Traditional European Sports
Traditional European Sports include Traditional Atlantic Isles sports such as Cead (Aran Islands), Cammag (Isle of Man), Hurling the Silver Ball (Cornwall), The Ba’ Game (Orkney Islands & Scotland), and Medieval British Football & other games such as Uppies & Downies (Cumbria), Shaking The Hales (Northumberland), Shrovetide Game (Derbyshire) and Haxey Hood (Lincolnshire).
In Tuscany, Italy, Calcio Storico Fiorentino is a Renaissance version of Football, and in Georgia, their Medieval version of Football, Lelo Burti has been codified and the Ancient version is undergoing a revival.
Calcio Storico Fiorentino
World Football on Eirball includes Football varieties played in East Asia, Aboriginal Australia, Africa and Old Europe.
This is the Eirball – World / Irish North American and World Sports Archive landing page for Calcio Storico Fiorentino, one of the earliest forms of organised football in the world, and which bears a striking resemblance in play to Gaelic Football, as well as a shared Atlantic heritage in a pre-Roman/pre-English, pre-Catholic Rennaisance or Revival. To view results of Calcio Fiorentino just click on the links in red/blue (purple) below the introduction.
This is the GAA World (Eirball) Landing page for the All-Time Results of Calcio Fiorentino.
Header Picture Credit: [1] MONACO – CIRCA 1963: A stamp printed by MONACO shows an illustration of the Calcio Fiorentino field and starting positions from a 1688 book by Pietro di Lorenzo Bini, Florence, circa 1963 By Sergey Goryachev / www.shutterstock.com
Renaissance European Football
First codified in Renaissance Florence (Tuscany, Italy), Calcio Storico Fiorentino is still played in Florence. Resembling a more brutal version of Gaelic Football, it is the oldest codified football game in the world. Other codified versions of European Football which bear a similarity to Gaelic Football include Lelo (also known as Lelo Burti) in Georgia, on the borders of Eastern Europe and Asia.
Calcio Storico Fiorentino
This is the Eirball – World / Irish North American and World Sports Archive landing page for Calcio Storico Fiorentino, one of the earliest forms of organised football in the world, and which bears a striking resemblance in play to Gaelic Football, as well as a shared Atlantic heritage in a pre-Roman/pre-English, pre-Catholic Rennaisance or Revival. To view results of Calcio Fiorentino just click on the links in red/blue (purple) below the introduction.
This is the GAA World (Eirball) Landing page for the All-Time Results of Calcio Fiorentino.
Header Picture Credit: [1] MONACO – CIRCA 1963: A stamp printed by MONACO shows an illustration of the Calcio Fiorentino field and starting positions from a 1688 book by Pietro di Lorenzo Bini, Florence, circa 1963 By Sergey Goryachev / www.shutterstock.com
Calcio Storico Fiorentino is a Renaissance Football game first played in Florence (Fiorentina), Tuscany in the 1400s by workers on breaks from work in the city. It was the first organised football in the world, rather than the Medieval mob football which preceeded it and where there were no rules or restrictions on numbers playing. It could be seen as part of the wider Renaissance whereby Tuscany’s ancient pre-Roman, pre-Catholic past was brought back.
The earliest orgainsed Football matches anywhere in the world, as far as Eirball has discovered, although earlier reports in Ancient Europe, Greece, Rome, Italy and China mention similar games, though of what nature is hard to discern – they may just have been children’s catching games. [See articles on Medieval Football at: Medieval Celtic Sports for more information and references on this]
*The Tuscan language (Etruscan) is one which predates the Latin arrival in the Italian peninsula, and even though the letters and sounds are known there is no knowledge of the word meanings as no document translating Etruscan to Latin or Greek has ever been found. It does, however, sound similar to Basque, and therefore could be incuded in the Celtic sports section as part of the “Atlantic” or “Black Atlantic” family along with the Celtic languages, Basque and Berber (Tamashek) – half the words in the Gaelic language are of an Indo-European origin (Greek, Latin, Germanic, Slavic etc)and half of a North African Afro-Asiatic origin (Berber, Tuareg, Maltese, Hebrew, Arab etc).
[References: [4] Calcio Storico Fiorentino Sito Ufficiale (2020) CALCIO STORICO FIORENTINO [Internet] Available from: http://calciostoricofiorentino.it/?q=calcio-storico-fiorentino [Accessed 4 August 2020] and [5] Calcio Storico Fiorentino Sito Ufficiale (2020) Studies & Documentation [Internet] Available from: http://www.calciostoricofiorentino.it/?q=studi_e_documentazione [Accessed 4 August 2020]
Calcio Fiorentino (Tuscany)
FLORENCE – JUN 24: Fighting players during Calcio Fiorentino match on June, 24,2012. Calcio fiorentino (calcio storico or calcio in costume) is an historic florentine game, origins of modern football Copyright: mkistryn
Calcio Fiorentino
A Medieval Football game, first organised in Renaissance Florence, Tuscany, Italy, that was first played by workers between breaks in work, and then organised matches beginning in 1530.
The earliest orgainsed Football matches anywhere in the world, as far as Eirball has discovered, although earlier reports in Ancient Europe, Greece, Rome, Italy and China mention similar games, though of what nature is hard to discern – they may just have been children’s catching games. [See articles on Medieval Football at: Medieval Celtic Sports for more information and references on this]
Calcio Storico Fiorentino
Calcio Storico Fiorentino Finals 1952-Present
Calcio Storico Fiorentino (Seasons):
Calcio Storico Fiorentino (Seasons)
2023 Champions: Rossi
2022 Champions: Azzurri
2020 Champions: None (Cancelled due to Covid)
Calcio Storico Fiorentino August Festival (Seasons):
Calcio Storico Fiorentino Teams
[References: see Encyclopedia Brittanica sections on Indo-European, Celtic, and Afro-Asiatic languages: Encyclopedia Britannica | Britannica ]
Lelo Burti (Georgia)
Lelo Burti is the traditional Georgian form of Rugby, Gaelic or Medieval Football
Lelo Burti (Georgia)
[1] Lelo Burti (2016) Logo_ [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20160923010826im_/http://lelo.comyr.com/images/Logo_.jpg [Accessed 24 August 2020]
Lelo Burti (Georgia)
Lelo Burti
Lelo Burti is the traditional Georgian form of Rugby.
Georgia: Lelo Burti
SLF Samegrelo Region Championship (seasons):
Traditional Hockey Codes (Europe)
The Traditional Sports and Games of Normandy (North France) were first described in the 12th Century A.D. Choule is a Team Sport involving a curved stick and a leather ball.
Choule Crosse (Normandy)
Picture Credit: [1] Fédération de Jeux et Sports Traditionnels Normande et Vikings (2014) logotradinormandiedetoure [Internet] Available from: https://jeuxtradinormandie.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/logotradinormandiedetoure.png [Accessed 23 October 2020]
Jeux et Tradi Normandie
Choule Crosse Normande
FJSTNV Choule Crosse Normande (Seasons)
Traditional Racket Sports (Europe)
Palla Tamburello is an Italian Team Racquet Sports (5-a-side) that utilizes a Tambourine to hit the ball rather than a racquet
Tamburello (Italy)
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Tamburello (Italy)
Federazione Italiana Palla Tamburello
Federazione Italiana Palla Tamburello Men’s Serie A Super Cup Roll of Honour 2007-Present
Federazione Italiana Palla Tamburello Women’s Serie A Super Cup Roll of Honour 2005-Present
FIPT Open Serie A (Seasons)
