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In just a little more than 5 months the IFA 2021 Fistball World Championship takes place in Jona, Switzerland. IFA Secretary General Christoph Oberlehner visited the venue together with Fritz Valant and Thomas Szabo from the TV production company to discuss with the local Organizing team from TSV Jona many different topics. One of the…

Listen to our #WorldFistballDay “Ask the President” session. Thanks for all your question, which we answer in the language you ask (German and English). @1:00 IOC-Recognition/Olympic Games – Fistball on the Olympic Program – Warum IOC Anerkennung – World Games @7:13 General topics – IFA staff – First female IFA President – Member federations @11:30…

Schedule of the inaugural World Fistball Day 2021: – action “Fistball Clean Out” (all day long) – 11:30 a.m. CET Facebook Premiere “The Mighty Fist documentary” – 1:30 p.m. CET IFA Entourage Workshop on Safe Sport and Anti-Doping – 5 p.m. CET „Ask the Presidents“ LIVE Call This Saturday the International Fistball Association (IFA) is…

This Saturday, 30 January, on World Fistball Day it’s time to clear out your Fistball wardrobe. Send us your old – but still good – Fistball clothes (jerseys, training shirts, shorts), shoes, balls or nets and donate it for other Fistball players all over the world. Take a picture with your old Fistball equipment, post…

IFA is new member of the International Fair Play Committee (CIFP). Together with 91 National Olympic Committees and 23 other international sports federations like The International Tennis Federation (ITF), International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), International Volleyball Federation (FIVB), World Athletics or the International Federation of Football Association (FIFA) IFA promotes the values of Fair Play…

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…

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…

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…