Fistball Inside #52

🎙️ Podcast – Episode #52 of "Fistball Inside", the podcast magazine of the International Fistball Association
🗓️ Recorded on 14 July 2025

For those of you who have been following us for a while, you’ll know that this podcast was originally produced by IFA Secretary General Chris Oberlehner and myself until the end of 2022. After a brief break, we’re back—and will continue producing episodes until the end of August 2025.

We usually publish on Mondays—our so-called "Fistball Monday"—and we’ll also be sharing extra episodes during The World Games in Chengdu. The final episode, #60, will be released at the end of August. 

🎯 German Championship Playoffs – Semifinalists Set

Last weekend, the final four semifinalists for the German Championships in Dresden were decided. The second- and third-placed teams from the men’s and women’s leagues competed at the TV Rendel sports facility. While the favorites prevailed as expected, there were also a few surprises.

Here are the semifinal matchups:

Women’s Semifinals:

• TSV Calw vs. Ahlhorner SV
• TV Jahn Schneverdingen vs. TV Segnitz

Men’s Semifinals:

• TSV Pfungstadt vs. Leichlinger TV
• TSV Hagen 1860 vs. TV Vaihingen/Enz

📅 This Week’s Fistball Highlights

We’re heading into a summer packed with fistball action—and much of it right around the corner!

🇦🇹 Austria will once again become the center of international fistball with two top-tier events in Upper Austria:

• July 18–20: The U18 & U21 European Championships in Freistadt will feature the best junior national teams in Europe.
• July 24–27: The World Tour Finals in Vöcklabruck will bring together the world’s top club teams for one of the most prestigious tournaments of the year.

Our future President Gastão Englert will arrive in Germany next Saturday—on his birthday!—and I’ll be picking him up at Munich Airport. Together with SecGen Chris, we’ll head straight to Freistadt.

Before that, I’ll be attending the Opening Ceremony of the FISU World University Games in Duisburg, Germany.

Together we are FISTBALL!