1995 World Fistball Championship

9th World Cup 1995
Men
Number of nations	10
World Champion	Germany
host	Namibia
city	Windhoek Swakopmund Gobabis
opening	August 29, 1995
Endgame	September 2, 1995
Association	IFA
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The 9th men's fistball world championship took place from August 29 to September 2, 1995 in three cities in Namibia . Namibia hosted the men's fistball world championship for the first time . The defending champion was the national team from Germany, who defended their title with a 2-0 win over Switzerland and celebrated their ninth consecutive World Cup title.

Attendees

A total of ten nations from three continents took part in the ninth men's world championship. For the Czech Republic it was the first ever participation in a men's world championship.

6 from Europe	Denmark	Germany	Italy
	Austria	Switzerland	Czech Republic
3 from South America	Argentina	Brazil	Chile
1 from Africa	Namibia

Venues

Gobabis Swakopmund Windhoek

Venues

The ninth men's fistball world championship was held at a total of three locations in Namibia. The two fistball strongholds in Namibia, Swakopmund and Windhoek were considered as venues. After the preliminary round matches in Gobabis and Swakopmund, the final round took place in the capital of Namibia, Windhoek.

The venues of the 1995 Fistball World Cup were:

Venue	Games	Number of games
Swakopmund	Group A group matches	10
Gobabis	Group B group matches	10
Windhoek	Decision round, placement and final games	11

mode

In the preliminary round groups everyone plays against everyone. The group winners are in the semi-finals. The runners-up play against the third-placed team in the other group for the two remaining semi-finals. The group fourth play against the group fifth of the other group for the game for place 7.

Preliminary round

The games of group A took place in Swakopmund , the games of group B in Gobabis .

Group A

Closing table

rank	country	sentences	Ballverh.	Points
1	Switzerland	8: 1	179: 105	8-0
2	Germany	7: 2	169: 107	6: 2
3	Argentina	4: 4	137: 121	4: 4
4th	Italy	2: 6	093: 131	2: 6
5	Czech Republic	0: 8	046: 160	0: 8

Game results

08/29/1995	Germany	-	Czech Republic	2-0	(20: 3, 20: 4)
08/29/1995	Switzerland	-	Italy	2-0	(20: 4, 20: 8)
08/29/1995	Germany	-	Argentina	2-0	(20:11, 20:15)
08/29/1995	Switzerland	-	Czech Republic	2-0	(20: 8, 20: 5)
08/29/1995	Argentina	-	Italy	2-0	(20:15, 20:10)
08/30/1995	Italy	-	Czech Republic	2-0	(20: 4, 20: 7)
08/30/1995	Switzerland	-	Argentina	2-0	(21:19, 20:12)
08/30/1995	Germany	-	Italy	2-0	(20:10, 20: 6)
08/30/1995	Argentina	-	Czech Republic	2-0	(20: 8, 20: 7)
08/30/1995	Germany	-	Switzerland	1: 2	(19:21, 20:17, 10:20)

Group B

Closing table

rank	country	sentences	Ballverh.	Points
1	Austria	8-0	161:  070	8-0
2	Brazil	6: 2	151:  095	6: 2
3	Namibia	4: 4	121: 123	4: 4
4th	Chile	2: 6	095: 143	2: 6
5	Denmark	0: 8	063: 160	0: 8

Game results

08/29/1995	Austria	-	Denmark	2-0	(20: 5, 20: 9)
08/29/1995	Brazil	-	Namibia	2-0	(20: 9, 20:14)
08/29/1995	Chile	-	Austria	0: 2	(7:20, 0:20)
08/29/1995	Brazil	-	Denmark	2-0	(20: 4, 20: 5)
08/29/1995	Chile	-	Namibia	0: 2	(10:20, 16:20)
08/30/1995	Namibia	-	Denmark	2-0	(20:12, 20: 5)
08/30/1995	Brazil	-	Chile	2-0	(20:14, 20: 8)
08/30/1995	Austria	-	Namibia	2-0	(20:10, 20: 8)
08/30/1995	Chile	-	Denmark	2-0	(20: 8, 20:15)
08/30/1995	Austria	-	Brazil	2-0	(21:19, 20:12)

Playoffs

All play-offs took place in Windhoek.

Qualifying games for the game for 7th place

09/01/1995	Italy	-	Denmark	2-0	(20: 7, 20:14)
09/01/1995	Chile	-	Czech Republic	2-0	(20: 8, 20: 5)

Qualifiers for the semi-finals

09/01/1995	Germany	-	Namibia	2-0	(20: 7, 20: 7)
09/01/1995	Brazil	-	Argentina	2-0	(20: 9, 20:15)

Semifinals

09/01/1995	Switzerland	-	Brazil	2: 1	(14:20, 20:16, 20: 4)
09/01/1995	Austria	-	Germany	0: 2	(8:20, 17:20)

Placement and final games

All placement and final matches took place in Windhoek.

Play for 9th place
09/02/1995	Denmark	-	Czech Republic	2-0	(20: 7, 20:14)
Game for 7th place
09/02/1995	Italy	-	Chile	2: 1	(13:20, 20:15, 21:19)
Play for 5th place
09/02/1995	Namibia	-	Argentina	1: 2	(20:15, 17:20, 17:20)
3rd place match
09/02/1995	Austria	-	Brazil	2-0	(20:16, 20:17)
final
09/02/1995	Germany	-	Switzerland	2-0	(20:10, 20:10)

Placements

rank	country
1.	Germany
2.	Switzerland
3.	Austria
4th	Brazil
5.	Argentina
6th	Namibia
7th	Italy
8th.	Chile
9.	Denmark
10.	Czech Republic

Web links

• Official website of the Namibian Fistball Association

Individual evidence

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