Amateurs and beginners got the opportunity to try on the role of professionals. The tournament was organized for the brand of Scotch whisky, Grant’s, and KickerKicker club acted as its partner. The club representatives—members of the Table Soccer Federation of Ukraine—officiated the games in an unbiased and professional manner.
All games were held at the professional tables of Garlando manufacturing, which are used at global tournaments. Qualifying games of the tournament were held from May to July in four cities of Ukraine—Kyiv, Dnipro, Kharkiv, and Odessa.
More than 115 teams of two players each took part in the tournament, and more than 600 games were played in total. Three winning teams in each of the cities got the opportunity to meet in the final round. The final game of the tournament took place on July, 15 in the Kyiv bar “Krapka Koma.”
The winner was the team “Kem-To” from Kharkiv. They won the main prize—a certificate for 10,000 UAH in the bar!
“Table soccer is a quite popular sport in Europe. Many bars in the Baltics, France, Belgium, and other countries, have tables for table soccer—a whole movement has already formed around it. Kicker is gaining steam in our country. We are glad that the Grant’s Stand Together tournament is the first All-Ukrainian Tournament, and that it triggered off the formation of the kicker culture in Ukraine,” commented Kostiantyn Chapkov, President of the Table Soccer Federation of Ukraine.
The additional game of the tournament took place in Kyiv as a part of Don't Take Fake festival on September 16. The project was supported by William Grant & Sons. The project support was organized as a part of retainer-based servicing of the William Grant & Sons company.
