Valletta Lions Table Football Club win first International Open Tournament

This weekend the Malta Table Football Sports Association organised its 1st International Tournament for this season which was held at the 12th May Band Club in Zebbug - Malta.

On Saturday, in the Teams event Valletta Lions Table Football Club (a club founded in 2013) won their first International tournament by beating their sporting rivals from the capital city Valletta Subbuteo Club 3-1 in the final.

In the group stages, Valletta Lions Table Football Club won its group by obtaining maximum points. In the semi-finals, they won against Attard Subbuteo Club with a 4-0 score line. Valletta Subbuteo Club also won their group with maximum points and in the semi final they drew 2-2 with Bormla Subbuteo Club but progressed to the final on a better goal difference.

On Sunday, the Individual tournament was held with Samuel Bartolo winning the title against Mark Gauci with a score of 4-2. Both players progressed from the semi-finals by beating club mates Derek Conti and Angelo Borg 4-3 and 3-1 respectively.

In the Under 19 category, Andrew Abela won the group with maximum points with Tristan Fenech finishing in the second place. Both players hail from Valletta Subbuteo Club. The other 3 players who participated form part of Valletta Lions Table Football Club team. These were Melvin Barun, Neil Mark Bonnici and Lyon Baldacchino, who finished 3rd, 4th & 5th place respectively.

In the Under 15 category, Jurgen Balzan finished top of the table with 7 points winning the final game against Andrew Deguara 1-0 who finished second place with 6 points. Jamie Bonnici and Aiden Williams finished 3rd and 4th placed.