Germany has advanced to the final of the IFA 2018 Fistball Women’s World Championship in Linz. In a highly exciting semi-final game, the defending champion defeats Brazil with 3:2 in sets in a re-match of the 2016 final. The German team started with Sonja Pfrommer, Stephanie Dannecker, Hinrike Seitz, Annika Bösch and Theresa Schröder. Tatiane…

Switzerland has reached the final in the IFA 2018 Fistball Women’s World Championship: in a nail-biter the team of coach Anton Lässer prevailed over host Austria and thus plays for the title for the first time since 2002. Switzerland started with the following line-up: Celina Traxler, Tanja Bognar, Natalie Berchtold, Rahel Hess and Tina Ferrat….

Brazil has advanced to the semi-final after a clear 3:0 victory over newcomer Poland.  The Seleção, playing without their main attacker Tatiane Schneider, only lost four points in the first two sets. The third set is more evenly matched. Poland keeps in reach until 8:9. The Brazilians then take a time out. Once back in…

While Switzerland delivered a strong performance, the team of coach Anton Lässer lost against defending champion Germany in their double elimination game yesterday. The Swiss squad thus had to prove itself in another quarter-final match against Argentina. The statistics before the game were on the side of Switzerland: in their seven encounters thus far, the…

Defending champion Germany has advanced to the semi-final of the IFA 2018 Fistball Women’s World Championship with a 3:0 victory over Switzerland. The first two sets were closely matched. On the Swiss side it was again attacker Tanja Bognar who delivered a strong performance with her serves. In the first set, the Bronze medalist from…

What a match! In the thus far best game in this World Championship, the so far undefeated Brazilian team met host Austria. The Austrians started well into the game, establishing a 6:3 lead. While Brazil bounces back, Austria wins the first set through attacker Marlene Hieslmair following a sensational defense by Jana Pinsker (11:8). The…

Poland has secured the first big surprise in this World Championship: the newcomers beat the seasoned Italian squad with 3:1, and thus stay in the match for the title. At a minimum, Poland will finished sixth, while Italy will play against Serbia for the seventh place. The Polish team came excellently out of the starting…

Argentina started perfectly into their double elimination game against Serbia, scoring five of the first six points. Serbian player Ksenija Peric scored several good points over the left Argentinian side and her team came closer (4:7).  However, the Argentinian team stayed ahead and won the first set with 11:6. With Argentina in the lead in…

In the first sentence it looks like a clear matter for Brazil. The South Americans playing with defender Bianca Süffert, after a few minutes the team is still leading 6:1. But newcomer Serbia is not beaten yet – and manages impressively to fight for the equaliser (6-6). After 7:7 Tatiane Schneider takes over the service…

Defending champion Germany pulled ahead quickly in their game against Poland, and kept control throughout the match. The Polish team around attacker Dominika Frydrych scored several strong points and showed potential and promise for the future. Aniko Müller (GER): We definitely did not take this game lightly. We have already seen that Poland can attack…