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IFA published schedule and the Official Bulletin 2 of the IFA 2016 Fistball Women´s World Championship Brazil, 25 – 30 October, Curitiba

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The member federations which registered for the IFA 2016 Fistball Women´s World Championship received today the Official Bulletin 2 including a Schedule of the IFA 2016 Fistball Women´s World Championship which will start in 4 weeks with the initial match between hosting nation Brazil and Argentina.

Due to organisational reasons the playing venue has changed. The tournament will now be held at the well known sports and fistball club “Clube Duque de Caxias” which already hosted the Fistball Women´s World Championship 2002. According to the current information regarding visa IFA published the schedule of the tournament played in 2 groups in the preliminary round. Changes may be if Team Pakistan receives visas in due time.

The official website of the IFA 2016 Fistball Women’s World Championship Brazil is http://punhobol2016.com.br/

The Bulletin is also published on the IFA website. LINK

Congratulations to the new European Champion – Germany

Final: Germany vs. Switzerland 4:2 (8:11, 11:3, 7:11, 11:6, 11:8, 11:8)

Germany Defends Title

Excellent weather, a stunning venue and a great atmosphere with packed grandstands: everything was set for a fantastic final of the 20th Fistball Men’s European Championship when the two contenders – defending champion Germany and Switzerland – entered the Centre Court. And the audience saw world-class fistball in an exciting game.

Switzerland opened the match with a serve by Ueli Rebsamen and quickly pulled ahead, winning the first match with 11:8. The German team bounced back and took set two with 11:3. In set three, the Swiss squad had again the upper hand, scoring an 11:7 set win. In set four, the teams were head to head until 5:5 when Germany seized control and won the set (11:6), putting the preliminary result to 2:2 in sets.

While the German team kept control in sets five (11:8) and six (11:8), the Swiss team kept its spirits high and pushed hard until the very last rally. Eventually, Germany drove home a 4:2 sets victory, defending its title. “The Swiss made a great game. It was a very, very tough job“, said German head coach Olaf Neuenfeld after the final.

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IFA published the Official Bulletin 1 of the IFA 2016 Fistball Men´s World Cup South Africa, 14 – 15 October, Cape Town

The club team of Clube Mercês Santa Felicidade (BRA), South Melbourne Fistball Club (AUS) (former named: The Fist and the Furious), TSV Pfungstadt (GER), Imperial College of Business Studies (PAK) and Archbishops of Banterbury (RSA) have received the Official Bulletin 1 for the IFA 2016 Fistball Men´s World Cup South Africa which will be held 14 – 15 October 2016 in Cape Town.

One team per continental federation (Africa, Asia, Oceania, Europe, North and South America) is eligible to partizipate. Continents with continental club competitions send the last year’s winner of the highest competition carried out.

The World Cup will be played in Vygieskraal Stadium in Cape Town. “The team will be located in the beautiful hotels of Wilton Manor and Wilton Lodge” stated OC President Leif Petersen. “For spectators we offer together the official partner of AWOL Tours an exclusive holiday experience starting Monday 10 October”. For more details see AWOL Tours and Fistball SA

The Bulletin is also published on the IFA website. LINK

IFA Press Release

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Grieskirchen is looking forward to the largest Fistball Men ́s European Championships ever – already 5.000 tickets sold

With 5 days to go until the opening match, “Grieskirchen is looking forward to an extraordinary IFA 2016 Fistball Men ́s European Championship presented by Excape“ stated IFA Secretary General Jörn Verleger. From 26 to 28 August the City of Grieskirchen in Austria will host the 20th edition of the bi-annual event. Together with the defending champion Germany teams from Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Czech Republic, Serbia, Spain and Poland participate. Already 5.000 tickets are sold in pre-sale.

More than 6.000 spectators are expected during the three-day-event.

Read the full Presse Release here

IFA EFA 2016 Men’s EC Austria – Schedule

New IFA Statues

In the framework of the IFA 2016 Fistball U18 World Championships in Nuremberg in July an extraordinary IFA Congress adopted unanimously some changes in the IFA Statues according to the needs of the Austrian tax administration as IFA recently decided to move its legal seat to Austria. The Congress also decided follow a recommendation of the IOC to add as objective that IFA promotes gender equality as this was not specified explicitly in the IFA statutes so far. LINK