Birmingham, Alabama (USA), host city of The World Games 2022, supports the world premiere of the new “2×2 Fistball STAR Events presented by Greater Birmingham CVB, Alabama” in Leipzig and Nuremberg.

“This will give the host city of the next games of the non-olympic sports a special presence in the run-up to The World Games,” said IFA President Jörn Verleger looking forward to the support for the world premiere of the new discipline.

“Birmingham and Alabama are always worth a trip,” said Janin Nachtweh, representative at the Alabama Tourist Office for Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Traditionally, a large Fistball fan base always travels along to the World Games, which will be held next year from July 7 to 17. “Alabama will delight its guests with its outstanding southern hospitality”, Nachtweh added. All tickets are officially on sale now and available on www.twg2022.com/tickets.

“Our goal is to complement the offer for Fistball players and to be able to offer a form of play for even more young people in inner cities without the classic grass court,” International Fistball Association President Jörn Verleger said. “I don’t want to rule out that we will still propose 2×2 Fistball to the IWGA at short notice as an addition to the program in Birmingham after a successful start. For the first time, six women’s teams will also play for medals in the traditional 5 a side match in 2022. Fistball has been on the program of the London Games since 1985.

The game is played on an area of 15 by 30 meters, with the actual playing field measuring only 10 by 3 meters. During the turn, the ball is allowed to come up within the complete own half. When the ball rolls over, it must land in the opponent’s half of the field. The official match ball was developed especially for the series, weighs 230g and is 55cm in circumference. The small circumference reduces the advantage of strong attacking players. Technical skills and reaction speed promise spectacular rallies.
Teams from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Brazil, Chile and probably India will compete in the inaugural 2×2 events.

Originally, the final of the Fistball World Tour was planned to take place in Birmingham (Alabama) this year, but had to be cancelled due to pandemic.

What is generally known under the term “small field fistball”, IFA has now poured into a uniform set of rules as the official “2×2 Fistball”. The new discipline will now celebrate its world premiere this weekend at the “2×2 Faustball Leipzig STAR” with 12 teams from Germany and the Czech Republic as part of the male U12 German champs at the Wettinbrücke sports venue. The group matches start at 10 am and the semifinals at 4 pm. The gold medal match on the Sparkassen Center Court will take place at 5:30 pm. Admission including the U12 champs costs 6 euros.

12 teams have registered. Participats are: Annutz (Anne & Utz Schönburg), Die Löhdis (Tom & Thilo Löhden), Die Klöppies (Denny & Angelika Kloß) FaC Zdechovice (Nikola Formanová & Nikola Marková), FaC Zdechovice II (Natálie & Nikola Faltysová), VFBree (Andres Knodel & Paul Jantzen), Ajax Dauerstramm (Jacob Jungclaussen & Fabio Lauck) Anna and Elsa (Anna Schreiner & Michael Knodel), Den Uhrzeigersinn (Max Zöhrer & Jakob Mahn), SV 1975 Zeulenroda (Justin Kießling & Martin Lerch), Die bengligen Raubakuen (Malte Schultz & Hannes Himmelhan) and Tunierleitungibteinenaus (Tim Jentsch & Leon Pohl).

All teams will start in the open category.

Originally, the world premiere of the new format was planned for the International German Gymnastics Festival in Leipzig in May and was announced as a 2×2 fistball world championship. After the cancellation of the Festival and the CSIT World Sport Games scheduled as a replacement event in mid-October, the federation has now created a small tournament series at short notice to start the project this year.

“The aim is to establish a second discipline alongside classic 5-a-side fistball that is more compact, has an even greater event character and can be played on different surfaces,” said IFA President Jörn Verleger. “We are trying to push the sport of fistball. Our goal is to complement the fistball offer and to be able to offer a form of play for even more young people in inner cities without the classic grass court,” said head of fistball department Julian Scharf of the organizer SC DHfK Leipzig.

The tournament format with two courts and three guaranteed games per team as well as a players’ party in the evening is somewhat reminiscent of beach volleyball due to its compact and event-oriented design.

The tournament is played on an area of 15×30 meters, whereby the actual playing field is only 10 by 3 meters. During the turn, the ball is allowed to come up within the complete own half. When the ball rolls over, it must come up in the opponent’s half of the pitch.

The Errea game ball was developed especially for the series, weighs 230g and is 55cm in circumference. Also the official fistball net tape is a new development of the Leipzig company variscia.

The small circumference reduces the advantage of strong attacking players. Technical skills and reaction speed promise spectacular rallies.

Leipzig STAR receives wildcard for the 2×2 Fistball European STAR in Nuremberg-Eibach on September 25.

The winners of Leipzig can look forward to a prize money of 100 € for the victory in the final and a wildcard for the 2×2 Fistball European STAR, which will take place one week later in Nuremberg-Eibach. In addition to German teams, top European players from Austria, Switzerland, Brazil and Chile will also compete. Mixed country teams are also allowed.

Congrats to the Fistball Association of South Africa documentary “The Mighty Fist” winning ‘Best documentary” award at Genesis International Film Festival in Moscow.

The documentary “The Mighty Fist” directed by Leif Petersen, Justin Patrick, and edited by Benjamin Shepherd Haskins and the crew of Leon Visser Zee Muller James Suter Kayla Peters and many other awesome people was submitted to the Genesis International Film Festival in Moscow.

A bunch of independent, cool and arty people at that festival judged it good enough from over 200 films to win the ‘Best documentary” award!

Leif was in 2015 also the captain of the South African National Fistball team which as he said “fulfilled our dreams of covering ourselves in international sports glory!”

The film is on the IFA YouTube Channel

IFA tests new discipline and format “2×2 Fistball” with new “STAR Tournament Series
Debut at the “2×2 Fistball Leipzig STAR” on September 18 – “2×2 Fistball European STAR” on September 25 in Nuremberg

What is generally known under the term “small field fistball”, the world fistball federation IFA has now cast into a uniform set of rules as the official “2×2 Fistball”. “The aim is to establish a second discipline alongside classic 5-a-side fistball that is more compact, has an even greater event character and can be played on different surfaces,” said IFA President Jörn Verleger. “Our goal is to complement our offer to the youth to be able to provide a form of play for even more young people in inner cities without the classic grass court.”

Originally, the world debut of the new format was planned as part of the International German Gymnastics Festival scedualed in Leipzig in May 2021 and advertised as a 2×2 World Championship. After the cancellation of the gymnastics festival and the CSIT World Sport Games scheduled as a replacement event in mid-October, the federation has now created a small tournament series at short notice to start the project this year.

The 2×2 Fistball Leipzig STAR will kick off on Saturday, September 18, where the male U12 Fistball German Championships will be held at the same time. The field of participants is limited to 48 teams of two persons each. Announced are the categories women, mixed and an open category, in which also pure women or mixed teams can start.

The format with three guaranteed matches per team, a professional center court as well as a planned players’ party in the evening is somewhat reminiscent of beach volleyball due to its compact and event-oriented design.

Games are played on an area of 15×30 meters, whereby the actual playing field is only 10 by 3 meters. During the turn, the ball is allowed to come up within the complete own half. When the ball rolls over, it must come up in the opponent’s half of the pitch. The new ERREA match ball was developed especially for the series, weighs 230g and is 55cm in circumference. Also the official fistball net is a new development of the Leipzig company VARISCIA. The small circumference reduces the advantage of strong attacking players. Technical skills and reaction speed promise spectacular rallies.

Invitation Leipzig

Registration http://tiny.cc/2×2-Leipzig

Leipzig STAR winner receives wildcard for the 2×2 Fistball European STAR in Nuremberg on September 25

The winners of Leipzig can look forward to a small prize money for the final victory and also to a wildcard for the 2×2 Fistball European STAR, which will take place one week later in Nuremberg. There are also three categories. There are already commitments from top players from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Brazil and Chile. Also mixed country teams are permitted. Admission to the event site is free.

Invitation Nuremberg

Registration https://tinyurl.com/2×2-Eibach

Congrats to TV Jahn Schneverdingen and Union Tigers Vöcklabruck winning the European Champions Cup 2021. It was 19 months ago, the last showdown of European club teams at the Champions Cup.

Champions Cup Women in Diepoldsau (Switzerland)

At the Women’s Champions Cup in Diepoldsau, Switzerland, three German teams – TV Jahn Schneverdingen, Ahlhorner SV and TSV Dennach – made it onto the podium.

In a rain battle, TV Jahn Schneverdingen secured the title against Ahlhorner SV in the final. After the Heidschnucken had taken the lead in the first set, Ahlhorn managed to equalize the score 1:1 – but in the end TV Jahn made the title perfect (11:6, 10:12, 11:9, 11:5). The team of coach Tine Seitz remained without defeat over the entire tournament, had, after winning the preliminary round group, defeated Union Nussbach from Austria in the semifinals in a gripping match (11:8, 11:7, 8:11, 8:11, 12:10) and thus paved the way for the first European field title since 2006. With the success, the Schneverdingen women replace TSV Dennach as title holders, who had previously won five times in a row.

The Dennach girls were defeated in the semifinals by the eventual silver medalists from Ahlhorn. Although TSV turned a 0:1 deficit into an interim 2:1 lead – in the end, however, ASV rejoiced (11:8, 5:11, 5:11, 11:8, 11:9). In the bronze medal match, the Pink Ladies went the full distance once again. Against Union Nussbach, the defending champions were trailing 1:2 before they fought their way impressively to the podium (11:8, 10:12, 9:11, 11:7, 13:11).

Final day re-live on https://youtu.be/O1ITUYZQI2c

European Champions Cup Men

The Austrian only men’s final in Vöcklabruck Union Tigers Vöcklabruck beated Union Compact Freistadt in the gold medal match in the first final in 10 years with no German men´s team. In 2011 the finalists were Union Freistadt and FG Grieskirchen/Pötting. TSV Pfungstadt finished third winning against FAUSTBALL WIDNAU.

All matches re-live on www.fistball.tv.

The hosts from Vöcklabruck played sovereign in front of their home crowd already in the preliminary round and took the group victory. However, the plan to avoid a semifinal duel with the big favorites from Pfungstadt by winning the preliminary round did not work out. The Germans, who last won the Champions Cup five times in a row, only finished their group in second place. But the Vöcklabruckers, who were already able to challenge the defending champions in their last duels, did not let that deter them from their big goal. “If you want to win the Cup, you have to win against the best teams. It doesn’t matter if it’s in the final or already before,” Tigers captain Jakob Huemer gave the direction of travel for the semi-final. With a great team performance and an unconditional will to win, the Austrian champions earned a well-deserved 3:2 victory and dethroned the German dominators around superstar Patrick Thomas.

The free skate was done, but the big title goal was not yet reached. The final was anything but a compulsory exercise, as the Bundesliga rival Freistadt was waiting there somewhat surprisingly. The team from the Mühlviertel region had only slipped into the competition at short notice after the cancellation of Bolzano and played their way into the final almost inconspicuously with a refreshing mix of veterans and young talents in the shadow of the anticipated final between Pfungstadt and Vöcklabruck.

Despite being the favorites, it was not an easy task for Vöcklabruck, as the Freistadt team is considered internationally experienced and also won the last Austrian Champions Cup in 2011. However, the current number one in Austria kept its nerve in the final and ultimately prevailed clearly with 3:0. “We are overjoyed that it finally worked out,” said Vöcklabruck coach Michael Fels. For years, a young squad was consistently built up and brought up to the top. “Now we could also reap the fruits of the hard work internationally,” said a satisfied Tigers boss Stefan Huemer. In Freistadt, one can live well with the final result despite the defeat in the final. “Hardly anyone had us on the bill, now we have won silver in the most important international club competition – that fits so!”, my captain Jean Andrioli.

Photocredit: Wolfgang Benedik

U18 national team players Florencia Schwaner (CHI), Anika Hartl (AUT) and Davin Hossmann (SUI) are the first ever U18 representatives to the IFA Youth Commission elected by the participants of the IFA U18 Fistball World Championships in Grieskirchen (Austria).

On the occasion of 30 years of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by the UN in November 2019 the IFA Board of Directors has decided to strengthen the rights of children by the election of an U18 representative through the participants of the next U18 World Championships. Currently 25 percent of the 65.000 Fistball players worldwide in 67 countries are under 25 and half of this group are minors under 18.

“We warmly welcome the new commission members and are very much looking forward to working with the young athletes” says Uwe Schneider (GER), chairman of the IFA Youth Commission. “All of them have already proven with their ideas presented before the election, that they are willing to contribute to the development and youth appeal of Fistball” IFA President Jörn Verleger added.

Watch their statements!

Due to drastic Corona measures in the host country Italy, the CSIT World Sports Games 2021 will be cancelled without replacement.

Until the very end, CSIT tried everything and took all necessary measures to hold the CSIT World Sports Games 2021 in Cervia (Italy) despite the prevailing Corona situation and increasing infection figures. The advance of the dangerous Delta variant in Italy and resulting drastic measures taken by the Italian Ministry of Health with partly long quarantine for the international participants, ultimately led to the cancellation. The CSIT Excom unanimously made this decision on Tuesday.

CSIT President Bruno Molea in a first reaction: “The CSIT and I personally are extremely sorry for this decision. We had the highest interest in the sense of the sport and for our many members to carry out the event and have tried everything. However, the current circumstances in Italy and the decision of the government make it impossible. The region of Emilia Romagna and the organizing committee have also tried everything until the end. Not least because a lot of money has already gone into the planning. But for us, everyone’s health comes first, so we decided to cancel. There have been too many question marks.”

This was planned by IFA

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 was planned in June 2021 have to be postponed to 12 to 17 October 2021 and is hosted by the Italian CSIT member organization “AICS – Associazione Italiana Cultura Sport” in Cesenatico and Cervia, two wonderful and merging into each other seaside resorts at the Italian Adriatic sea coast in Emilia Romagna Region (Italy).

The WSG are a major multi-sports event held every two years, full of sports, sport for all, cultural exchange, fun and new opportunities. These Games are not multisport games for top athletes, but for all amateurs (16 years and older) from different countries and cultures all over the world.

Male, female and gender mixed teams are allowed. Each team may exist of a minimum of 6 players. It is possible to register more than one team. The categories are formed according to the number of registrations. It’s planned there will be an adult tournament (16 years and older) as well as the senior classes for women 30, men 35, 45, 55 and men 60. The tournament is played according to the Fistball – Rules of the Game.

And there will also be a world premiere during the CSIT World Sport Games: the IFA CSIT 2×2 Fistball Amateur World Championship. It will be played in teams of two without substitutes on a field measuring 10 x 3 meters. During a rallye the ball can touch the ground even out of bounds, block attempts are not allowed. The 2×2 Fistball event will be played in a mixed category only.

The participation fee is from 120 Euro (without hotel package) to 555 Euro per person (4**** hotel, double room including full board accommodation, local public transport in Emilia Romagna, registration fee, welcome package and free chiropractic services by FICS) for the duration of the WSG. For more details, see Bulletin 1. Airport shuttle is offered and will cost 50 Euro.

Dates:
Date of arrival: 12 or 13 October 2021
Opening Ceremony: 13 October 2021; 8 p.m.
Match days: 14-16 October 2021 (depends on the number of registered teams)
Date of departure: 17 October 2021

Eligibility criteria:
All amateur players are permitted
No permission of national team players from countries finishing in the Top 7 (Men) / Top 5 (Women) at the last World Championship and players from the highest divisions in Austria, Switzerland and Germany.
Players must be at least 16 years old

Composition of the team:
Male, female and mixed teams – the categories are formed according to the number of registrations Clubs or teams of the member federations IFA / CSIT / FICEP – also several teams per club or selection are allowed
Team size minimum 6 players

Regulations:
Championships follow International Fistball Federation regulations
The CSIT World Sports Games are organized under the WADA Code.

Find all information in the official Bulletin 1: DOWNLOAD

GRIESKIRCHEN. The Sparkasse IFA Fistball World Championships have come to a close with a dramatic final between Germany and Austria in the male U18 event. The German team prevailed, and also drove home the victory against Austria earlier today in the female U18 tournament. The German squad hence scored four titles in Grieskirchen and now holds all international fistball titles; the Austrian hosts won four silver medals.

Quadruple for Germany in Grieskirchen
Three World Championships – in the women’s and both the U18 female and male tournaments – and the U21 men’s European title: Germany took home four victories this weekend. Today the two U18 squads won against the Austrian hosts. In the U18 female final, Austria pulled ahead 1:0, but the German team bounced back and scored a 3:1 win. In the U18 male final, Germany had established a comfortable 2:0 lead when the Austrian team got back into the game in front of their fans – the match went into the fifth set which was again won by the German squad, thus securing the title. Austria took the second place in all four finals this weekend.

Brazilian Teams Prevail in Bronze Medal Matches
The game for the third place in the U18 men’s World Championships was a nail-biter: with a comfortable 2:0 lead over Brazil, the Swiss team already looked as if they were on the path to victory. But the South Americans bounced back and won the match, thus securing the bronze medal. The same two teams – Brazil and Switzerland – also faced each other in the bronze medal match of the women’s U18 competition. Like in the men’s match, the Swiss team pulled ahead early on; again, the Brazilian squad came back and won the game 3:1, and hence the third place in the tournament.

Chile and Italy Win President’s Cup
Places 5 to 7 in both the U18 female and male tournaments were identified via an additional group phase – the President’s Cup. Chile prevailed in the female competition and Italy in the male competi-tion, respectively.

Final Rankings:
Final Ranking IFA 2021 Fistball Women’s World Championship:
1. Germany, 2. Austria, 3. Switzerland, 4. Chile, 5. Serbia, 6. Czech Republic, 7. Denmark, 8. Belgium
Final Ranking IFA 2021 Fistball U18 Women’s World Championship:
1. Germany, 2. Austria, 3. Brazil, 4. Switzerland, 5. Chile, 6. Italy, 7. Czech Republic
Final Ranking IFA 2021 Fistball U18 Men’s World Championship:
1. Germany, 2. Austria, 3. Brazil, 4. Switzerland 5. Italy, 6. Denmark, 7. Chile
Final Ranking EFA 2021 Fistball U21 Men’s European Championship:
1. Germany, 2. Austria, 3. Switzerland

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Upper Austria’s top soccer clubs are just as involved as the organizers of the Fistball World Championships in Grieskirchen: Together with the World Championship organizers, Sportland Upper Austria is sending a strong signal to ensure that people have easier access to COVID-19 vaccination.

The common goal: to increase the rate of COVID-19 vaccination in order to regain personal freedom. This offer will be made at the World Fistball Championships up to and including Friday in Grieskirchen – no registration is necessary for this.

The motto issued by Deputy Provincial Governor Christine Haberlander and Provincial Economic and Sports Councillor Markus Achleitner in this context is: “Vaccination is the best defense, sport goes on the offensive.”

“Of course we are on board with that,” says Mayor Maria Pachner and the organizers of the major Fistball event Sportunion Grieskirchen together with the International Fistball Association IFA.

6000 tests have been purchased in order to test all players, officials and volunteers on a daily basis. For all those who have not yet been vaccinated, from Wednesday to Friday at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. a Red Cross team van will take anyone who wants to be vaccinated to the sports hall two kilometers away (official vaccination route). Pre-registration for the vaccination (vaccine is Pfizer) is not necessary. A bus will take you back.

“Only a vaccination solidarity will bring us back the long-awaited sporting freedom. Therefore, actively take advantage of the offer and get your vaccination,” said IFA President Jörn Verleger.