The World Marbles Championship trophy is heading back to Germany after British teams failed in a bid to win back the crown.
Twenty-seven teams gathered at the 'Home of Marbles' - the Greyhound pub in Crawley, West Sussex - to contest this year's event.
After hours of nailbiting action, The Saxonia 1 team emerged triumphant following an all-German final.
They beat their compatriots, 1st MC Erzgebirge, by 24 marbles to 11, having overcome British hopes The Handcross Rebels by a single marble in the semi-final.
Organiser Sam McCarthy-Fox said an American contingent had also been expected to take part in the competition, but cried off at the last moment with a "collective bad back".
Hundreds of spectators turned out to watch the mixed teams of six players show their skills on a special sand pitch in the car park.
The tournament has been held at the pub in Tinsley Green since the 1930s.
*Ananova
Twenty-seven teams gathered at the 'Home of Marbles' - the Greyhound pub in Crawley, West Sussex - to contest this year's event.
After hours of nailbiting action, The Saxonia 1 team emerged triumphant following an all-German final.
They beat their compatriots, 1st MC Erzgebirge, by 24 marbles to 11, having overcome British hopes The Handcross Rebels by a single marble in the semi-final.
Organiser Sam McCarthy-Fox said an American contingent had also been expected to take part in the competition, but cried off at the last moment with a "collective bad back".
Hundreds of spectators turned out to watch the mixed teams of six players show their skills on a special sand pitch in the car park.
The tournament has been held at the pub in Tinsley Green since the 1930s.
*Ananova
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