Thursday, September 4th 7PM-10PM

Thursday, September 4th marks the FINAL of a series of 3 foosball tournaments that have been organized by artist Monika Wührer as part of “Bread and Soccer: In the Arena of Art;” an art exhibition featuring an international set of contemporary artists responding to the global theme of soccer.

Tournaments are FREE and open to the public, and finalists - the strong, the brave - will have the exciting opportunity to play against professional soccer players from the New York Red Bulls. Trophies crafted by the artist will be awarded to 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners.

This unique event also features the opportunity for participants to exchange items of their own clothing for an item of specially designed “fan-ware” screen-printed by the artist. Shirts and scarves are available for exchange, 100% wash and wear, limited stock.

EVENT INCLUDES free beer, a live DJ and fantastic announcers providing play-by-play of all the action. The exhibition will also be open for viewing.

Tournaments have been organized by soccer fan and artist Monika Wührer for the Austrian Cultural Forum, and are held as part of the art exhibition on the global phenomenon of “football” called Bread and Soccer: in the arena of art.

Final Tournament:
Thursday, September 4th

Time:
7-10pm

Location:
Austrian Cultural Forum New York
11 E 52nd St (just east of 5th ave)

http://www.acfny.org
http://www.breadandsoccer.com

Exhibition information:

BREAD AND SOCCER: IN THE ARENA OF ART
Exhibition closes SEPTEMBER 13 2008

AUSTRIAN CULTURAL FORUM NEW YORK
11 East 52nd Street
Tel: 212 319 5300
Gallery Hours: Mon – Sat 10 am – 6 pm
FREE ADMISSION

Artists: GUSTAVO ARTIGAS • RODERICK BUCHANAN • JULIUS DEUTSCHBAUER/TONSPURVIENNA • THOMAS FEUERSTEIN • PIA LINDMAN • MARTIN MAXIMILIAN MICHL & MARKUS ISER • KLAUS POBITZER • SERGE SPITZER • SPENCER TUNICK • NIVES WIDAUER • MONIKA WÜHRER

Photographs by Fumie Isshii

Photgraphs by Miho Suzuki

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@ the austrian Cultural Forum, 11 East 52nd Street, New York, NY

Chris Leitch and Luke Sassano from the Red Bulls are going to be there!

To celebrate Austria’s role as co-host of Euro 2008 soccer championship, the Austrian Cultural Forum NYC has commissioned an art exhibition, “Bread and Soccer: in the arena of art,” as well as a series of public programs, including soccer film screenings and foosball tournaments featuring team players from the New York Red Bulls.

I am seeking soccer fans and foosball fans to participate in a series of free foosball tournaments. Anyone is welcome to participate, and finalists - the strong, the brave - will have the exciting opportunity to play against professional soccer players from the New York Red Bulls. Red Bull First Team players Chris Leitch and Luke Sassano will appear at the June 11 tournament

A total of 24 players can sign up to play.

All of the players will be split up into 2 groups…each group will be assigned a foosball table.

Each group will be broken down into 6 teams, with 2 players on each team.

You can choose your own team and group.

Each team will play 5 matches - 1 match against each of the other teams in their group.

Teams compete to score the most points (goals) over the course of 3 matches.

Teams with the highest point totals after playing their 3 matches will play a championship match against players from the NY Red Bulls professional soccer team and receive prizes.

In the case of a tie at a table at the end of the 6 matches, a sudden-death game to 1 point will be played to break the tie.

Scoring Rules

There is a ten-minute time limit to each match. If time runs out before either team achieves 10 goals then the teams receive whatever their current scores to their point total.

If a team reaches ten points before ten minutes runs out, then they win that match and receive 10 points. The opponent team receives whatever points equal to the number of goals they scored during the match.

For example: If a game runs out at ten-minutes with a score of 7 to 4. One team adds 7 points to their total score and the other adds 4 points to their total score.

If a team wins a match 10 to 5 before the end of 10-minutes then they receive 10 points to their point total and their opponents receive 5 points to their total.

Scores will be recorded by tournament officials; their decision is final in the case of dispute.

To see all the final squads, click here.

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