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Cycle ball

Sport similar to association football played on bicycles

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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[edit]

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 brothersofCzechoslovakia, 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[edit]

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

See also[edit]

• Cycle polo
• Hardcourt Bike Polo

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• 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