Fistball at the 2022 World Games

Fistball at the 2022 World Games

Venue	Birmingham Southern College
Dates	10–14 July
No. of events	2
← 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]	Dates	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	—	—	1	United States
2018 European Championship [de]	24–26 August 2018	Adelmannsfelden	1	Germany
2018 Pan American Championship [de]	12–14 October 2018	Buenos Aires	1	Brazil
2019 World Championship [de]	11–17 August 2019	Winterthur	5	Austria Switzerland Italy Chile Argentina

Women's tournament

Mean of qualification	Dates	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	—	—	1	United States
2018 World Championship [de]	24–28 July 2018	Linz	2	Switzerland Austria
2018 Pan American Championship	12–14 October 2018	Buenos Aires	1	Brazil
2019 Oceania Championship	25–26 May 2019	Rangiora	1	New Zealand
2019 European Championship [de]	18–20 July 2019	Lázně Bohdaneč	1	Germany

Participating nations

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	2	0	0	2
2	Switzerland	0	2	0	2
3	Brazil	0	0	2	2
Totals (3 entries)		2	2	2	6

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men details	Germany Tim Albrecht Philip Hofmann Rouven Kadgien Felix Klassen Philipp Kubler Fabian Sagstetter Ole Schachtsiek Jonas Schroter Patrick Thomas Nick Trinemeier	Switzerland Tim Egolf Joel Fehr Nicolas Fehr Luca Fluckiger Leon Heitz Silvan Jung Ueli Rebsamen Raphael Schlattinger Cedric Steinbauer Rico Strassmann	Brazil Gabriel Araujo Bruno Arnold Douglas Brados Gabriel Drumm Rafael Galvao Gabriel Heck Mateus Kuntzler Sergio Mueller Alexandre Passos Fernando Tedesco
Women details	Germany Anna-Lisa Aldinger Helle Grossmann Michaela Grzywatz Ida Hollmann Luca von Loh Sonja Pfrommer Henriette Schell Svenja Schröder Theresa Schröder Hinrike Seitz	Switzerland Tanja Bognar Jamie Bucher Noemi Egolf Fabienne Frischknecht Rahel Hess Adela Lang Sarina Mattle Sara Peterhans Seraina Schenker Mirjam Schlattinger	Brazil Cristiane Huaska Cecilia Jaques Melissa Knebel Giovanna Lucchin Isabella Lucchin Angela Melo Tatiane Schneider Rejane Sinhori Bianca Suffert Sabine Suffert

References

^ "The World Games 2022 Sports programme". Retrieved 2020-08-27.
^ "2021 WORLD GAMES POSTPONED TO 2022 TO AVOID TOKYO OLYMPIC CLASH". reuters.com. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
^ "Official Bulletin 1 of The World Games 2022 Fistball Tournament" (PDF). International Fistball Association. Retrieved 26 July 2022.