2006 Women's Fistball World Cup

4th World Cup 2006
Women
Number of nations	9
World Champion	Germany
host	Switzerland
city	Jonah
opening	July 27, 2006
Endgame	July 30, 2006
Association	IFA
Number of games	25th
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The 4th women's fistball world championship took place in 2006 in Jona ( Switzerland ). This was the first time that Switzerland hosted the women's fistball world championship .

Attendees

For the first time, women's national teams from four continents took part in a women's world championship . It was the first time that the women’s national team from Namibia took part in a World Cup.

These teams had registered for the World Cup in Switzerland:

4 from Europe	Germany	Italy	Austria	Switzerland
3 from South America	Argentina	Brazil	Chile
1 from Asia	Japan
1 from Africa	Namibia

Preliminary round

Group A

Closing table
rank	country	sentences	Ballverh.	Points
1	Switzerland	8-0	160: 73	8-0
2	Austria	6: 2	139: 86	6: 2
3	Namibia	4: 4	118: 133	6: 4
4th	Argentina	2: 6	108: 137	2: 6
5	Japan	0: 8	64: 160	0: 8

Game results

07/27/2006	Switzerland	-	Japan	2-0	(20: 9, 20: 6)
07/27/2006	Austria	-	Namibia	2-0	(20: 9, 20:10)
07/27/2006	Argentina	-	Japan	2-0	(20:10, 20: 7)
07/27/2006	Switzerland	-	Namibia	2-0	(20:16, 20: 3)
07/27/2006	Austria	-	Argentina	2-0	(20: 6, 20:11)
07/28/2006	Namibia	-	Japan	2-0	(20:10, 20:12)
07/28/2006	Switzerland	-	Argentina	2-0	(20:13, 20: 7)
07/28/2006	Austria	-	Japan	2-0	(20: 3, 20: 7)
07/28/2006	Argentina	-	Namibia	0: 2	(14:20, 17:20)
07/28/2006	Switzerland	-	Austria	2-0	(20:14, 20: 5)

Group B

Closing table
rank	country	sentences	Ballverh.	Points
1	Germany	6: 1	138: 60	6-0
2	Brazil	5: 2	122: 88	4: 2
3	Italy	2: 4	64: 109	2: 4
4th	Chile	0: 6	53: 120	0: 6

Game results

07/27/2006	Germany	-	Chile	2-0	(20: 5, 20: 5)
07/27/2006	Brazil	-	Italy	2-0	(20: 8, 20: 8)
07/27/2006	Germany	-	Italy	2-0	(20: 4, 20: 4)
07/28/2006	Brazil	-	Chile	2-0	(20: 3, 20:11)
07/28/2006	Chile	-	Italy	0: 2	(13:20, 16:20)
07/28/2006	Brazil	-	Germany	1: 2	(15:20, 20:18, 7:20)

Qualifiers for the semi-finals

The second and third placed in group A played against the second and third placed in group B an intermediate qualification for the semi-finals.

07/29/2006	Austria	-	Italy	2-0	(20: 9, 20: 8)
07/29/2006	Namibia	-	Brazil	0: 2	(10:20, 10:20)

Qualifying round for the game for 7th place

The fourth and fifth placed in group A play a simple round against the fourth placed in group B for the 7th place. The bottom of the group takes 9th place in the overall settlement.

Closing table
rank	country	sentences	Ballverh.	Points
1	Argentina	4: 1	98: 66	4-0
2	Chile	3: 2	88: 82	2: 2
3	Japan	0: 4	42:80	0: 4

Game results

07/28/2006	Chile	-	Japan	2-0	(20: 8, 20:16)
07/28/2006	Argentina	-	Japan	2-0	(20: 5, 20:13)
07/28/2006	Argentina	-	Chile	2: 1	(18:20, 20:13, 20:15)

Placement games

Game for 7th place
07/30/2006	Argentina	-	Chile	2: 1	(22:20, 18:20, 20:13)
Play for 5th place
07/30/2006	Italy	-	Namibia	0: 2	(8:20, 15:20)
3rd place match
07/30/2006	Austria	-	Switzerland	2-0	(20:15, 20: 7)
final
07/30/2006	Germany	-	Brazil	2-0	(20: 5, 20:11)

referee

Six referees from four nations led the matches of the 2006 Women's World Cup in Jona:

Pasquale Marra Italy  Heinrich Haiß Germany  Heidelinde Hauser Austria

Daniel Meier Switzerland  Bruno Mahler Switzerland  Jeanette Schärer Switzerland

Allstar team

During the award ceremony, the all-star team for this World Cup was also announced.

• Attack: Petra Schmitthuysen ( Germany ), Janine Mertsch ( Germany )  
• Feed: Kirsten Meyerhoff ( Germany ) 
• Defense: Rejane Sinbori ( Brazil ), Monika Thalmann ( Switzerland )  

Placements

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