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The International Fistball Association (IFA) awarded the next Fistball highlight event in their last Board of Directors’ meeting: The 2021 Women’s World Championship takes place in Switzerland. The women’s highlight event will be carried out in Rapperswil-Jona from 13 to 17 July 2021. As Chile had to withdraw from hosting the IFA Women’s World Championship…

From the 18th to 22nd of November the world will see the biggest virtual youth festival. The United Through Sports (UTS) Virtual Youth Festival will be under patronage of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), International Paralympic committee (OPC) and Special Olympics (SOI). The President of the IOC, Thomas Bach, President of the IPC, Andrew Parsons…

IFA President Jörn Verleger is part of a panel of the International Federation (IF) Forum 2020, which will explore “How Sport and Society Can Emerge Stronger from a Global Crisis” tomorrow. 13:00-13:35 PANEL SESSION: HOW TO LIMIT AND MITIGATE EXPOSURE Moderated by: David Eades, Anchor and Journalist, BBC World Dr. Richard Budgett, Medical and Scientific…

IFA is proud to announce that we are partner of the TAFISA (The International Association for Sport for All) project proposal “International and European Sport Organisations Activate Citizens” which has been selected by the European Commission and will be co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union in 2021 – 2022. The project aims…

Together with the leadership of Faustball Austria, the IFA leadership met Austria’s Vice Chancellor and Minister of Sport Werner Kogler in an “inaugural visit” today. Usually the meeting was planned for March but has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. IFA President Jörn Verleger, IFA Secretary General Christoph Oberlehner and the Chairwoman of the…

With a heavy heart and profound sadness the German Gymnastics Federation (DTB) today informed IFA that the International German Gymnastics Festival in Leipzig, which should have taken place from May 12 – 16, 2021, had to be canceled. The decision was made after an intense exchange between the German Gymnastics Federation, the City of Leipzig,…

A working group chaired by IFA-Anti-Doping-Administrator Teresa Eidenhammer has drafted the new IFA Anti-Doping rules based on the 2021 code, which were approved by the IFA Board of Directors in its today´s meeting. These Anti-Doping Rules shall especially apply to athletes who compete in any of the following IFA International Events: The World Games, IFA…

Fistball is part of the United Through Sports Virtual Youth Festival and you could be too! Over 60 organisations have come together in solidarity and unity under the Olympic, Paralympic and Special Olympics values. Together these organisations will promote inclusion, health, equality, non-discrimination and peace. The participating organisations share a common vision, to provide opportunity…

With the International German Gymnastics Festival 2021 in Leipzig, a large fistball festival for all age groups awaits the fistball community. The Gymnastics Festival will take place in Leipzig (Saxony) from Wednesday, May 12 to Sunday, May 16, 2021. It is the largest competition and mass sports event in the world and thus a festival…