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&lt;H2&gt;Welcome to&lt;br/&gt;Kick Off Association&lt;/H2&gt;
'''The official Kick Off community!''' 

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== [[:Category:Kick Off History|Breaking News]] ==


*'''November 2025''' - '''Dagh Nielsen wins in Milan'''


*'''November 2024''' - '''Fabio Fichera wins in Nottingham'''


*'''November 2023''' - '''Thor Skaug wins in Torremolinos!'''


*'''November 2022''' - '''Gianni Torchio regains the world cup in Athens'''


*'''November 2019''' - '''Thor Skaug wins the world cup for the second time!'''
Thor beat AndyG in a thrilling final to end a fantastic world cup weekend in Germany.


*'''September 2019''' - '''The wiki lives yet again!!!!'''


*'''June 2015''' - '''The wiki lives again!'''


*'''November 2009''' - '''Gianni Torchio maintains his title!'''
Gianni won his second consecutive world cup after beating Spyros Paraschis in the final.


*'''April 10th, 2009''' - '''The Kick Off 2 World Cup goes to Austria!'''
The next Kick Off 2 World Cup will be held in Austria on 14-15 November!
More details will arrive soon.

*'''February 8th, 2008''' - '''The KOA forum is updated'''
Always striving to be better!


*'''February 1st, 2008''' - '''Final Whistle gets the CV treatment!'''
Final Whistle has finally received the KOA hacking treatment! John Wilson presented an updated version of the game with new features  - in the KOCV style - and it's only the beginning.


*'''January 30th, 2008''' - '''The KOA Statistics Institute is open!'''
[[Spyros Paraschis]] has opened the doors of the KOA Statistics Institute ([[KOASI]] for short).

Visit it at:
[https://ko-gathering.com/koasi/ KOASI]


*'''January 14th, 2008''' - '''[[Throw in]] beta 0.86 released'''
The gamedeveloper [[Gianluca Troiano]] has released a new betaversion of his Kick Off 2 inspired game, [[Throw in]].

The new beta contains: The new beta contains: Improved gameplay, Easy control for keyboard users, 2nd button for passing, Improved AI, Radar with real colors and Tons of bug fixing and tweakings.

Beta download:
[https://www.ko-gathering.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=14459 Throw In v0.86]


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[[ Image:ThrowIn-Banner2.jpg ]]

''Pictures from Throw In''
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*'''January 4th, 2007''' - '''Throw In, Beta 0.85 released'''


*'''November 14th, 2007''' - '''World Cup 2008 in Sandefjord, Norway or in Athens, Greece ?'''
Two cities have shown interest in hosting the Kick Off 2 World Cup 2008; Sandefjord in Norway and Athens in Greece. Their bids will become official the January 13th. 


*'''November 12th, 2007''' - '''Spyros Paraschis is World Champion 2007 (yes again)'''
After great pearformances in the whole tournament and a thrilling final against [[Gianni Torchio]] (4-4, 6-3) the defending World Champion, [[Spyros Paraschis]], managed to keep the title. [[Gianluca Troiano]] ended at third place. 

To read more about the WC and discuss it visit:
https://www.ko-gathering.com/phpbb2/viewforum.php?f=12


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[[ Image:Spyros.jpg ]]

''World Champion Spyros Paraschis''
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*'''November 7th, 2007''' - '''Kick Off 2 World Cup In Rome this weekend'''
The Kick Off 2 World Cup will be held in Rome this weekend. So far 53 players have signed up which makes it the second biggest World cup in history. 

The outcome of the tournament is difficult to predict but there are four main favourites; Gianni Torchio (The number one in the November Ranking), Gianluca Troiano (Three times world champion), Spyros Paraschis (World Cup winner 2006) and Alkis Polyrakis (WC Champ 2001 and 3rd ranked player in the tournament).

It will be a fun time in Rome for sure.


*'''Nov 3rd, 2007''' '''[[Kick Off 2 competition version]] '''0.99''' 
Changes
- Rome 07 pitch
- TeamA can select extra tactics with LEFT shift/alt/amiga, while Team B uses RIGHT shift/alt/amiga
- Unintended autoslides can be switched off in the KO2CV menu 
As ever you can get it from [https://www.camber.demon.co.uk/KO2CV/ HERE]

*'''[[News 2009]]
*'''[[News 2008]]
*'''[[News 2007]] 
*'''[[News 2006]] 
*'''[[News 2005]]

== [https://www.ko-gathering.com/phpbb2 What's Happening Now] ==
*'''[https://www.ko-gathering.com/phpbb2 FORUM]''' On [https://www.ko-gathering.com/phpbb2 KOA Forums] you can read all the latest activities and the latest discussions other than write your criticisms and suggestions.

*'''[[Kick Off 2 competition version]]''' - The updated version of [[Kick Off 2]] works on regular [[Amiga]] hardware and on [[WinUAE]].  Check out this advanced [https://www.ko-gathering.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=9985 work-in-progress thread]!  All reports indicate that efforts to update [[Kick Off 2]] on [[Amiga]] hardware are being met with great results. Those with [[Amiga]] hardware report identical feeling with the classic game. The game is even more enjoyable allowing the chance of [[:Category:Competitions|competitions]] without Team A/B dfferences and to choose to play with or without [[PBD]]. Others who have played the Competition version on [[WinUAE]] have also found great success, although there remain a lot of discussions about how much the classic game can be modified without the changes becoming too extreme.

*Check out our new [[FAQ|FAQ]]!

== Our Work ==
*&lt;b style="color:green"&gt;Just arrived?&lt;/b&gt; [[FAQ|Read here]] and [[Welcome, newcomers|here]]
*The [[KOA]] members are used to meet each other every year in a different european city to have a full week-end of [[:Category:Kick Off Series|kick off]] games organized in a 2 days tournament. The meetings are called "[[Kick Off Gathering|The Kick Off Gatherings]]" and the tournament played is a real international [[Kick Off 2]] [[:Category:competitions|competition]] played with real [[Amiga|Amiga]]. The winner became a [[Kick Off 2]] World Champion and has his name signed in the [[KOA Shield]], the [[KOA]] World Trophy that every winner keeps for 1 year.
*[[Throw in]] The new Kick Off 3D remake for PC needs [https://www.ko-gathering.com/phpbb2/viewforum.php?f=23 suggestions] and [https://www.ko-gathering.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=9328 testing]
*[[Kick Off 2 competition version]] the improved version of the classic [[Kick Off 2]] for [[Amiga]] needs [https://www.ko-gathering.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=9985 suggestions] and [https://www.ko-gathering.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=10457 testing]
*[[:Category:Stub|Stub]]: Work together for the expansions of all the [[:Category:Stub|incomplete articles]].
*[[wikindex|Wikickoff]]: Contribute to the free kick Off encyclopedia and learn [[How to start|how to become a Wikickoff user]]
*[[:Category:KORPS|KORPS]]: Work together for the expansions of the [[:Category:KORPS|Kick Off Research Project Society]].
*[[:Category:KOPIA|KOPIA]]: Work together for the expansions of the [[:Category:KOPIA|Kick Off Preservation International Association]]

== Get Updated! ==
*A [https://www.mozilla.com/firefox/ Mozilla Firefox] search plugin for the KO-Gathering Wiki can be downloaded [https://www.ko-gathering.com/downloads/various/koawikifirefox.zip here]. It helps searching over all the KOA website! Install info is included in  the archive. 
*For those using [[News_aggregator|News feed aggregator]], we have the new [[KOA]] [[RSS]] for being advised immediately when a ko-gathering page is updated. Go [[Special:Recentchanges|here]] or [https://www.ko-gathering.com/wiki/index.php?title=Special:Recentchanges&amp;feed=rss here] 
==== News aggregator ====
*[https://www.feedreader.com/  Feedreader ] - [https://www.sharpreader.net/ Sharpreader ]   Windows
*[https://sage.mozdev.org/Sage Sage] plug-ins for FireFox/ThunderBird
*[https://www.8mobile.org/rssManager.aspx?LANG=EN RSSManager] - [https://markallanson.net/html/technical/j2me/mReader.htm mReader] mobile phone 
*[https://www.google.com/reader Google Reader] - [https://www.newsgator.com NewsGator] - [https://www.bloglines.com Bloglines] online services
*[https://www.nongnu.org/straw/  Straw ] Linux
*[https://ranchero.com/netnewswire/  Netnewswire Lite ] Mac OS X




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== [[:Category:Competitions|Kick Off 2 tournaments]] ==

&lt;center&gt;'''[[:Category:Kick Off 2 World Cup|Kick Off 2 World Cup]]'''&lt;/center&gt;
*[[:Category:2019 KOA World Cup|The 2019 World cup - Bremen, Germany]]
*[[:Category:2018 KOA World Cup|The 2018 World cup - Bournemouth, England]]
*[[:Category:2017 KOA World Cup|The 2017 World cup - Landskrona, Sweden]]
*[[:Category:2016 KOA World Cup|The 2016 World cup - Milan, Italy]]
*[[:Category:2015 KOA World Cup|The 2015 World cup - Dublin, ireland]]
*[[:Category:2014 KOA World Cup|The 2014 World cup - Copenhagen, Denmark]]
*[[:Category:2013 KOA World Cup|The 2013 World cup - Voitsberg, Austria]]
*[[:Category:2012 KOA World Cup|The 2012 World cup - Milan, Italy]]
*[[:Category:2011 KOA World Cup|The 2011 World cup - Birmingham, England]]
*[[:Category:2010 KOA World Cup|The 2010 World cup - Duesseldorf, Germany]]
*[[:Category:2009 KOA World Cup|The 2009 World cup - Voitsberg, Austria]]
*[[:Category:2008 KOA World Cup|The 2008 World cup - Athens, Greece]]
*[[:Category:2007 KOA World Cup|The 2007 World cup - Rome, Italy]]
*[[:Category:2006 KOA World Cup|The 2006 World cup - Rickmansworth, England]]
*[[:Category:2005 KOA World Cup|The 2005 World cup - Cologne, Germany]]
*[[:Category:2004 KOA World Cup|The 2004 World cup - Milan, Italy]]
*[[:Category:2003 KOA World Cup|The 2003 World cup - Groningen, Holland]]
*[[:Category:2002 KOA World Cup|The 2002 World cup - Athens, Greece]]
*[[:Category:2001 KOA World Cup|The 2001 World cup - Dartford, England]]
*[[Tournament Rules]]
*[[:Category:Kick Off History|History]]
*[[:Category:Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]]
*[[KOA Stats Analyser]]
*[[KOASI]]
*[[Ranking]]

&lt;center&gt;'''Next Kick Off 2 Tournaments'''&lt;/center&gt;

== [[:Category:Kick Off Series|Kick Off Series]] ==
*[[Kick Off 2 competition version]]   
*[[Kick Off 2]]
*[[Kick Off]]
*[[Player Manager]]
*[[Dino Dini File System]]

== [[:Category:Kick Off Remakes|Kick Off Remakes]] ==
*[[Throw in]] by [[Gianluca Troiano]]
*[[Kick Off 2002]] by [[Steve Screech]]

== [[:Category: Other Dino Dini Games| Other Dino Dini Games]] ==
*[[Goal]] (Amiga, PC, Megadrive)
*[[Dino Dini`s Soccer]] (PSP and NDS) TBA

== [[Download]] ==
*[https://playkickoff.com/KO2CV/ Kick Off 2 competition version]
*[https://ko-gathering.com/wiki/images/6/65/Ko2cv100online.zip Kick Off 2 Online - v 1.00 (latest !)]
*[https://www.kickoffworld.net/Throw%20In/ThrowIn0.85.exe Throw In v0.85]
*[https://www.ko-gathering.com/downloads/caps/PlayerManager.zip Player Manager]
*[https://www.winuae.net/files/InstallWinUAE1200.exe WinUAE v1.2]
*[https://web110.enux.dk/koa/ddfs-1.1.0-win32.zip Dino Dini File System Tools v1.1]
*[https://www.alkis.org/External/KOATDBViewer.exe KOA Stat Analiser] + [https://www.alkis.org/External/KOATD.ZIP Updates]

== [[:Category:Hardware &amp; Emulators|Hardware &amp; Emulators]] ==
*[[Amiga]]
*[[Joysticks]]
*[[WinUAE]]
*[[Catweasel]]
*[https://www.sensiblesoccer.de/quick/ Use Amiga Joysticks on PC]

== [[Links]] ==
*[https://www.kickoff2.it/ Kick Off 2 Italia] - Very active Kick Off 2 community located in Milan, Italy
*[https://www.alkis.org/ Alkis ] - Greek Fan Site owned by the 2001 Kick Off 2 World Champion
*[https://kickoff2online.free.fr Kick Off 2 online ] - French Kick Off 2 online
*[https://freeforumzone.leonardo.it/viewforum.aspx?f=3694 Kickoffworld - Italian Kick Off Forum ] - The italian Kick Off Forum belong to the Italian Kick Off Organization (IKOA) and it's used on organising local tournaments

== [[Donate]] ==
'''Please consider [[Donate|donating]] a small sum to help Charitable Organizations with the [[KOA]]''' 

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