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At the 2018 Asia-Pacific Fistball Championships (APFC) in Australia last year there were many storylines of interest, but arguably the most intriguing was the inaugural international appearance of the newly founded member of the International Fistball Association (IFA) – the Samoan Fistball Association (SFA). Formed with the help of their friends at the New Zealand…

Brazilian defender Bianca Suffert has had a strong year: as a 15-year-old she won the Bronze medal with the Seleção at the IFA 2018 Fistball Women’s World Championship. Two weeks earlier, Suffert was a member of the team that took the second place at the U18 World Championship in the USA. The success of the…

Today, the IFA Board of Directors met the 2nd time in 2019. Together with deputy chair of the IFA Athletes´ Commission Eric Kindler (USA) the Board approved unanimously changes of the IFA Juridical Regulations concerning yellow and red cards. The IFA Athletes´ Commission supported the proposal of the IFA Sports Commission regarding yellow and red…

Looking back to 2018 this was a successful year with the highlights of the IFA 2018 Fistball Women´s World Championship in Linz, the IFA 2018 Fistball U18 World Championships in USA, the inaugural IFA Fistball World Tour Finals in Vaihingen/Enz, the European Men´s Championship in Adelmannsfelden, the Pan-American Fistball Championships in Buenos Aires and the…

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…

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The IFA 2017 Fistball Men´s and Women´s World Cup dated 27 to 29 October 2017 was awarded to the club Clube Duque de Caxias in Brazil by the IFA Board of Directors. The meeting took place on the occasion of the very well organized Final 3 event in Leonding, the national indoor championship of Austria….

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…

As of January 1, 2017, the International Fistball Association (IFA) has as first global sports association its headquarters in Upper Austria, in the City of Linz. Numerous activities have been initiated last year with the goal to achieve IOC recognition. In February 2017, the first Oceania Championships took place between Australia and New Zealand, and…