FITEQ, along with the French National Teqball Federation (FNTEQ) and Portuguese Teqball Federation, provided accommodation, financial support and other necessities to facilitate the athletes and their families to attend the World Series event in Paris.

A total of four Ukrainian athletes were able to compete in the European Teqball Tour in Lisbon from February 25 to 27, before flying to Paris for the World Series that took place from March 18 to 20. 

Teqball players Ivan Grom and Oleh Usychenko, as well as Iryna Dubytska and Anastasiia Terekh, represented Ukraine in all three categories - women’s doubles, men’s doubles, and mixed doubles - at the Paris World Series. 

FITEQ, headquartered in Budapest, has also provided essential items to the Hungarian Red Cross.

"Our primary focus as an international sports federation is to support the Ukrainian teqball community," FITEQ President Gábor Borsányi, chair Viktor Huszár and vice-president György Gattyán all said. 

"This means providing financial, logistical and indeed emotional support, to enable them to continue training, competing, and being role models at our international events.

"However, at the same time, FITEQ wants to demonstrate its commitment to supporting as many people as it possibly can. 

"As a Hungarian-born sport, and with FITEQ’s headquarters in Budapest, the war in Ukraine is very close to home. 

"There are hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian refugees here, and through our actions we want to encourage as many people as possible to support the efforts of the Hungarian Red Cross and other leading NGOs."

During the Paris World Series, an auction was held at the event’s gala dinner with prizes, including signed shirts from Brazilian footballer and teqball Ambassador Ronaldinho.

All the money obtained from this auction went to the Ukrainian athletes in attendance in Paris.

FITEQ will continue to provide support and has called on the global teqball family to continue showing solidarity to Ukraine.