The German table football championships will take place in Bad Neustadt this weekend. The new title holders are being sought in the categories of mixed doubles, women’s doubles, men’s doubles as well as women’s singles and men’s singles. sport.de broadcasts live.
Around 8,500 people in 13 regional associations play organized table football in Germany. The spectrum ranges from hobbyists to competitive athletes who define the small round ball as the center of their lives. The best of each year who qualify for the German championship are determined through national ranking lists and tournaments.
It will take place next weekend in Bad Neustadt an der Saale in 2024. For many, the dream of the 2025 World Cup in Spain looms even higher than the DM title, because all champs from the men’s, women’s, wheelchair and mixed categories in the singles and doubles disciplines secure starting places.
The decisive games are at sport.de All of them can be followed live (stream opens at the top of the window).
The FoosballTV streaming team has taken table football broadcasting to a remarkable level. This includes replays, interviews, analyzes and commentators who answer all questions and interact with people in the chat.
Here is the timetable for the live streams:
- Friday, January 19th from around 8 p.m.: The mixed playoffs
- Saturday, January 20th from around 7 p.m.: The double playoffs (women and men)
- Sunday, January 21st from around 6 p.m.: The individual playoffs (women and men)
The women in particular will be the focus of attention again. On the one hand, with 109 pre-registrations for women’s singles, a new participant record is imminent and confirms the trend that more and more women are joining table football.
On the other hand, the role of favorite among the women is clearly distributed year after year. Especially when Linh Tran and Maura Porrmann from Hamburg team up in doubles, as they did this year. Tran has been the best player in this country in singles and doubles for years and is now even considered the best table football player in the world.
During this time, Porrmann repeatedly mixed up open disciplines. A fourth place in the open field at the Leonhart World Series with Max Hoyer confirmed this. So the question will be: Who will beat the newly formed Maura and Linh?
One thing is clear: last year’s winners Sanna Dibowski and Julia Wohlgemuth will not be there. “I’m playing with Töni (Antonia Nuguig, editor’s note) again. Maura and Linh are of course the clear favorites. But maybe there will be a surprise like last year,” suggested Sanna Dibowski.
Their highlight this year is the mixed doubles: “I have a great partner in national player Raphael Hampel,” said Dibowski.
In the mixed doubles, Sarah Klabunde and Thomas Haas from Cologne in particular had a sensational season and landed at the top of the world rankings. They are likely to be among the challengers who want to challenge Nico Wohlgemuth and Sabine Brose from Hamburg for the title. “We haven’t won the title together yet. That’s why the mixed doubles has a super high priority,” said Thomas Haas.
Haas will also not be competing with his last year’s partner Felix Droese in defending the DM title in the men’s doubles. “Felix and I aren’t playing the World Cup together, so I’m playing a lot this season with Luis Janßen as a potential World Cup partner,” said Haas.
Janßen has just outgrown the junior level and is a highly gifted player. In general, the DM last year was dominated by the Wohlgemuth football family. In addition to Julia in the doubles, brother Nico won the mixed doubles with Sabine Brose and the singles against Alex di Bello in a thrilling final. He’s always at the top of the favorites list anyway.