The International Teqball Federation (FITEQ,
French
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
: Fédération Internationale de Teqball) is the governing body for the sport of
teqball
Teqball is a ball sport that is played on a curved table, combining elements of sepak takraw and table tennis. Back and forth, the players hit a football with any part of the body except arms and hands. Teqball can be played between two players ...
and para teqball. FITEQ is responsible for the organisation of teqball's major international tournaments, notably the Teqball World Championships.
FITEQ was founded in March 2017 following the sport's inception in 2014. Headquartered in
Budapest
Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...
, its membership now compromises 124 national federations.
FITEQ is responsible for the governance and management of teqball at the international level; the development and promotion of teqball globally; the codification of the official rules and regulations of teqball; supporting the establishment of National Federations; the education and development of athletes, coaches and technical officials; sanctioning national and international competitions and events; establishing and maintaining world-ranking statistics; and the governance, management and development of para teqball.
Board
The FITEQ Board consists of FITEQ President
Gábor Borsányi, who is the inventor of the sport, fellow co-founder and FITEQ Vice-President
György Gattyán
György Zoltán Gattyán (; born 24 May 1970) is a Hungarian businessman, founder of the adult camming website LiveJasmin. He is the owner of the Docler Group, and also a producer, the co-founder of the Prima Primissima Foundation, the impresa ...
, teqball co-founder and FITEQ Chairman
Viktor Huszár, General Secretary Marius Vizer Jr.The management team is led by Sport Director Matthew Curtain.
Member federations
List of Member Federations'
There are currently 130 national teqball member federations, across five continents.
Competitions
Teqball World Championships
The annual Teqball World Championships (formerly Teqball World Cup) is the flagship teqball competition.
2017 Teqball World Cup
The first edition of the event took place in Budapest, Hungary in 2017.
2018 Teqball World Cup
The 2018 competition was held in
Reims
Reims ( , , ; also spelled Rheims in English) is the most populous city in the French department of Marne, and the 12th most populous city in France. The city lies northeast of Paris on the Vesle river, a tributary of the Aisne.
Founded by ...
, France with 42 nations.
2019 Teqball World Championships
The 2019 event was held in Budapest with 58 nations with a total of 160 athletes. Ádám Blázsovics won gold in both the singles and doubles competitions. He won the doubles gold with Csaba Bányik. The 2019 World Championships mixed doubles competition was won by Brazilian pair
Natalia Guitler
Natalia Guitler (born 4 June 1987) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player, freestyle footballer, footvolley player, and teqball player.
Biography
Guitler was born on June 4, 1987, in Rio de Janeiro Brazil. Her family is originally fr ...
and Marcos Viera.
2020 Teqball World Championships
The 2020 World Championships were postponed due to the impact of
COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December ...
. The next edition of the event will be held in 2021.
2021 Teqball World Championships
The 2021 competition was held in
Gliwice,
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...
with 105 athletes from 32 nations.
2022 Teqball World Championships
The 5th edition of the Teqball World Championships was held in
Nuremberg
Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ...
,
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
with a record of 211 athletes from 55 nations. The venue of the event was
Halle am Tillypark (KIA Metropol Arena).
Men Singles
Women Singles
Men's doubles
Women's doubles
Mixed doubles
Other major teqball events
* The Sanya 2020 Asian Beach Games
* 2021 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
* The African Beach Teqball Cup was held on 18 June 2019 during the 1st African Beach Games in
Sal, Cape Verde.
* The Asia-Pacific Beach Cup took place in November 2019 as part of the Chinese Corporative Beach Games in Sanya.
* The inaugural Teqball Masters was held from 17 to 19 December 2019 in
Riyadh
Riyadh (, ar, الرياض, 'ar-Riyāḍ, lit.: 'The Gardens' Najdi pronunciation: ), formerly known as Hajr al-Yamamah, is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of the Riyadh Province and the centre of the R ...
, Saudi Arabia
* The Challenger Cup series began in September 2019 in Balassagyarmat, Hungary
* The National Challenger Series
* The Teqball Grand Prix
*2023 European Games
World Rankings
FITEQ has World Rankings for singles, doubles and mixed doubles, based on
World Ranking
A ranking is a relationship between a set of items such that, for any two items, the first is either "ranked higher than", "ranked lower than" or "ranked equal to" the second.
In mathematics, this is known as a weak order or total preorder of ...
points attained in official FITEQ events. FITEQ publishes regular updates to its World Rankings, which are used determine the seeding of players into tournaments. Last updated on: 12 May 2022
International Partners
* Recognised by the
Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) in August 2018
* Recognised by the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (
ANOCA) in June 2019.
*Recognised by Organisation of Sports Federations of Oceania (OSFO)
* Signatory of the
United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and international security, security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be ...
Framework Convention on Climate Change
*Global Association of International Sports Federations (
GAISF
Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) is the umbrella organisation for all (Olympic and non-Olympic) international sports federations as well as organisers of multi-sports games and sport-related international association ...
) Full Member
* Partner of the
International Testing Agency
* Partner with the
International School Sport Federation (ISF)
*Signatory of the
World Anti-Doping (WADA) Code
* Content partner with the
Olympic Channel
* Media partner with
Eurosport
Eurosport is a group of pay television networks in Europe and parts of Asia. Owned by Warner Bros. Discovery through Warner Bros. Discovery Sports#Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Europe properties, its international sports unit, it operates two ...
* Partnership with the Hungarian Paralympic Committee (MPB)
*Recognised and endorsed by TAFISA
References
External links
International Teqball FederationFITEQ Online Education
{{International Sports Federations
Teqball
Organisations based in Budapest
Federations