Danish men's national fistball team

Denmark
Association	Fistball Denmark
IFA member since	1990
Trainer	Roland Schubert
World championships
Participation	6th
Best results	6th place (2003)
World Games
Participation	1
Best results	6th place (2005)
Continental championships
championship	European Championship
Participation	7th
Best results	4th place (2004 & 2006)
(Status: 25.11.2018)

The Danish national men's fistball team is the selection of Danish fistball players chosen by the coaches . They represent their country on an international level at events of the European Fistball Association and the International Fistball Association .

history

Fistball enjoyed a high status in the 1950s and was practiced actively in almost every village and in the sports clubs of the German minority. At the end of the 1960s handball was on the rise in North Schleswig and increasingly replaced fistball from clubs. At that time it was neglected to take care of the youth work. So there was an intermittent drought with regard to fistball activities. Although some clubs took part sporadically in tournaments in Schleswig-Holstein, the level of activity was not nearly at the same level as in the post-war years. In May 1987 the north Schleswig fistball sport experienced a renaissance. Among other things, Günter Haagensen from Tondern and individual German associations were involved in this resuscitation initiative, which was supported by associations from North Friesland / Germany. From 1988, for the first time in a long time, North Schleswig championships and tournaments could be held. It also took part in the league in Schleswig-Holstein from 1988 to 2007. The development of fistball in Denmark was often supported and promoted by individuals from North Schleswig and Germany. This also included the trainer Uwe Jörck and the editor of the fistball magazine “Faustball-Sport” Heino Kreye. He was particularly involved in encouraging the German North Schleswig-Holstein to take part in the 1990 World Cup in Austria for Denmark. This was followed by the World Cup with North Schleswig-Danish participation in 1992, 1995, 1999, 2003 and for the last time in 2007. In the last phase, the German coach Olaf Neuenfeld played a key role in increasing the quality of the team. But like the end of the 60s, it was more or less over after 2007. Again the youth work was missing.

Team North Schleswig

The current Danish fistball association evolved from the North Schleswig team. In 2016 there was a pure football selection from the German minority in Denmark, which is developing into a success story. In addition to football and handball, the sport of fistball is to be promoted in North Schleswig - and the world championships in Switzerland will be taken part in 2019 at the latest.

International success

The Danish fistball was represented in international competitions from 1990 to 2007. The greatest success was the qualification and participation in the World Games 2005 in Germany.

World championships

In 1990 a Danish fistball selection took part in world championships for the first time. This was followed by the World Championships with North Schleswig-Danish participation in 1992, 1995, 1999, 2003 and for the last time in 2007.

1990 in Austria : 11th place (out of 11)  1992 in Chile : 10th place (out of 10)  1995 in Namibia : 9th place (out of 10)  1999 in Switzerland : 10th place (out of 12)  2003 in Brazil : 6th place (out of 10)  2007 in Germany : 9th place (out of 12)

2019 in Switzerland : 12th place (out of 18)

European championships

1996 in Austria : 6th place (out of 6)  1998 in Germany : 6th place (out of 6)  2000 in Austria : 5th place (out of 7)  2002 in Germany : 5th place (out of 6)  2004 in Switzerland : 4th place (out of 6)  2006 in Austria : 4th place (out of 5)

2018 in Germany : 7th place (out of 10)  2020 in Italy :

Current squad

Denmark started with this squad at the European Championships 2018 in Adelmannsfelden:

No.	Surname	vintage	place
attack
1	Kurt Asmussen	1984
6th	Florian Wittmann	1992	Odense
4th	Nik Thulstrup	1987	Kraulund
passing
3	Jasper Andresen	1985	Uk
5	Thore Neujeck	1990	Fröslee
Defense
2	Kim Johannsen	1984	Aarhus
9	Torsten Lorenzen	1991	Aarhus
8th	Uffe Iwersen

Trainer

Roland Schubert, former U18 national coach in Germany, has been responsible for the teams as coach since 2017. He receives support from assistant trainer Sören Nissen from Schleswig-Holstein.

Surname	function
Roland Schubert	National coach
Sören Nissen	Assistant coach
Peter Feies	supervisor
Riklef Merz	Physiotherapist
Leave buttons	Head of Delegation

Web links

• Team North Schleswig

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Team Nordschleswig wants to go back to the fistball stage. In: ifa-fistball.com. IFA Fistball, 2017, accessed on September 13, 2017 (ger). 
2. ↑ Concept Team North Schleswig. In: nordschleswig.dk. Team Nordschleswig, 2017, accessed on September 13, 2017 (ger / eng). 
3. ↑ Results at world championships. (PDF) In: swissfaustball.ch. Swiss Fistball, 2011, accessed on September 19, 2016 (ger). 
4. ↑ Results at world championships. (PDF) In: swissfaustball.ch. Swiss Fistball, 2011, accessed on September 19, 2016 .