{{Short description|Team sport played with cars and spherical balls}} {{Expand language|topic=|langcode=de|otherarticle=Autoball|date=February 2023}} '''Autoball''' ({{langx|pt|autobol}}) is a variant of association football where two or more drivers in cars compete against each other with the aim of scoring more goals than the opponent.
==History==
In 1933, autoball was founded by German racing driver {{Interlanguage link|Karl Kappler|de|Karl Kappler}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/news/a27593/a-brief-history-of-cars-playing-soccer/|title=The Strange 85-Year History of Cars Playing Soccer|publisher=raodandtrack.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.karlsruhe.de/kultur/stadtgeschichte/blick_geschichte/blick82/blickpunkt82.de|title=Karlsruhe - Wiege des Autoballs|publisher=karlsruhe.de (Archived)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619135318/http://www.karlsruhe.de/kultur/stadtgeschichte/blick_geschichte/blick82/blickpunkt82.de |archive-date=2009-06-19 }}</ref> In the 1970s, autoball was popular in Brazil but was banned due to the 1973 oil crisis.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.oglobo.globo.com/blog-do-acervo/post/autobol-brincadeira-violenta-que-se-tornou-uma-febre-no-rio-nos-anos-1970.html|title=Autobol: O jogo violento que se tornou uma febre no Rio durante os anos 1970|date=15 October 2021 |publisher=blogs.oglobo.globo.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.museudapelada.com/resenha/autobol-um-esporte-brasileiro-disputado-por-carros/|title=AUTOBOL, UM ESPORTE BRASILEIRO DISPUTADO POR CARROS|date=27 May 2020 |publisher=museudapelada.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=June 2002 |title=Never mind the World Cup - what happened to autoball? |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/4756641/Never-mind-the-World-Cup-what-happened-to-autoball.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140615105758/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/4756641/Never-mind-the-World-Cup-what-happened-to-autoball.html |archive-date=2014-06-15 |access-date=2023-09-08 |publisher=telegraph.co.uk (Archived)}}</ref>
German television host Stefan Raab founded television show TV total Autoball.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/tv/stefan-raab-autoball-vor-fussball-wm-a-974039.html|title="Da wirste doch bekloppt, ey!"|newspaper=Der Spiegel |date=8 June 2014 |publisher=spiegel.de|last1=Frank |first1=Arno }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.quotenmeter.de/n/42417/autoball-wm-wird-zum-hit|title=«Autoball-WM» wird zum Hit|date=5 June 2010 |publisher=quotenmeter.de}}</ref>
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Category:1933 establishments in Germany Category:1970s fads and trends Category:Association football variants Category:Sports originating in Germany