News
Swiss Women’s Team: Silver and a Taste of Swiss Chocolate in Chengdu
Swiss Women’s Fistball Team celebrates silver at The World Games Chengdu 2025: The Swiss Women’s Fistball Team was proudly represented in the current The World Games (TWG) series "Heroes of the Games", finishing the tournament in Chengdu 2025 as silver medalists...
Event News
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...
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...
After more than 50 years: Novo Hamburgo host the Fistball Men’s World Championship again in 2027
The Men’s Fistball World Championship will be held in Novo Hamburgo, Brazil, in 2027, marking the return of the sport’s largest international event to the state of Rio Grande do Sul and to a venue of profound historical significance for Fistball. The competition...
IFA News
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 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...
Reports
Swiss Women’s Team: Silver and a Taste of Swiss Chocolate in Chengdu
Swiss Women’s Fistball Team celebrates silver at The World Games Chengdu 2025: The Swiss Women’s Fistball Team was proudly represented in the current The World Games (TWG) series "Heroes of the Games", finishing the tournament in Chengdu 2025 as silver medalists...
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...
Eight top events seeking organizers: How major international fistball events are awarded
The International Fistball Association (IFA) has launched the bidding process for a total of eight major international fistball events to be held between 2028 and 2031 (More information: https://ifa.fistball.sport/bidding-ifa-events-28-31/). From men’s and women’s...
Member News
Rodrigo Böttger Quiroz Appointed As New President of the PAFA
The International Fistball Association (IFA) acknowledges the appointment of Rodrigo Andrés Böttger Quiroz as the new President of the Pan American Fistball Association (PAFA). Rodrigo Andrés Böttger Quiroz brings decades of experience in fistball to his new role....
Brazil Dominates 2025 U18 South American Fistball Championship & Cup
The future of South-american fistball was on full display from November 21 to 23, as the city of Curitiba hosted the 2025 U18 South American Fistball Championship and the accompanying U18 South American Fistball Cup. Organized by the Pan American Fistball...
Austria and Germany celebrate European U18 & U21 Titles
The U18 European Championships in Freistadt delivered exciting finals to conclude the EURO 2025 event. While the Austrian U18 girls successfully defended their title and took home the gold medal, Germany dethroned defending champions Austria in the U18 boys’ final...
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.
