Radball World Cup
The cycle ball world cup is a series of cycle ball tournaments hosted by the Union Cycliste Internationale since 2002 . The World Cup victory is the second most important title in cycling after the World Cup .
Eight tournaments take place between April and the beginning of December. The results of the participating teams are evaluated according to a point system, on the basis of which the finalists are determined at the end of a season. At the end of the year ten teams will compete against each other in the finals and determine the World Cup winner.
mode
For the World Cup, three teams each from the four best nations qualify at the last World Cup and two teams each from each of the two nations in fifth and sixth place. A maximum of one team from all other countries is eligible to participate.
Each of these teams plays in a maximum of four out of eight world cup tournaments. The organizer has to award a wildcard for each tournament , which means that many teams appear on the ranking list that have only contested one tournament.
World Cup points are awarded for each World Cup tournament. After all eight tournaments, the points for each team are added up and the eight teams with the most points go to the final. A team from Asia and the home team ( wildcard ) of the organizer will also play in the final .
| rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 |
| Points | 50 | 45 | 40 | 35 | 30th | 25th | 20th | 18th | 16 | 14th |
Up to 2005 there were sometimes eight or twelve teams at the start. However, since 2006 there have always been ten teams and the mode is always the same:
The ten teams are divided into two groups of five. Within a group everyone plays against everyone once. Then the fifth placed in the two groups play for 9th and 10th place, the two fourth placed for 7th and 8th place and the two third placed for 5th and 6th place. The winners of the two groups play in the semi-finals against the second placed in the other group for a final place. The losers of the two semi-finals play for 3rd and 4th place and the two winners for 1st and 2nd place.
Venues
In the 12 World Cup seasons from 2002 to 2013, there were World Cup tournaments at 43 locations in six European and three Asian countries. The majority of the competitions took place in Germany .
Winners list
Nations ranking
| space | country |
 gold
|
 silver
|
 bronze
|
total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Austria
|
7th | 7th | 4th | 18th |
| 2 |
 Germany
|
5 | 2 | 7th | 14th |
| 3 |
 Switzerland
|
4th | 4th | 2 | 10 |
| 4th |
 Czech Republic
|
1 | 4th | 4th | 9 |
Trivia
- The record player in the World Cup final is Peter Jiricek from Switzerland, who played in every final from 2002 to 2014. But he has not yet been able to win the World Cup.
- In the 2012 season, three teams from one country stood on the podium for the first time - Austria. In addition, all three teams came from the RC Höchst club.
- Dietmar Schneider from RC Höchst is the only player to date to have won the World Cup with two different partners (2005 with Simon König and 2012 with Patrick Schnetzer ).
- The best placed wildcard team in the final was Favorite Brno in 2006 with 2nd place.
- The only team that achieved the highest possible scoring with 200 points was RSV Sangerhausen with Steve and Mike Pfaffenberger in the 2005 season. They came fifth in the WC final.