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In preparation of the World Games 2021 in Birmingham, IFA was part of The World Games Media Workshop in Madrid at the Olympic Channel (OC) headquarters. We got a first glimpse of the production plan for TWG21 in the US and held fruitful talks with our partners including OC and Sportradar concerning our future development…

The International Fistball Association (IFA), Federacion Chilena de Faustball (FChF) and the local organizing team of Club Gimnástico Alemán de Llanquihue have the honor to invite all IFA members around the world to participate in the IFA 2020 Fistball Women´s World Championship Chile which will take place in Llanquihue, Los Lagos, Chile, from 2 –…

The IFA Fistball World Tour Final will take place in Birmingham, Alabama, USA from Friday 17 to Sunday 19 July 2020. The winners of the continental club competitions and the best two teams in the World Tour Ranking will meet in the city where The World Games will be held a year later in a…

The International Fistball Association (IFA) in cooperation with Faustball Austria (ÖFBB) and UFG Grieskirchen/Pötting today invited all 61 IFA member federations around the world to participate in the IFA 2020 Fistball U18 Men’s and Women´s World Championship Austria which will take place in Grieskirchen, Upper Austria, Austria, from 23 – 26 July 2020. The team…

Second meeting of the IFA Board of Directors via Skype with participants from Oceania, Europe, North and South America. The board confirmed several commission members and officers for the new term 2019 – 2023. 40 % of the today´s confirmed proposals are female. Further commissions will be approved in the next board meeting on 23…

SALZBURG. The German teams were unstoppable at this year’s Faustball World Tour Final at Sportzentrum Nord in Salzburg. TSV Pfungstadt triumphed for the men and TSV Dennach for the women. Dennach defeats SOGIPA Porto Alegre in the final In the Women’s Bronze Medal Match, the South American champion of Duque de Caxias (BRA) showed the…

SALZBURG. At the Fistball World Tour Final in Salzburg the matchups for the Medal games are determined. The home team from Vöcklabruck narrowly missed the Gold Medal match losing to defending champion Novo Hamburgo (BRA). Pure excitement in the Brazil derby – Upset win for SOGIPA female team The big favorite and defending champion Duque…

SALZBURG. On the first day of the Fistball World Tour Finals, the favorites prevailed. In the Men’s competition Pfungstadt and Novo Hamburgo showed a power demonstration and advance to the semifinals. In the women’s tournament Dennach and Duque de Caxias were unstoppable. Pfungstadt and Novo Hamburgo invincible Last year’s winner Novo Hamburgo from Brazil was…

The newly elected IFA Presidency under the leadership of IFA President Jörn Verleger unanimously adopted the IFA Strategic Plan 2019 – 2023 in its first meeting after the elections. The meeting took place immediately after the elections in Winterthur. The strategic aims are: 1. High quality IFA events 2. Governance structures according to good governance…