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Teqball
Teqball is a ball sport that is played on a curved table, combining elements of football and table tennis. Back and forth, the players hit a ball with any part of the body except arms and hands. Teqball can be played between two players as a singles game or between four players as a doubles game. The game is represented at an international level by the International Teqball Federation (FITEQ). A number of world-class footballers have been attracted by the game, and after being added to the programmes for the 2021 Asian Beach Games and the 2023 European Games, the sport is now aiming for Olympic inclusion.
Teqball became the world's fastest-recognised sport in August 2018, when its highest governing body, FITEQ, was officially recognised by the Olympic Committee of Asia (OCA). In June 2019, it was officially recognised by the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA).
In November 2020, FITEQ was granted full membership of the Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF).
Teqball was invented in 2014 in Hungary by three football enthusiasts: former professional player Gábor Borsányi, sex industry and political entrepreneur György Gattyán, and computer scientist Viktor Huszár. The creative idea came from Borsányi, who used to play football on a table tennis table. The horizontal design of the table made the ball often not bounce to the players, so this game was not enjoyable. Borsányi thought that if the table were bent, the arched surface could help the ball bounce to the foot. After several years of development with Huszár, the first teqball table was made in 2014.
According to Murányi Gergely of FITEQ, "We called it teqball because you need technique to play the game and you play it with a regular soccer ball".
The sport was officially presented in Budapest on 18 October 2016, by Brazilian ex-football player Ronaldinho, one of the ambassadors of teqball.
The rules are laid out in the FITEQ's set of rules.
• The official sport can be played with balls used in football, with size five being official and recommended.
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Teqball
Teqball is a ball sport that is played on a curved table, combining elements of football and table tennis. Back and forth, the players hit a ball with any part of the body except arms and hands. Teqball can be played between two players as a singles game or between four players as a doubles game. The game is represented at an international level by the International Teqball Federation (FITEQ). A number of world-class footballers have been attracted by the game, and after being added to the programmes for the 2021 Asian Beach Games and the 2023 European Games, the sport is now aiming for Olympic inclusion.
Teqball became the world's fastest-recognised sport in August 2018, when its highest governing body, FITEQ, was officially recognised by the Olympic Committee of Asia (OCA). In June 2019, it was officially recognised by the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA).
In November 2020, FITEQ was granted full membership of the Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF).
Teqball was invented in 2014 in Hungary by three football enthusiasts: former professional player Gábor Borsányi, sex industry and political entrepreneur György Gattyán, and computer scientist Viktor Huszár. The creative idea came from Borsányi, who used to play football on a table tennis table. The horizontal design of the table made the ball often not bounce to the players, so this game was not enjoyable. Borsányi thought that if the table were bent, the arched surface could help the ball bounce to the foot. After several years of development with Huszár, the first teqball table was made in 2014.
According to Murányi Gergely of FITEQ, "We called it teqball because you need technique to play the game and you play it with a regular soccer ball".
The sport was officially presented in Budapest on 18 October 2016, by Brazilian ex-football player Ronaldinho, one of the ambassadors of teqball.
The rules are laid out in the FITEQ's set of rules.
• The official sport can be played with balls used in football, with size five being official and recommended.