For More Sporting Action After the Super Bowl
Some of the World’s Most Amazing Obscure Sporting Championships Coming Soon
The 2025 Super Bowl just ended on February 9, 2025. Estimated to have generated billions in revenue and spending, the New Orleans game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles entertained hundreds of millions of in-person and media viewers worldwide. Now, billions globally look forward to the next sporting championships(in the U.S., each year always brings rolling seasons of popular sports like baseball, basketball, and hockey). In addition to popular domains, numerous sporting championships may be quite obscure and unknown yet action-packed and riveting in their own right. Let’s take a look at some of these upcoming 2025 obscure sports championships(especially since there is still time for interested spectators to get tickets or plan their home watch party).
Get Your Tickets Now For Some Classic Foosball!
The World Foosball Promotion, separate from the International Table Soccer Federation, hosts premier foosball(table soccer) competitions throughout the U.S. This year, the Hall of Fame Classic will be held at the Westgate Las Vegas Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada from April 9–13, 2025. Check out the site for hotel reservations if you want to be a live spectator(or player). Also, the events are livestreamed. If you can’t make the April event then check out the other events held by the WFP, ITSF, or other federations around the globe. This game may typically be played as a fun pastime at the local bar or arcade(or in a friend’s basement), but do not be “foosed!” Tournament players must abide by strict rules and often have years of training. And with some tournament top prizes paying out a few thousand dollars each, you can see how some might even make this a professional gig.
Get Those Thumbs Ready!!
Sometime between April and August 2025, the annual World Thumb Wrestling Championships will be held somewhere in England. If you are planning on traveling to the UK or nearby European nations, get your tickets now. (Registration just requires a donation and this may be hit and miss so perhaps plan tentative attendance if you are traveling that way already). You can also keep up to date online through the organization’s web page and YouTube channel.
The Wooliest Event You Will Find — Sheep Shearing Contest
The Golden Shears shearing and wool-handling competition is scheduled for February 27 through March 1, 2025. If you are interested in attending the event in Masteron, New Zealand, you can book tickets now. If New Zealand is too far for less than a month away, then fear not. The event will also be live-streamed. For just a small payment, you can have full access to the event! From the event, you will gain awe at the amazing skill and mastery of the millions of sheep shearers and wool handlers who prepare one of humanity’s most sought-after commodities. Also, the activities are action-packed sports in their own right.
Lumberjacks Be Ready!
Are you ready for some real wood-packed action? Get ready for the Hayward, Wisconsin Lumberjack World Championship taking place July 17–19, 2025! This classic championship includes log rolling, speed-pole climbing, and wood splitting. A three-day pass is just a little over $100, or you can watch live broadcasts online. This is just one of numerous worldwide events showcasing lumberjack sports like logrolling. Can’t make it to the Wisconsin event? Fear not, there are lumberjack events taking place around the world.
So, February 9, 2025, showed another amazing American football championship where a small oval-shaped ball was thrown and kicked across hundreds of yards. We have briefly explored other upcoming sports tournaments that are widely unknown and quite distinct. However, they are just as entertaining and captivating. These sports will draw new spectators just as much as the most popular ones, reminding us that the sky is the limit for the types of athletic challenges and fun humans can partake in.
