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IFA Awards 2025: These Are The Winners
Sporting excellence, moments captured for eternity, lived fair play, emerging young talents, and individuals who have shaped fistball over a lifetime – all of this lies at the heart of the IFA Awards 2025. With these awards, the International Fistball Association...
World Fistball Day 2026 – Fistball as ONE
World Fistball Day is celebrated every year on January 30, marking the founding of the International Fistball Association (IFA) on January 30, 1960. On this special day, the global fistball community comes together to celebrate the sport, its people, and its shared...
IFA Fistball World Tour 2026: Calendar released – 22 tournaments for the re-start
The re-start of the latest edition of the IFA Faustball World Tour will take place in Brazil in mid-March 2026. The calendar includes 22 tournaments in six countries, among them six events in the top IFA 1,000 category. The top teams of the World Tour 2026 will...
IFA Board: New Continental Representatives Appointed for Africa and Oceania – Böttger Elected PAFA President
Sylvia Schulz and Emlyn Evans will join the International Fistball Association as new continental representatives on the IFA Board of Directors. Their appointments as contact persons for Africa and Oceania have been officially confirmed by the IFA Board. The Pan...
Gabriel Heck reaches Top 10 in IWGA Athlete of the Year 2025 voting
A major success for international fistball: Gabriel Heck has advanced into the Top 10 of the IWGA Athlete of the Year 2025 voting. The Brazilian national team captain and World Games champion is now among the ten shortlisted athletes and pairs from all World Games...
IFA Picture of the Year 2025: Public Voting has started
Spectacular rallies, dynamic attacking shots, fearless defensive dives, pinpoint passes and intense emotions – the fistball year 2025 once again delivered countless memorable moments. Thanks to the commitment and keen eye of numerous photographers, many of these...
IFA Board of Directors Meeting – 24 January 2026
The IFA Board of Directors held its 13th meeting today under the chairmanship of President Gastao Englert. The Board confirmed new representatives for Oceania and Africa, further strengthening global representation within the IFA. The board approved Emlyn Evans...
International Fistball Community Mourns the Loss of Walter Kapp
The international Fistball community mourns the passing of Walter Kapp. With his death on 21 January 2026, the sport of Fistball has lost a personality who, over many decades, shaped, organized and supported the game at both national and international level with...
Jessica Sitz – From the Alps to the African Savanna
Fistball knows no borders – and Jessica Sitz, an active fistball player and international referee, is living proof of that. Born in Plauen, Germany, and now living in Switzerland for many years, where she has found her home, she has held a role for around five...
U18 World Championships & Women’s European Championship 2026 in Reiden: Get your tickets now
Preparations for the IFA U18 Fistball World Championships and the EFA Women’s European Championship 2026 are well underway. From 23 to 26 July 2026, Reiden in central Switzerland will become the international hub of fistball. The events will be hosted by Turnverein...
WE ARE FISTBALL
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
In every country where fistball is actively practiced, there is a national association with passionate people who are responsible for this sport.
It bundles and represents the interests and is the first point of contact for the athletes and teams in the respective country.
