Top seeds remain undefeated in Winterthur
WINTERTHUR. The second day of the 2019 Fistball
Men’s World Championship has ended in spectacular fashion
with Switzerland and the USA having a thrilling game to end
the day. The host nation took the win as expected but the
Americans should be very proud of their performance. The top
South American teams played a great game to adoring fans and
Germany was dominant against Italy. In Groups C and D the
clear top ranked teams are currently the Czech Republic and
Namibia respectively. Japan has endeared themselves to the
fans with their passion and enthusiasm for the game. The top
four are still just that, rounding off a great competition
so far.
Brazil had a close win
against Chile
The Chileans made Brazil work
really hard for the win against them and the crowd was shown
some spectacular offensive shots from both sides. Everyone
except Brazil was hoping for a fifth set but Chile wasn’t
able to make it happen.
Switzerland shows
why they are in the top four
Team USA couldn’t
pull a win out of the bag today even though they played
fantastic Fistball. To a resounding chant of “Hopp
Schwiiz” the Host Nation lifted their game and beat the
visitors in straight sets. The whole stadium enjoyed seeing
real passion from both sides and the team of couch Ronald A
Jesswein can hold their heads up high.
Namibia and The Czech Republic top of Group C
and D
Namibia had their third win of the
Championship and will go through to the double elimination
round. The next placed teams in this group are Denmark and
The Netherlands with Denmark the likely contender for second
place.
The Czech Republic was dominant against a flat New
Zealand side. The Kiwi’s showed little of the fighting
spirit that we saw and loved yesterday. Serbia had a
thrilling win over Poland to take them into contention with
New Zealand for second placing in the group. If New Zealand
want to progress into double elimination they will need to
win both their games tomorrow.
All games are
available live on www.fistball.tv
Further information
and tickets: www.fistballmwc.com