After ranking 10th in 2019, the U.S. wants to get back into the world’s top 8.

It’s been a clear upward trend for the U.S. fistballers over the past two decades, but one that hit a bit of a snag at the 2019 World Championships. After their first World Cup appearance in 1999 (11th place), they made it into the Top8 fistball nations in Argentina (2015) after finishing 9th in Austria (2011).

In Winterthur, the US boys put in a strong performance against Germany in the preliminary round, but had to settle for tenth place. But at the World Games at home in Birmingham, the team demanded a lot from the top nations (8th place) and managed to qualify for the World Championships in Mannheim with a strong third place at the Pan American Championships. Team USA is likely to have a lot planned for Mannheim to get back into forward gear.

The latest rankings

2019 (Switzerland) 10th place
2015 (Argentina) 8th place
2011 (Austria) 9th place
2007 (Germany) 11th place

In 1999, the USA celebrated its World Cup premiere in Switzerland!

1 Eric Kindler
2 Mat Henrichs
3 Jack Stern
4 Todd Strassberger
5 Daniel Simon-Slowinski
6 Aaron Weninger
7 Cory Dahn
8 Kristofor Graham
9 Pat White
10 Mat Ogin

The players

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

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