2014 Women's Fistball World Cup

6th World Cup 2014
Women
Number of nations	10
World Champion	Germany
host	Germany
city	Dresden
venue	Ostrapark
opening	July 30, 2014
Endgame	3rd August 2014
Association	IFA
Number of games	31
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The 6th women's fistball world championship took place from July 30th to August 3rd, 2014 in Dresden ( Germany ). It was the first time that Germany hosted the women's fistball world championship .

The German women's national team had received three gold medals and one silver and one bronze medal each at the previous world championships. The defending champion was the Brazilian national team, which won gold at the 2010 edition in Chile . The games were under the patronage of the International Fistball Association (IFA).

Attendees

For the first time, the women's national teams from Colombia and the United States took part in a women's world championship .

Europe  Germany  Italy  Austria  Switzerland  Czech Republic

South America  Argentina  Chile  Brazil  Colombia

North America  United States

Games

The first two teams in the preliminary round qualify directly for the semi-finals, the remaining teams play in the intermediate round for the remaining places.

Group A	Group B
Germany	Brazil
Austria	Switzerland
Argentina	Chile
Italy	Czech Republic
Colombia	United States

Preliminary group A

Wednesday July 30, 2014
1	1	13:00 'O clock	Germany	-	Colombia	3: 0 (11: 1, 11: 2, 11: 4)
2	2	13:00 'O clock	Austria	-	Italy	3: 0 (11: 7, 11: 8, 11: 7)
5	1	3:30 p.m.	Austria	-	Colombia	3: 0 (11: 1, 11: 2, 11: 5)
6th	2	3:30 p.m.	Argentina	-	Italy	1: 3 (11: 5, 8:11, 6:11, 6:11)
9	1	7:00 p.m.	Germany	-	Argentina	3: 0 (11: 6, 11: 6, 11: 4)
Thursday July 31, 2014
13	1	1:45 p.m.	Germany	-	Italy	3: 0 (11: 4, 11: 4, 11: 2)
14th	2	1:45 p.m.	Argentina	-	Colombia	3: 0 (11: 4, 11: 4, 11: 9)
17th	2	4:15 p.m.	Austria	-	Argentina	3: 0 (11: 5, 11: 1, 11: 5)
18th	2	4:15 p.m.	Italy	-	Colombia	3: 0 (11: 5, 11: 1, 11: 5)
20th	2	6:45 p.m.	Germany	-	Austria	3: 1 (11: 6, 5:11, 11: 9, 13:11)

Pl.	team	Sp.	sentences	Balls	Pt.
1	Germany	4th	12: 1	139: 70	8th
2	Austria	4th	9: 3	136: 81	6th
3	Italy	4th	6: 7	103: 104	4th
4th	Argentina	4th	4: 9	91: 121	2
5	Colombia	4th	0:12	39: 132	0

Preliminary group B

Wednesday July 30, 2014
3	1	2:15 p.m.	Brazil	-	United States	3: 0 (11: 2, 11: 5, 11: 3)
4th	2	2:15 p.m.	Switzerland	-	Czech Republic	3: 0 (11: 4, 11: 5, 11: 9)
7th	1	4:45 p.m.	Switzerland	-	United States	3: 0 (11: 6, 11: 9, 11: 6)
8th	2	4:45 p.m.	Chile	-	Czech Republic	3: 0 (12:10, 11: 9, 11: 9)
10	2	7:00 p.m.	Brazil	-	Chile	3: 0 (11: 9, 11: 4, 11: 1)
Thursday July 31, 2014
11	1	12:30 pm	Brazil	-	Czech Republic	3: 0 (11: 4, 11: 9, 11: 4)
12	2	12:30 pm	Chile	-	United States	3: 0 (11: 5, 11: 8, 11: 8)
15th	2	3:00 p.m.	Switzerland	-	Chile	3: 2 (12:14, 7:11, 11: 5, 11: 5, 11: 3)
16	2	3:00 p.m.	Czech Republic	-	United States	0: 3 (9:11, 6:11, 3:11)
19th	1	6:45 p.m.	Brazil	-	Switzerland	3: 0 (11: 8, 11: 9, 11: 3)

Pl.	team	Sp.	sentences	Balls	Pt.
1	Brazil	4th	12: 2	132: 61	8th
2	Switzerland	4th	9: 5	164: 138	6th
3	Chile	4th	8: 6	105: 134	4th
4th	United States	4th	3: 9	85: 117	2
5	Czech Republic	4th	0:12	81: 133	0

Intermediate round

The winners made it to the semi-finals, the losers played for places 5 and 6.

August 1, 2014	Austria	-	Chile	3-0	(11: 5, 11: 6, 11: 7)
August 1, 2014	Switzerland	-	Italy	3-0	(11: 5, 11: 3, 11: 4)

Placement round for places 7–10

August 1, 2014	Argentina	-	Czech Republic	3-0	(11: 9, 11: 8, 11: 4)
August 1, 2014	United States	-	Colombia	3: 1	(11: 4, 12:10, 8:11, 11: 6)

Semifinals

August 1, 2014	Germany	-	Switzerland	3: 1	(11: 7, 2:11, 11: 3, 11: 5)
August 1, 2014	Brazil	-	Austria	0: 3	(4:11, 8:11, 8:11)

Placement games

Play for 9th place
2nd August 2014	Czech Republic	-	Colombia	3-0	(11: 7, 11: 8, 11: 7)
Game for 7th place
2nd August 2014	Argentina	-	United States	3-0	(11: 6, 11: 9, 11: 7)
Play for 5th place
2nd August 2014	Chile	-	Italy	3: 1	(8:11, 11: 9, 11: 9, 11: 7)
3rd place match
2nd August 2014	Switzerland	-	Brazil	0: 3	(4:11, 8:11, 5:11)
final
2nd August 2014	Germany	-	Austria	3: 1	(10:12, 15:14, 11: 7, 15:13)

referee

The chairman of the IFA referees committee, Karl Hinterreiter, nominated six referees from three nations for the world championships.

Surname	country	Bets in the final round
		Intermediate round	Semifinals	Finals
Daniel Müller	Switzerland	AUT - CHL		P9 / CZE - COL F / GER - AUT
Daniel Meier	Switzerland			P7 / ARG - USA
Peter Fuchs	Austria	SUI - ITA		P5 / CHL - ITA
Gernold Haitzer	Austria	ARG - CZE	GER - SUI
Heike Müller	Germany	USA - COL		P3 / SUI - ITA
Nicole Heldmaier	Germany		BRA - AUT

venue

The women's fistball world championship was held on the grounds in Ostrapark in Dresden. Additional stands were built around the field for the games. On the day of the final, around 2,900 spectators were on the site.

Placements

Final score:

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

Web links

• Official website of the 2014 Fistball World Cup

Individual evidence

1. ^ Report from the final game. In: faustball-wm-2014.de. Fistball World Cup 2014, 2014, accessed on April 25, 2016 (ger).