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Time and again we have outstanding photos from Fistball events. IFA has therefore decided to introduce an audience award for the first time this year at IFA Awards 2021. Choose YOUR IFA FAUSTBALL PHOTO OF THE YEAR 2021 from the 10 photos selected by an expert jury. Voting will take place until and including Friday,…

After a break of 2 years because of the COVID-19 pandemic the IFA Fistball World Tour re-starts again in 2022. The World Tour starts into a new round with a total of 25 tournaments worldwide. The tournament series kicks off at the beginning of March in Brazil, where the first teams will collect points for…

Join us on 26 January 2022 to discuss “How Can International and European Sport Organisations Activate Citizens”! The partners of INTERACT Project, “International and European Sport Organisations Activate Citizens”, are proud to invite you to the INTERACT Opening Conference scheduled to take place online on 26th of January 2022, at 13.00 UTC + 1. The world…

IFA is very glad to announce Clube Duque de Caxias will host the IFA 2022 Fistball World Tour Finals in Curitiba, Brazil. The first time in the young history of the World Tour the Final event takes place in South America. The event takes place from 6 to 9 October and will be extended to…

Michaela Grzywatz is among the 24 candidates for The World Games Athlete of 2021! Last year she won the World Championship with Team Germany (DFBL – Deutsche Faustball-Liga). This year Women’s Fistball debuts at The World Games 2022, and she wants to win the historic title with her team in Birmingham. Vote daily on

IFA published its meeting and international days calender 2022. Learn more about the international days celebrated by IFA in 2022. 30 January World Fistball Day #WorldFistballDay #WFD2022 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…

IFA calls on athletes, entourage, and all stakeholders to note major modifications concerning the use of salbutamol and injectable glucocorticoids Further to our communication on 30 September 2021, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) wishes to remind stakeholders that the 2022 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods (List); the 2022 Summary of Major Modifications and Explanatory…

2021 was another challenging year. We would like to thank for your support and your friendship and send you the best Season Greetings. Hopefully we could celebrate together again at Fistball competitions like The World Games 2022 in Birmingham, USA. But the most important thing is, that you and your loved ones stay healthy. Once…

IFA published the Official Bulletin #1 for the Fistball competition at The World Games 2022 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA The countdown continues: #TWG2022 is only 200 days away! Listen to Nick Sellers, CEO of TWG 2022 about the Fistball event. Learn more about the Birmingham Southern College (BSC), venue of the Fistball event.

The IFA board awarded the ball rights for the Fistball event at The World Games 2022 and the IFA Fistball Men´s World Championships to Sportastic. Sportastic will develop and distribute a PREMIUM dry, 350, men’s ball in a new 2023 design based on the corporate design of the 2023 World Fistball Championship. IFA will publish…