The 2024 Men’s and Women’s World Tour Finals will take place in Mannheim: From July 18 to 21, 2024, the fistball scene will thus return to the venue of the 2023 Fistball World Championship. A total of 16 teams from four countries will take part over the four days of the event. When the best…
The IFA is pleased to announce the release of the approved fistballs from April 1, 2024. With a choice of five ball manufacturers – Sportastic, Ludwig, Drohnn, Errea and HAWE – we can offer our athletes a wide range of high quality balls. This selection of approved fistballs is in line with our commitment to…
As the INTERACT+ Project goes into it’s second year, the first meeting of 2024 was hosted in Linz, Austria by Project Partner International Fistball Association March 13-14th. The meeting had updates from all work packages. After the successful submission of Literature Review and Theory of Action, University of Limerick updated the Partners on the next…
The first major tournament of the 2024 World Tour has been played. The international Victor Körbes Cup took place for the 27th time on 16 and 17 March in Novo Hamburgo (BRA). With 43 teams from Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Germany and Switzerland, a total of over 220 athletes took part in 8 categories. Despite recurring…
As part of its 2024 Annual Symposium, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) celebrated its 25th anniversary in Lausanne, Switzerland. “Since its establishment in 1999, WADA has been a basis for our mission to organize a doping-free sport”, said IFA President Jörn Verleger, who represented IFA in Lausanne. The 25th Anniversary Gala gathered 1,100+ Symposium attendees…
Last weekend (2 and 3 March), Curitiba (BRA) hosted the 8th Copa Merces and thus the opening tournament of the 2024 World Tour. The teams played exciting matches for the first World Tour points in numerous junior categories as well as in the men’s and women’s categories. Despite an altercation between the fans of two…
The field of participants for the 10th Women’s Fistball World Championship has been finalized: Twelve nations from all continents will compete in the world championships in Montecarlo, Argentina, in November. Never before have there been so many participating teams at a Women’s World Championship. From New Zealand and Australia to the USA, from defending champion…
The 2027 Men’s Fistball World Championship will be held in Germany: The International Fistball Association has once again awarded the biggest fistball event to the country of the current world champion at its most recent Executive Committee meeting. After 1972, 1982, 2007 and 2023, Germany will host the best men’s fistball teams for the fifth…
The IFA Fistball World Tour starts its sixth season with the IFA 500 tournament at Clube Mercês in Curitiba. Over the next seven months, 25 tournaments in eight countries are on the calendar. Highlights of the tour will be the major tournaments in Novo Hamburgo (BRA), Porto Alegre (BRA), Elgg (SUI), Stammheim (GER), Jona (SUI)…
The IFA Fistball World Tour enters its sixth season in 2024. 25 tournaments in eight countries will take place from March to September as part of the tour. The season opener will take place on March 2-3 at Clube Mercês in Curitiba. The highlights of the tour will be the major tournaments in Novo Hamburgo…
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