After six days of competition from 22-27 July in Norrköping, Sweden, the WFDF 2013 World Overall Championships (WOC) concluded with the crowning of new open and women’s division champions from the host country. Tomas Burvall of Bollnäs, Sweden, won his second WFDF World Overall gold medal in the open division alongside the women’s gold medalist, Niloofar Mosavar Rahmani of Norrköping, Sweden. The WOC event, held every other year, is the official WFDF championship contesting seven …
WFDF 2013 Asia-Oceanic Ultimate Club Championships (AOUCC2013) Commences
WFDF 2013 Asia-Oceanic Ultimate Club Championships (AOUCC2013) began on Friday August 9 at The Grandstand in Singapore (the former Bukit Timah Race Course) and will run through Sunday August 11. The second edition of this prestigious regional club championship features 27 Mixed Division and 4 Open Division club teams. Clubs are participating from Australia, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Invitation for accredited World Games Media – WFDF Press Conference – 30 July, 3:00 p.m., PG Stadium
The World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) invites all accredited World Games Media to the Press Conference with WFDF President Robert "Nob" Rauch on 30 July 2013, 3:00 p.m. Cali time in the Press Conference room at the Pascual Guerrero Olympic Stadium in Cali. During the conference the WFDF President and the Competition Manager Mauricio Moore will provide information on the results of the Flying Disc Ultimate competition of the 2013 World Games, which will see …
Sweden Dominates WFDF Overall Championships at the Midpoint
In the fourth day of competition at the 2013 World Flying Disc Federation Overall Championships, the host country of Sweden leads the medal count with 15 total medals after the completion of three events. Trailing with six medals is the United States of America. The WOC event, held every other year, is the official WFDF championship contesting seven individual and pairs events, including the disc sports disciplines of Accuracy, Distance, Disc Golf, Discathon, Double Disc …
Peace and Sport and WFDF unite to facilitate social integration of the most vulnerable in Colombia
More than 150 educators and beneficiaries of the project "Ultimate por la Paz" supported by Peace and Sport and the World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) gathered last weekend in Cali for the "Community Hat Tournament," highlight of the social responsibility program of the Colombian Ultimate Federation (AJUC). One year after signing a partnership to use and promote the sport of Ultimate Frisbee as a tool for peace education and social integration, Peace and Sport and …
WFDF 2013 World Under 23 Ultimate Championships officially opened in Toronto, Canada
The warm, sunny weather was perfect for the opening ceremonies and kickoff showcase game of the WFDF 2013 World Under 23 Championships in Toronto, Canada, on Sunday afternoon. First nation dancers lead the 36 teams representing countries from around the world into the opening ceremonies. The players’ enthusiasm was particularly well highlighted by the gymnastic talents displayed by the Japanese player who, instead of walking in, entered the ceremonies with backhand springs. Jason Robinson, Co-Tournament …
WFDF newsletter Archives Updated
WFDF is pleased to announce that it is making publicly available a significant part of its history. The WFDF Newsletters from 1985 to 1996 have been digitally scanned and are now available on the web site. Johan Lindgren, who had served as WFDF Secretary from 1985 to 1994 had singlehandedly prepared and distributed between one and four newsletters in each year of his tenure. Lindgren also served as Treasurer from 1989 to 1998. “We are …
BULA/WFDF 2013 European Championships of Beach Ultimate final results
The 2013 BULA/WFDF European Championships of Beach Ultimate (ECBU) in Calafell Platja, Spain, came to a close with a victory by Team Sweden over Ireland 12-4 in the featured Mixed division final. A total of 1,150 players from 23 countries participated in the largest Beach Ultimate event ever co-hosted by the Beach Ultimate Lovers Association (BULA) and the World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) in the seven divisions: Open, Women’s, Mixed, Open Masters, Women’s Masters, Mixed …
WFDF Congress approves Turkey and Ukraine as regular members
WFDF is pleased to announce that the Congress has approved the Flying Disc Players Association of Turkey (Oyunun Ruhu Derneği – ORD) and the Ukrainian Flying Disc Federation (UFDF) as regular national member associations of the World Flying Disc Federation. The approval given by Congress to FDPAT-ORD and UFDF brings WFDF to a membership of 59 member associations in 56 countries.
The BULA/WFDF 2013 European Championships of Beach Ultimate (ECBU2013) are running
The BULA/WFDF 2013 European Championships of Beach Ultimate (ECBU2013) are running and on live.ecbu2013.org the fans can find all online coverage of the BULA/WFDF event which is held on Calafell Beach, Tarragona (Spain) 27-30 June 2013. Since Thursday the tournament has been blessed with fantastic weather and the Tournament Organising Committee (TOC) gets compliments for their preparations and operations of the event.