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
Main article: Teqball World Championships

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

Other major teqball events
  • 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

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

International Partners

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