Team Australia

From Down Under to Mannheim: Australia plans third World Cup participation in 2023.

It is a curious story how fistball gained a foothold in Australia thanks to Rolf Petersen. In order to be able to play against his brother Leif (South Africa) with a national team once in his life, the current federation president started playing fistball Down Under – and established it.

At the 2015 World Cup debut (Argentina), the Australians celebrated their two victories against South Africa frenetically and – thanks in part to support from visiting European coaches – have since extended the club teams’ tournament streak. For their second participation in 2019, Australia finished 16th out of 18 teams.

 

The latest rankings

2019 (Switzerland) 16th place
2015 (Argentina) 13th place

Australia made its international debut at the 2014 Asian Cup (Pakistan).

2 Josh Bevis
3 Rod Matthews
4 Jon Morley
5 Jason Hughes
6 Nila Poudal
7 Jon Yaw
10 Emlyn Evans
11 Tom Watkin
14 Lewis Jupp
17 Jackson Cousins

The players

These players are in the lineup for the 2023 World Cup:

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