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Gianni Torchio

2010-11-16T13:33:03Z

Torkio:

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[[Gianni Torchio]] (AKA Torchiador) is an Italian player, He has been World Champion for two years, in 2008-2009 and 2009-2010. He is the organizer of many Italian tournaments since 2003. View stats here: [[http://ko-gathering.com/koasi/players.php?player=Gianni%20T KOASI]]
He realized the new KOA Stadium graphics for the [[Kick Off 2 competition version]] in which there are: new boards, stands and benches.
[[Media:http://www.kickoff2.it/tmp/re/wc09.jpg]]

*10th of the [[:Category:2004 KOA World Cup|2004 World Cup]]
*2nd of the [[:Category:2005 KOA World Cup|2005 World Cup]]
*3rd of the [[:Category:2006 KOA World Cup|2006 World Cup]]
*2nd of the [[:Category:2007 KOA World Cup|2007 World Cup]]
*Winner of the [[:Category:2008 KOA World Cup|2008 World Cup]] - '''WORLD CHAMPION'''
*Winner of the [[:Category:2009 KOA World Cup|2009 World Cup]] - '''BACK TO BACK WORLD CHAMPION'''
*2nd of the [[:Category:2010 KOA World Cup|2010 World Cup]]

*Winner of the [[Top Scorer trophy|Best scorer Trophy]] in [[:Category:2006 KOA World Cup|2006 World Cup]]
*Winner of the [[Top Scorer trophy|Best scorer Trophy]] in [[:Category:2007 KOA World Cup|2007 World Cup]]
*Winner of the [[Top Scorer trophy|Best scorer Trophy]] in [[:Category:2009 KOA World Cup|2009 World Cup]]
*Winner of the [[Best Defense trophy]] in [[:Category:2008 KOA World Cup|2008 World Cup]]

*2nd of the [[2003 Italian Championship]]
*Winner of the [[2004 Italian Championship]]
*Winner of the [[2005 Italian Open]]
*Winner of the [[2006 London International Tournament]]
*Winner of the [[2006 Milan International Tournament]]
*Winner of the [[2007 Milan International Tournament]]
*Winner of the [[2007 UK Championship - Reading]]
*Winner of the [[2007 German Championship - Cologne]]
*Winner of the[[2008 Italian Championship]]
*Winner of the[[2009 Italian Championship]]
*2nd of the [[2009 London International Tournament]]
*Winner of the[[2010 Italian Championship]]

*[[Organiser]] of the [[:Category:2004 KOA World Cup|2004 World Cup]]

==Useful links==
*[http://www.kickoff2.it/ www.kickoff2.it ] - HQ of the Italian KO2 Players
*[http://www.alkis.org/ www.alkis.org ] - The complete Kick Off 2 world cups history. Every kind of stats, picture, quotes.

[[Category:2004 KOA World Cup]]
[[Category:Competitions]]
[[Category:Kick Off History]]
[[Category:Hall of Fame]]

Category:2010 KOA World Cup

2010-11-16T13:27:15Z

Torkio:

The winner was Dagh Nielsen

Category:2009 KOA World Cup

2010-06-23T15:50:17Z

Torkio:

The winner was [[Gianni Torchio]]

Category:2008 KOA World Cup

2010-06-23T15:50:02Z

Torkio:

The winner was [[Gianni Torchio]]

2005 Italian Open

2010-06-23T15:48:46Z

Torkio:

The winner was [[Gianni Torchio]]

2009 Italian Championship

2010-06-23T15:48:20Z

Torkio:

The winner was [[Gianni Torchio]]

2009 London International Tournament

2010-06-23T15:47:56Z

Torkio:

The winner was Dagh N.

2010 Italian Championship

2010-06-23T15:46:56Z

Torkio:

The winner was [[Gianni Torchio]]

Top Scorer trophy

2009-12-28T19:16:10Z

Torkio:

The winners of the [[Top Scorer trophy]] are the World Cup players with the Highest average of goal scored.

*[[Top Scorer trophy|Best scorer Trophy]] in [[:Category:2009 KOA World Cup|2009 World Cup]]: [[Gianni Torchio]]
*[[Top Scorer trophy|Best scorer Trophy]] in [[:Category:2008 KOA World Cup|2008 World Cup]]: [[Dagh Nielsen]]
*[[Top Scorer trophy|Best scorer Trophy]] in [[:Category:2007 KOA World Cup|2007 World Cup]]: [[Gianni Torchio]]
*[[Top Scorer trophy|Best scorer Trophy]] in [[:Category:2006 KOA World Cup|2006 World Cup]]: [[Gianni Torchio]]
*[[Top Scorer trophy|Best scorer Trophy]] in [[:Category:2005 KOA World Cup|2005 World Cup]]: [[Gianluca Troiano]]
*[[Top Scorer trophy|Best scorer Trophy]] in [[:Category:2004 KOA World Cup|2004 World Cup]]: [[Spyros Paraschis]]
*[[Top Scorer trophy|Best scorer Trophy]] in [[:Category:2003 KOA World Cup|2003 World Cup]]: [[Klaus Loite]]
*[[Top Scorer trophy|Best scorer Trophy]] in [[:Category:2002 KOA World Cup|2002 World Cup]]: [[Rikki Fullarton]]
*[[Top Scorer trophy|Best scorer Trophy]] in [[:Category:2001 KOA World Cup|2001 World Cup]]: [[Gianluca Troiano]]

== External links ==
*[http://www.ko-gathering.com/phpbb2 KOA Kick Off Gathering Forum] - [[KOA]] (Kick Off Association) Official International Kick Off Forum (organising [[Kick Off 2|Kick Off]] [[Kick_Off_Gathering|KOA World Cup]] tournaments since 2001)
*[http://www.kickoff2.com kickoff2.com] - Organisator of Kick Off World Cup 2005 and German Kick Off Headquarter
[[Category:2005 KOA World Cup]]
*[http://www.alkis.org/ Alkis ] - Greek Fan Site owned by the 2001 Kick Off 2 World Champion
*[http://www.paraschis.gr/ paraschis.gr ] - Greek Fan Site owned by the 2004 World Cup Top Scorer - Spyros Paraschis

[[Category:Competitions]]
[[Category:2001 KOA World Cup]]
[[Category:2002 KOA World Cup]]
[[Category:2003 KOA World Cup]]
[[Category:2004 KOA World Cup]]
[[Category:2005 KOA World Cup]]
[[Category:2006 KOA World Cup]]
[[Category:2007 KOA World Cup]]
[[Category:Kick Off History]]
[[Category:Hall of Fame]]
[[Category:Kick Off 2 World Cup]]

Best Defense trophy

2009-12-28T19:14:17Z

Torkio:

The winners of the [[Best Defense trophy]] are the World Cup players with the lowest average of goal conceded.

*[[Best Defense trophy]] in [[:Category:2009 KOA World Cup|2009 World Cup]]: [[Alkis Polyrakis]]
*[[Best Defense trophy]] in [[:Category:2008 KOA World Cup|2008 World Cup]]: [[Gianni Torchio]]
*[[Best Defense trophy]] in [[:Category:2005 KOA World Cup|2005 World Cup]]: [[Gianluca Troiano]]
*[[Best Defense trophy]] in [[:Category:2004 KOA World Cup|2004 World Cup]]: [[Gianluca Troiano]]
*[[Best Defense trophy]] in [[:Category:2003 KOA World Cup|2003 World Cup]]: [[Alkis Polyrakis]]
*[[Best Defense trophy]] in [[:Category:2002 KOA World Cup|2002 World Cup]]: [[Klaus Loite]]
*[[Best Defense trophy]] in [[:Category:2001 KOA World Cup|2001 World Cup]]: [[Alkis Polyrakis]]

== Useful links ==
* [[Accomodation]]
* [[Best Defense trophy]]
* [[Cologne]]
* [[Competition]]
* [[FAQ]]
* [[KOA CUP]]
* [[Location]]
* [[Organisation]]
* [[Programme]]
* [[Registration]]
* [[Rules]]
* [[Social events]]
* [[Top Scorer trophy]]
* [[Transport]]

[[Category:Competitions]]
[[Category:2002 KOA World Cup]]
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[[Category:Kick Off History]]
[[Category:Hall of Fame]]
[[Category:Kick Off 2 World Cup]]

Gianluca Troiano

2009-04-10T11:11:14Z

Torkio:

[[Gianluca Troiano]] (foxsoft) is italian and he's the most succesful [[Kick Off 2]] player of all time after winning 3 times in a row the Kick Off World Cup (2003, 2004 and 2005).

He's also a game developer. Actually he's developing a Remake of [[Kick Off 2]] called [[Throw in]]

*3rd in the [[:Category:2001 KOA World Cup|2001 World Cup]]
*Winner of the 2002 Italian Tournament
*Winner of the 2003 Italian Tournament
*Winner of the [[:Category:2003 KOA World Cup|2003 World Cup]]
*Winner of the [[:Category:2004 KOA World Cup|2004 World Cup]]
*Winner of the [[:Category:2005 KOA World Cup|2005 World Cup]]
*Didnt attend in the [[:Category:2006 KOA World Cup|2006 World Cup]]
*3rd in the [[:Category:2007 KOA World Cup|2007 World Cup]]
*[[Top Scorer trophy|Best scorer Trophy]] in [[:Category:2001 KOA World Cup|2001 World Cup]]
*[[Top Scorer trophy|Best scorer Trophy]] in [[:Category:2005 KOA World Cup|2005 World Cup]]
*[[Best Defense trophy]] in [[:Category:2004 KOA World Cup|2004 World Cup]]
*[[Best Defense trophy]] in [[:Category:2005 KOA World Cup|2005 World Cup]]

*Interviewed in [[The Aftertouch Magazine]]

[[Category:Competitions]]
[[Category:2001 KOA World Cup]]
[[Category:2003 KOA World Cup]]
[[Category:2004 KOA World Cup]]
[[Category:Kick Off History]]
[[Category:Hall of Fame]]
[[Category:Top Scorer trophy|Best scorer Trophy]]
[[Category:Best Defense trophy]]

Category:2004 KOA World Cup

2008-05-18T23:40:17Z

Torkio: /* ITALY */

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'''Date: November 12&13, 2004'''

'''Place: Milan, Italy'''

The number of players in this World Cup was higher than ever: 43 participants from 9 countries.
In the end, it was the returning champion [[Gianluca Troiano]] who kept his trophy without losing a single game. He defeated his compatriot [[Luigi Freguglia]] in the final and became the first player with two gold medals and the first one who won it at home. [[Nikos Andreou]] was the bronze medal winner. The [[Best Defense trophy|best defender]] and [[Top Scorer trophy|top scorer]] awards went to [[Gianluca Troiano]] and [[Spyros Paraschis]] respectively. [[Luca Antonini]] won the [[KOA CUP]].

==Players==

===ITALY===
# [[Gianni Torchio]]
# Sandro Torchio
# [[Luigi Freguglia]]
# Alessandro Q
# Franco Chiandotto
# Filippo Della Bianca
# Diego Damo
# [[Gianluca Troiano]]
# Fabio Artuso
# Giacomo Troiano
# Pako
# Fulvio Olivieri
# Marco De Iaco
# Maurizio Leparulo
# Fabio Fichera
# Angelo Scotto
# Mario Fichera
# Cristian Zenucchini
# Luca Antonini
# Riccardo Poli
# Damiano Stagi

===UK===
# Mark Williams
# Robert Swift
# Haydn Hamm
# Steve Camber
# Nazim Choudhury
# Mark Bishop

===IRELAND===
# Danny Deneen

===GERMANY===
# Alex - Tripod
# SaschaW
# Michael M
# Patrick D
# Panni Pansen
# [[Wolfram Heyer]]
# Peter Sommer
# Thomas Niekamp

===GREECE===
# [[Spyros Paraschis]]
# [[Nikos Andreou]]

===NORWAY===
# [[Jørn Flagtvedt]]

===SPAIN===
# Rodolfo

===HOLLAND===
# [[Riemer Poelstra]]
# [[Mark Poelstra]]
# Kees van den Berg

==Media Files (WMV)==
'''Semi Finals'''
*[http://www.ko-gathering.com/media/tournaments/Milan2004/videos/WC2004_Semi1A_SteveC_Luigi.wmv SteveC Vs Luigi (13Mb)] | [http://www.ko-gathering.com/media/tournaments/Milan2004/videos/WC2004_Semi1B_Luigi_SteveC.wmv Luigi Vs SteveC (13Mb)] | [http://www.ko-gathering.com/media/tournaments/Milan2004/videos/WC2004_Semi2A_Nikos_Gianluca.wmv Nikos Vs Gianluca (13Mb)] | [http://www.ko-gathering.com/media/tournaments/Milan2004/videos/WC2004_Semi2B_Gianluca_Nikos.wmv Gianluca Vs Nikos (13Mb)] | [http://www.ko-gathering.com/media/tournaments/Milan2004/videos/TheFamousDive.avi The Famous Dive]

'''KOA Cup Final'''
*[http://www.ko-gathering.com/media/tournaments/Milan2004/videos/WC2004_KOACupA.wmv Luca Vs Riccardo (12Mb)] | [http://www.ko-gathering.com/media/tournaments/Milan2004/videos/WC2004_KOACupB.wmv Riccardo Vs Luca (14Mb)]

'''Third Place Final'''
*[http://www.ko-gathering.com/media/tournaments/Milan2004/videos/WC2004_3rd4thA_SteveC_Nikos.wmv SteveC Vs Nikos (13Mb)] | [http://www.ko-gathering.com/media/tournaments/Milan2004/videos/WC2004_3rd4thB_Nikos_SteveC.wmv Nikos Vs SteveC (13Mb)] |

'''The Final'''
*[http://www.ko-gathering.com/media/tournaments/Milan2004/videos/WC2004_FinalA_Luigi_Gianluca.wmv Luigi Vs Gianluca (13Mb)] | [http://www.ko-gathering.com/media/tournaments/Milan2004/videos/WC2004_FinalB_Gianluca_Luigi.wmv Gianluca Vs Luigi(13Mb)]

'''Awards'''
*[http://www.ko-gathering.com/media/tournaments/Milan2004/videos/WC2004_Awards.wmv Awards (11Mb)]

==External Links==
*[http://www.ko-gathering.com/phpbb2 KOA Kick Off Gathering Forum] - [[KOA]] (Kick Off Association) Official International Kick Off Forum (organising [[Kick Off 2|Kick Off]] [[Kick_Off_Gathering|KOA World Cup]] tournaments since 2001)
*[http://www.kickoff2.com kickoff2.com] - Organisator of Kick Off World Cup 2005 and German Kick Off Headquarter
*[http://www.alkis.org/ Alkis ] - Greek Fan Site owned by the 2001 Kick Off 2 World Champion
*[http://www.kickoff2.it/ Kick Off 2 Italia] - Very active Kick Off 2 community located in Milan, Italy
*[http://www.kickoffworld.net Kick Off World] - Fan Site located in Italy (organising local tournaments)

[[Category:Competitions]]
[[Category:Kick Off 2 World Cup]]
[[Category:Kick Off History]]

2006 London International Tournament

2008-05-17T23:34:08Z

Torkio:

The winner was Gianni Torchio

2007 German Championship - Cologne

2008-05-17T18:05:25Z

Torkio:

The Winner was Gianni Torchio

Best German player was Sascha Weigelmann

2007 UK Championship - Reading

2008-05-17T18:04:22Z

Torkio:

The winner was Gianni Torchio

Best UK players was Jon Greenway

Category:Competitions

2008-05-17T16:40:42Z

Torkio: /* Kick Off 2 World Cup */

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The Kick Off Association has many active members all over the world. They organize tournaments on a regular basis and a [[Kick Off Gathering|World Cup]] once a year. There are many tournaments in England, Greece, Spain, Italy, Norway and many other European countries. Most of the active members are regulars in the [http://www.ko-gathering.com/phpbb2/index.php Kick Off Gathering Forums]. If you want to contact them, you can just [http://www.ko-gathering.com/phpbb2/profile.php?mode=register register] to the forums and contact them. They are all willing to help new community members.

==[[:Category:Kick Off 2 World Cup|Kick Off 2 World Cup]]==

*to join and to learn more about the 2005 World Cup [http://www.kickoff2.com Click here]
*[[:Category:2007 KOA World Cup|The 2007 Gathering - Rome, Italy]]
*[[:Category:2006 KOA World Cup|The 2006 Gathering - Rickmansworth, England]]
*[[:Category:2005 KOA World Cup|The 2005 Gathering - Cologne, Germany]]
*[[:Category:2004 KOA World Cup|The 2004 Gathering - Milan, Italy]]
*[[:Category:2003 KOA World Cup|The 2003 Gathering - Groningen, Holland]]
*[[:Category:2002 KOA World Cup|The 2002 Gathering - Athens, Greece]]
*[[:Category:2001 KOA World Cup|The 2001 Gathering - Dartford, England]]
*[[:Category:Hall of Fame|World Hall of Fame]]

=== [[:Category:Kick Off 2 UK Tournaments|Kick Off 2 UK Championships]] ===
*[[2006 UK Championship - Manchester]]
*[[2005 UK Championship|2005 UK Championship - Stoke-on-Trent]]
*[[2004 UK Championship|2004 UK Championship - Nottingham]]
*[[2003 UK Championship|2003 UK Championship - Sheffield]]
*[[2002 UK Championship|2002 UK Championship - Gloucester]]
*[[UK Hall of Fame]]

=== [[:Category:Kick Off 2 Italian Tournaments|Kick Off 2 Italian Championships]] ===
*[[2008 Italian Championship]]
*[[2007 Milan International Tournament]]
*[[2006 Milan International Tournament]]
*[[2005 Italian Open]]
*[[2004 Italian Championship]]
*[[2003 Italian Championship]]
*[[2002 Italian Championship]]
*[[1991 Italian Championship]]

=== [[:Category:Kick Off 2 German Tournaments|Kick Off 2 German Championships]] ===
*[[2005 German Championship]]
*[[2004 German Championship]]
*[[2003 German Championship]]
*[[2002 German Championship]]

== External links ==
*[http://www.ko-gathering.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=13350 '''KOA Tournament Calendar 2007''']
*[http://www.ko-gathering.com/phpbb2 KOA Kick Off Gathering Forum] - [[KOA]] (Kick Off Association) Official International Kick Off Forum (organising [[Kick Off 2|Kick Off]] [[Kick_Off_Gathering|KOA World Cup]] tournaments since 2001)
*[http://www.kickoff2.com kickoff2.com] - Organisator of Kick Off World Cup 2005 and German Kick Off Headquarter
*[http://www.alkis.org/ Alkis ] - Greek Fan Site owned by the 2001 Kick Off 2 World Champion
*[http://www.kickoffworld.net Kick Off World] - Fan Site located in Italy (organising local tournaments)

[[Category:Kick Off History]]

2008 Italian Championship

2008-05-17T16:36:10Z

Torkio:

The winner was [[Gianni Torchio]]

2007 Milan International Tournament

2008-05-17T16:35:48Z

Torkio:

The winner was [[Gianni Torchio]]

2006 Milan International Tournament

2008-05-17T16:35:16Z

Torkio:

The winner was [[Gianni Torchio]]

World Cup Organisers

2008-05-17T16:03:50Z

Torkio:

*Organiser of the [[:Category:2001 KOA World Cup|2001 World Cup]]: [[Steve Screech]]
*Organiser of the [[:Category:2002 KOA World Cup|2002 World Cup]]: [[Alkis Polyrakis]]
*Organiser of the [[:Category:2003 KOA World Cup|2003 World Cup]]: [[Riemer Poelstra]]
*Organiser of the [[:Category:2004 KOA World Cup|2004 World Cup]]: [[Gianni Torchio]] - [[Filippo Della Bianca]]
*Organiser of the [[:Category:2005 KOA World Cup|2005 World Cup]]: [[Sascha Weigelmann]]
*Organiser of the [[:Category:2006 KOA World Cup|2006 World Cup]]: [[Robert Swift]]
*Organiser of the [[:Category:2007 KOA World Cup|2007 World Cup]]: [[Marco Stoller]] - [[Gianluca Troiano]]

== External links ==
*[http://www.ko-gathering.com/phpbb2 KOA Kick Off Gathering Forum] - [[KOA]] (Kick Off Association) Official International Kick Off Forum (organising [[Kick Off 2|Kick Off]] [[Kick_Off_Gathering|KOA World Cup]] tournaments since 2001)
*[http://www.kickoff2.com kickoff2.com] - Organisator of Kick Off World Cup 2005 and German Kick Off Headquarter
[[Category:2005 KOA World Cup]]
*[http://www.alkis.org/ Alkis ] - Greek Fan Site owned by the 2001 Kick Off 2 World Champion

[[Category:2007 KOA World Cup]]
[[Category:2006 KOA World Cup]]
[[Category:2005 KOA World Cup]]
[[Category:2004 KOA World Cup]]
[[Category:2003 KOA World Cup]]
[[Category:2002 KOA World Cup]]
[[Category:2001 KOA World Cup]]
[[Category:Kick Off History]]
[[Category:Competitions]]
[[Category:Kick Off 2 World Cup]]

Category:Kick Off History

2008-05-17T15:52:11Z

Torkio: /* 2007 */

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== 2007 ==
* November 12 : [[Spyros Paraschis]] is the Winner of the [[:Category:2007 KOA World Cup|7th World Cup]]
* November 10-11 : World Cup in Rome, Italy.
* [[Gianni Torchio]] release new KOA Stadium graphics for [[Kick Off 2 competition version]] new boards, stands and benches.
* [[Steve Camber]] relase 0,82 to 0,99 of the [[Kick Off 2 competition version]].
* [[Gianluca Troiano]] release beta 0,8 of the [[Kick Off 2]] remake [[Throw in]].

== 2006 ==
* October 29 : [[Spyros Paraschis]] is the Winner of the [[:Category:2006 KOA World Cup|6th World Cup]]
* [[Steve Camber]] relase 0,77 to 0,91 of the [[Kick Off 2 competition version]].
* [[Gianluca Troiano]] release beta 0,71 of the Kick Off 2 remake [[Throw in]].

== 2005 ==
* November 14 : [[Gianluca Troiano]] is the Winner of the [[:Category:2005 KOA World Cup|5th World Cup]]
* November 12-13 : [[:Category:2005 KOA World Cup|World Cup V in Cologne, Germany]]
* August 25, 2005 - New [http://www.ko-gathering.com www.ko-gathering.com] site based on [[wiki]] engine derived from [[Wikickoff]] goes live!
* August 5, 2005 - [[Kick Off 2 competition version]] has finally included all the official World cup settings as default (on loading). International teams now appear as default team skills and teams get reset to their default settings before every match but not Player Manager teams!
* August 4, 2005 - [[:Category:2005 KOA World Cup|Kick Off 2 World Cup 2005]] has broken the 50 competitors barrier, meaning it`s broken the 2004 record with still over 3 month to the World Cup.
* July: [[James Beard]] win the [[2005 UK Championship]]
* July: the [[2005 UK Championship]] is the first competition played with the [[Kick Off 2 competition version]]
* May 6: [[WinUAE]] 1.0 released
* April: [[Steve Camber]] started work on the [[Kick Off 2 competition version]]
* March: [[Angelo Scotto]] and [[Filippo Della Bianca]] start work on [[Wikickoff]]

== 2004 ==
* November 14 : [[Gianluca Troiano]] is the Winner of the [[:Category:2004 KOA World Cup|4th World Cup]]
* November 13-14 : [[:Category:2004 KOA World Cup|World Cup IV in Milan, Italy]] destroyed every record of all previous gatherings: 43 players from 9 countries.
* June 15th: [[Abundant Software]] Signs Deal with DC Studios for new Football Game. [[Dino Dini]] himself will direct the new project working with DC personnel on site at Bristol.
* March: [[Steve Screech]] with [[Floodlit Software]] staff join [[Beautiful Game Studios]] working on [[Championship Manager 5]] for [[Eidos]]
* February: [[Gianluca Troiano]] started his work for [[Throw in]]
* [[Dino Dini]] Came back to England
* [[Trecision]] filed for liquidation

== 2003 ==
* November: [[Gianluca Troiano]] is the Winner of the [[:Category:2003 KOA World Cup|3rd World Cup]]
* November: [[:Category:2003 KOA World Cup|World Cup III in Groningen, Holland]]
* June: [[Steve Screech]] in conjunction with [[Anthony Kyne]] set up their own software company: [[Floodlit Software]]
* May: [[Anco]] cease to be.
* May 20th: [[Anil Gupta]], owner of [[Anco Software]] died
* May: [[Gianluca Troiano]] is the Winner of the [[2003 Italian Championship]]
* May: [[Dino Dini]], for the first time, is going to participate in a KOA competition: the [[2003 Italian Championship]] in Milan, Italy.
* [[Dino Dini]] started work on a new football game called Soccer 2 for an Italian Company in Rapallo (Genoa): [[Trecision]]

== 2002 ==
* November: [[Rikki Fullarton]] is the Winner of the [[:Category:2002 KOA World Cup|2nd World Cup]]
* November: [[:Category:2002 KOA World Cup|World Cup II in Athens, Greece]]
* February 23 : First version of [[WinUAE]]
* [[Kick Off 2002]], formerly known as Ultimate kick Off by [[Steve Screech]] is released by [[ANCO]] and published by Akklaim

== 2001 ==
*November: [[Alkis Polyrakis]] is the Winner of the [[:Category:2001 KOA World Cup|1st World Cup]]
*November: The [[:Category:2001 KOA World Cup|World Cup I in Dartford, England]] is announced and hosted by [[Steve Screech]]
*[[Dino Dini]] started his own Software development company: [[Abundant Software]]
*[[Dino Dini]] showed up in the forum of the [[KOA|Kick Off Association]]
*April: [[Dino Dini]] returned to England.
*[[Steve Screech]] started his work on Ultimate Kick Off with the help of the [[KOA|Kick Off Association]]
*[[Steve Screech]] showed up in the forum of the [[KOA|Kick Off Association]]
*[[Gunther Wening]] and [[Jan Tijssen]] founded the [[KOA|Kick Off Association]]
*[[Dino Dini]] worked for a THQ studio, where he was given the task of directing the creation of a tripple A title in 6 months with no team in place and a small budget, succeeding in taking the project to Alpha, inspite of the fact that the technology team at the company were engaged in shipping a concurrent slipping title themselves and most of the technology codebase was shared and unsuitable for the task.

== 2000 ==
*Gateway 2000 sell the [[Amiga]] brand
*At 3DO, [[Dino Dini]] directed the Groovy Bunch Of Games product for the PC, which included a new game design by [[Dino Dini]], "Box Battles" and Finally [[Dino Dini]] operated as "Studio Engineer", to encourage code sharing and programming standards between tech leads at the company.

== 1999 ==
*At 3DO, [[Dino Dini]] did fire-fighting work on the hit game "Army Men Sarge's Heroes" for Nintendo 64" and also on "Family Game Pack" for Playstation

== 1998 ==
*[[ANCO]] release [[Kick Off 98]] by [[Steve Screech]]
*At 3DO, [[Dino Dini]] worked with the library group and directed development of "Vegas Games 2000" for Playstation to both create a product and put their library code through its paces.

== 1997 ==
*Escom filed for liquidation. The [[Amiga]] brand was then sold to another PC manufacturer, Gateway 2000.
* [[Dino Dini]] worked at Universal Studios directing prototype work for a project called "Monster Movie"
*[[ANCO]] release [[Kick Off 97]] by [[Steve Screech]]

== 1996 ==
* [[Dino Dini]] Worked as Group Leader and briefly as Project Manager, helped Z-Axis ship Three Lions, the number one hit fully 3D soccer game published by Take 2 Interactive. This title was released under various different names in Europe, and also as Alexi Lalas International Soccer in the USA.
* [[ANCO]] release [[Kick Off 96]] by [[Steve Screech]]
* [[Dino Dini]] Went to the United States in order to gain experience of corporate game development and management.

== 1995 ==
* [[Dino Dini]] worked on a new football game to be published by Microprose from 1995 to 1996. Unfortunately Microprose decided to drop most of their sports titles, and the project was cancelled with an amicable agreement.

== 1994 ==
*[[Commodore]] filed for liquidation and its assets bought by Escom, a German PC manufacturer
*[[Dino Dini's Soccer]] for [[SEGA]] [[Megadrive]] is the last football game released by [[Dino Dini]].

== 1993 ==
*[[ANCO]] release [[Kick Off 3]] by [[Steve Screech]]
*In a desperate attempt to save their business, [[Commodore]] marketed the [[Amiga|CD32]] against [[SEGA]] and [[Nintendo]] consoles
*Virgin [[Dino Dini]] release the successor to [[Kick Off 2]]: [[Goal!]]

== 1992 ==
*Commodore released their last [[Amiga]] computer models, the [[Amiga|A1200]] and the [[Amiga|A4000]]
*[[Dino Dini]] left [[ANCO]] for [[Virgin Games]]

== 1991 ==
*[[Luigi Freguglia]] is the new Italian [[Kick Off 2]] champion over the biggest KO tournament ever organized (over 2000 players)
*ANCO release [[Kick Off 2: The Final Whistle|The Final Whistle]] and [[Kick Off 2: Return To Europe|Return To Europe]] as [[Expansion Disks]] and [[Kick Off 2: Winning Tactics|Winning Tactics]] as [[Data Disk]] for [[Kick Off 2]]

== 1990 ==
*[[Giants of Europe]] is the first [[Data Disk]] released for [[Kick Off 2]] By [[Anco]].
*[[Commodore]] released three new low-end machines: the [[Amiga|CDTV]]; the [[Amiga|A500+]]; and the [[Amiga|A600]]. All of them were a commercial failure.
*[[Kick Off 2 World Cup 90]], [[Kick Off 2]] and [[Kick Off 2 extended version]] by [[Dino Dini]] & [[Steve Screech]] officially released by [[ANCO]]
*[[Amiga|A3000]] was introduced in the market as the successor of both [[Amiga|A1000]] and [[Amiga|A2000]]
*[[Franco Baresi World Cup Kick Off]] released only in Italy.
*[[ANCO]] release [[Player Manager]]
*[[C.F.A]] in association with [[Mutant Software]] open a Challenge Cup using [[Kick Off]] & [[Kick Off 2]] Cash prizes and medals are awarded. Scanned Image of flyer

== 1989 ==
*[[Kick Off]] by [[Dino Dini]] released by [[ANCO]]
*[[ANCO]] release [[Kick Off Extra Time]], the first and last [[Expansion disks]] for Kick Off.

== 1988 ==
*[[Dino Dini]] starts work on a new football game for [[ANCO]].

== 1987 ==
*[[Commodore]] released two new [[Amiga]] models, the [[Amiga#Amiga_500|Amiga 500]] (A500) and the Amiga 2000 (A2000) as low-end and high-end machines, respectively. The former became the most popular [[Amiga]] computer and was mostly known as a games machine.

== 1986 ==

== 1985 ==
*The first [[Amiga]] computer, simply called the Amiga, was released in by [[Commodore]], who marketed it both as their intended successor to the [[Commodore 64]] and as their competitor against the [[Atari ST]] range. It was later renamed the [[Amiga|Amiga 1000]] (or [[Amiga|A1000]] for short)

== External links ==
*[http://www.ko-gathering.com/phpbb2 KOA Kick Off Gathering Forum] - [[KOA]] (Kick Off Association) Official International Kick Off Forum (organising [[Kick Off 2|Kick Off]] [[Kick_Off_Gathering|KOA World Cup]] tournaments since 2001)
*[http://www.kickoff2.com kickoff2.com] - Organisator of Kick Off World Cup 2005 and German Kick Off Headquarter
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*[http://www.alkis.org/ Alkis ] - Greek Fan Site owned by the 2001 Kick Off 2 World Champion
*[http://www.abundantsoft.com Abundant Software] - Game Developer [[Dino Dini]]'s current development company
*[http://www.kickoff2.it/ Kick Off 2 Italia] - Very active Kick Off 2 community located in Milan, Italy
*[http://www.kickoffworld.net Kick Off World] - Fan Site located in Italy (organising local tournaments)

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