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Team USA Crowned Champions of the 2025 WFDF Virtual Sport World Team Disc Golf Championships.

25 June 2025  The World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) is proud to announce the conclusion of the WFDF 2025 Virtual Sport World Team Disc Golf Championships (VSWTDGC), with the United States of America emerging as the 2025 World Champions after an exciting Championship Finals held virtually on June 21–22.   The finals featured top national mixed-gender teams from France, Italy, and the United States, who advanced through two competitive qualifying events. During the finals, each …

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Top Nations Advance to WFDF Virtual Sport World Team Disc Golf Championship Finals, Set for 21-22 June.

18 June 2025  France, Italy, and the United States to compete for the world title in Round 3 of the global mixed-gender virtual disc golf competition. The World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) is proud to announce that the Championship Finals (Round 3) of the WFDF Virtual Sport World Team Disc Golf Championships (VSWTDGC) will take place on 21–22 June, 2025. Following two competitive qualifying rounds, three national teams—France, Italy, and the United States—have earned their …

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World Flying Disc Federation opens Round 2 of the Virtual Sport World Team Disc Golf Championships – National Placement Games.

12 June 2025  The World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) reminds all National Teams made up of mixed-gender pairs (2 players) who qualified during the National Qualification Round 1 to take part in Round 2 of the WFDF Virtual Sport World Team Disc Golf Championships this week. WFDF President Mr Robert “Nob” Rauch commented “We were thrilled to see more than 2,200 players from 19 countries take part in Round 1. As only the second (VSWTDGC), …

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WFDF Highlights Flying Disc Presence and Cat Phillips’ Candidacy for IWGA Athletes Committee at The World Games 2025

04 Jun 2025  The World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) is proud to share that Australian athlete Cat Phillips has been announced as a candidate for the IWGA Athletes Committee election at The World Games 2025, taking place in Chengdu, China from 7 to 17 August. The IWGA Athletes Committee serves a key role in athlete representation, offering insight and input on behalf of all competitors at The World Games. Cat served on the inaugural IWGA …

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Deadline Extended for the WFDF Virtual Sport World Team Disc Golf Championship (VSWTDGC) qualification first round.

15 May 2025  The World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) has decided to extend the first round qualification deadline to May 31st  in order to provide more time for competitors from countries to participate in the national qualifying round of the Virtual Sport World Team Disc Golf Championships (VSWTDGC). The 2025 VSWTDGC is hosted on Disc Golf Valley (DGV), a leading mobile disc golf simulation developed and published by Spinoff Games. With over 2 million downloads, …

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WFDF Announces Second Edition of Virtual Sport World Team Disc Golf Championship

24 April 2025  The World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) is thrilled to announce the second edition of the Virtual Sport World Team Disc Golf Championship (VSWTDGC), set to commence on May 5, 2025. Building upon the success of the inaugural 2022 event, this championship continues to embrace the digital evolution of disc golf, offering players worldwide an opportunity to represent their nations in a virtual arena.​ The 2025 VSWTDGC will be hosted on Disc Golf …

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Road to WUC: New Zealand Determined to Display both Spirit and Skill in Gold Coast

As the international Ultimate community gets ready for the WFDF 2024 World Ultimate Championships next month, we are putting the spotlight on some of the teams that will be traveling to Australia for this premier event, and a chance to qualify for The World Games 2025. Join us, as we follow their Road to WUC. New Zealand is known for its impressive Spirit of the Game, once sweeping the category in all three divisions at …

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Road to WUC: Italy Ready to Make a Name for Itself on the World Stage

As the international Ultimate community gets ready for the WFDF 2024 World Ultimate Championships next month, we are putting the spotlight on some of the teams that will be traveling to Australia for this premier event, and a chance to qualify for The World Games 2025. Join us, as we follow their Road to WUC. Italy is no stranger to WFDF World Ultimate Championship events. The country has competed in most WFDF World Ultimate Championships, …

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Road to WUC: Chinese Taipei A Small But Mighty Competitor

As the international Ultimate community gets ready for the WFDF 2024 World Ultimate Championships next month, we are putting the spotlight on some of the teams that will be traveling to Australia for this premier event, and a chance to qualify for The World Games 2025. Join us, as we follow their Road to WUC. Since the last time they competed in a WFDF World Ultimate Championships, a few things have changed for Chinese Taipei. …

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Road to WUC: Panama’s First Ever National Ultimate Team Has A Few Surprises In Store

As the international Ultimate community gets ready for the WFDF 2024 World Ultimate Championships next month, we are putting the spotlight on some of the teams that will be traveling to Australia for this premier event, and a chance to qualify for The World Games 2025. Join us, as we follow their Road to WUC. When you talk to members of the Panama national team who will be competing in the Mixed division at the …

Beach Ultimate Included in ANOC 2019

[lead]WFDF excited for Beach Ultimate to be included in the inaugural ANOC World Beach Games[/lead] The World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) Board of Directors has reacted enthusiastically to the announcement that the initial edition of the ANOC World Beach Games (WBG) in 2019 will include the Flying Disc sport of Beach Ultimate. The San Diego Organizing Committee for the WBG have released the list of 19 sports being included in their sports programme for the …

WFDF 2016 World Ultimate and Guts Championship Prepares for Finals

The WFDF 2016 World Ultimate and Guts Championship is prepared for the final gold medal rounds today at the Allianz Park stadium in London, home of Rugby’s reigning Premiership Champions, Saracens RFC. Championship finals will be held in the mixed gender, women’s, and men’s divisions, capping the weeklong event that began Sunday 19 June. At the event today Australia will take on the USA in the mixed division, Colombia will face off against the USA …

2016 WUGC Reaches Reaches Quarterfinal

[lead]WFDF 2016 World Ultimate and Guts Championship Reaches Quarterfinal Stage[/lead] The WFDF 2016 World Ultimate and Guts Championship reached the quarterfinal stage of the event beginning today, with the top seeds in each division of play remaining largely intact. The preliminary and play-off rounds of the WUGC 2016 are being held at the University College London (UCL) Sports Ground in London Colney. The tournament organizing committee, headed by UK Ultimate CEO Simon Hill and Tournament …

Live Stream Schedule

The following games will be streamed on Livestream.com. Click on the game link to watch. If the livestream is over, the game will be archived for viewing. Additional games may be added to this list. A full tournament schedule can be found here. If you are on mobile or tablet, we recommend downloading the Livestream app. iTunes | Google Play All times in London British Summer Time (GMT +1). Sunday, June 19 12:30 – CAN …

WUGC 2016 London livestream

More than 20 games to be live-streamed online over the weeklong event [lead]WFDF 2016 World Ultimate Championships in London to appear on Livestream.com[/lead] The World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) is pleased to announce that the WFDF 2016 World Ultimate and Guts Championships from London will be presented on the leading online platform Livestream.com. Select round-robin, quarterfinal, semifinal, and final competitions will be presented June 19 -25, featuring multi-camera coverage, live commentary, and high-quality graphics. In …

WFDF 2015 Pan American Ultimate Championships under way in Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo, Mexico

The 2015 WFDF Pan American Ultimate Championships (PAUC) are under way in the city of Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo, Mexico. A total number of 47 teams from 8 countries featuring 900 players are competing in the Open, Women`s, Mixed and Open Masters divisions. Players come from Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Uruquay and USA. All official information and the event and game schedule can be found on the official event website for PAUC …

WFDF 2015 World Under23 Ultimate Championships under way in Greater London, St. Albans, 12-18 July

The WFDF 2015 World Under23 Championships are under way in London (GBR) at UCL Sports Grund, St. Albans, from 12 to 18 July 2015. Athletes from 24 countries participate in this premier WFDF World Championships event. All information, results and updates can be found on the official website of WU23. The official results are available from the the WFDF website event section. Official Newsletter, Sunday, 12 July 2015 Official Newsletter, Monday, 13 July 2015 Official …

World Games – The Medal Matches – Tuesday, July 30th 2013

At the World Games the medal games are re-matches. This time it featured Colombia and Canada for Bronze and USA versus Australia for gold. The Bronze began after the three-hour siesta in the afternoon and a TV delay as the international and local broadcasting teams needed time to get everything lined up. Why? Because host team Colombia surprised many by qualifying for the medal round. This game had a little bit of everything as the …

World Games Final Pool Play Results – July 29th and 30th

Lots of opportunities available to start the end of Pool Play as teams kept their spirits high. First game round 2 featured Great Britain versus Japan. After a strong first half and a late 9-7 lead, once again GB faltered as the Japanese defense tightened up. The big hucks failed and Japan wins 13-11. Colombia-USA followed, a good test for Colombia. Could they hang with the rangy, confident and hard-to-read Americans? It’s tough to counter …

The World Games 2013 – Day 1 of the Ultimate competition

Everything you need to know about this tournament could be seen at 8:45 this morning, 15 minutes into the first game, Japan versus Colombia: Outside the stadium a line stretching far down the block was still waiting to get in. On the field, Colombia was scoring goal after goal each one to a roar of the crowd. One got the sense that this was going to be a special day.

The World Games’ Ultimate Competition about to Commence

The sports program for flying disc (known as disco volador in Spanish) at the IWGA World Games in Cali Colombia will commence Sunday July 28 and run for three days, through Tuesday July 30.  Ultimate is the featured discipline for the sport, which the international governing body World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) presents in a mixed-gender format.  The World Games is the 11-day multi-sport event run by the International World Games Association under the patronage …

Live Broadcast and Streaming of the Ultimate Games of the 2013 IWGA World Games

The Ultimate Games of the 2013 IWGA World Games will be streamed live on th official Broadcast website of CLOC. To access the stream please click here. Please click on "Live Broadcasts" to watch the games. The Chair of the Ultimate Rules Sub-Committee will be providing updates from the sidelines for all games at TWG here: @WFDF_Rules #twgwfdf . The game of the day will be broadcast as Worldfeed on many TV Channels. The official …

WJUC Dublin: Spirit of the Game final rankings published

WFDF today has published today the Spirit of the Game final rankings of the 2012 WFDF World Junior Ultimate Championships which were held in Dublin from 12 to 18 August 2012. The rankings also include the SOTG results for the U17 EYUC tournament. Winners of the SOTG awards were Colombia in the Junior Open division and Germany in the Junior Women division. In U17 EYUC the winners were Switzerland in the U17 Open division and …

WJUC Dublin – Day 6: Semifinals in Junior Open and Women`s divisions – and bronze medals decided

As day six brings the curtain down on a fantastic celebration of Junior Ultimate, at times it looked like we weren’t going to make it. 47 teams, having flown from the far corners of the globe to be part of around 1100 players in four different competitions, have played their hearts out. There have been bumps in the road – there can’t be many tournaments, let alone World Championship events, that can boast that they …

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WJUC 2012 Dublin – Day 7: The World Champions are crowned – USA (Junior Open) and Colombia (Junior Women)

The final day of the WFDF 2012 World Junior Ultimate Championships was blessed by sunshine and perfect playing conditions in the Tolka Park Stadium in Dublin. The finals were played for the Junior Open and Junior Women divisions and the World Champions are crowned: USA and Colombia were the finalists in both divisions and glory was distributed equally amongst them: whilst USA took the gold medal in the Junior Open division defeating Colombia 15-10 the …

WJUC 2012 Dublin – Day 5: back to normal life after the tropical storm

After the chaos of Tropical Storm O’Donnell, I half expected to wake up floating down the Liffey after being flooded out of my flat. This was not the case and glorious sunshine was the order of the day for day five of WJUC 2012 (well the first half of the day anyway). This, however, did lead to an equally disturbing sight; one that a lot of the players and spectators from warmer climates may never …

WJUC 2012 Dublin – Day 4: Heavy rain suspends play and the greenkeeper is in action

Our insider at Met Eireann was not wrong about the prediction of yesterdays weather, although they failed to warn us about the hurricane warning that was put in place – Ian Thorpe’s polyurethane swimming suit would have been more useful than the waterproofs that I chose to wear as I cycled to the pitches for day four of WJUC 2012. It was clear that this was not going to be any ordinary day when a …

WJUC 2012 Dublin – Day 3 – conclusion of the initial pools in the Junior Open and U17 Open divisions

Day three of WJUC 2012 saw the conclusion of the initial tial pools in the Junior Open and U17 Open divisions, whilst the ladies continue to battle on in this first stage of competition, which draws to a close for them tomorrow. Although blustery at times, ‘Rio of the North’ continued to surprise the tournament organisers by delivering sun for large periods of the day – but don’t get used to it…our sources at Met …

WJUC 2012 Dublin – Day 2 – first full day of the tournament in the Rio of the North

Monday was the first full day of the tournament after the excitement of the opening ceremony and show case match on Sunday. Dublin, locally known as “the Rio of the north”, did not disappoint on the weather front putting on at least 20 minutes of blistering sunshine (mixed in with the torrential rain and blustery conditions that will test the players over the next couple of days). As with any tournament on the World stage, …

The 2012 WFDF World Junior Ultimate Championships are on stage

The 2012 World Flying Disc Federation World Junior Ultimate Championships and EUF EYUC U-17 are on stage. Sunday night saw the opening ceremony take place in Albert College Park. The sun came out, the teams created a carnival atmosphere and most importantly the tournament mascot, Micheal J. Fox finally had a chance to meet the crowd! Spectators were wowed by a traditional Irish dance group, introduced to Mark Kendall, the WFDF Representative, and attendance heard …

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WFDF 2012 World Ultimate and Guts Championships reported

The 2012 WFDF World Ultimate and Guts Championships (WUGC) in Sakai, Japan came to a close with a convincing victory by Team USA over Great Britain 17-5 in the Open division finals.  Hosts Japan secured the World Championship title in the Women`s division on their home fields to win 17-13 over USA.  Japan (Red) won the World Guts Championship title during WUGC, beating USA 2-0 in the Guts division final. Japan (White) secured the Bronze …

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WUGC 2012: Final Rankings

Ultimate Open Division: USA   GBR   CAN   PHL Ultimate Women`s Division: JPN   USA   CAN   CAN Ultimate Mixed Division: CAN   AUS   JPN   RSA Ultimate Open Masters Division: CAN   AUS   JPN   NZL Ultimate Women`s Masters Division: USA   CAN   JPN   GER Guts Open Division: JPN red   USA   JPN white   AUS

WUGC 2012: Day 6 – USA meets Canada in the semifinals for a rematch of the 2008 final

Great Britain playing Australia in the Open division was in the end another game about the ability to score upwind. Great Britain took an early lead off of an upwind huck, but could not preserve it until halftime. Down 8-6 Australia ran off a string of 3 points to take half 9-8. Great Britain battled back, getting one upwind point in the second half, carrying that lead all the way to 14-13. Despite the Aussies …

WUGC 2012: Day 7 – Finals are set up – Japan (red) wins Guts Open division

Day 7 of the World Ultimate and Guts Championships has seen the first World Champions been crowned in the Guts Open division. Japan (red) won over USA 2-0. Japan (white) took the Bronze winning 2-0 over Australia. In the meantime the finals are played in the Masters divisions and USA took the Gold in the Women`s Masters division whilst Canada are the Champions in the Open Masters division. Open division, Women`s division and Mixed division …

WUGC 2012: Day 5 – Open Division top Seeds face off, New Zealand beats Germany in Women`s division

Two highly anticipated matches lived up to the hype, as the top of the power pools in the Open division did battle on day 5 of the WFDF 2012 World Ultimate and Guts Championships in Sakai. USA outlasted Australia in a dog fight, a game featuring multiple lead changes and stifling defenses. The Aussies held a 8-5 lead, but were unable to hold off an American run to half, and would find themselves down at …

Learn from the women in the inaugural WFDF Women’s Masters Division (WUGC) – support Ultimate Peace

The women from each of the six teams competing in the inaugural edition of a Women’s Masters division of WUGC 2012 have created a Tips From the Masters Ultimate Deck full of skills, drills and expertise from some of the top women players in the world. With the purchase of each deck, $5 will be donated to Ultimate Peace an organization which builds bridges of friendship and understanding for youth from different social and cultural …

WUGC 2012: Day 4 – Open Division top seeds hold, Japan beats USA in a stunning Women`s Division game

Top Seeds Canada, United States, Japan, and Australia all remain undefeated after the first game of power pools in the Open Division. Canada and Australia faced tough tests from Great Britain and Germany, respectively. Both teams pulled away late on the strength of their defense and athleticism. The U.S. and Japan gained early leads on both of their opponents and never looked back. After an early break by the Swedish, the defense of the USA …