U-18 Fistball World Championship 2018

The 8th fistball world championship for male youth under 18 took place from July 11 to 15, 2018 in Roxbury, New Jersey ( United States ) at the same time as the world championship for female youth under 18 . The United States hosted a youth fistball world championship for the first time . The German team of the male U18 was defending champion after a 4-2 win against Austria at the World Cup 2016 in Nuremberg ( Germany ).

Attendees

A total of eight nations from two continental member associations took part in the 8th World Championships for men under 18, India had to cancel participation at short notice.

Europe  Germany  Italy  Austria  Switzerland

America  Argentina  Brazil  Chile  United States

game schedule

The preliminary round groups were drawn on the basis of the results of the last fistball world championship on March 7th in Linz.

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

Preliminary round

Group A

Wednesday 11th July 2018
M1	1	10:00 a.m	Germany	-	Italy	3: 0 (11:05, 11:03, 11:03)
M2	2	10:00 a.m	Switzerland	-	Argentina	3: 0 (11:08, 11:09, 13:11)
M4	1	12:00 o'clock	Germany	-	Argentina	3: 0 (11:03, 11:06, 11:03)
Thursday July 12, 2018
M12	1	10:00 a.m	Switzerland	-	Italy	3: 0 (11:05, 11:03, 11:06)
M10	2	1:30 p.m.	Argentina	-	Italy	3: 0 (11:06, 11:03, 11:09)
M15	1	2:30 p.m.	Germany	-	Switzerland	3: 0 (11:08, 11:01, 11:04)

Pl.	team	Sp.	sentences	Balls	Pt.
1	Germany	3	9-0	99:36	6th
2	Switzerland	3	6: 3	81:75	4th
3	Argentina	3	3: 6	73:86	2
4th	Italy	3	0: 9	43:99	0

Group B

Wednesday 11th July 2018
M3	1	11:00 o'clock	Austria	-	Chile	3: 1 (11:07, 11:02, 07:11, 11:04)
M6	1	13:00 'O clock	Austria	-	United States	3: 0 (11:05, 11:05, 11:06)
M7	2	13:00 'O clock	Brazil	-	Chile	3: 0 (11:07, 11:05, 11:05)
M8	1	4:30 p.m.	Brazil	-	United States	3: 0 (11: 6, 11: 5, 11: 9)
Thursday July 12, 2018
M13	1	12:00 o'clock	Austria	-	Brazil	3: 1 (11:06, 08:11, 11:04, 11:08)
M14	2	12:00 o'clock	United States	-	Chile	3: 0 (08:11, 10:12, 06:11)

Pl.	team	Sp.	sentences	Balls	Pt.
1	Austria	3	9: 2	114: 069	6th
2	Brazil	3	7: 3	095: 078	4th
3	Chile	3	4: 6	075: 097	2
4th	United States	3	0: 9	060: 100	0

Intermediate round (double elimination)

Grid

1 round

2nd round

Semifinals

final

loser

Game 7

United States

0

Game 9

Argentina

3

Argentina

0

Switzerland

3

Winning round

Game 1

Switzerland

0

Germany

3

Brazil

3

United States

1

Game 5

Germany

0

Game 2

Brazil

3

Brazil

3

Argentina

0

Brazil

3

Game 3

Germany

1

Switzerland

3

Chile

0

Game 6

Switzerland

0

Game 4

Austria

3

Austria

3

Italy

0

Austria

2

Germany

3

Game 10

loser

Game 8

Germany

3

Chile

3

Chile

0

Italy

0

1 round

Friday 13th July 2018
DE1	2	12:30 pm	Germany	-	United States	3: 1 (11:03, 09:11, 11:00, 11:05)
DE2	1	12:30 pm	Brazil	-	Argentina	3: 0 (11:01, 11:01, 11:06)
DE3	1	1:45 p.m.	Switzerland	-	Chile	3: 0 (11:04, 11:07, 11:09)
DE4	2	1:45 p.m.	Austria	-	Italy	3: 0 (11:04, 11:00, 11:01)

2nd round A (winning round)

Friday 13th July 2018
DE5	1	4:15 p.m.	Germany	-	Brazil	0: 3 (07:11, 06:11, 06:11)
DE6	2	4:15 p.m.	Switzerland	-	Austria	0: 3 (10:12, 09:11, 05:11)

2nd round B (losers round)

Friday 13th July 2018
DE7	1	17:30	United States	-	Argentina	0: 3 (04:11, 08:11, 03:11)
DE8	1	6:45 p.m.	Chile	-	Italy	3: 0 (11:08, 11:06, 11:07)

3rd round

Saturday 14th July 2018
DE9	tbd	11:15 a.m.	Germany	-	Chile	3: 0 (11:03, 11:03, 11:03)
DE10	tbd	11:15 a.m.	Switzerland	-	Argentina	3: 0 (11:04, 11:07, 11:06)

Semifinals

Saturday 13th July 2018
DE11	1	3:30 p.m.	Brazil	-	Switzerland	3: 0 (11:08, 11:02, 11:02)
DE12	1	17:00 o'clock	Austria	-	Germany	2: 3 (11:09, 13:11, 03:11, 09:11, 04:11)

Placement games

Game for 7/8

Sunday 15th July 2018
PL1	1		United States	-	Italy	3: 1 (09:11, 11:09, 11:08, 11:08)

Game for 5th / 6th place

Sunday 15th July 2018
PL2	1		Chile	-	Argentina	3: 1 (14:12, 11:05, 09:11, 11:08)

Small finale

Sunday 15th July 2018
PL3	1	14:00 clock	Switzerland	-	Austria	0: 3 (03:11, 12:14, 03:11)

final

Sunday 15th July 2018
PL4	1	17:00 o'clock	Brazil	-	Germany	3: 1 (11:05, 11:05, 14:15, 11:08)

referee

Six referees from four nations were nominated for the event by the Sports Commission of the International Fistball Federation.

Surname	country	Bets in the final round
		referee		Linesman
		Semifinals	Finals	Semifinals	Finals
Nicole Heldmeier	Germany			BRA - SUI
Reinhard Huebner	Austria	BRA - SUI	F: BRA - GER		P3: SUI - AUT
Richard Meyerhans	Switzerland	AUT - GER			F: BRA - GER
Jürg Hochuli	Switzerland		P7: USA - ITA	AUT - GER	P3: SUI - AUT
Eric Kindler	United States		P3: SUI - AUT	AUT - GER	F: BRA - GER
Aaron Weninger	United States		P5: CHI - ARG	BRA - SUI

Bottom line

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

Web links

Official website of the 2018 Fistball World Cup