Women’s World Championship Begins in Argentina
The 2024 Women’s Fistball World Championship kicked off on November 6 at Club Guatambú in Argentina, running from November 7 to 10. Eleven nations are competing, bringing women’s fistball back to its origins—the first championship was held in Buenos Aires in 1994. Defending champions Germany lead Group A, alongside Switzerland, Brazil, and Austria. Group B […]
IFA shares experience in using AI tools to enhance the work of the IF: Chris Oberlehner Speaks at IF Forum
The Secretary General of the International Fistball Association (IFA), Chris Oberlehner, represented both IFMA and AIMS as a speaker at the IF Forum 2024 in Lausanne. The topic, “AI in Action: How IFs and Other Organizations are Enhancing Sports through AI,” highlighted how AI has transformed the landscape of fistball, bringing significant benefits to the […]
U18 FISTBALL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2026 AWARDED TO SWITZERLAND – EVENT TOGETHER WITH WOMEN’S EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP
The IFA U18 Fistball World Championships will take place in Switzerland in July 2026. The event will be hosted by Swiss Fistball and organized by the Turnverein STV Vordemwald at the sports complex in Reiden (canton of Lucerne). The European Women’s Fistball Championships will also be held at the same time. When the best U18 […]
Germany on top of the Fistball World
GRIESKIRCHEN. The German women’s team has secured its seventh title in the IFA Fistball Women’s World Championships with a victory over Austria. The German squad also prevailed in the U21 men’s European Championships, winning against the host team. The Swiss team secured bronze in both competitions. Both teams – Germany and Austria – will also […]
Fistball World Championship Started in Austria
GRIESKIRCHEN. After a two year corona break the first international fistball matches took place on the opening day of the Sparkasse IFA Fistball World Championships 2021 in Grieskirchen. First, the women opened the tournament by competing against each other in the preliminary rounds. After two games Serbia and Germany fought their way to the top […]
IFA 2021 Women’s World Championship moves on short notice to Austria
IFA 2021 Women’s World Championship moves on short notice to Austria – U18 & Women’s World Champs now in Grieskirchen at the same time – “We hope the teams appreciate the offer to be able to have World Champs at all.” It had already become clear that it would be difficult to conduct the IFA […]
“HOSTING THE 2023 WORLD FISTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP WILL BE AN ENRICHMENT FOR THE CITY OF MANNHEIM”
From July 23 to 29, 2023, the best Fistball players in the world will come to Mannheim. 800 days before the start of the Men’s World Championship, the City of Mannheim, the hosts International Fistball Association, the DFBL and TV 1880 Käfertal presented the official logo of the 2023 World Championship on the large video […]
IFA APPROVED UPDATED STRATEGIC PLAN FOR 2019-2023
IFA APPROVED UPDATED STRATEGIC PLAN FOR 2019-2023 The International Fistball Association (IFA) has approved an updated version of its Strategic Plan for the period 2019-2023. This will be IFA´s roadmap for the upcoming two years and reflects the COVID-19 crises as recently approved IOC Agenda 2020+5. The IFA 2019-2023 Strategic Plan can be found here: https://www.ifa-fistball.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/11_IFA-Strategic-Plan-2019-2023-update_final.pdf […]
AIMS Stands for Fair Play
AIMS Stands for Fair Play AIMS is a value-based organisation and it is all our AIMS to make sure that all our athletes can trust in these values. AIMS as an IOC recognised umbrella body is committed in protecting the integrity of sport. We all believe in the value of respect between athletes and officials. […]
IFA to Conduct its 2nd Athletes Forum and Present its First Ever Gender Equity Toolkit
On Saturday 10 April at 2:00 (CET) the 2nd IFA Athletes Forum on the main topic “Women in Fistball” will take place in virtual form. The forum will be live streamed on the IFA Facebook page and as a MS Teams meeting (http://tiny.cc/AthletesForum). The forum will be very interactive, and viewers will have the opportunity […]