The competition will take place from November 7 to 10, based at the Guatambú Club in Monte Carlo. Twelve nations from all continents will be part of the event. The province is eagerly awaiting the exciting event.
During 2024 Misiones will host large-scale sporting events and how the governor announced it Hugo PassalacquaMonte Carlo will receive the 10th edition of the IFA Women’s Faustball World Championship 2024 of the November 7 to 10. The tournament will take place entirely in the Guatambú Gym Club of the city and they assure that it will be the largest in the history of the discipline.
To find out how the province is preparing for this internationally renowned event, Laura Laumann, one of the greatest faustball references in Misiones, spoke with canal12misiones.com and told what stage of the sports organization they are in.
“Expectations for the Faustball World Cup are very high. Argentina hosts a World Cup again after 30 years and that Misiones hosts the competition is very important for us. In 2009 we organized a world championship but in the veteran category,” said the representative of the Guatambú Gimnasia Club of Monte Carlo.
He highlighted that since International Faustball Association They stated that this edition of the 2024 World Cup “It will be the largest in history since twelve nations from all continents have registered for the contest.”
On the other hand, this event will attract tourists from different parts of the world and will promote hotel and gastronomic development in the area. For this reason, Laumann announced that they are working in the organization to have an infrastructure in line with this type of skills. “At the club we are already working to live up to all the requirements that are demanded of us. It will be a huge event, we will have a significant number of audiences, live broadcasts of the matches, we will prepare an appropriate infrastructure for a World Cup”, he concluded.
While, Jörn Verleger, president of the International Fistball Association, highlighted that “faustball is played with great enthusiasm on all continents of the world and We are delighted to be able to see such a large and first-class starting field in November.“.
The countries that confirmed their participation
Europe:
Oceania:
America:
Africa:
Asia:
The World Championships will also serve as a qualifying competition for the 2025 World Games in Chengdu, China. In addition to the continental champions, the best-placed teams in this World Championship will qualify.
It is worth remembering that defending champion Germany has won seven of the nine titles awarded to date, including the last four events. Their rivals in the finals in recent years were Austria (9), Swiss (9/2002 World Champions) and Brazil (8/2010 World Champions). The two South American representatives of Argentina (8) and Chili (8) were also permanent invitees to the World Championship in recent years. The Chileans, in particular, have shown in recent years with their semi-final appearances in 2016 and 2021 that they are hot on the heels of the top four nations.
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