IFA followed the invitation of IWGA and Olympic Channel to attend their Media Workshop at the Olympic Channel headquarters in Madrid, Spain. Exchange of knowledge, best practice examples and current available technologies were subject of this two-day workshop. Within the event we had the opportunity to discuss and evaluate our ongoing cooperation with the Olympic…
Media Workshop at the Olympic Channel in Madrid
The Serbian Women’s National Team Will Participate in its First World Championships Among the 11 nations playing at this year’s Women’s World Championship in Linz, Austria (July 24 – 28) will be the Serbian team – giving its debut at the international fistball stage. The squad was just formed a few months ago by coaches…
The Fistball World Championships 2018 is coming. For the first time in history the polish women’s national team participates at the World Championship. We, the women of the polish team, are already training hard and preparing for the WWC. Unfortunately we have not found a coach yet and still are looking for someone, who will…
Fistball tradition north of the German-Danish border Fistball had in Denmark’s most southern part – Sønderjylland (or Nordschleswig in German, respectively North Schleswig in English) – a long tradition, in particular among the German minority. Since 1920, North Schleswig is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. Today, the German minority in North Schleswig includes about…
The Chilean family Mödinger is strongly represented at the World Games in Poland It is often said that fistball is family, and many families pass on their passion for the sport from one generation to the other. This is in particular also true for the family Mödinger from Llanquihue, Chile. For 55 years, players from…
The Fistball Federation of Australia (FiFA) has started the search for a Head Coach! FiFA Secretary General Chris Milne explains: “We are looking for someone who wants to spend a year in Australia and is eager to help lift our national team to the next level. As well as us old guys, we also have…
Interview with Ines Mayer, Chair of the IFA Athletes’ Commission The IFA Communications Commission team spoke to Ines Mayer, Chair of the IFA Athletes’ Commission, regarding her goals as representative of the athletes. • Name: Ines Mayer • Age: 26 • Club: FBC ABAU Linz Urfahr • Former Clubs: – • National Team: AUT •…
With the “IFA Fistball World Tour“, the International Fistball Association (IFA) launches a new tournament series this year which will replace the current World Cup as of 2018. This initiative will allow up to eight club teams from across the world to secure wild cards for the tournament’s final round – the World Tour Finals…
CHL – SUI 0:4 (07:11, 08:11, 08:11, 09:11) Switzerland and the tournament’s surprise team Chile played for the bronze medal. The fans in the stadium and on the livestream witnessed excellent fistball and a great atmosphere. Eventually, the favored team from Switzerland scored a decisive four-set victory. The young Chilean team started strong into the…