Footbag & World Football

World Football on Eirball includes Football varieties played in East Asia, Aboriginal Australia, South East Asia, Africa, and North, Central and South America.

East Asian and Aboriginal Footbag

Asian and Aboriginal Australian versions of Football such as Kemari (Japan), Cuju (China) and Marn Grook (Australia) are the ancestors of the modern sport of Footbag.

Kemari (Japan)

Kemari

Cuju (China)

Ulama Pok ta Pok Ball Court at Uxmal

Marn Grook (Australian Aboriginal)

Brown Rock Formation NSW Australia

South East Asian Footvolley

Sepak Takraw

Sepak Takraw is a version of Volleyball played with every part of the body except the arms and is Native to Malaysia and Thailand, both of whom claim to have invented it and where the game is a National Sport. It is popular throughout South East and East Asia.

Malaysia Sepak Takraw 2017

African Football

World Football on Eirball includes Football varieties played in East Asia, Aboriginal Australia, Africa and Old Europe. Chandimu orginated in Tanzania and is a variation on Street Soccer.

Chandimu (Tanzania)

Native American Football

Ulama (as known to the Mexica (Aztecs) or Pok-ta-Pok (as known to the Maya) is a Native Mexican and Central American Sports using a rubber ball and the hips. It is played in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and Honduras. Stickball is a Choctaw Native American Sport similar to Lacrosse.

Ulama Pok-ta-Pok

Ulama is the ancient sport of the Native Aztec (Mexica) and Maya of Central America (Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and Honduras). It is played with the hips, with two teams trying to propel the ball past the opposing team and has been played since 1400 BC. It is known as “Pok Ta Pok” to the Maya and “Ulama” to the Mexica.

The Juego de Pelota Mesoamerican Ulamaztli Championship is an Annual Regional Competition in Teotihuacan, Mexico City, the seat of the ancient religious / ritual centre, and where the most impressive ancient Ball Court is to be seen.

The Ulama Mesoamerican Ball Game Tournament is the Annual World Cup basically, bringing together teams from Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and Honduras.

Ulama Pok ta Pok Ball Court at Uxmal