The Valley International Foosball Association (VIFA) is an American

United States

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 "association of coin machine operators, foosball table manufacturer and foosball players, working together to provide increased interest in the game of foosball". The league

Sports league

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 is headquartered in Bay City

Bay City, Michigan

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, Michigan

Michigan

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, and was founded by game equipment manufacturer Valley-Dynamo

Valley-Dynamo

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.

VIFA works in association with the ITSF

International Table Soccer Federation

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 to promote the Foosball World Championships and World Championship Series events (having hosted the World Championships previously).

VIFA is also closely associated with the USTSA (United States Table Soccer Association), and the USTSF (United States Table Soccer Federation) is a member. As such, VIFA has a growing membership in America, Canada

Canada

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and other countries.