Neusiedler Teqball-Star wins the first international title!

Neusiedler Teqball-Star wins the first international title!

An exciting weekend for the Austrian Teqball has found its peak: Alexander Hamm, a 17-year-old player from Neusiedl am See, secured the first international title of an Austrian tea player at the Euro Teqball Youth Cup in Žilina, Slovakia. It was a success that had both Hamm and the domestic tea community cheered. The Euro Teqball Youth Cup took place from November 16 to 17, 2023 and was a U19 tournament with participants from all over Europe. Hamm, who went to the sports hall with nervousness and anticipation, already showed its skills in the group phase. His first opponent, Joao Cavalheiro from Portugal, had to give up with a clear 12: 3 and 12: 9. But the joy was quickly steamed when Hamm was defeated in the second group game against Marek Pokwap from Poland, number 18 on the men's world rankings, with 3:12 and 9:12. In the third group game, however, Hamm showed his class and won against Bandiougou Diawara from France with 12: 7 and 12:10, which secured the move into the quarterfinals. alex-hamm.com reports that …

victories and defeats

in the quarterfinals, Hamm met Matej Kubovy from the Czech Republic, number 16 in the world. Here, however, Hamm had no chance and lost both sentences with 8:12. With this result he landed in a solid fifth place-a previous career highlight for the talented player who is clearly developing into one of the best. alex-hamm.com complements that ...

But Hamm was not only successful in singles. In the U19 double he competed with the German U18 champion Elias Petzold. The duo harmonized excellently, although they hardly knew each other before the tournament, and celebrated a convincing victory in the final against the Czech players Filip Sibrava and Jakub Parlar with 12: 2 and 12: 5. Petzold also achieved third place in the individual competition and shows that the German competition is also strong. a sport on the advance

Teqball, a relatively new sport that was invented in Hungary in 2014, is becoming increasingly popular and is played on a bent table. The mixture of football and table tennis elements attracts players of all ages. The rules are simple: it is played with a football, and players are only allowed to touch the ball with parts of the body except their hands and arms. Teqball is held in individual and double competitions, whereby the dynamics in the team games turn out to be particularly interesting. Wikipedia describes ...

After Hamm was able to celebrate an impressive success in the Youth Cup, he plans to continue to filed his form until the upcoming U19 Teqball Championship in Pécs, Hungary. Preparations are ongoing and hopes are great that this young athlete will soon cause a sensation again. Teqball has established itself as an exciting sport that not only reaches a curve high score in the domestic sports landscape, but also internationally. It remains to be seen what the future of Hamm and the Austrian tea ball players have.