Cohen win Fistball Cup

Current Bank Windhoek Fistball League champions, Cohen Fistball Club (CFC), won the Bank Windhoek Fistball National Cup tournament held over the weekend in Windhoek.The national cup normally takes place after the league and is the final event on the Namibia Fistball Association's season calendar. The cup tournament, which saw teams being divided into two groups, had seven participating side compete for the top honours.CFC 1 defended their title in the category A, while Swakopmund Fistball Club (SFC) emerged as the winners of category B.The fixtures kicked off with games between CFC 1, SFC 1 and Sport Klub Windhoek 2 (SKW 2), who made up category A. CFC 1 easily swept away their opponents during the group fixtures. SKW 2 finished second in the group, which allowed the team to book a spot in the category A semi-finals. Category B saw SKW 1, SFC 2, CFC 2 and 3 competing for bragging rights in the group.SKW 1 secured first place, while CFC 2 defeated their club-mates CFC 3 and SFC 2. SFC 2 were also beaten by CFC 3 and had to be satisfied with fourth spot at the end of the group stages.SFC 1, CFC 3 and SFC 2 were thus relegated to category B and played in a round-robin format to determine the winner. “Things got exciting in the match between CFC 3 and SFC 1, which ended in a 28:28 draw. Because SFC 1 won with more ball points against SFC 2, the fistballers from the coast were crowned the category B national champions,” said Fistball Association of Namibia's media officer Helmo Minz.CFC's first and second teams met in the category A semi-final, which CFC 1 won confidently.SKW 1 won against its second team, SKW 2, who put up a fight in the second semi-final.CFC 3 won the third/fourth place match against SKW 2 in category A.Arch-rivals CFC 1 and SKW 1 faced each other in the final match after the conclusion of the group fixtures.CFC 1 started off stronger and won the first set 11:5, but as the match progressed, SKW 1 responded strongly and took advantage of CFC1's service errors.SKW 1 finished as winners in the second set with a 8:11 scoreline.Filled with confidence, SKW started off stronger in the third set and led 5:0. However, CFC 1 fought back and finally won the set 15:13. CFC 1 won the fourth set 11:7 and thus became the Bank Windhoek Fistball National Cup champions.“This marks the end of a perfect season for CFC, who have been dominant throughout the 2019 Bank Windhoek Fistball National League,” said Minz. CFC 1's Wilko Hoffmann walked away as the player of the day winner, while SKW 2's Robert Caspary, won the most valuable player award. CFC 1's defender Thilo Wilckens was awarded the player of the year trophy. “Bank Windhoek congratulates the Namibian Fistball Association on another successful year of organising this year's league and national cup. “We are proud of our longstanding partnership to promote this and other smaller sporting codes in Namibia and give them a platform to take their sports to greater heights.“Bank Windhoek looks forward to journeying with the association and players in 2020,” said Bank Windhoek's public relations manager André le Roux“To our main sponsor, Bank Windhoek, thank you for the support throughout the season.“The clubs, players and the association, highly appreciates your contribution to making this league a success,” Minz added. The Bank Windhoek Fistball National League will resume on 8 February 2020, with the opening tournament in Swakopmund.Sport Reporter

Cohen win Fistball Cup

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Namibian Sun 2026-03-24

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Cohen win Fistball Cup

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