1982 world fistball championship

5th World Cup 1982
Men
Number of nations	8th
World Champion	Germany
host	Germany
city	Hanover
venue	Lower Saxony Stadium
opening	17th September 1982
Endgame	September 19, 1982
Association	IFV
Number of games	20th
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The 5th men's fistball world championship took place from September 17th to 19th, 1982 in Hanover ( Federal Republic of Germany ). The FRG was the host of the men's fistball world championship for the second time after 1972 .

Venues

Hanover Job Goettingen

Venues

The 5th Fistball World Championship was held at three locations in Lower Saxony :

Preliminary round :

• Spot (4 games)
• Göttingen (4 games)
• Hanover (4 games)

Final round :

• Hanover (8 games)

The matches of the final round were Niedersachsenstadion held in the Lower Saxony capital of Hanover.

mode

In the preliminary round groups everyone plays against everyone. In the semifinals, the group winners of the preliminary round play against the runners-up in the other group. Furthermore, the group thirds play against the fourth place of the other group for the game for fifth place.

Preliminary round

The preliminary round matches took place in Göttingen (G), Stelle (S) and Hannover (H).

Group A

Closing table

rank	country	Ballverh.	Points
1	BR Germany	118:  058	6-0
2	Switzerland	104:  068	4: 2
3	Argentina	091:  095	2: 4
4th	Chile	049: 141	0: 6

Game results

09/17/1982	G	BR Germany	-	Chile	49:13	(25: 4)
09/17/1982	G	Switzerland	-	Argentina	33:25	(14:14)
09/17/1982	G	Argentina	-	Chile	44:21	(24: 9)
09/17/1982	G	BR Germany	-	Switzerland	28:23	(13:12)
09/18/1982	H	Switzerland	-	Chile	48:15	(24: 7)
09/18/1982	H	BR Germany	-	Argentina	41:22	(20: 9)

Group B

Closing table

rank	country	Ballverh.	Points
1	Brazil	121:  060	6-0
2	Austria	103:  074	4: 2
3	Italy	069: 117	2: 4
4th	South West Africa	074: 116	0: 6

Game results

09/17/1982	S.	Austria	-	Italy	41:17	(18: 9)
09/17/1982	S.	Brazil	-	South West Africa	41:21	(23: 9)
09/17/1982	S.	Italy	-	South West Africa	34:25	(19:11)
09/17/1982	S.	Brazil	-	Austria	29:21	(14:11)
09/18/1982	H	Brazil	-	Italy	51:18	(25: 9)
09/18/1982	H	Austria	-	South West Africa	41:28	(19:17)

Qualifying games for the game for 5th place

09/18/1982	Argentina	-	South West Africa	33:17	(19: 9)
09/18/1982	Italy	-	Chile	44:26	(20:12)

Semifinals

09/18/1982	BR Germany	-	Austria	29:22	(14:12)
09/18/1982	Brazil	-	Switzerland	28:27	(15:11)

Placement and final games

Game for 7th place
09/19/1982	South West Africa	-	Chile	37:25	(16:14)
Play for 5th place
09/19/1982	Argentina	-	Italy	33:20	(20: 6)
3rd place match
09/19/1982	Austria	-	Switzerland	24:26	(13:11)
final
09/19/1982	BR Germany	-	Brazil	35:28	(15:13)

referee

The World Cup games were led by four referees from three nations. These were:

• Johann Strasser Austria 
• Peter Frey Switzerland 
• Lothar Baade Germany 
• Gerd Leidig Germany 

Placements

rank	country
1.	Federal Republic of Germany
2.	Brazil
3.	Switzerland
4th	Austria
5.	Argentina
6th	Italy
7th	South West Africa
8th.	Chile

Web links

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source

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