IFA President Visits AIMS President
The President of the International Fistball Association (IFA), Mr. Jörn Verleger, paid a courtesy visit to the AIMS President Mr. Stephan Fox, at his office in Bangkok Thailand. Many important topics were discussed, where President Verleger presented a detailed report on the IFA development as an AIMS member, as well as further plans towards recognition […]
AIMS President at the Fistball World Championships 2023 Opening
The Fistball World Championship 2023 proved to be a tremendous success, and a report will be released soon to highlight its achievements. Congratulations are in order for the IFA family, with special appreciation extended to President Jörn Verleger for his instrumental efforts in making this event possible. The opening ceremony saw the presence of distinguished […]
The International Fistball World Championship 2023
Interview with IFA President Joern Verleger The Fistball tournament at The World Games last year in Birmingham got particularly good ratings during TV broadcasts in Germany. Will that have a positive effect on the World Championships? Fistball has achieved a greater status in Germany through the TV broadcast of The World Games. Due to the […]
World Championship Winners’ trophy arrived in Mannheim
One month before the final of the Fistball World Championship, the champions trophy arrived in the host city of Mannheim and landed safely. At 3:05 p.m., the helicopter carrying the valuable trophy touched down on the tarmac of Mannheim Airport – on board were IFA President Jörn Verleger, Vice President Steve Schmutzler and CEO Director […]
CLUBE DUQUE DE CAXIAS IS THE HOST OF THE FISTBALL WORLD TOUR FINALS IN OCTOBER 2023
The IFA Fistball World Tour Final 2023 will again take place at Clube Duque de Caxias in Brazil from Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 October 2023 after a very successful championship in 2022. IFA President Jörn Verleger stated, that the best 8 male and female club teams of the world will compete in Curitiba and […]
Fistball President with Pope Francis
Jörn Verleger the President of the International Fistball Association (IFA) represented the AIMS family in the great honour of meeting the Holy Father Pope Francis at the Vatican. The Vatican hosted the International Summit on Sport in which around 150 leaders from major sports and intergovernmental organisations came together to sign a new declaration to […]
Fistball Rocks in Birmingham
The Birmingham Southern College was the venue for the Fistball competition which made history as for the first time female and male teams participated at the World Games. 14 teams 8 male and 6 female, participated on the 2 fields and once again we witnessed some nail biting matches. It was Germany and Switzerland which […]
Germany wins gold at the Men’s European Fistball Championships in Kaltern and is once again top favorite for The World Games
With a 4:1 (11:7, 11:6, 9:11, 11:7, 11:7) victory against Austria, the German men’s national Fistball team defended its title at the European Championships in Caldaro (ITA) (June 9-12, 2022). For six players from the squad of national coach Olaf Neuenfeld it was the first European Championship title. Almost 2,000 spectators watched the European Fistball […]
#WorldFistballDay on 30th of January
Since 2021 IFA celebrates its birthday on 30 January as World Fistball Day with activities and initiatives to promote the sport of Fistball. This year´s #WFD2022 highlights are the United by Fistball Challenge, several workshops including a 45 minutes workshop “How to bring Fistball to schools – 4 steps of a new approach” by IFA […]
MOU SIGNING OFFICIALLY UNITES UTS AND IFA
On the 16 October 2021 United Through Sports and the International Fistball Association signed a Memorandum of Understanding virtually online formalising a vision towards closer collaboration and confirming mutual goals towards providing sport opportunity to youth around the world. The MoU defines the core area of focus between the two entities as promotion and development […]