Fistball World Championship 2003

11th World Championship 2003
Men
Number of nations	10
World Champion	Brazil
host	Brazil
city	Porto Alegre
venue	Sogipa Stadium
opening	November 16, 2003
Endgame	November 23, 2003
Association	IFA
Number of games	36
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The 11th Men's Fistball World Championship took place from November 16 to 23, 2003 in Porto Alegre ( Brazil ). All games were played in the Sogipa Stadium . This was the second time that Brazil hosted the men's fistball world championship after 1976 .

Attendees

At first 11 teams should take part in the tournament. The defending champion was the Brazilian team.

5 from Europe	Denmark	Germany	Italy
	Austria	Switzerland
3 from South America	Argentina	Brazil	Chile
2 from Asia	Japan	India *
1 from Africa	Namibia

The Indian team was reportedly denied entry to Brazil. Thus a total of 10 nations took part in the world championships.

mode

• The six winners of the 1999 World Cup in Olten played in group A in a simple round (everyone plays once against each other) from the four places for the semi-finals .
• The other four teams played two places in group B in a double round, which entitle them to relegation games against the fifth and sixth placed in group A.
• From the semi-finals onwards, a knockout round was played (loser is eliminated).

Preliminary round

Group A

Closing table
rank	country	sentences	Ballverh.	Points
1	Austria	10: 10	221: 146	10-00
2	Brazil	08: 30	213: 157	08: 20
3	Switzerland	06: 50	185: 193	06: 40
4th	Germany	07: 60	229: 213	04: 60
5	Argentina	02: 80	132: 190	02: 80
6th	Namibia	00:10	119: 200	00:10

Game results

11/16/2003	Austria	-	Namibia	2-0	(20:11, 20: 9)
11/16/2003	Switzerland	-	Argentina	2-0	(20:12, 20:15)
11/16/2003	Brazil	-	Germany	2: 1	(20:12, 18:20, 20:18)
11/17/2003	Germany	-	Argentina	2-0	(20:15, 20: 6)
11/17/2003	Switzerland	-	Austria	0: 2	(9:20, 18:20)
11/17/2003	Brazil	-	Namibia	2-0	(20: 6, 20:11)
11/18/2003	Switzerland	-	Namibia	2-0	(20:17, 20:13)
11/18/2003	Germany	-	Austria	1: 2	(21:19, 10:20, 12:20)
11/18/2003	Brazil	-	Argentina	2-0	(20:14, 20: 9)
11/19/2003	Austria	-	Argentina	2-0	(20:13, 20: 8)
11/19/2003	Germany	-	Namibia	2-0	(20:12, 20:10)
11/19/2003	Brazil	-	Switzerland	2-0	(20:18, 20: 7)
11/20/2003	Namibia	-	Argentina	0: 2	(14:20, 16:20)
11/20/2003	Germany	-	Switzerland	1: 2	(20:22, 20:11, 16:20)
11/20/2003	Brazil	-	Austria	0: 2	(20:22, 15:20)

Group B

Closing table
rank	country	sentences	Ballverh.	Points
1	Denmark	09: 50	267: 238	08: 40
2	Chile	10: 60	294: 274	08: 40
3	Italy	07: 70	261: 232	06: 60
4th	Japan	02:10	155: 233	02:10
-	India	not started

Game results

11/17/2003	Italy	-	Japan	2-0	(20: 8, 20:12)
11/17/2003	Chile	-	Denmark	1: 2	(20:16, 14:20, 18:20)
11/17/2003	Chile	-	Japan	2: 1	(20:11, 20:14)
11/18/2003	Italy	-	Denmark	0: 2	(16:20, 20:22)
11/19/2003	Denmark	-	Chile	1: 2	(18:20, 20:18, 18:20)
11/19/2003	Japan	-	Italy	0: 2	(15:20, 11:20)
11/19/2003	Japan	-	Denmark	0: 2	(4:20, 16:20)
11/19/2003	Italy	-	Denmark	1: 2	(20:14, 11:20, 15:20)
11/21/2003	Denmark	-	Italy	2-0	(20:15, 20:17)
11/21/2003	Japan	-	Chile	0: 2	(11:20, 13:20)
11/21/2003	Denmark	-	Japan	0: 2	(17:20, 16:20)
11/21/2003	Italy	-	Chile	1: 2	(20:15, 21:23, 18:20)

Qualifying games for the game for 5th place

The first and second placed in group B played against the fifth and sixth placed in group A an intermediate qualification for the game for 5th place.

November 22, 2003	Argentina	-	Chile	2-0	(20:10, 20:15)
November 22, 2003	Namibia	-	Denmark	0: 2	(11:20, 12:20)

Semifinals

November 22, 2003	Austria	-	Germany	0: 2	(13:20, 20:22)
November 22, 2003	Brazil	-	Switzerland	2-0	(20:13, 20:17)

Placement games

Play for 9th place
November 22, 2003	Italy	-	Japan	2-0	(20:12, 20:15)
Game for 7th place
November 22, 2003	Chile	-	Namibia	1: 2	(19:21, 20:17, 19:21)
Play for 5th place
November 23, 2003	Argentina	-	Denmark	2-0	(21:19, 20:14)
3rd place match
November 23, 2003	Austria	-	Switzerland	2-0	(21:19, 20:12)
final
November 23, 2003	Germany	-	Brazil	0: 3	(12:20, 13:20, 8:20)

referee

Six referees from five countries were on duty at the World Championships in Porto Alegre.

Surname	country	Calls
		Preliminary round	Qualification and semi-finals	Finals
Mario Lancioni	Germany	A: SUI-AUT A: BRA - ARG A: BRA - AUT B: ITA - JAP B: JAP - ITA		P7: CHL - NAM P3: AUT - SUI
Karl Hinterreiter	Austria	A: GER - ARG A: BRA - NAM A: BRA - SUI A: NAM - ARG B: DEN - JAP	HF: BRA - SUI
Hans Hunn	Switzerland	A: BRA - GER A: GER - AUT A: GER - NAM B: CHL - JAP B: JAP - CHL	Q: ARG - CHL	F: BRA - GER
Felix Mauro	Brazil	A: SUI - ARG A: SUI - NAM A: AUT - ARG A: GER - SUI	HF: AUT - GER	P5: ARG - DEN
Dalton Grande	Brazil	B: CHL - DEN B: DEN - CHL B: CHL - DEN B: ITA - CHL		P9: ITA - JAP
Alfredo Thiesing	Argentina	A: AUT - NAM B: ITA - DEN B: JAP - DEN B: DEN - ITA	Q: NAM - DEN

Support linesmen were:

• Paulo Farias Brazil 
• Eduardo Schulz Brazil 
• Christian Kloos Argentina 

Placements

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

Web links

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

• http://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/f/faustball/hst/22.html

Individual evidence

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