Excitement Builds: U18 Fistball World Championships Head into Knockout Matches
- 1 November 2024
The tension is rising: At the Fistball World Championships U18 in Llanquihue (Chile), the first knockout duels are on the program on Saturday. Austria advanced to the semi-finals as group winners in both the female and male U18 categories. All semi-final matches will take place on Saturday afternoon.
U18 Women
Austria and Germany have come a good deal closer to a World Championship medal. On the second day of the preliminary round, the two nations made it through to the semi-finals. Austria remained unbeaten against Argentina (3:0) and Chile (3:1), while Germany beat Chile (3:0) and Brazil (3:1) to secure second place. Third place was secured by Switzerland, who not only beat Argentina 3-0, but also won the direct duel against Brazil – with the last possible point in the deciding set (3-2). The pairings for Saturday morning (11.30 a.m. local time) in the quarter-finals have now been decided: Brazil will face Chile in the South American clash. The winner of the match will face group winners Austria in the semi-finals. Germany’s semi-final opponent will be determined at the same time between Switzerland and Argentina.
U18 Men
The U18 men’s competition is on the home stretch of the preliminary round. However, the first decision has already been made: Austria remained unbeaten on the second day and thus secured group victory ahead of time. The decisive factor was the victory in the top duel with Brazil (3:1). The team had already beaten Argentina (3:0) and Namibia (3:0). Brazil are on course to secure second place, having won against Denmark (3:0) and Chile (3:0). Third place in the group goes to Switzerland, who remained unbeaten on Friday and also beat Namibia (3-0) and Argentina (3-0) after their furious 3-1 win over Germany.
After Switzerland’s defeat against Denmark (3:0) and Namibia (3:1), Germany held their ground and would currently qualify for the semi-finals in fourth place. There was great jubilation for hosts Chile, who recorded their first win in the preliminary round against Denmark (3-0) and are in seventh place – behind Namibia and Argentina, who are level on points.
Both teams will face each other in a direct duel on Saturday. There will also be such a direct clash between Brazil and Switzerland, who have already been confirmed as semi-finalists and will also meet in the semi-finals at 16:30 local time. The two other preliminary round matches will be between Germany and Chile and Austria and Denmark.
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