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The IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) has announced in the presence of IFA President Jörn Verleger 17 new members for its Sports for Nature Framework during the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. IFA signed the commitment as one of 24 International Federations already at the IF Forum in Lausanne in November 2023. During…

The countdown is on: From August 7 to 17, 2025, the Chinese city of Chengdu will be all about international sport. For one and a half weeks, the 12th edition of the World Games will take place in the capital of Sichuan province. 35 sports will be part of next year’s World Games – including…

The men’s and women’s World Tour Finals will take place in Austria in 2025: Union Tigers Vöcklabruck will host the competition for the best club teams in the world from 24-27 July 2025. It was the biggest success in the club’s history: the Union Tigers Vöcklabruck fistball team won the title at the 2024 World…

With two thrilling finals, the IFA World Tour Finals – the Fistball Club World Championships – came to an end. In the Rhein-Neckar Stadium in Mannheim TSV Dennach and TV Jahn Schneverdingen (women) as well as the Union Tigers Vöcklabruck and TSV Pfungstadt (men) fought thrilling duels for the title, which were hard to beat…

It was probably one of the best fistball matches in recent years: in a thrilling final against defending champions TV Jahn Schneverdingen, the women of TSV Dennach won the title at the World Tour Finals. The team prevailed 4:2 (15:14, 10:12, 11:9, 11:4, 10:12, 13:11) at the Rhein-Neckar Stadium in Mannheim. The bronze medal was…

There is a German-German final in the women’s fistball World Tour Finals: TSV Dennach and TV Jahn Schneverdingen won their semi-final matches in Mannheim’s Rhein-Neckar Stadium and will play the final on Saturday evening. In the men’s competition, defending champions SG Novo Hamburgo, TSV Pfungstadt, TV Enns and Union Tigers Vöcklabruck made it through to…

The first semi-finalists of the 2024 World Tour Finals in Mannheim have been determined: on the first day in Mannheim’s Rhein-Neckar Stadium, six of the eight men’s and women’s teams have already secured their tickets. he TV Jahn Schneverdingen, TSV Dennach (women) and the Union Tigers Vöcklabruck (men) did not lose a set. he first…

All teams have arrived at the venue and were welcomed by Ralf Eisenhauer – the mayor of Mannheim reponsible for sports matters – and IFA President Verleger Joern. In his opening speech at the official welcome dinner Verleger thanked the host of VfR Mannheim 1896 e.V. and the Stadt Mannheim for their support of the…

The men’s and women’s World Tour Finals are returning to Germany. From 18 to 21 July the best club teams in the world will meet in Mannheim – at the same venue where the men’s Fistball World Championship took place a year ago. It is almost exactly a year since the fistball world looked to…

Sportastic is continuing its commitment to international fistball. The Women’s Fistball World Championship in November and the IFA World Tour Finals 2024 and 2025 will be played with Sportastic fistballs. This means that the collaboration between the Austrian sports equipment manufacturer and the International Fistball Association will continue. When the best women’s national teams determine…