![]() In the middle of each wall, was a mounted stone or wooden ring and the object was to project the hard rubber ball through the ring. In Mexico & Central America the rubber ball was created, and used in a game on a recessed court 40-50 feet long shaped like a capital "I". There is a definite date of such a game occurring in 611 A.D. Teams would change the ball often until one of the team was forced behind the line at their end.Ĭhina's Tsu Chu players and Japan's Kemari players were the first to have an "International" game of their versions of soccer, believed to have occurred roughly 50 B.C. ![]() There was a white line between the teams and another white line behind each team. In ancient Greece, they played a game called Episkyros, in which two equal numbered teams would try to throw the ball over the heads of the other team. There was also a field designated by four trees (cherry, maple, pine and willow). The Japanese version of 'soccer' was called Kemari, a game much like modern hacky sack, played with two to twelve players, and played a larger ball stuffed with sawdust. There was possibly a version of a type of ball game played by young women in Egypt during the age of Baqet III, as images of this sport were depicted on his tomb, though there is not much known of this sport except that it was played with a ball. Like Soccer, no hands were permitted during the play of the game. There is evidence in China that military forces around 2nd and 3rd century BC (Han Dynasty) played a game, originally named "Tsu Chu", that involved kicking a leather ball stuffed with fur into a small hole.
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