The TFAS Merlion Cup

The 1st Merlion Cup competition begun in the year 2009, originally known as the Merlion Satellite, named after the symbolic national icon and relating to the type of FISTF tournament category. It was later renamed as the Merlion Cup in 2012.

Since its origin, it has become a significant end-of-year curtain closure tournament for the yearly series of TFAS Tournaments. Usually held in the month of December, it has been able to attract many foreign players from the Asia region and as far as Europe. Just like the other tournaments in the TFAS series, the tournament format takes a familiar format, providing players of different levels and a fair chance and an enriching competition experience.

Under 19
Open to all players under the age of 19 years old

Amateur
– Open to all inexperienced players who just started to play the game and returning players who used to play the game in the 1980s till the early 1990s.
– Players previously involved in the SG Table Football Premier Leagues are not eligible
– Winners of previous/any Amateur Category competitions are not eligible

Team competition
The team competition pits players in groups of 4. Players from 2 teams will play against each other concurrently and results are determined by the number of games each team win over their opposing team. Total Goal difference between the teams shall be considered if there is a tie in the number of games won.
– All participating players will be drawn at random into groups of 4
– Teams will play in accordance with the prescribed competition format (Swiss or Knock-out) depending on the number of Teams involved.

Individual Open
All individual players will play against each other in the prescribed Tournament format, depending on the number of participating players and time allowed.

*TFAS reserves the right to include/exclude any of the above categories depending on the participation numbers

TFAS MERLION CUP (OPEN)

TFAS MERLION CUP (Open-Plate)

TFAS MERLION CUP (AMATEUR / JUNIOR)