Fistball at the 2022 World Games explained

Event:Fistball
Year:2022
Venue:Birmingham Southern College
Dates:10–14 July
Num Events:2
Previous:2017

The fistball competition at the 2022 World Games took place in July 2022,[1] in Birmingham in United States, at the Birmingham Southern College.Originally scheduled to take place in July 2021, the Games were rescheduled for July 2022 as a result of the 2020 Summer Olympics postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] This was the first time when women's tournament in fistball took place as part of the World Games.

Qualification

Men's tournament
Mean of qualification[3] DatesHostVacanciesQualified
Host nation 1
24–26 August 2018 1
12–14 October 2018 1
11–17 August 2019 5



Women's tournament
Mean of qualificationDatesHostVacanciesQualified
Host nation 1
24–28 July 2018 2
2018 Pan American Championship 12–14 October 2018 1
2019 Oceania Championship 25–26 May 2019 1
18–20 July 2019 1

Participating nations

Medalists

Men

Tim Albrecht
Philip Hofmann
Rouven Kadgien
Felix Klassen
Philipp Kubler
Fabian Sagstetter
Ole Schachtsiek
Jonas Schroter
Patrick Thomas
Nick Trinemeier

Tim Egolf
Joel Fehr
Nicolas Fehr
Luca Fluckiger
Leon Heitz
Silvan Jung
Ueli Rebsamen
Raphael Schlattinger
Cedric Steinbauer
Rico Strassmann
nowrap
Gabriel Araujo
Bruno Arnold
Douglas Brados
Gabriel Drumm
Rafael Galvao
Gabriel Heck
Mateus Kuntzler
Sergio Mueller
Alexandre Passos
Fernando Tedesco
Women
nowrap
Anna-Lisa Aldinger
Helle Grossmann
Michaela Grzywatz
Ida Hollmann
Luca von Loh
Sonja Pfrommer
Henriette Schell
Svenja Schröder
Theresa Schröder
Hinrike Seitz
nowrap
Tanja Bognar
Jamie Bucher
Noemi Egolf
Fabienne Frischknecht
Rahel Hess
Adela Lang
Sarina Mattle
Sara Peterhans
Seraina Schenker
Mirjam Schlattinger
nowrap
Cristiane Huaska
Cecilia Jaques
Melissa Knebel
Giovanna Lucchin
Isabella Lucchin
Angela Melo
Tatiane Schneider
Rejane Sinhori
Bianca Suffert
Sabine Suffert

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The World Games 2022 Sports programme . 2020-08-27.
  2. Web site: 2021 WORLD GAMES POSTPONED TO 2022 TO AVOID TOKYO OLYMPIC CLASH. reuters.com. 2020-08-27.
  3. Web site: Official Bulletin 1 of The World Games 2022 Fistball Tournament. International Fistball Association. 26 July 2022.