From April 9 to 12, 2015, the table football World Championships will set the Palasport Ruffini in Turin alight!
It's the final stretch before the most anticipated event on the table football planet. Starting April 9, the world's best players will compete in singles and doubles at the Multi-Table World Championships, while the table football World Cup won't begin until Friday, April 10.
Gathered in a sports hall that looks like a combat arena, the biggest names in table football will have to give their best to reach the final and hope to win the coveted title of Table Football World Champion.
The men will face Great Britain, South Africa, and Kuwait on Garlando table football and Tornado.
The women will face Belgium, Finland, and Slovakia on Leonhart table football and Tornado.
But today, it's time to warm up. Our French players will have all day to get their bearings and sharpen their reflexes one last time during doubles and speed ball competitions. Let's recall the list of French players selected for the World Championships:
Men's Singles:
Maxime BLIN
Sébastien MECKES
Miguel DOS SANTOS LOTE
Sébastien FRIEDRICHS
Cedric MUSSET
Men's Doubles:
Nicolas CHIARI Sébastien ZAPATER
Miguel DOS SANTOS LOTE - Hervé DOS SANTOS LOTE
Frédéric FLEUROT - Gaël LAGRANGE
Matthieu NOIREZ - Frédéric TRAVERS
Vincent SESLIKOL - Sian KHAMLU
Women's Singles:
Estelle JACQUOT
Anaïs NOEL
Marine POHL
Cindérella POIDEVIN
Women's Doubles:
Estelle JACQUOT -Malika SENOUCI
Marine POHL - Anaïs NOEL
Cindérella POIDEVIN - Carole LE GUENNEC
Let us point out that Maxime Blin and Sébastien Meckes will also be part of the French team for the Table Football World Cup.
Reminder:
- Maxime Blin, nicknamed the "Zidane of Toulouse" or "T1000" in reference to the character in the film Terminator, was vice-junior world champion several times and then world champion with the French team in 2013. He distinguished himself more recently with his Villeurbanne team with a very fine second place in the 2014 Club Cup.
- Sébastien Meckes, nicknamed the "Maradona of table football", has played for the French team since 2002. He is quite simply considered one of the best players in the world and the most calculating and precise left-hander in the discipline. He notably gave the French team the winning point during the 2013 World Cup against the United States.
Supporters from all over the world will come to support their favorite team in an atmosphere that promises to be friendly but magical!
If you have the chance to come and fill the stands at the Palasport Ruffini for the 2015 Table Football Championships and World Cup, you are cordially invited to share your feedback on these two events with us!
