When exactly the game of fistball was "invented", is not known.

The play and scoring however differed significantly from fistball as it is known today.

A standard fistball is hollow, filled with air and is made of leather.

Women's fistball competition has not yet been introduced.

The development of fistball was halted by the Second World War.

By 1926 the club had nearly 600 members in departments for football, athletics, fistball, gymnastics, and swimming.

Fistball, while still a game affiliated to the Gymnastics Association, began to grow independently.

In addition to fielding a football side the sports club had departments for cycling, fistball, and gymnastics.

Fistball is a sport of European origin.

This unconditional commitment of each player makes up the foundation of the fistball sport dynamic.

Fistball is a team sport in which two teams compete against each other on two half-fields, similar to volleyball.

Fistball is not a seasonal sport.

Preußen Münster also fields teams in tennis, athletics, handball and fistball.

A fistball game is controlled by a referee, who is assisted by two linesmen.

During the late 1980s and the early 1990s, Dirk Schachtsiek has been the most renowned Fistball player in the world.

Germany has qualified at the 2017 World Games in the Fistball Men Team event.

Rules for an Italian version of fistball were recorded by Antonius Scaiono in 1555.

It was only in 1870 that fistball was introduced to Germany, led by Georg Weber.

Oldenburg hosted the 2007 Fistball World Championship.

It has departments for fistball, hockey, track and field, table-tennis and football referees, all of which compete only at the amateur level.

In additional, under-18 Fistball World Championships have been hosted for male youth since 2003 and female youth since 2006.

Fistball was first presented in 1885 at the German Gymnastics Festival in Dresden.

The World Championships were played with 12 participants, qualifying from the 24 member states and 11 partner associations of the International Fistball Association.

At international levels, outdoor fistball is also played in the U-shape, mainly due to the better defenses that it can provide against fast and powerful attacking shots.

Fistball was introduced as a World Games sport for men at the 1985 World Games in London.