 The fourth World Cup is confirmed for October 2020 in Japan. More details are coming soon.
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 The FC Gifu is the first football club from the Japan Professional League, which has cooperated with footgolf. To declare this, they organized a press conference and showed with a little practice, what is footgolf is about.   The FTC Footgolf Cup including a FIFG 50 and FIFG 100 tournament was held next to lake Balaton in Hungary last weekend won by Nico Garcia.
Saturday’s 18 holes earned 50 points in the world ranking won by Nico Garcia (ARG). The second day with 27 holes was an FIFG 100 competition won by Attila Takács (HUN). The weekend altogether (45 holes) was the fifth round of the Hungarian championship won by Garcia with an amazing six-kick lead. The best senior was Csaba Balázsi (HUN) during the weekend (Zsolt Lichtner won the FIFG 50, György Podusil the FIFG 100). There were no questions among the ladies and the juniors, Izabella Ujvári and Ákos Tajtyi were unbeatable in both categories in Balatongyörök. The tournament was important for the Hungarian footgolfers, because the best of the weekend joined the national team. Gábor Renczés (second after Garcia) qualified himself for the Euro Footgolf.  Footgolf has debuted in an UEFA Champions League game in Hungary. The Hungarian federation and the national champion agreed on to organize competitions in the half-time. The UEFA Champions League 2019/2020 has already started with the preliminary rounds. One of the games was the Ferencváros (HUN) - Ludogorets (BUL) in Budapest, Hungary. Thanks to the agreement between the Hungarian Footgolf Federation and the 30-time Hungarian champion Ferencvárosi Torna Club, footgolf has debuted as a tricky competition during the half-time. Footgolf will be there at Groupama Arena on every home game of Ferencváros including national and UEFA competition this season.   FIFG 100 in the Netherlands, Slovenia and France this weekend, while the fifth round of the Hungarian championship has a FIFG 50 and FIFG 100 leg also.
SCHEDULE  The Beijing Footgolf Challenge 2019 was held last Sunday in China with a so exciting ending. Mao Bing Xin, Jiang Wei and Wang Yang had the same score (75, +3) and tied for the first place. After five penalties, Wang became the winner of the FIFG 50 tournament, while Jiang Wei reached the second and Mao Bin Xing the third position.   Everybody is asking, who will stop Ben Clarke. After the Italian Major this weekend, we can ask it again. The British giant won it by five kicks and has conquered half of Europe. Clarke was second in the first Major in the US this year, but has already won the Irish, Dutch, French and Swiss FIFG 500 tournaments in the season. He could not be beaten in Italy on the three days of the 7th Italian Footgolf Open. The British footgolfer was the leader after the first and second day too and kept his lead at the end of the FIFG 1000 competition. Vincent Huber (SUI) became second and Michal Dian (SVK) third. Gianluca Bortolin (ITA) won among the seniors with only one kick ahead of Fabio Mazzer (ITA) and eight ahead of Milko Capraro (ITA) completing a full Italian podium. Sophie Brown (UK) was unbeatable again in a Major, while Rebeka Rezna (SVK) won silver and Izabella Ujvári (HUN) bronze medal. Ákos Tajtyi (HUN) was the best junior player playing during the three rounds.     Beside the Italian Major, there will be smaller competitionS in Brazil, China, Spain, Portugal and Slovenia.
SCHEDULE  Nahir Oyal, ex-professional football player and Julia Berglind Nilsson became the new Swedish champion in Malmö.
”I knew that I had a chance in the competition, even though the footgolfers were really good. When I have played focused, I felt, I could avoid the pressure on the last holes.” said the new champion, Nahir Oyal, who played earlier in the Swedish first division as a footballer. He admitted, when he put the football boots on the shelf in 2015, because the game's joy have been disappeared, he did not think he would come back in the competitive level with a ball and football shoes on. He fell in love with footgolf and is going to continue his new career. - I love to win, so for me it is great to win the gold medal. I have won many divisions in Sweden, but never Allsvenskan in football. Among the ladies, Julia Berglind Nilsson – who had previously a bronze and a silver medal – became the new champion. ”I didn't expect this. It is fun to have a gold and show what I can do.” said Berglind Nilsson. The competition was played in tough conditions in high wind up to 13 meters per second. ”I used my time and waited for a few seconds before my kicks. I tried to time well and hit the ball, when the conditions seemed better.” For the first time, a team competition was also played. The team played single, four ball (best ball) and foursome format. Olandsbygdens team 2 (Julia Berglind Nilsson, Emma Adén, Yasmine Hollsten and Pernilla Nordgren) won in the women's category and Olandsbygdens gentlemen (Johan Mårtensson, Joacim Mårtensson, Henrik Söderlund, Simon Bruce and Robin Larsson) were the best among the men. RESULTS  More than 200 players have registered for the 7th Italian Footgolf Open. The winner of the Major this weekend earns 1000 points in the World Tour.
223 players from 20 countries (151 men, 51 seniors, 17 women and 4 under 18's) try their luck on the three-day long tournament in Udine. The competition with €12.500 cash prize has started today with the training day. Schedule: Thursday, 4th July 09.00 – 14.00 Black course training | 15.00 – 19.00 White course training 20.00 – Press Conference Friday, 5th July 09.00 – Competition day 1 | 20.30 – Dinner at Pizzeria al Podere, 8 km from the club Saturday, 6th July 09.00 – Competition day 2 Sunday ,7th July 09.00 – Competition day 3 | 20.00 – Awarding Ceremony Check the two courses here: White Course (5 July) Black Course (6-7 July) Flights for the 1st day. |
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