He was just a backup but hours before the start of the show he was told to play and he did! His partner Giovanni Zarrella went to the table and won the whole thing!

How did you react as René called and told you that you are part of the show?

At first I whought it was a rumour but as I was told it was real I was totally excited. I called tons of people right away that Headis will have this huge TV appearance. As René called me I realized that it was about something huge!

How was the relation to your celeb partner?

Giovanni is a great guy who was in a good mood all the time. I think we would have gotten along with everybody and I was lucky to have him as a partner. Backstage he was helping me and made the anxiety disappear. In the show he motivated me and he was playing great himself.

What was bigger: nervousness or fun?

Where did you watch the show?

I was watching in Mainz with a couple of Headis friends. We had a BBQ and there were even a lot of guys that didn’t know the results. It was fun to see their reactions!

Did you expect to win?

Not at all.I only had won one tournament before and lost more games against my opponents than I had won. I think experience is very important at Headis and all the other guys are playing for a longer time than me. It was a special sorrounding for all of us so this might has helped me to get along and Giovanni and me worked surprisingly good as a team

Is there anything you want to add?

Everyone who knows the Headis scene, knows that there are some Wurstis or Headbrötchens thay great Headis and can do a better show than me and should be more likely on TV than me. There are many players that did so much for Headis and would have deserved to be part of the show. So I once again want to say thank you to Headis and to Pro7 for the opportunity to play the show. It was one of my greatest experiences ever!

Nobbody has played more tournament-games and he’s part of the organization of every tournament. Read what Sniper Schorsch has to say about the Headis Team-WM.

How did you react as René called and told you that you are part of the show?

I stood next to René as he got a call and heared the news that the show would happen. In that moment it was clear to me that I would play. Of course I was extremely happy for myself but I was even more for Headis.

How was the relation to your celeb partner?

It couldn’t have been any easier. All the celebs were great guys but for me Mario was even more relaxed just doing his thing. He just got a little mad as he wasn’t alloud to smoke during the rehearsels. During the show we even talked about football as you would do with a good friend.

What was bigger: nervousness or fun?

It was nearly totally fun and anticipation. Everybody was in a good mood and it was pretty informal. Even the girl that made me lots of coffee was good-tempered. During the show it was just fun! For all of the twelve players.

Where did you watch the show?

The whole Headis-Organization-Crew watched it at Beer Vampires birthday. Of course Rolli the Butcher commentatet the whole thing perfectly!

Is there something could learn from Mario Basler?

I think you can learn a lot of his footballwisdoms. He (as passionate smoker) did win a set contrary to me so I guess I should start smoking!

Is there anything you want to add?

I just have to say thank you. Thanks to everybody who was involved and especially to more than 300 people that came to Cologne to be with us. No World Ranking, no free overnight stay – just some free beer and Headis! And of course a huge compliment to René. Not everybody achieves things like that!

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He is always the favourite for the win! Often he can only stop himself if nothing unexpected happens. He probably did not expect to break his wrist in a snowboard accident. Even though – or especially because of that – his performance during the show was impressive! See what Headsinfarkt says about the Headis Team-WM!

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Last week we started the Headis year 2018 at the Schwellköpper3. This week we are looking forward to the Headis Masters 2018!

The most intense tournament of the year will be part of the ISPO 2018. Before the event we will introduce the players to you and of course you can win something again. Just join the LIVESTREAM!

The stream will be shown at COPA90 and of course at headis.com/live!

Alter, was war das denn für eine Nummer am Samstag?

We finally packed all our things at Unisport Kaiserslautern. Everything is cleaned up, there are no ballons on the ceiling anymore and things start to get normal again. Time for a review via text before the Top 10, the pictures and the edit follow!

The anticipation was massive! Nobody wanted to miss this day! Press and TV were ready, tons of specials were planned and some guys even came from Japan to Kaiserslautern!

Many of you guys already arrived on friday, hung out and played some ball. Saturday started at 9am and lasted until 5 in the morning! 20 hours of Headis! 20 hours with laughter, celebration and even some tears of joy! Weeks ago it was clear that 200 players would come to the tournament so we set a new record this day!

One of the many highlights was the honour of two awesomd players that became Hall-of-Famers! The first player came to Kaiserslautern just to be part of the tournament – not to play. After two injuries he had to quit his carreer but he still is part of Headis! He just got another beer while he realised that René was talking about him. New in the Hall of Fame. As proud as surprised: Bud Header!

The next honour for the Hall of Fame was a bit shorter. Lots of ols stories were prepared e.g. how one man got new nets and attached them during the first public Heads Tournament or how the same man drove miles and miles at the steering wheel of the first Headis Bus. René couldn’t bring himself to say this anymore. Tears of joy and the picture of Rolli the Butcher held into the air were worth much more than any laudation!

Previously the speech about eleven years of Headis was about motivation! Every player has his own motivation to play and spread Headis. Some guys make it to every single tournament, some just play a few because they have other obligations, some don’t play for a whole year and some just play privately with their friends. But all of you share the same passion! No surprise that even some guys of the very first Headis World Championship came to Kaiserslautern for this occasion 11 years later! Once  Headis-player, Always a Headis-player!

THE Highlight came right after the speech. Then the sentimental part of this text of this so unique tournament is over.

René thought that the auction for Headição was about to start as the lights went out. But something else followed! Old friends and companions were asked to send some greetings from around the world. Without warning the video was just shown. It was enriched with the best scenes of 11 years of Headis! It took weeks to pick out all those little highlights and star director Michael Headson created a masterpice. Goosebumps!

The speechless Headis-Inventor passed the mic to the Wurstverkäufer who hosted the upcoming auction. The original shoes from Miroslav Klose were purchased for 150€ by our friends from Japan!

Of course we also played some Headis! Headsinfarkt wins the 100th tournament and the guys ranked in the same order as in the Annual Ranking: 1. Headsinfarkt, Sebastian Headdel, Sniper Schorsch, Pressure Pete. We’re looking forward for the Top 10!! The girls were a bit more garbled. Cabezaza defeated World Champion Klausi and became 3rd against Mini Milk. The final was Head Sparrow against Tableminne from Czech Republic. Tableminnie was encouraged by her mates, coached by DJ Bohys and filmed by Ales Karasek. This combination enabled the second tournament win for the czech girl! It sounds so pleasant but it also is a huge step for Headis. International players that have so much fun playing, training really hard and reach international top level!

We went on blow on blow! Winners ceremony, Best Dress (Attentheader as a great Obelix) and Tombola-prizes for all the great costumes! Deconstruction. Party! Mini Milk and Headhog get their Masters-Wildcards and DMO presents a great live Hip-Hop-Act!

As always we can only say: Thank you for making Headis this awesome movement it is!!!