1999 World Fistball Championship

10th World Championship 1999
Men
Number of nations	12
World Champion	Brazil
host	Switzerland
city	Elgg Vordemwald Diepoldsau Olten
opening	August 25, 1999
Endgame	August 29, 1999
Association	IFA
← 9th World Cup 1995 11th World Cup 2003 →

The 10th men's fistball world championship took place from 25 to 29 August 1999 in Switzerland . The games were played in Elgg , Vordemwald , Diepoldsau and Olten . After 1979, Switzerland hosted the men's fistball world championship for the second time .

Venues

Elgg Vordemwald Diepoldsau Olten

Venues Fistball World Cup 1999

The 1999 fistball world championship was held at four venues. After the preliminary round in Elgg and Vordemwald , the qualifying games for the finals took place in Diepoldsau . This took place with the final in front of 7,500 spectators in Olten .

The venues at a glance:

Venue	Games	Number of games	spectator
Vordemwald	Group A group matches	15th	1000
Elgg	Group B group matches	15th	2500
Diepoldsau	Qualification for the finals	4th
Olten	Semi-finals, placement and finals	8th	7500

Attendees

For the first time a United States national fistball team took part in a world championship .

6 from Europe	Denmark	Germany	Italy
	Austria	Switzerland	Czech Republic
3 from South America	Argentina	Brazil	Chile
1 from North America	United States
1 from Africa	Namibia
1 from Asia	Japan

Preliminary round

Group A

All group A games took place in Vordemwald.

Closing table
rank	country	sentences	Ballverh.	Points
1	Brazil	10: 10	220: 113	10-00
2	Germany	09: 20	214: 135	08: 20
3	Namibia	06: 40	161: 143	06: 40
4th	Italy	04: 60	147: 173	04: 60
5	Czech Republic	02: 80	124: 187	02: 80
6th	Japan	00:10	085: 200	00:10

Game results

08/25/1999	Germany	-	Japan	2-0	(20: 7, 20: 5)
08/25/1999	Namibia	-	Czech Republic	2-0	(20:11, 20: 9)
08/25/1999	Brazil	-	Italy	2-0	(20: 7, 20:13)
08/25/1999	Namibia	-	Japan	2-0	(20: 8, 20:11)
08/25/1999	Brazil	-	Czech Republic	2-0	(20: 6, 20: 8)
08/25/1999	Germany	-	Italy	2-0	(20:12, 20:11)
08/25/1999	Brazil	-	Japan	2-0	(20: 1, 20: 4)
08/25/1999	Italy	-	Czech Republic	2-0	(20:17, 20:14)
08/25/1999	Germany	-	Namibia	2-0	(20: 8, 20:13)
08/26/1999	Italy	-	Japan	2-0	(20:11, 20:11)
08/26/1999	Germany	-	Czech Republic	2-0	(20: 5, 20:14)
08/26/1999	Brazil	-	Namibia	2-0	(20: 7, 20:13)
08/26/1999	Czech Republic	-	Japan	2-0	(20:15, 20:12)
08/26/1999	Namibia	-	Italy	2-0	(20:13, 20:11)
08/26/1999	Germany	-	Brazil	1: 2	(22:20, 16:20, 16:20)

Group B

All group B games took place in Elgg.

Closing table
rank	country	sentences	Ballverh.	Points
1	Austria	10-00	200: 101	10-00
2	Switzerland	08: 20	192:  092	08: 20
3	Argentina	06: 40	162: 160	06: 40
4th	Denmark	04: 70	145: 190	04: 60
5	Chile	03: 80	137: 194	02: 80
6th	United States	00:10	101: 200	00:10

Game results

08/25/1999	Switzerland	-	United States	2-0	(20:10, 20: 5)
08/25/1999	Argentina	-	Denmark	2-0	(20:14, 20:13)
08/25/1999	Austria	-	Chile	2-0	(20: 7, 20: 9)
08/25/1999	Argentina	-	United States	2-0	(20:15, 20:13)
08/25/1999	Austria	-	Denmark	2-0	(20: 6, 20: 7)
08/25/1999	Switzerland	-	Chile	2-0	(20: 4, 20: 8)
08/25/1999	Austria	-	United States	2-0	(20: 6, 20: 6)
08/25/1999	Chile	-	Denmark	1: 2	(12:20, 20:14, 12:20)
08/25/1999	Switzerland	-	Argentina	2-0	(20: 8, 20: 6)
08/26/1999	Chile	-	United States	2-0	(20: 5, 20:15)
08/26/1999	Switzerland	-	Denmark	2-0	(20: 5, 20: 6)
08/26/1999	Austria	-	Argentina	2-0	(20:17, 20:11)
08/26/1999	Denmark	-	United States	2-0	(20:13, 20:13)
08/26/1999	Argentina	-	Chile	2-0	(20:15, 20:10)
08/26/1999	Switzerland	-	Austria	0: 2	(15:20, 17:20)

Playoffs

The qualifying games took place in Diepoldsau, the semi-finals took place in Olten.

Qualifying games for the game for 7th place

08/27/1999	Italy	-	Chile	2-0	(23:21, 20:13)
08/27/1999	Denmark	-	Czech Republic	1: 2	(20:17, 16:20, 16:20)

Qualifiers for the semi-finals

08/27/1999	Germany	-	Argentina	2-0	(20:16, 20: 6)
08/27/1999	Switzerland	-	Namibia	2-0	(20:10, 20:11)

Semifinals

08/28/1999	Brazil	-	Switzerland	2-0	(20:17, 20:15)
08/28/1999	Austria	-	Germany	0: 2	(13:20, 13:20)

Placement and final games

All placement and final games took place in Olten.

Game for 11th place
08/29/1999	United States	-	Japan	2-0	(20:13, 20:18)
Play for 9th place
08/29/1999	Chile	-	Denmark	2: 1	(15:20, 20:13, 20:14)
Game for 7th place
08/29/1999	Italy	-	Czech Republic	2-0	(20:17, 20:15)
Play for 5th place
08/29/1999	Argentina	-	Namibia	2-0	(20:18, 20: 8)
3rd place match
08/29/1999	Austria	-	Switzerland	3-0	(20:11, 20: 8, 20:14)
final
08/29/1999	Brazil	-	Germany	3: 2	(20:18, 17:20, 17:20, 20:11, 25:23)

referee

Eight referees from four nations chaired the matches of the 1999 Men's World Cup in Switzerland:

Brazil Felix Mauro

Germany Hans Rudloff Udo Mehle

Austria Wilhelm Zauner Karl Hinterreiter

Switzerland Fritz von Aesch Bruno Mahler Rolf Bucher

Placements

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

Web links

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source

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