Footbag is the name of the game that is known all over the world – from China through the USA to Europe. In interwar Poland, it was known as ‘zośka’, it consisted of bouncing with your feet in a circle composed of several people with a small bag or ball of lead with shuttlecocks made of yarn. As an official sport, footbag developed in the USA, from where it reached Europe in 1995.

There are currently two main competitive footbag disciplines:

Footbag Net – playing through the net with a small, hard ball – netbag. You can play only with your feet and the netbag cannot fall to the ground, which makes it quite a technical sport – professionally rich in spectacular attacks and blocks;

Footbag Freestyle – juggling soft footbag with your legs and performing a variety of tricks, where the technique, level of difficulty and the style of their execution count.

and more street disciplines:

Footbag Golf – a sport where precise kicking to the target with various footbags counts, and the winner is the player with the fewest kicks;

2 Squares – a classic game for points played on two squares, where you score a point after hitting a bag into the opponent’s field.

Thursday, 14.12:

12:00 – 18:00 – BC24 – Welcome point & early registration

20:00 Welcome Party @ Bill Hickman

Friday, 15.12:

Fame Sport (10-19):

10:00 Final Registration

10:30 Players Meeting

11:00 Singles Net + Side Events

14:00 Lunch break

14:30 Singles Net + Side Events

20:00 Afterparty

Saturday, 16.12:

Fame Sport (10-19):

10:00 Players Meeting

10:30 Doubles Net + Side Events

14:00 Lunch break

14:30 Doubles Net + Side Events

20:00 Afterparty

Sunday, 17.12:

Fame Sport (10-19):

10:00 Players Meeting

10:30 Net / Freestyle / 2 sqares / Golf

14:00 Lunch break

14:30 Net / Freestyle Finals

18:00 Ceremony

20:00 Afterparty

Due to unforeseen circumstances and changes, organizers reserve the right to change the schedule and announce it during the event.

Please register as a player on footbag.org:

Here you have map with competition & afterparty spots.

Important note about accomodation – we did some research near FAME Sport and marked it on the map. We think best option is to rent rooms/apartments in Old Kazimierz District – very known of hundreds of bars and restaurants and its UNESCO heritage. Just seek for affordable places via booking.com or airbnb (Krakow is hardcore touristic city, so you have plenty of options).

If you have any problems with accomodation or super low travel budget – just ask us, we will help you:)

BC24 – Bożego Ciała 24 – Bożego Ciała 24 st., Kraków – Welcome & Early Registration Spot

Since the beginning many people called BC24 „place”, not only „shop”. With many concerts, exhibitions and sport events – 140m2 is full of urban culture connected with urban and extreme sports, sneakers collectors, streetwear designers, graffiti, street art and comic book artists and of course music – day by day you can meet here producers and DJ’s connected with turntablism movement. You can also buy here good vinyls and taste delicious and cheap espresso coffee. And of course this is official MANIAC spot!

FAME SPORT CLUB – Jana Dekerta 21 st., Kraków – Official Competition Spot

Fame Sport Club is a krakow tennis and badminton center in Krakow where we have five courts in the hall with professional Gerflor surface and possible live broadcast with scoring system.

Bill Hickman – Józefa 11 st., Kraków

Official MANIAC funk & reggae bar in heart of Old Kazimierz District:) Strictly for % lovers!

Krakow is a beautiful city where you can spend a lot of time in any way you like. Do you like visiting monuments? In Krakow, you will find the largest medieval market square in Europe, hundreds of churches, zero-class buildings and a cultural park entered on the UNESCO list. You will also find hundreds of restaurants and bars of all kinds in one place, where there is always something happening every day. For those actively relaxing – the surrounding valleys near Krakow, Jordan Park, Błonia, Kościuszko, Krak, Wanda and Piłsudski Mounds or Zakrzówek and Twardowski Rocks – all this will provide you some nature and healthy trip.

The competition itself takes place in the very center of Krakow – near Kazimierz, Podgórze and the Market Square – where you basically have everything in place.

Glossary for visitors:

• bania [banya] – a glass of vodka, eg 6 banya, please!
• piwo – beer
• siemanko – hello!
• zośka – footbag;)
• sznycel [schnitzel] – local minced cutlet, for example, a schnitzel with potatoes
• pierogi – polish dumplings
• na pole – to go outside, for example, hey, let’s go na pole!