The Obersee Masters in Jona (CH) took place for the 58th time last weekend. More than 60 teams from 9 different nations took part in the categories men A/B/C and women as well as in the junior competitions U10/U12 and U14/U16. In addition to the Major Tournament, another highlight took place in Jona with…
DOUBLE VICTORY FOR SOGIPA
The European Women’s Fistball Championship took place on 18th and 19th August in Grieskirchen, Upper Austria. Germany won the final against Austria 3:0 and defended its title from 2019. Furthermore, Germany secured with the victory its place for The World Games 2025 in Chengdu, China. Teams from eight European Fistball nations competed for the prestigious…
Did you know that already the first Fistball players qualified at IFA 2023 Fistball Men’s World Championship in Mannheim to compete in Chengdu? 4 out of 8 teams are already qualified: Germany, Austria, Brazil and Switzerland! IFA World Games selection and qualification criteria The qualification mode, which was already decided in 2018, first provides for…
The IFA Board of Directors was re-elected at the IFA 2023 Congress on the sidelines of the 16th IFA Men’s Fistball World Championship in Mannheim. The World Championship has set new standards. Germany won the World Championship title for the fourth time in a row. The 51-year-old President Jörn Verleger from Germany, who has lead…
On July 11th, the 3rd INTERACT+ partner meeting took place online. The partner meeting was necessary to discuss the already achieved deliverables, the general progress and development of the project, and future steps to achieve the project. One highlight of the partner meeting was the presentation of the first successful training of the trainer workshop,…
From 14-16 July the annual Leondinger Open tournament took place. At a hot 36 degrees Celsius, numerous teams from Brazil, Austria, New Zealand and Poland played unbelievably exciting matches. The tournament started on Friday with an exhibition in preparation for the upcoming big events. The men’s national teams from Brazil and New Zealand as well…
Today, the Olympic Day is celebrated all around the world: hundreds of thousands of people – young and old – get moving and participate in sporting and cultural activities, such as runs, exhibitions, music and educational seminars. Over the last two decades, the event has helped to spread the Olympic ideals to every corner of…
A total of 39 teams in the categories Men A and B, U14, U12 as well as U10 took part in the Corpus Christi tournament in Waibstadt on 8 June. Besides the numerous teams from all over Germany, the German national teams of the U21m and U18m also used the tournament as a training opportunity…
In India last week, fistball created a big stir and numerous reports in news broadcasts, local newspapers and reports. With 30 men’s and 20 women’s teams from over 20 clubs from all over India, the IFA World Tour tournament took place in Chennai from 29 to 31 May. In the men’s competition, two favourites emerged…
As every year on the Whitsun weekend, the Kranzling tournament in Haslach took place. 10 women’s and 20 men’s teams played exciting matches for the 500 points. In addition to Bundesliga as well as Landesliga teams, the Austrian junior national teams (2 teams U18w; 2 teams U18m; 2 U21m) also used the tournament as the…