Table football
Overview
Table football, also known as gitoni or foosball, is a table-top game
and sport
that is loosely based on association football.
The most common English names are table football, footzy, bar football and foosball, though table soccer is also used. Among French-style players it is known as baby-foot.
The name foosball is a loose transliteration of the German word "Fußball", which itself means simply football.
In Germany the game is most often called Kicker.
Game
A game is structured playing, usually undertaken for enjoyment and sometimes used as an educational tool. Games are distinct from work, which is usually carried out for remuneration, and from art, which is more often an expression of aesthetic or ideological elements...
and sport
Sport
A Sport is all forms of physical activity which, through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical fitness and provide entertainment to participants. Sport may be competitive, where a winner or winners can be identified by objective means, and may require a degree...
that is loosely based on association football.
The most common English names are table football, footzy, bar football and foosball, though table soccer is also used. Among French-style players it is known as baby-foot.
The name foosball is a loose transliteration of the German word "Fußball", which itself means simply football.
In Germany the game is most often called Kicker.
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