{"id":282676,"date":"2019-10-29T17:11:53","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T15:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=282676"},"modified":"2019-10-29T17:11:54","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T15:11:54","slug":"fistball-national-cup-tourney-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=282676","title":{"rendered":"Fistball National Cup tourney this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Staff reporter<\/p>\n<p>THE Fistball National Cup tournament will take place this weekend with the defending champions back in action in the hopes of retaining the league trophy for the second time in a row.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The first set of games of the weekend will kick-off at 08h30 and the finals of each category will commence at 16h30.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rivals, Sport Klub Windhoek (SKW 1) and Cohen Fist ball Club, will again battle it out for bragging rights come matchday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fistball Association of Namibia\u2019s Media Officer, Helmo Minz, said that this tournament will deliver nail-biting performances from both teams who will be participating for top honours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"701\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_8319-701x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-282679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_8319-701x1024.jpg 701w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_8319-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_8319-768x1122.jpg 768w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_8319.jpg 1648w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/><figcaption>TOP GUNS IN ACTION: The Bank Windhoek Fistball tourney is back in action this coming weekend. Photo: Contributed<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is expected that CFC 1 and SKW 1, who both delivered a nail-biting thriller during the final league match a month ago, will fight it out until the last whistle,\u201d said Minz.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The tournament is made up of two groups &#8211; A and B &#8211; and will see seven participating teams compete for top honours. CFC 1, SKW 2 and two teams from the Swakopmund Fistball Club, SFC 1 and 2, make up Group A.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Record champions SKW 1, CFC 2 and 3 will face each other in Group B with SKW 1 anticipated to prevail as the group winner.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis group will witness clashes among the three remaining rivals. CFC 2 probably has the best chance of advancing to the Category A semi-final,\u201d said Minz.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The top two teams after the preliminary round\u2019s semi-finals will contest for the Category A cup, while the third and fourth placed of the two groups will challenge for the Category B cup in the semi-finals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The National Cup tournament will conclude with an award ceremony, as well as the Fistball League\u2019s individual honours. The tournament\u2019s format is set in a round robin fixture and the matches will be played according to time and not as usual on sets like in the main league.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><!-- MetaSlider 271797 not found --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":282680,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-282676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fistball National Cup tourney this weekend - Informant\u00e9<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"THE Fistball National Cup tournament will take place this weekend with the defending champions back in action in the hopes of retaining the league trophy for the second time in a row.\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=282676\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fistball National Cup tourney this weekend - 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