Clear winners on day one of the 15th Mens World Championship
WINTERTHUR. The 15th Fistball Men’s World Championship has begun with some excellent Fistball played in front of 3100 spectators. Germany and Switzerland both won their opening matches with Namibia and The Czech Republic also winning both their preliminary games today. New Zealand had a nail biting win against Serbia and are definitely a team to watch.
Chile
loses to Switzerland but show promise
While the
game was a 3-0 win to the Swiss it was not as clear cut as
the result suggests. Chile had some great attacking and
defensive plays and were dominant in the first half of the
third set. Unfortunately, they couldn’t make it count
against a stronger Swiss side who consistently placed the
ball in the midcourt which Chile found hard to defend.
Switzerland showed their experience playing an intelligent
game against the determined Chileans.
New
Zealand with nail biting victory against
Serbia
The Serbians won their first game this
morning against Belgium but found tougher competition in the
Kiwi team. The game was a close one with the match having to
go to a fifth set and ending 12-10 to team New Zealand. The
Kiwi captain Blase Dowell said “we came up against a very
good Serbian side today and our team take a lot of
confidence away from it. We feel like we didn’t play our
best and will hopefully show that in upcoming games”.
Denmark beats Australia
Both teams
played well with a five set game that saw Denmark win in the
end. The older Australian team showed surprising energy and
were lively against the younger Danish side. For reference
the average age of Australia is 35 and Denmark 32. The
second oldest team in the championship is Poland with an
average age of 34.
All games are available live on
www.fistball.tv
Further information
and tickets: www.fistballmwc.com