four players will meet for a great time of flicking football. Local players Antonio Carabillo and Stephen Peaker will meet Tan Kok Wee and John Ho from Singapore! Results will be announced early next week! Contact: Antonio Carabillo at pacway@netvigator.com

Antonio in the top 100

In the FISTF world ranking of march 2012, Antonio Carabillo is now 88th and Marco Todini is 1065. Antonio has really improved his ranking after is final in the Open of Yokohama in Japan.