The FITB has expanded into Ethiopia and South Sudan with a recent training course held by Philip Kakungulu of the Uganda Tchoukball Association. Travelling to Addis Adaba and Gambella region in Ethiopia, Philip was supported financially and logistically by the FITB in his efforts.
The FITB has announced the details for the World Championships and the World Youth Tchoukball Championships. The World Championships is the senior 7-a-side competition and is the largest and most important tchoukball event in the competitions calendar. This year, over 15 different countries will participate making it the largest event of its kind. The World Youth Championships is the equivalent for our youth sections at 12, 15 and 18 year old competitions for boys and girls across the world.
Taiwan hosted the 6th FITB Asia-Pacific Tchoukball Championships this Summer. There was concern at the start of the competition as tropical typhoons meant many of the athletes were delayed in their arrival. However, a record 10 countries braved the weather and high humidity to play a spectacular event.
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.