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The International Fistball Association (IFA) invites all individuals and clubs of the Fistball Family to participate at the CSIT IFA 2021 Fistball Amateurs World Championship and the inaugural IFA CSIT 2021 2×2 Fistball World Championship within the framework of the the 7th Edition of the CSIT World Sports Games (WSG). The big multisports event will…

30 January World Fistball Day #WorldFistballDay #WFD2021 In 2020 IFA decided to celebrate IFA´s birthday on 30 January as World Fistball Day every year with activities and initiatives to promote the sport of Fistball. 8 March International Women’s Day #IWD2021 #ChooseToChallenge Collective action and shared ownership for driving gender parity is what makes International Women’s…

IFA WOMEN IN SPORTS AWARD The IFA 2020 WOMEN IN SPORT AWARD goes to Dr. Giana Hexsel representing all female members of the medical and nursing staff. “Sometimes you just have to say thank you. Thank you to all those who still have the biggest part to play in the current COVID-19 crisis in care…

Today, Friday 8 of January, starts the vote “The World Games Greatest Athlete of All Time. Candidates from all editions of The World Games’ 40-year long history, and they represent 24 different sports, have been nominated by their International Federations. What is common for all of them is that they are extraordinary athletes who have…

Due to technical problems the forum couldn’t take place as a live event. We will inform you soon about the rescheduled plans for the forum. Next Saturday at 1:30 (CET) the 2nd IFA Athletes Forum on the main topic “Women in Fistball” will take place in virtual form. The forum will be live streamed on…

Martin Weiß (AUT) won over 10 national championships, 8 continental title, and 3 World Tour titles during his carrier. At The World Games 2001 and 2005, Weiss´s team won the first international titles for Faustball Austria with Weiss as their no. 1 striker. In 2007 his team claimed Austria´s only World Championship title to this…

The IFA Athletes´ Commission under the leadership of chairwomen Katharina Lackinger today prepared the 2nd IFA Athletes´ Forum on next Saturday 9th January, 2021 at 13:30 (European Time). Main topic will be “Women in Fistball”. The forum will be covered on www.fistball.tv as well as the IFA social media channels. At the beginning of the…

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 meeting on 10 October 2020.. These Anti-Doping Rules shall especially apply to athletes who compete in any of the following IFA International Events: The…

Dear Fistball friends, 2020 was a challenging year. At the beginning of the year we hoped to strengthen our position within the sports family by: – World Class Events – Global Growth – Women in Sports – Teaming up – Showing our great media potential But it looked different to what we had hoped: Lockdown….