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International Teqball Federation

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The International Teqball Federation (FITEQ, French: Fédération Internationale de Teqball) is the governing body for the sport of teqball and para teqball. FITEQ is responsible for the organisation of teqball's major international tournaments, notably the Teqball World Championships.

International Teqball Federation
Fédération Internationale de Teqball
AbbreviationFITEQ
TypeSports federation
Location
Region served
Worldwide
Membership
124 member federations
President
Gábor Borsányi
Chairman
Viktor Huszár
Vice president
György Gattyán
General Secretary
Marius Vizer Jr
WebsiteFITEQ.org

FITEQ was founded in March 2017 following the sport's inception in 2014. Headquartered in Budapest, 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

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The FITEQ Board consists of FITEQ President Gábor Borsányi,[1] who is the inventor of the sport, fellow co-founder and FITEQ Vice-President György Gattyán, teqball co-founder and FITEQ Chairman Viktor Huszár,[2] General Secretary Marius Vizer Jr[3].The management team is led by Sport Director Matthew Curtain.[4]

Member federations

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List of Member Federations

There are currently 130 national teqball member federations, across five continents.

Africa (39) Asia (31) Europe (30) Oceania (8) Pan America (22)

Competitions

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Teqball World Championships

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Main article: Teqball World Championships

The annual Teqball World Championships (formerly Teqball World Cup) is the flagship teqball competition.[5]

Other major teqball events

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  • The Sanya 2020 Asian Beach Games[6]
  • 2021 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games [7]
  • The African Beach Teqball Cup was held on 18 June 2019 during the 1st African Beach Games in Sal, Cape Verde.[8]
  • The Asia-Pacific Beach Cup took place in November 2019 as part of the Chinese Corporative Beach Games in Sanya.[9]
  • The inaugural Teqball Masters was held from 17 to 19 December 2019 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia[10]
  • The Challenger Cup series began in September 2019 in Balassagyarmat, Hungary
  • The National Challenger Series[11]
  • The Teqball Grand Prix
  • 2023 European Games[12]

World Rankings

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FITEQ has World Rankings for singles, doubles and mixed doubles, based on World Ranking 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

Place Men's Singles[13] Points
1.   Ádám Blázsovics 41977
2.   Apor Györgydeák 38693
3.   Julien Grondin 26696
4.   Csaba Bányik 15798
5.   Adrian Duszak 15660
6.   Bogdan Marojević 10380
7.   Hugo Rabeux 10358
8.   Balázs Katz 10192
9.   Szabolcs Ilyés 9532
10.   Yassine Sahli 8608
Place Men's Doubles[14] Points
1.   Nikola Mitro 67498
2.   Bogdan Marojević 66058
3.   Csaba Bányik 49198
4.   Ádám Blázsovics 48672
5.   Szabolcs Ilyés 43112
6.   Apor Györgydeák 43046
7.   Dennis Correia 39746
8.   Luka Pilic 39193
9.   Hugo Rabeux 35574
10.   Julien Grondin 35574
Place Mixed Doubles[15] Points
1.   Zsanett Janicsek 55516
1.   Csaba Bányik 55516
3.   Vania Moraes Da Cruz 33496
3.   Leonardo Lindoso De Almeida 33496
5.   Maja Umićević 21122
5.   Nikola Mitro 21122
7.   Apor Györgydeák 18102
8.   Tünde Miklós 16950
9.   Amélie Julian 12946
10.   Hugo Rabeux 12552
Place Women's Singles[16] Points
1.   Anna Izsák 19380
2.   Paulina Łeżak 11644
3.   Carolyn Greco 8044
4.   Natalia Guitler 5988
5.   Amélie Julian 4310
6.   Maria Chedid 4084
7.   Pernille Ingvaldsen Smith 3732
8. Ekaterina Poteshkina 3624
9.   Kateryna Fesenko 1800
10.   Zsanett Janicsek 1670
Place Women's Doubles[17] Points
1.   Carolyn Greco 36363
2.   Margaret Osmundson 35846
3.   Rafaella Fontes 26452
4.   Natalia Guitler 26452
5.   Lea Vasas 22318
6.   Zsanett Janicsek 21646
7.   Kinga Barabási 10822
8.   Katalin Dakó 9286
9.   Anna Izsák 9108
10.   Stephanie Brito 6350

International Partners

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References

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  1. ^ "International Teqball Federation signs Brighton plus Helsinki Declaration on Women and Sport". aroundtherings.com. Archived from the original on 2019-11-23. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
  2. ^ US, businessinsider com/author/charlie-wood/?IR=T Charlie Wood, businessinsider com/?IR=T Business Insider. "Brazilian soccer superstar Ronaldinho explains why Teqball is 'completely different' from the world's most popular sport, Business Insider – Business Insider Malaysia". www.businessinsider.my. Retrieved 2020-04-16. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "International Teqball Federation promotes Marius Vizer Jr. to general secretary". SportBusiness. 2020-01-06. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  4. ^ Upsolution. "FITEQ – Coming soon!". FITEQ – Fédération Internationale de Teqball. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  5. ^ "Teqball takes off – Host City News". www.hostcity.com. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
  6. ^ "Teqball co-founder Huszar looks forward to the sport's debut at the Sanya Asian Beach Games - Xinhua | English.news.cn". Archived from the original on August 3, 2020.
  7. ^ "OCA » OCA announces dates, sports for 6th AIMAG 2021".
  8. ^ "Cameroonian duo triumph as teqball demonstration event takes place at African Beach Games". www.insidethegames.biz. 18 June 2019. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  9. ^ "Ronaldinho to attend FITEQ Asia-Pacific Beach Cup as results platform launched". www.insidethegames.biz. 27 November 2019. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  10. ^ "Puyol headlines Teqball tournament in Riyadh". Saudigazette. 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  11. ^ "Nasarawa state to host teqball championship in November, official says". 21 September 2020.
  12. ^ "TEQBALL BECOMES 16TH SPORT ADDED TO EUROPEAN GAMES 2023". 28 May 2021.
  13. ^ "Singles World ranking". 7 September 2021.
  14. ^ "Doubles". 7 September 2021.
  15. ^ "Mixed doubles". 7 September 2021.
  16. ^ "Women's singles World Ranking".
  17. ^ "Women's Doubles World Ranking".
  18. ^ "International Teqball Federation officially recognised by Olympic Council of Asia". www.insidethegames.biz. 19 August 2018. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  19. ^ "Teqball officially recognised by Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa". www.insidethegames.biz. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  20. ^ "International Teqball Federation joins Organisation of Sports Federations of Oceania". 2020-03-12.
  21. ^ "FITEQ become signatory of UNFCCC's Sports for Climate Action initiative". 14 Sep 2020.
  22. ^ "GAISF » GAISF family welcomes three new Members".
  23. ^ "FITEQ signs landmark agreement with ITA for doping control". aroundtherings.com. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  24. ^ "International Teqball Federation signs MoU with International School Sport Federation". 8 July 2019.
  25. ^ "Code Signatories". 14 November 2013.
  26. ^ "Olympic Channel Welcomes Teqball and Wheelchair Basketball Governing Bodies – Olympic Channel Services".
  27. ^ "Eurosport takes teqball to the world | Deals | News | Rapid TV News". Archived from the original on 2019-06-19. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
  28. ^ "FITEQ partner with Hungarian Paralympic Committee to develop para teqball". 2 March 2020.
  29. ^ "International Teqball Federation strengthens diversity commitment". 22 November 2019.
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