European Fistball Cup 1966

The 1966 Men's Fistball European Cup on the field was the third edition of the European Cup competition for national champions. It took place on the weekend of 24./25. September 1966 in Widnau ( Switzerland ).

Attendees

Time Hilden Linz Arbon Bolzano Widnau

Participant and venue of the 1966 European Cup

The participants were Chemie Zeitz as GDR champion , TuS Hilden as national champion of the Federal Republic of Germany , Austria's champion ATSV Linz , Swiss champion TV Arbon and SSV Bozen as title holder of Italy . The GDR master participated again after the dispute between the associations of the FRG and the GDR over the use of the national colors and association logos on the jerseys was settled.  

competition

Main round

The main round games took place on Saturday.

Results:

TuS Hilden	-	Chemistry Zeitz	32:34 (16:20)
ATSV Linz	-	SSV Bolzano	47:18
SSV Bolzano	-	TV Arbon	38:26
Chemistry Zeitz	-	ATSV Linz	34:22 (21:11)
TuS Hilden	-	TV Arbon	51:18
TuS Hilden	-	ATSV Linz	38:28
Chemistry Zeitz	-	SSV Bolzano	52:15 (26: 8)
ATSV Linz	-	TV Arbon	41:25
TuS Hilden	-	SSV Bolzano	51:27
TV Arbon	-	Chemistry Zeitz	19:54 (14:27)

Main round table:

space	team	Points	Balls
1.	Chemistry Zeitz	8-0	174: 088
2.	TuS Hilden	6: 2	172: 107
3.	ATSV Linz	4: 4	139: 115
4th	SSV Bolzano	2: 6	098: 176
5.	TV Arbon	0: 8	088: 185

Second half

The top three in the main round played a second round among themselves.
In the decisive game, the runner-up in the competition, the West German title holder TuS Hilden, was defeated with 33:29. In the preliminary round there had already been a 34:32 win for Chemie Zeitz when the two teams met for the first time.

Second half of the first three:

Chemistry Zeitz	-	ATSV Linz	38:24 (20:12)
ATSV Linz	-	TuS Hilden	22:39
Chemistry Zeitz	-	TuS Hilden	33:29 (17:13)

Second leg for 4th place:

• SSV Bozen - TV Arbon 38:39

Closing table

space	team	Points	Balls diff.
1.	Chemistry Zeitz	12: 0	245: 141 +104
2.	TuS Hilden	8: 4	240: 162 0+78
3.	ATSV Linz	4: 8	185: 00192-7
4th	SSV Bolzano	2: 8	136: 0215-79
5.	TV Arbon	2: 8	127: 0223-96

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Sport briefly reported. In: New Germany . September 17, 1966, p. 6 , accessed on October 18, 2019 (free online access required). 
2. ↑ Now also Chemie Zeitz European Cup winner . In: DFV (ed.): Der faustball . 11th year, no. November 11 , 1966, ISSN  0323-3138 , pp. 5-6 .
3. ↑ European Cup for Zeitz. In: New Germany . September 27, 1966, p. 8 , accessed on October 17, 2019 (free online access required).