From August 4 to August 15 of 2014, China Guangzhou Youth Tchoukball Team went to the French Réunion Islands to have a cultural exchange and also some friendly tchoukball matches. China Guangzhou sent more than 20 teenagers to the stunning Réunion Islands, situated off the coast of South East Africa for a ten day cultural tour.
The African Tchoukball Championships are taking place this week in Benin. Over the past few months, there has been an Ebola outbreak in Sub-Saharan Africa. The FITB has been working closely with the organisers to ensure the competition can continue to run and with the governments and National Federations in Africa to ensure communication is as effective as possible.
The Sport Accord Convention 2014 was held from 06 to 11 of April in Antalya / Belek, Turkey. FITB's delegation － President Chris Huang, Vice President Chiara Volonte, General Secretary Fang, and Assistant General Secretary Jeff Ang, went to join this great event to promote tchoukball and meet with key stakeholders in the SportAccord movement.
FITB also took this opportunity to visit other International Federations to get their support and cooperation. A key contact was Ms Wajdan Dahkooni, member of UAE Olympic Committee to build contacts with their organization to get more support to promote tchoukball in their country.
The 3rd Asia Pacific University Tchoukball Championships (APUTC) 2013 was held successfully from 22-24 November at Jeju, South Korea. Organised by the Korea Tchoukball Federation (KTBF) and sanctioned by the FITB and Asia Pacific Tchoukball Federation (APTBF), the event saw a total of 10 teams participating in the Men and Women categories.
The 3rd World Youth Tchoukball Championships took place in Kaohsiung, Taiwan from 09-11 August. The competition achieved a major increase in participation for the FITB. Whereas the 1st WYTC had only three countries participating, there were 9 countries for the 2nd WYTC and 12 countries for the 3rd.
