Introduction to Top Spinning

SPORT NAME: Top Spinning
SPORT TYPE: | Children's Game |

Organizations

ENTITY: International Top Spinners Association
ESTABLISHED: 2015 (informally in 1990)
WEB SITE: spintops.org | Link |
ORGANIZES: World Spintop Contest

Venues

ENTITY: Spinning Top and Yoyo Museum
ADDRESS: 533 Milwaukee Avenue
LOCATION: Burlington, Wisconsin, United States
WEB SITE: topmuseum.org | Link |
SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook Page

Events

EVENT: World Spin Top Contest

WEB SITE: spintops.org - world spintop contest | Link |
PRESENTED BY: International Top Spinners Association
EDITIONS:
- 26h: 2025 October 10-12 | Mexico, Mexico City, Iztapalapa, Utopia Meyehualco |
- 25th: 2024 October 18 | Spain, Mallorca, Pollenca |
- 24th: 2023 | Japan |
- 23rd: 2022 | online event |
- 22nd: 2021 | online event |
- 21st: 2020 | online event |
- 20th: 2019 | United States, Ohio, Cleveland |
- 19th: 2018 | China, Shanghai |
- 18th: 2017 | Iceland, Reykjavik |
- 17th: 2016 | United States, Ohio, Cleveland |
- 16th: 2015 (Japan, Tokyo)
- 15th: 2014 (Czech Republic, Prague)
- 14th: 2013 | United States, Florida, Orlando |
- 13th: 2012 | United States, Florida, Orlando |
- 12th: 2011 | United States, Florida, Orlando |
- 11th: 2010 | United States, Florida, Orlando |
- 10th: 2009 | United States, Florida, Orlando |
- 9th: 2008 | United States, Florida, Orlando |
- 8th: 2007 | United States, Florida, Orlando |
- 7th: 2006 | United States, Florida, Orlando |
- 6th: 2005 | United States, Florida, Orlando |
- 5th: 2004 | United States, Florida, Orlando |
- 4th: 2003 | United States, Florida, Orlando |
- 3rd: 2002 | United States, Florida, Orlando |
- 2nd: 2001 | United States, Florida, Orlando |
- 1st: 2000 | United States, Florida, Orlando |

EVENT: International Top Spinning Day
OBSERVED: Second Wednesday of October

COUNTRY: Colombia
IN SPANISH: Festival de Trompo y Juegos Tradicionales
IN ENGLISH: Festival of Spinning Tops and Traditional Games
LOCATION: Vereda Japantiva, Santader, Colombia
EDITIONS:
- 2025 June 1

COUNTRY: Colombia
IN SPANISH: Campeonato Nacional de Trompo, Colombia
IN ENGLISH: Colombian National Top Spinning Championships
LOCATION: Sogamoso, Colombia
EDITIONS:
- 2023 October 7

COUNTRY: France
IN FRENCH: Festival International de la toupie en Bretagne
IN ENGLISH: International Spinning Top Festival in Brittany
LOCATION: Bourbriac, Brittany, France
EDITIONS:
- 2025 October 2-5 (2nd Edition)

COUNTRY: France
IN FRENCH: International Tupies, YoYo et Diabolos
IN ENGLISH: International Spinning Top, YoYo and Cup Juggling Top
LOCATION: Marines, Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France
EDITIIONS:
- 2025 February 5-9 (14th Edition)

COUNTRY: France
IN FRENCH: La Toupie en Fête
IN ENGLISH: Spinning Top Celebration
LOCATION: Vauréal, France
EDITIONS:
- 2025 March 29-30

COUNTRY: Italy
IN ITALIAN: Festival delle Trottole
IN ENGLISH: Festival of Spinning Tops
LOCATION: Italy, Southern Europe
EDITIONS:
- 2025 May 10-11 (Limena, Padua, Italy)
- 2025 May 24-25 (Tortona, Italy)
- 2024 October 5-6 (Rovato, Brescia, Italy)

COUNTRY: Japan
EVENT: Koma World Cup
LOCATION: Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
EDITIONS:
- 2024 November 30 - December 1

COUNTRY: Mexico
IN SPANISH: Gran Festival del Trompo and Mexican National Contest
IN ENGLISH: Grand Festival of Top Spinning and Mexican National Contest
LOCATION: Zapopan, Guadalajara Metro Area, Jalisco, Mexico
EDITIONS:
- 2024 September 28th

COUNTRY: Spain
IN CATALAN: Trobada Mallorquina de Baldufes
IN SPANISH: Encuentro Mallorquina de Peonzas
IN ENGLISH: Mallorcan Spinning Tops Encounter
LOCATION: Pollença, Mallorca Island, Balearic Islands, Spain
EDITIONS:
- 2024 October 19 (6th Edition)

COUNTRY: United States
EVENT: Miamisburg Whirled Festival of Tops
LOCATION: Miamisburg, Ohio, United States
EDITIONS:
- 2024 August 24th

COUNTRY: Venezuela
IN SPANISH: Vuelta a Borotá en Trompo
IN ENGLISH: Return to Borota by Spinning Top
LOCATION: Borotá, Venezuela
EDITIONS:
- 2025 April 19 (53rd Edition)

Articles:

ARTICLE TITLE: Revisiting the Spinning Top
AUTHOR: Christopher G. Provatidis
PUBLICATION: International Journal of Material and Mechanical Engineering
DATE PUBLISHED: July of 2012
READ IT NOW: PDF Document

References:

Places where top spinning is a traditional activity
- Germany: Kreisel
- India: Lattu
- Japan: Koma
- Jewish Community: Dreidel
- Latin America: Trompo
- Philippines: Trompo
- Southeast Asia (MY+ID): Gasing

WEB SITES: - askaboutsports.com - top spinning - 2018 archive

WIKIS: -
- wikipedia.org - spinning top - article
- wikipedia.org - spinning tops - category

PICTURES:
- commons.wikimedia.org - spinning tops - images category