Uncategorized

Chile would like to host the next Women’s World Championship in 2 years, Club Gimnastico Aleman de Llanquihue applied to host it. At a first 2-day visit of the venue and the host city, IFA had several meetings with the Organizing team and the major of Llanquihue to discuss the concept and get a better…

Team Brazil has won the female and the male team event at the 2nd Pan-American Fistball Championships which happened within the framework of the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires at the SAG Club of Punta Chica of Buenos Aires in Villa Ballester. The three days club competition was won by the female and…

It is with the greatest shock that the International Fistball Association has learned of the death of Patrick Baumann, President of GAISF, the umbrella Organisation of all international sports federations, in Buenos Aires today. IFA President Karl Weiss said: “This is a great shock, which has hit us all very hard. We lose a sympathic…

In the beginning of October IFA Administrative Director Christoph Oberlehner and US Fistball President Bob Feid spent three days at the 1st Competition Manager’s Meeting for The World Games 2021 in Birmingham, Alabama (USA). Fistball will be the first time part of the World Games with a men’s and a women’s competition. In total 14…

The International Fistball Association (IFA) Board of Directors in cooperation with the local organizing team has approved the registrations of the following member federations for the IFA 2019 Fistball Men´s World Championship Switzerland, which will take place in Winterthur, Switzerland, from 11 – 17 August 2019. – Argentina (ARG) – Australia (AUS) – Austria(AUT) –…

IFA President Karl Weiss signed an Agreement of Cooperation with the International Workers & Amateurs in Sports Confederation (CSIT) to host the inaugural CSIT IFA 2019 Fistball Amateurs World Cup within the framework of the CSIT World Sports Games 2019 in Tortosa (Catalonia/Spain). Necessary preregistration deadline for this event is latest 15 October 2018 by…

Germany has defended its title at the IFA 2018 Fistball Women’s World Championship. The team of coach Silke Eber won the final on Saturday evening with 4:1 against Switzerland. Brazil secured the Bronze medal with a 4:0 victory over host country Austria. The first two sets in the final were a tight matter. In the…

Switzerland and defending champion Germany have advanced to the final of the IFA 2018 Fistball Women’s World Championship. In two exciting semi-final matches over five sets, the Swiss squad beat host Austria 3:2, and defending champion Germany won against Brazil. Switzerland Beats Austria in Semi-Final Thriller In front of their home crowd, host Austria aimed…

Host team Austria has qualified for the semi-final following an exciting match against the Brazilian squad. After the Austrians pulled ahead with a 2:0 lead, the Seleção bounced back and took the third set. The fourth set was a tight affair until the very last point: at 14:14 the Brazilian team is not able to…