International Teqball Federation

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

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

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

Teqball World Championships

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

2017 Teqball World Cup

The first edition of the event took place in Budapest, Hungary in 2017.[6]

2018 Teqball World Cup

The 2018 competition was held in Reims, France with 42 nations.

2019 Teqball World Championships

The 2019 event was held in Budapest with 58 nations[7] with a total of 160 athletes. Ádám Blázsovics won gold in both the singles and doubles competitions.[8] He won the doubles gold with Csaba Bányik. The 2019 World Championships mixed doubles competition was won by Brazilian pair Natalia Guitler and Marcos Viera.[9]

2020 Teqball World Championships

The 2020 World Championships were postponed due to the impact of COVID-19. The next edition of the event will be held in 2021.[10]

2021 Teqball World Championships

The 2021 competition was held in Gliwice, Poland with 105 athletes from 32 nations.[11]

Men Singles
Year Place Final Bronze match Source
Winner Result Second place Third place Result Fourth Place
2017 Budapest Ádám Blázsovics 12–8, 12–9 Máté Szolga Zsolt Lázár 12–9, 12–5 Konstatinos Becas [12]
2018 Reims Barna Szécsi 20–11, 20–15 Árpád Sipos Adrian Duszak 20–12, 20–10 Bogdan Marojevic [13]
2019 Budapest Ádám Blázsovics 20–10, 20–9 Adrian Duszak Apor Györgydeák 19–20, 20–5, 20–16 Bogdan Marojevic [14]
2021 Gliwice Ádám Blázsovics 12-6, 10-12, 12-6 Julien Grondin Adrian Duszak 9-12, 12-10, 12-10 Apor Györgydeák [15]

Women Singles
Year Place Final Bronze match Source
Winner Result Second place Third place Result Fourth place
2021 Gliwice Anna Izsák 12-8, 12-7 Paulina Lezak Carolyn Greco 12-5, 12-2 Natalia Guitler [16]

Men's doubles
Year Place Final Bronze match Source
Winner Result Second place Third place Result Fourth place
2017 Budapest Zsolt Lázár,

Barna Szécsi

 12–10, 9–12, 12–9 Balázs Imreh,

Róbert Szepessy

Milan Lukic,

Sasa Mirosavljevic

12–9, 12–5 Romain Gesmier,

Jonathan Siad

 [17]
2018 Reims Bogdan Marojevic,

Nikola Mitro

 19–20, 20–15, 22–20 Csaba Bányik,

Ádám Blázsovics

Szabolcs Ilyés,

Zsolt Lázár

20–11, 20–11 Natalia Guitler,

Marcos Vieira da Silva

 [18]
2019 Budapest Csaba Bányik,

Ádám Blázsovics

 20–9, 20–18 Bogdan Marojevic,

Nikola Mitro

 Szabolcs Ilyés,

Zsolt Lázár

20–13, 20–19 Julien Grondin,

Hugo Radeux

 [19]
2021 Gliwice Bogdan Marojevic

Nikola Mitro

 12-7, 9-12, 12-3 Apor Györgydeák

Szabolcs Ilyés

 Csaba Bányik

Ádám Blázsovics

 12-9, 12-10 Rodrigo Bento Medeiros

Matheus Ferraz

 [20]

Women's doubles
Year Place Final Bronze match Source
Winner Result Second place Third place Result Fourth place
2021 Gliwice Natalia Guitler

Rafaella Fontes

 12-3, 6-12, 12-9 Carolyn Greco

Margaret Osmundson

 Kinga Barabási

Katalin Dakó

 12-10, 11-12, 12-7 Anna Izsák

Lea Vasas

 [21]

Mixed doubles
Year Place Final Bronze match Source
Winner Result Second place Third place Result Fourth place
2019 Budapest Natalia Guitler,

Marcos Vieira da Silva

 20–15, 19–20, 20–14 Zsanett Janicsek,

Bányik Csaba

 Maja Umicevic,

Nikola Mitro

20–13, 20–14 Mitri Rita,

Zsolt Lázár

[22]
2021 Gliwice Zsanett Janicsek

Csaba Bányik

 12-10, 12-9 Vania Moraes Da Cruz

Leonardo Lindoso De Almeida

 Tünde Miklós

Apor Györgydeák

 12-10, 11-12, 12-7 Margaret Osmundson

Luka Pilic

 [23]

Other major teqball events
  • The Sanya 2020 Asian Beach Games[24]
  • 2021 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games [25]
  • The African Beach Teqball Cup was held on 18 June 2019 during the 1st African Beach Games in Sal, Cape Verde.[26]
  • The Asia-Pacific Beach Cup took place in November 2019 as part of the Chinese Corporative Beach Games in Sanya.[27]
  • The inaugural Teqball Masters was held from 17 to 19 December 2019 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia[28]
  • The Challenger Cup series began in September 2019 in Balassagyarmat, Hungary
  • The National Challenger Series[29]
  • The Teqball Grand Prix
  • 2023 European Games[30]

World Rankings

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: 14 January 2022

Place Men's Singles[31] Points
1. Ádám Blázsovics 43326
2. Györgydeák Apor 39012
3. Julien Grondin 27834
4. Csaba Bányik 17185
5. Adrian Duszak 15672
6. Hugo Rabeux 10665
7. Bogdan Marojevic 10380
8. Balázs Katz 10192
9. Szabolcs Ilyés 9604
10. Yassine Sahli 8769
Place Men's Doubles[32] Points
1. Csaba Bányik 43092
2. Ádám Blázsovics 42566
3. Nikola Mitro 40962
4. Bogdan Marojevic 39522
5. Szabolcs Ilyés 38945
6. Apor Gyorgydeak 37772
7. Dennis Correia 37550
8. Luka Pilic 36497
9. Frankie Diaz 27288
10. Hugo Rabeux 24597
Place Mixed Doubles[33] Points
1. Zsanett Janicsek 32018
1. Csaba Bányik 32018
3. Vania Moraes Da Cruz 17008
3. Leonardo Lindoso De Almeida 17008
5. Maja Umicevic 15372
5. Nikola Mitro 15372
7. Apor Gyorgydeak 13944
8. Tunde Miklos 12792
9. Iva Burvalova 8268
10. Lukas Flaks 8268
Place Women's Singles[34] Points
1. Anna Izsak 20751
2. Paulina Lezak 11912
3. Carolyn Greco 8340
4. Natalia Guitler 5988
5. Amelie Julian 4438
6. Maria Chedid 4084
7. Pernille Ingvaldsen Smith 3732
8. Ekaterina Poteshkina 3624
9. Zsanett Janicsek 2497
10. Kateryna Fesenko 1800
Place Women's Doubles[35] Points
1. Carolyn Greco 26515
2. Margaret Osmundson 23594
3. Rafaella Fontes 18780
4. Natalia Guitler 18780
5. Kinga Barabasi 9604
6. Katalin Dako 8068
7. Lea Vasas 7360
8. Anna Izsak 6613
9. Lauryne Scherrer 5000
10. Stephanie Brito 4666

International Partners

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