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Cycle ball

Cycle ball
Highest governing body	Union Cycliste Internationale
First played	1883
Characteristics
Contact	No
Team members	Yes
Mixed-sex	No
Type	Cycle sports
Presence
Country or region	Europe, Japan
Olympic	No
World Games	1989

Cycle-ball, also known as "radball" (from German), is a sport similar to association football played on bicycles. The two people on each team ride a fixed gear bicycle with no brakes or freewheel. The ball is controlled by the bike and the head, except when defending the goal.

History

The sport was introduced in 1883 by American artistic cyclist, Nicholas Edward Kaufmann. ^[1] The first match was played on September 14 that year between Kaufmann and fellow artistic cyclist John Featherly. ^[1] Its first world championships were in 1929. In the early 20th century, the sport spread to Germany; in the modern day, Germany is the location of the sport's largest fanbase. ^[1] Cycle-ball is also popular in Austria, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic. ^[1] The most successful players were the Pospíšil brothers of Czechoslovakia, world champions 20 times between 1965 and 1988.

Closely related is artistic cycling in which the athletes perform a kind of gymnastics on cycles.

Championships

• UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships
• Cycle-ball at the 2005 and 2007 Asian Indoor Games
• Cycle-ball at the 1989 World Games

See also

• Cycle polo
• Hardcourt Bike Polo

References

External links

• List with over 420 cycle-ball clubs
• UCI's introduction to cycle-ball and artistic cycling
• Cycle-Ball – When Cycling Met Football
• 2011 Dogo News Article