Fistball World Championship 2015 / Germany

This article covers the German men's national fistball team at the 2015 World Fistball Championship in Argentina . Germany took part in the World Cup as defending champions and defended their title by beating Switzerland in the final of Villa General Belgrano .

Squad

Ten players from seven clubs were nominated for the world championship. The TSV Pfungstadt parked the most players with three players.

No.	Surname	society	debut	successes
attack
1	Patrick Thomas	TSV Pfungstadt	2010	World Champion 2011, Winner World Games 2013
4th	Lukas Schubert	VfK Berlin	2011	World Champion 2011, Winner World Games 2013
7th	Steve Schmutzler	MTV Rosenheim	2007	World Champion 2011, Winner World Games 2013
9	Nick Trinemeier	TSV Pfungstadt
Defense / pass
2	Fabian Sagstetter	TV Schweinfurt-Oberndorf	2009	World Champion 2011, Winner World Games 2013
3	Ajith Fernando	TSV Pfungstadt	2010	World Champion 2015, Winner World Games 2013
5	Michael Marx	TV Vaihingen / Enz	2004	World Champion 2011, Winner World Games 2013
6th	Olaf Machelett	TSV Hagen 1860	2008	World Champion 2011
8th	Christian Kläner	TV Brettorf	2004	World Champion 2011, Winner World Games 2013
10	Sebastian Thomas	TSV Pfungstadt

Coaching staff

Surname	function
Olaf Neuenfeld	National coach
Chris Lion	Assistant coach
Dr. Andreas Schmitz	Team doctor
Willi Meyer-Weichelt	Physiotherapist
Harald Muckenfuß	Team manager

competition

Preliminary round

When determining the groups, the German national fistball team was assigned to a group hosted by Argentina , Switzerland , Namibia and the United States . All German group games took place in Santa Rosa.

The German team was harmless throughout the preliminary round. After an opening win against hosts Argentina, the team of national coach Olaf Neuenfeld also beat Namibia, the USA and co-favorite Switzerland without losing a set. The German national fistball team entered the final round unbeaten.

rank	country	sentences	Ballverh.	Points
1	Germany	12: 00	132: 048	8th
2	Switzerland	09: 05	140: 099	6th
3	Argentina	08: 06	116: 111	4th
4th	United States	03:10	085: 138	2
5	Namibia	01:12	065: 142	0

• Sun., November 15, 2015 in Santa Rosa

 Germany - Argentina 3: 0 (11: 4, 11: 2, 11: 2) 

• Sun., November 15, 2015 in Santa Rosa

 Germany - Switzerland 3: 0 (11: 8, 11: 4, 11: 7) 

• Mon., November 16, 2015 in Santa Rosa

 Germany - Namibia 3: 0 (11: 3, 11: 7, 11: 2) 

• Mon., November 16, 2015 in Santa Rosa

 Germany - United States 3: 0 (11: 2, 11: 4, 11: 3) 

Finals

The final round was played in a double elimination. The German team got a bye as the winner of group A in the first round. In the second round the team then won against Italy , then in the third round against Brazil .

• Tuesday, November 17, 2015, 2:30 p.m. in Santa Rosa

 Germany - Italy 3: 0 (11: 4, 11: 1, 11: 3) 

• Friday, November 20, 2015, 12:30 p.m. in Villa General Belgrano

 Germany - Brazil 3: 0 (11: 3, 11: 9, 11: 4) 

Semifinals

In the semi-finals, Germany prevailed against Austria in the new edition of the last final .

• Sat., November 21, 2015, 10:00 a.m. in Villa General Belgrano

 Germany - Austria 3: 0 (11: 9, 11: 3, 11: 4) 

final

In the final, the defending champion defeated Switzerland in another clash . As in the preliminary round, Germany won 3-0 - and remained without a set loss throughout the tournament. No other team had managed that before.

• Sat., November 21, 2015, 5:00 p.m. in Villa General Belgrano

 Germany - Switzerland 4: 0 (11: 5, 11: 2, 11: 4, 11: 8)