In just 3 weeks the IFA 2019 Fistball Men’s World Championship in Winterthur, Switzerland will start. The International Fistball Association published the Official Bulletin 5 of the Men’s World Championship.

Bulletin 5 contains all final information concerning e.g. team catering, Anti-Doping Regulations or the IFA United by Sports Conference.

Ticket information for all Fistball fans

Get your ticket now! The last tickets for seaters on the main grandstand are available now!
Tickets are still available on: Ticket-Website
There are also special discounts for groups and children offered.

#WeAreFistball #FistballMWC #Fistball

The International Fistball Association (IFA) is pleased to announce that the Board of Directors has approved the Fiji and Cook Island Fistball Association as its newest member associations, increasing IFA’s membership to 61 national member associations.

“IFA is proud to welcome the new member associations to the IFA,” said IFA President Karl Weiss. “We reached our development goal to have a total of more than 60 member federations latest until our IFA 2019 Congress in Winterthur,” commented IFA Development Director and Board member Roger Willen.

Furthermore, currently the board approved the translation of the Fistball rules into Chinese language.

Union Waldburg is the winner of the inaugural CSIT IFA Fistball Amateuers´ World Cup. The event was played within the CSIT World Sports Games Tortosa 2019.

Final ranking:
1. Union Waldburg
2. Union Peilstein
3. Faustball Flurlingen

Final
Union Waldburg : Union Peilstein 3 : 1 ( 12 : 10 , 11 : 6 , 7 : 11, 11 : 8 )

Video
Opening Ceremony of the CSIT World Sports Games Tortosa 2019

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has launched an updated version of the Athlete Learning Program about Health and Anti-Doping (ALPHA) course on its Anti-Doping e-Learning Platform (ADeL).

For more info visit: https://adel.wada-ama.org/en

Within the framework of the IFA 2019 Fistball Men´s World Championship the Fistball Academy invites to some additional and interesting events:

– IFA Leaded Training on 10 August, 9:30 – 14:00
– Fistball Academy Conference on 12 August, 10:00 – 12: 00
– Fistball Academy Experience “Train the Trainer” on 13 August, 9:30 – 13:00

As one of these additional events the Fistball Academy invites all interested officials, coaches and sportsmen to participate in the Fistball Academy Congress. Key subjects are the presentation of the current status of the Fistball Academy, the IFA Strategic Plan 2019 – 2023 and the IFA Development Program

Invitation Fistball Academy Conference on 12 August, 10:00 – 12: 00
Invitation Fistball Academy Experience “Train the Trainer” on 13 August, 9:30 – 13:00
Invitation IFA Leaded Training on 10 August, 9:30 – 14:00

In just 2 months the IFA 2019 Fistball Men’s World Championship in Winterthur, Switzerland will start. The International Fistball Association published the Official Bulletin 4 of the Men’s World Championship.

Bulletin 4 contains all final information concerning e.g. the event schedule, accreditation process, Referees, Training schedule or team catering.

Ticket information for all Fistball fans

Get your ticket now! Some grandstands are already sold out for special days. Tickets are still available on: Ticket-Website
There are also special discounts for groups and children offered.

#WeAreFistball #FistballMWC #Fistball

The official soundtrack of the IFA 2019 Men’s World championship in Winterthur “Play the Game” is released now!

The official soundtrack is written and produced by MG Grace und Lukas Schwengeler. The IFA 2019 Men’s World Championship in Winterthur takes place from 11 to 17 August 2019. With 18 participating countries it will be the biggest Fistball World Championship in the Fistball history.

Download the official Soundtrack now: Download official song “Play the Game”

The host of the Oceanian Fistball Championships, the New Zealand Fistball Association wins the men’s and the women’s competition. With a total of 5 participating countries, the Oceanian Championships in Christchurch were a big success. The men’s New Zealand team defeated Samoa in the final match 3:0. The women’s team of New Zealand won the final against Australia 3:0. IFA was represented with Administrative Director Christoph Oberlehner and the Chair of the Medical Commission Giana Hexsel.

The New Zealand Fistball Association provided an excellent framework for the Oceanian Fistball Championship. With the participating countries New Zealand, Australia, New Zealand Maori, Samoa and Cook Island it was the first time that 5 teams participated in a Championship in Oceania.
Furthermore, the recently established U18 men’s teams of New Zealand and Samoa fought for the title in the Oceanian U18 Championship. After 2 matches there was a draw, that’s why a deciding match was necessary. New Zealand’s youngsters won the thrilling match 3:2 and celebrated the Gold medal.

In the women’s competition Samoa, Australia and New Zealand participated. The host presented very good Fistball to the spectators in the Mainpower Oval in Christchurch. The team of coach Vikki Buston could win all their matches and beat Australia in the final 3:0.
The men’s team of New Zealand did it the same. After a very close first set in the final against Samoa, the host could win the following two sets clear and won the inaugural Oceanian Fistball Championship. Australia, which participated with a below-strength team ranked third, Cook Island finished on rank 4 and New Zealand Maori on 5.

Congratulations to all teams and the host of the excellent organized tournament! It’s great to see how Fistball in Oceania is growing in numbers but also in quality. Together we are Fistball!

On 14 November 2018 the Member Federations have been invited to the Ordinary IFA 2019 Congress on 14 August 2019 in Winterthur (Switzerland).

Today IFA has sent out the final agenda and documents.

The Chinese city of Chengdu will be the host city for The World Games 2025. IFA President Karl Weiss congratulated the Mayor of Chengdu, Mr Luo Qiang, to host the 12th edition of the multi-sports event.

The Vice President of IOC and the Chinese Olympic Committee, Mr Yu Zaiqing, signed the agreement as Witness. President Jose Perurena signed on behalf of the International World Games Association. This was preceded by ratification of the contract by the 37 member federations of the IWGA during the Annual General Meeting at the SportAccord Convention in Gold Coast. Chengdu follows the city of Birmingham, Alabama as host. The 11th edition of The World Games will take place there from 15 to 25 July 2021.

Jose Perurena said at a press briefing afterwards: “By signing a contract with one of the most forward-looking and dynamic cities in China, we have signalled our arrival as a major power in international sport.” The IWGA President added: ”Following our 2021 event in another great country, the USA, we are excited now to start work with our Chinese partners on plans for 2025.”

Chengdu Mayor, Mr Luo Qiang, said: “Chengdu highly appreciates the concept of the IWGA and believe that it is in line with Chengdu’s development philosophy. We are confident that, under the guidance of the IWGA and the support from the Chinese Olympic Committee and governments of all levels, Chengdu can offer the world a successful and excellent World Games, a precious legacy to Chengdu and The World Games.”

The AGM unanimously ratified the decision of the Executive Committee taken the previous day to award The World Games 2025 to Chengdu. This followed a comprehensive bid evaluation, conducted by the IWGA CEO Joachim Gossow, and Vice President Max Bishop, including an on-site visit in March 2019. .

The delegates were given a first impression of the city and what it can offer as host of a multi-sport event by the delegation of the future host with an impressive presentation. Chengdu, a city with 20 million inhabitants and the capital of Sichuan province, is organising several multi-sports events, such ad the World Police and Fire Games, and FISU Summer Universiade, in the next few years.