German men's national fistball team

Germany
Association	German Fistball League (DFBL)
IFA member since	1960
Trainer	Olaf Neuenfeld
World championships
Participation	14th
Best results	World Champion (12 ×)
World Games
Participation	8th
Best results	World Games Winner (5 ×)
Continental championships
championship	European Championship
Participation	19th
Best results	European Champion (11 ×)
(Status: May 27, 2016)

The German national fistball team is the selection of German fistball players made by the German national coaches . They represent the German Fistball League on an international level at events of the European Fistball Association and International Fistball Association . Germany is one of the leading national fistball teams in the world.

At a total of 14 world championships, the German men's national fistball team was world champion eleven times and stood on the podium at every event.

International success

No men's national team is as successful in fistball as the German. At 14 world championships Germany won the world championship 11 times. With the title win in Winterthur in 2019 , the German team is the current title holder.

World championships

1968 in Austria : 1st place (out of 8)  1972 in Germany : 1st place (of 7)  1976 in Brazil : 1st place (out of 6)  1979 in Switzerland : 1st place (out of 8)  1982 in Germany : 1st place (out of 8)  1986 in Argentina : 1st place (out of 6)  1990 in Austria : 1st place (out of 11)  1992 in Chile : 1st place (out of 10)

1995 in Namibia : 1st place (out of 10)  1999 in Switzerland : 2nd place (out of 12)  2003 in Brazil : 2nd place (out of 10)  2007 in Germany : 3rd place (out of 12)  2011 in Austria : 1st place (of 12)  2015 in Argentina : 1st place (out of 14)  2019 in Switzerland : 1st place (out of 18)

World Games

1985 in London ( United Kingdom ): 1st place  1989 in Karlsruhe ( Germany ): 1st place  1993 in The Hague ( Netherlands ): 1st place  1997 in Lahti ( Finland ): 1st place  2001 in Akita ( Japan ): 3rd place

2005 in Duisburg ( Germany ): 3rd place  2009 in Kaohsiung ( Taiwan ): 4th place  2013 in Cali ( Colombia ): 1st place  2017 in Wroclaw ( Poland ): 1st place

team

Current squad

Squad 2019:

Since 2010 attacker for the German national fistball team: Patrick Thomas

No.	Surname	society	debut	successes
attack
	Patrick Thomas	TSV Pfungstadt	2010	World Champion 2011, 2015 a. 2019, Winner World Games 2013 a. 2017
	Lukas Schubert	VfK Berlin	2011	World Champion 2011, 2015 a. 2019, Winner World Games 2013 a. 2017
	Steve Schmutzler	MTV Rosenheim	2007	World Champion 2011, 2015 a. 2019, Winner World Games 2013 a. 2017
	Nick Trinemeier	TV Käfertal		World Champion 2015 u. 2019, Winner World Games 2017
Defense / pass
	Fabian Sagstetter	TV Schweinfurt-Oberndorf	2009	World Champion 2011, 2015 a. 2019, Winner World Games 2013 a. 2017
	Ajith Fernando	TSV Pfungstadt	2010	World Champion 2015 u. 2019, Winner World Games 2013 a. 2017
	Tim Albrecht	Ahlhorner SV	2009	World Champion 2019, Winner World Games 2013 a. 2017
	Oliver Späth	TSV Pfungstadt		World Champion 2019, Winner World Games 2017
	Jonas Schröter	TV Wünschmichelbach		World Champion 2019
	Sebastian Thomas	TSV Pfungstadt		World Champion 2015 u. 2019, Winner World Games 2017

Coaching staff

Surname	function
Olaf Neuenfeld	National coach
Chris Lion	Assistant coach
Andreas Schmitz	Team doctor
Willi Meyer-Weichelt	Physiotherapist
Ralf Klein	Team manager
Harald Muckenfuß	Head of Delegation

Men's national coach since 1989

Surname	from	to	Notes, successes
Klaus Eggers	1989	1995	World Champion 1990, 1992 & 1995
Harald Muckenfuß	1996	1999	Vice World Champion 1999
Udo Schulz	2000	2005	Vice World Champion 2003
Olaf Neuenfeld	2006		World Champion 2011, 2015 and 2019. Winner of World Games 2013 a. 2017

See also

• German fistball league

Web links

• National team on the website of the German Fistball League

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).