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Today IFA published details in the Official Bulletin 1 of the IFA 2018 Fistball Men’s and Women´s Masters World Cup Vöcklabruck which will take place in Vöcklabruck, Upper Austria, Austria, from 20 – 22 July 2018. Team registration deadline: 31 March 2018 The event is organized by the International Fistball Association (IFA) in cooperation with…

The IFA Board of Directors sent out a proposal for the IFA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SELECTION AND QUALIFICATION CRITERIA to the Regional Associations and representatives for feedback latest until 17th of March 2018. Due to logistical reasons the number of participants in an IFA competition should generally be limited to 16 teams. In that case IFA…

Within the last meeting the IFA Board of Directors approved new Fistball – Rules of the Games valid 1 April 2018 with minor changes concerning the weight of junior balls and ball contacts. The IFA Youth Congress 2016 proposed a change of the ball weight which was also supported by the chairwomen of the IFA…

14 nations from all over the world make the IFA 2018 Fistball Women’s World Championship in Austria to the biggest World Championship in Fistball history. IFA is glad that there will take part 8 nations from Europe, 4 from America and 2 teams from the Asia-Oczeania Area. “We are very happy that so many nations…

At the first ever IFA 2018 Fistball World Tour Final, on Friday, April 27 and Saturday, April 28, the best eight teams of men and women compete against each other in Vaihingen / Enz (Germany). Teams from five countries from three continents will be represented. In addition to the continental champions from Europe, South and…

The second edition of IFA Fistball World Tour is just a few weeks ahead. 82 teams from five continents have registered to participate in the second season of the new club series, which has been established to enhance the value of the club tournaments worldwide. At least the two best women’s and men’s teams will…

As the IFA Fistball World Tour having been a great success in 2017, IFA further develops the World Tour in 2018 and slightly adopted the requirements within the four categories. More than 100 registered club teams and 20 hosts from 5 continents prove that the IFA Fistball World Tour was a success story that surpassed…

The International Fistball Association is pleased to send you the best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2018! Looking back to 2017 we hope you agree that this was a successful year with the highlights of The World Games 2017, the inaugural IFA Fistball World Tour and the IFA 2017 Fistball…

It will be less than 230 days until the opening of the IFA 2018 Fistball Women’s World Championship in Austria. Today, the ticket sales for this fistball event officially started! The best national teams fight in Linz for the title “Fistball Women’s World Champion”. With attractive and cheap ticket prices in pre-sale the organizers want…

Following the recent celebration of its one-year anniversary, the Olympic Channel today announced that it has reached cooperation agreements with the Alliance of Independent Recognised Members of Sport (AIMS), and the international governing bodies for fistball, muaythai, polo, powerlifting and tug of war to collaborate on content for the multi-platform global media destination. The agreements…