The 14th Men’s World Fistball Championships was held from the 14th to 22 November 2015 in Calamuchita, Córdoba in

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

. It was the second time the Men's Fistball World Championships have been held in Argentina, having also previously been held in

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in 1986. The tournament was held in four settlements in Córdoba Province, three of them are located in Calamuchita: Villa General Belgrano,

Santa Rosa de Calamuchita Santa Rosa de Calamuchita is a small village in the province of Córdoba, Argentina. It had about 10,000 inhabitants at the . The village is located in the center of the Calamuchita Valley, in the middle of a landscape that includes hills (the '' ...

and Embalse. The fourth venue was La Cumbrecita, in Santa María Department.

Participants

At the Fistball World Championships in 2015, a record 15 teams have committed to take part in the competition, and increase on the 12 teams that competed at the last World Championships in 2011. Australia are expected to compete for the first time in its short history, marking the first time the Oceania region has been represented in fistball at the World Championships. Also competing for the first time will be

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, becoming the second African team to compete. Two new Asian region teams will take part for the first time, with

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and

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committed to sending teams to the tournament. Colombia will be the fifth team making its inaugural entry, becoming the fourth South American team represented.

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will be defending their title as World Champion, and will be joined by 9 other returning teams.

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and Japan are the only two teams not returning from the 2011 tournament. These teams have provisionally reported for the World Cup in Argentina:

Final standing

References

External links

Official website for 2015 Fistball World Championships
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