Swamp Soccer

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Swamp Soccer , also known as mud football or mud football, is a ball sport in which two teams of five players each play on muddy ground - e.g. B. a flooded arable land - compete against each other. The aim of the game is to score more goals than the opposing team , just like in classic football .

Bog football game scene

history

The inventor is Esa Romppainen, a ski trainer from Hyrynsalmi (Finland) who wanted to expand the summer training and came up with the idea of ​​using the local moor. The first event, in which 13 teams participated, took place in 1998. In 1999 57 teams took part.

German championships

The first German championship in mud football took place on June 6, 2009 in Wöllnau (North Saxony). An official German championship in moor football took place on May 5-6, 2012. The second official German championships took place from May 25th to 26th, 2013 in Rieste . The winners qualify for the World Championships in Finland.

Rules for official German championships

Bog football game scene
Bog football game scene
  • Playing field: 60 m × 35 m, flooded arable land, swampy landscape
  • The playing time is 2 × 10 minutes. After the first half, only the sides are changed, there is no break.
  • If games end in a draw in the group stage, there is an extension of 1 × 10 minutes after changing sides with the golden goal rule. Then there is 11-meter shooting with 3 players each. Then with the other players until a winner is determined.
  • The team consists of a goalkeeper and 5 field players.
  • There is no limit to the number of substitutes, but each team must have at least 4 players on the field.
  • Flying changes are only possible at the center line. The change is correctly carried out if the substituted player only enters the field after the substituted player has left the field. If a change is not carried out correctly, the referee can impose a 2-minute time penalty and / or a free kick from the center line.
  • A scored goal does not reduce the time penalty.
  • Leaning against is allowed, but any attempt to bring a player down is considered a foul and will result in a yellow card warning.
  • The referee issues a red card for intentional foul play and expels the player from the field.
  • Two yellow cards in a game are treated like one red card, so the player is sent off.
  • For every red card the player receives a ban for the next game.
  • The wall must be at least 3 meters away for free kicks.
  • The goalkeeper may take the ball up to a maximum of 5 meters in front of the goal.
  • Goals from the goalkeeper's tee do not count.
  • There is no offside. Penalty kicks, corner kicks and throw-ins are taken as a hand tee.
  • All free kicks, corner kicks and throw-ins are taken indirectly.

World championship and international tournaments

National championships have been held in Finland since 1998. Finland has also hosted world championships with international teams since 2000. By 2010, the number of teams had grown to 250–300 competing in the competition, novice, women and company classes. Participants have always come from Finland, England, the Netherlands, Sweden, Russia, Scotland and Iceland. Visitors and spectators who are there at the event over the weekend are 30,000.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ History ( Memento from January 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Archive.org: Announcement for the German championship ( Memento from June 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ Report SPIEGEL ONLINE