1968 world fistball championship

The 1st men's fistball world championship took place from July 6th to 9th, 1968 in Linz ( Austria ). Austria was the first to host the men's fistball world championship .

Venues

The first men's fistball world championship was held at a total of five venues in Upper Austria.

Steyr Altheim Gallneukirchen catfish Linz

Venues for the 1968 Fistball World Cup

Preliminary round

The preliminary round games took place in Steyr and Altheim (Group A) as well as Gallneukirchen and Wels (Group B).

Group A

Closing table

rank	country	Ballverh.	Points
1	Austria	134:  064	6-0
2	Germany	148:  068	4: 2
3	Chile	086: 130	2: 4
4th	Canada	058: 164	0: 6

Game results

07/07/1968	Austria	-	Canada	53:15	(27: 5)
07/07/1968	BR Germany	-	Chile	53:21	(28:11)
07/07/1968	Austria	-	Chile	49:18	(25: 8)
07/07/1968	BR Germany	-	Canada	64:15	(32: 8)
07/07/1968	Chile	-	Canada	47:28	(24:15)
07/07/1968	Austria	-	BR Germany	32:31	(17:15)

Group B

Closing table

rank	country	Ballverh.	Points
1	GDR	133:  071	6-0
2	Brazil	116: 100	4: 2
3	Switzerland	102: 118	2: 4
4th	Italy	078: 140	0: 6

Game results

07/07/1968	Brazil	-	Italy	43:31	(21:15)
07/07/1968	GDR	-	Switzerland	45:24	(21:11)
07/07/1968	GDR	-	Brazil	34:27	(15:15)
07/07/1968	Switzerland	-	Italy	43:27	(22:13)
07/07/1968	GDR	-	Italy	54:20	(28:12)
07/07/1968	Brazil	-	Switzerland	46:35	(15:22)

Intermediate round

07/08/1968	BR Germany	-	GDR	41:28	(19:14)
07/08/1968	Austria	-	Brazil	34:33	(18:14)
07/08/1968	Switzerland	-	Canada	62:21	(29:12)
07/08/1968	Chile	-	Italy	41:34	(19:17)

Placement and final games

Game for 7th place
07/09/1968	Italy	-	Canada	46:28	(21:15)
Play for 5th place
07/09/1968	Switzerland	-	Chile	38:28	(20:15)
3rd place match
07/09/1968	GDR	-	Brazil	36:30	(21:17)
final
07/09/1968	BR Germany	-	Austria	31:25	(16:13)

Placements

rank	country
1.	Federal Republic of Germany
2.	Austria
3.	GDR
4th	Brazil
5.	Switzerland
6th	Chile
7th	Italy
8th.	Canada

Prizes of honor

• Best backplayer: Karl Mühlechner (Austria)
• Best receiver: Fritz Pannewig (BR Germany)
• Best player: Carlos Eltz (Brazil)
• Well-traveled team: Chile
• Audience favorite no.1: Gerson Schuch (Brazil)

Web links

Commons : Fistball  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

source

1. ↑ Schedule, results and honorary prizes from " Fistball Information " - Manfred Lux, Lüneburg