The International Skat Players Association ( ISPA ) is the worldwide umbrella organisation for all competition Skat players. The ISPA was founded in 1976 by Peter Brand and Martha Prickartz in Aachen , Germany.
7-534: It initially crossed swords with the world's largest national Skat association, the German Skat Association ( Deutscher Skatverband , DSkV), and promulgated different rules for the game. Towards the end of the 1990s, talks between the top officials of each organisation led to rapprochement and agreement between the two large associations. The ban on double membership was lifted and a uniform International Skat Order ( Internationale Skatordnung , ISkO)
14-597: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . German Skat Association The German Skat Association ( German : Deutscher Skatverband ) or DSkV is the umbrella organisation for German Skat clubs. It was founded on 12 March 1899 in Halle an der Saale and the headquarters of the club is the Skat town of Altenburg . From 1954 to 2001, Bielefeld was the location of the Association's headquarters due to
21-724: The division of Germany . The offices in Bielefeld were closed in 2005; since then, Altenburg has once again become the only head office location. Together with the International Skat Players Association (ISPA), the DSkV determines the international rules of Skat . An important organ of the club is the German Skat Court ( Deutsches Skatgericht ), which rules on disputes in tournament games. In addition, it organises open tournaments and
28-486: The German Skat Championships. The German Skat Association has almost 26,000 members, organised into 13 state associations and 1,666 clubs. The DSkV organises German championships for individuals, teams and pairs. There are also open tournaments in which any interested Skat player may take part - without having to prove membership of a club (German Ladies Cup, German Mixed Championship, Germany Cup and
35-667: The Online Skat World Championships biennially since 2011. Furthermore, ISPA publishes the annual magazine, Skatmagazin . The subdivision of ISPA Germany ( ISPA-Deutschland ) has relatively few members in comparison with the DSkV and is inter alia jointly responsible for organising the annual German Skat Championship. This results in double events, because the DSkV also organises German championships with individual and team competitions and runs federal and regional Skat leagues. This card game –related article
42-557: The biennial International DSkV Skat Cup). As well as these tournaments there is a league system, that is divided into federal ( Bundesligen ) and regional leagues ( Regionalligen ). There are also parallel competitions because the IPSA, in addition to its focus on the World and European Skat Championships is also the organiser of German championships for individuals and teams, and its own federal league. This card game –related article
49-602: Was adopted, which has been valid worldwide ever since. The ISPA delegates two regular commissioners to the International Skat Court ( Internationale Skatgericht ). ISPA World is divided into national branches with regional groups and further subdivisions down to local clubs . It operates its own leagues as well as cup and championship competitions. Its focus is on the open World and European Skat Championships , which have been held annually since 1978/1979 at various venues. In addition, ISPA has organized
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