Foosball Table Comparison Chart

This table describes the similarities and differences in dimensions between different table types. This is by no means complete, and if any readers have different types of table, or can fill in the missing links, we would like to know. Some manufacturers produce different models - e.g. Italian tables often come in short and long (goalie rotates 360 degrees) versions.

Make
 Playfield (cm)
3-bar spacing* (cm)
Toe width (mm)
Protrusion on 3-bar?*
Goal Width (effective)
Ball type
Ball Weight (g)
Italian Style
Garlando
114-120 x 70.5
18.4cm
21mm
Yes 1cm
19cm (18cm)
White/ Orange plastic
17.5-18.5g
Roberto Sport (UDC)
111-118 x 70.5
16.0cm
24mm
No
19cm (17cm)
White plastic
17.5g
FABI
120x70
16.8cm
21mm
No
19cm (17cm)
White plastic
17.5g
FAS
117x70
16.4cm
23mm
Yes
19.5cm
White plastic
17.5g
Longoni
113x70
16.5cm
22mm
Yes
21.5cm
White plastic
17.5g
Brighouse/ FASNA
108x70
16.2cm
21mm
yes 5mm
19.8cm
White plastic
17.5g
Sardi
120x69
16.5cm
22mm
yes 1cm
19.5cm
White plastic
17.5g
American Style
Tornado
119.5x68.5
16.2cm
24mm
n/a
20.5cm
Urethane
27g
Sivissidis
119x68.5
18.5cm
24mm
n/a
20.5cm
Urethane
27g
German Style
Loewen
119x68.5
16.4cm
22mm
n/a
17cm
white plastic
20.5g
Vitalite
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
KCE/TS
118.5x68
15.9cm
22mm
n/a
18cm
white plastic
20.5g
French Style
Bonzini
119x69
17cm
21mm
n
19cm
Plain cork
9.0-14.0g
Rene Pierre
119.5x69
17.8cm
21mm
n
20cm
Coated cork
11.5g
Petiot
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Benelux Style
Soccer 2000
116.5x69
16cm
21mm
n/a
19cm (18cm)
dressed cork
14.5g
Jupiter
117x68
16cm
21mm
n/a
19cm (17.5cm)
dressed cork
11.2g
Black Diamond
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Topper 2000
111x65
16.4cm
22mm
n/a
18cm (17.5cm)
Plain cork
15.4g
Spanish (Futbolin) Style*
Bifuca
134x75
n/a
n/a
n/a
25cm
Ceramic
28g

* Notes:

3-bar spacing - This is the distance between the inner edge of the wing player's toe, and the outer edge of the centre-forward's toe.

Protrusion - On some Italian-style tables the end of the rod is flush with the player figure, on others it protrudes slightly.

Tolerances - Length/width ±0.5cm, other dimensions ±2mm.

Player Figures Italian style players have rectangular toes and are usually of red/blue plastic moulded directly to the rods (telescopic or straight through). Some Italian tables can be supplied with German style players/rods.Tornado style tables have yellow/black plastic 'Alien' stylized counterbalanced players with treaded wedge-shaped feet, pinned to straight-through rods. German style tables have plastic players (red/blue or yellow/white) usually wearing hats, toes are relatively rounded and treaded. French style players are usually metal, painted in team colours, the toes are untreaded, with flat front and rounded back surfaces. Benelux style players are made from painted hardwood, with narrow wedge-shaped toes, no tread but extreme grip. Topper players are rather chunkier and unpainted.Spanish tables have heavy metal players each with two feet.

Formation (No of players on rods) - All tables (including Sivissidis) use the standard 1-2-5-3 formation with banked corners of the playfield, except for: Tornado, and some other US tables have 3 players on the goalie rod (i.e. 3-2-5-3) with a flat playfield. Spanish/Futbolin tables have a very different formation, with 3 in midfield and defence, with 4 attackers (i.e. 1-3-3-4), and the playfield is curved so ball returns to centre of table.

Grip - Based on a subjective comparison, the grippiness of different table types can be expressed in stars, from no stars (slickest) to 5 stars (grippiest) as follows: Italian - depends on surface: Slick glass (no stars), Laminate (*), Sandblasted glass (**), Tornado (***), German (***). French (****), Benelux (*****), Spanish (no stars),

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