2018 Pacific Asian Fistball Championship

The 2nd Men's Fistball Pacific Asian Championship took place on November 21 and 24, 2018 in the Australian metropolis of Melbourne .

Australia hosted a Fistball Pacific Asia Championship for the first time . The event was organized by the Fistball Federation of Australia (FiFA) with the support of the International Fistball Association (IFA) and the Asia-Pacific Fistball Association (APFA).

The title holder at the first staging in 2014 in Lahore ( Pakistan ) and thus the defending champion was the national fistball team of Pakistan . But she did not compete in Australia. The national team from New Zealand secured the title, taking part for the first time and defeating hosts Australia 4-3 in the final.

Attendees

Four nations took part in the title fights in Australia. Australia and India took part in the first edition in 2014 in Pakistan. It was the first time New Zealand and Samoa had participated in the Pacific Asian Championships.

Attendees
Australia
India
New Zealand
Samoa

game schedule

The championships were initially held in a preliminary round with the four participating nations. The group winners then played their semi-finals against the group fourth, the group runner-up met the third of the preliminary group.

Preliminary round

Thursday 22nd November 2018
1	Australia	-	Samoa	4: 0 (11: 6, 11: 5, 11: 6, 11: 5)
2	New Zealand	-	Samoa	4: 1 (11: 6, 11: 8, 13:15, 11: 6, 11: 6)
Friday 23rd November 2018
3	India	-	New Zealand	0: 4 (4:11, 9:11, 7:11, 6:11)
4th	Australia	-	India	4: 0 (11: 5, 11: 5, 11: 8, 11: 4)
5	India	-	Samoa	4: 0 (11: 9, 11: 5, 15:13, 11: 6)
6th	Australia	-	New Zealand	3: 4 (11: 5, 11: 4, 11: 7, 8:11, 9:11, 12:14, 3:11)

Pl.	team	Sp.	sentences	Pt.
1	New Zealand	3	12: 4	6th
2	Australia	3	11: 4	4th
3	India	3	4: 8	2
4th	Samoa	3	1:12	0

Semifinals

Saturday 24th November 2018
7th	New Zealand	-	Samoa	4: 1 (11: 6, 11: 9, 11: 8, 8:11, 12:10)
8th	Australia	-	India	4: 0 (11: 5, 11: 4, 11: 3, 11: 2)

place 3

Saturday 24th November 2018
9	Samoa	-	India	1: 4 (12:14, 6:11, 11: 6, 11:13, 8:11)

Endgame

Saturday 24th November 2018
10	New Zealand	-	Australia	4: 3 (3:11, 15:13, 7:11, 11: 9, 6:11, 12:10, 12:10)

venue

The men's and women's competitions were held on the Kevin Bartlett Sporting & Rec Complex soccer field.

Bottom line

space	country
1.	New Zealand
2.	Australia
3.	India
4th	Samoa

Web links

• Official website of the event

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Asia-Pacific Fistball Championships: Official Bulletin 1  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Schedule for the Pacific Asia Cup 2018. Asian Pacific Fistball Association (APFA), accessed on September 7, 2018 (English). 
3. ↑ Venue of the 2018 Pacific Asian Championship. Asian Pacific Fistball Association, accessed on September 7, 2018 .