Brazilian men's national fistball team

This article covers the Brazilian men's national fistball team. For the women's team, see Brazilian Women's National Fistball Team .

The Brazilian men's national fistball team is the selection of Brazilian fistball players made by the Brazilian national coaches . You represent the Confederacao Brasileira de Desportes Terrestres (CBDT) at international level at events of the International Fistball Association . Brazil is one of the leading national fistball teams in the world.

International success

The men's national team in Brazil is the second most successful national team in the world after Germany . Brazil won the world title twice, most recently in 2003 in Porto Alegre .

World championships

The Brazilian national fistball team was on the podium at eleven of the 14 world championships held. In 1999 in Olten and at the 2003 home World Cup in Porto Alegre , the national team won the gold medal.

1968 in Austria : 4th place (out of 8)  1972 in Germany : 2nd place (out of 7)  1976 in Brazil : 2nd place (out of 6)  1979 in Switzerland : 3rd place (out of 8)  1982 in Germany : 2nd place (out of 8)

1986 in Argentina : 3rd place (out of 6)  1990 in Austria : 3rd place (out of 11)  1992 in Chile : 3rd place (out of 10)  1995 in Namibia : 4th place (out of 10)  1999 in Switzerland : 1st place (out of 12)

2003 in Brazil : 1st place (out of 10)  2007 in Germany : 2nd place (out of 12)  2011 in Austria : 3rd place (out of 12)  2015 in Argentina : 4th place (out of 14)  2019 in Switzerland : 4th place (out of 18)

World Games

1985 in London ( United Kingdom ): 3rd place  1989 in Karlsruhe ( Germany ): 2nd place  1993 in The Hague ( Netherlands ): 4th place  1997 in Lahti ( Finland ): 3rd place  2001 in Akita ( Japan ): 2nd place

2005 in Duisburg ( Germany ): 2nd place  2009 in Kaohsiung ( Taiwan ): 1st place  2013 in Cali ( Colombia ): 4th place  2017 in Wroclaw ( Poland ): 4th place

Current squad

Squad at the 2015 Fistball World Cup in Argentina:

No.	Surname	society
attack
1	Jayme Andrioli	Merces Curitiba
4th	Isaac Azevedo	Sogipa Porto Alegre
6th	Felipe Binotto	FB Elgg-Ettenhausen
10	Rodrigo Sprandel	Sogipa Porto Alegre
Defense / pass
2	Alexandre Sales	São Bento do Sul
3	Eduardo Garay	Sogipa Porto Alegre
5	Matheus Lammel	Novo Hamburgo
7th	Sergio Mueller	Duque de Caxias Curitiba
8th	Francisco Schmidt	Florianópolis
9	Guilhermo Theis Dos Santos	Guarani Esporte Clube

Trainer

Surname	function
Gerson Süffert	Trainer
Leandro Fleck	Assistant coach
Paulo Ricardo Raya Farias	Assistant coach

Men's national coach since 1993

Surname	from	to	Notes, successes
Valdir Simioni	1993	1995	4th place World Cup 1995
Gastão Englert	1996	2011	World Champion 1999 & 2003
Gerson Süffert	2012		4th place 2015 World Cup

Web links

• Confederação Brasileira de Desportos Terrestres

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Results at world championships. In: swissfaustball.ch. Swiss Faustball, 2011, accessed on March 20, 2016 (ger). 
2. ↑ Results at World Games. In: swissfaustball.ch. Swiss Faustball, 2013, accessed on March 20, 2016 (ger).