Games from partner platforms
Games from partner platforms
Some games on Furbol don’t come from a Furbol host. They come from partner platforms — local pitch-booking apps that Furbol syncs with. In LatAm, for example, Alquila tu cancha and Quiero Jugar. A pitch on one of those apps has an open slot; Furbol surfaces it here so you can grab it from inside Furbol instead of hunting it down on the partner app yourself.
How you spot one
You’ll spot a partner game on the list because the provider’s name and logo sit where the host’s name would normally be — Alquila tu cancha, Quiero Jugar, and so on, with the provider’s badge next to it. The pitch is real, the time is real, the price the partner is asking is real. What’s missing is a Furbol player who’s actually booked the slot on the partner — until they do, it’s a listing, not a confirmed game.
Why they exist
In a lot of cities, the pitches Furbol players want to play on are listed on local booking apps. Rather than hide those open slots, Furbol surfaces them — so a player browsing Furbol sees what’s actually bookable nearby, regardless of which app owns the listing.
The trade-off: nobody on Furbol has yet committed to actually booking the slot. That’s where take-over comes in.
Take-over in one line
Any verified player can step in: they book the slot on the partner app — paying whatever the partner charges there — and Furbol turns the listing into a normal Furbol game with that player as the host. See Taking over a partner game.
What happens if nobody takes over
An hour before kick-off, Furbol cancels any partner game that’s still un-taken-over. With nobody on the Furbol side actually booked into the slot, there’s nothing to run. Anyone who’d already saved a spot in advance gets unbooked, same as a regular cancellation. The listing on the partner app is unaffected — Furbol doesn’t reach into the partner platform.
Why partner games can’t use “game on, no matter what”
Game on, no matter what lets a host run a game even if it doesn’t hit quorum. It needs the pitch to actually be locked in — paid for, booking confirmed, “I’m there regardless of numbers”. Partner games aren’t locked in until somebody takes over and books them on the partner: the slot is only a listing, not a paid booking. The toggle stays off until take-over flips it.