The World Flying Disc Federation (“WFDF”) is hosting its inaugural World Wheelchair Ultimate Championships. The event is being held at the Bella Italia Efa Village in Lignano Sabbiadoro from 29-30 September 2023 and four teams are participating with two teams from Italy, one team from Germany, and an “international” team with its core group from Japan. “Today history was made with the first international Wheelchair Ultimate Games ever, with Germany securing the first win ever …
Teams from Japan, Singapore, Philippines, Australia and New Zealand take home gold from WFDF 2023 AOUGC
Five gold medallists from five different nations were crowned champions at the World Flying Disc Federation 2023 Asia Oceanic Ultimate and Guts Championships (AOUGC), which concluded on 10 September in Manila, Philippines. Teams from 15 countries competed at this continental championship event, with 44 Ultimate teams and 5 Guts teams playing in five divisions. “We were excited to see such a broad level of interest in these Continental championships,” stated WFDF President Robert “Nob” Rauch. …
Games to be live streamed from the WFDF Asia Oceanic Ultimate and Guts Championships
The World Flying Disc Federation (“WFDF”) is expanding its global coverage of flying disc championship events by offering live coverage from the upcoming WFDF Asia Oceanic Ultimate and Guts Championships, which run from 6-10 September in Manila, Philippines. This is the second time WFDF will provide live streams from a Continental Championship event, last doing it at the PanAm championship in 2019. “WFDF is excited to be expanding our international coverage to selected continental/regional tournaments,” …
WFDF announces its 2024 Events Schedule
Full cycle of events planned for the upcoming year The World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) board of Directors are pleased to announce that a full calendar of WFDF World Championship flying disc events has been scheduled to take place in 2024. WFDF President Robert “Nob” Rauch, commented “WFDF is working hard to return to pre-pandemic lead times for planning and announcing dates and hosts for our flying disc championships. Attendance has started to return to pre-2020levels and with player levels …
Plans for the Inaugural WFDF World Wheelchair Ultimate Championships in Lignano Sabbiadoro from 28 September to 1 October 2023 coming together
Individual Wheelchair Ultimate athletes invited to join special international teams being assembled The World Flying Disc Federation (“WFDF”) confirms plans for the inaugural edition of the WFDF World Wheelchair Championships to be held at the Bella Italia Efa Village in Lignano Sabbiadoro from 28 September to 1 October 2023. There are currently four teams committed from Europe. Given the special nature of this inaugural event, and the expressions of interest received to date, individual wheelchair …
WFDF releases the Provisional bid allocation list for the WFDF 2024 World Ultimate Championships and WFDF 2024 World Guts Championships
Events to be held in Gold Coast, Australia Pre-registration for the WFDF 2024 World Ultimate Championships (WUC) and the WFDF 2024 World Guts Championships (WGC) has now closed. A total of 94 Ultimate bids and 12 Guts bids have been allocated to 37 countries. Both WUC and WGC will take place at the Runaway Bay Sport Precinct on the Gold Coast, Australia, from 31st August to 7th September 2024, including satellite fields located at the …
United States comes out on top at WFDF 2023 World Under-24 Ultimate Championships
The United States once again won big on the international Ultimate stage, winning all three divisions of the WFDF 2023 World Under-24 Ultimate Championships, which concluded on July 8 in Nottingham, UK. In the Mixed division, the American side defeated Singapore, who was making their first ever appearance in a world championship final, with a final score of 15-5. Japan took home the bronze medal, besting Canada 15-13. In the Women’s division, the USA fought …
Livestreaming Plan from Nottingham during WFDF 2023 World Under-24 World Championships
Spectators from around the world will be able to watch up to 65 live-streamed games, including the semifinals and finals, from the upcoming WFDF 2023 World Under-24 World Championships, which kick off on July 2nd in Nottingham, UK — all streamed exclusively via WFDF’s subscription partnership with Ultiworld. “It’s great to stage the World Under-24s, which historically were contested every other year, for the first time since 2019 in Heidelberg,” said WFDF President Robert “Nob” Rauch. “The pandemic caused WFDF to suspend all global competitions …
WFDF announces new partnerships with X-COM Footwear and FLIK Ultimate
Greatest Ultimate Bag will continue to be the Official Bag Supplier of WFDF Two new sponsors are joining the World Flying Disc Federation partnership family. X-COM Footwear has been named the WFDF Official Footwear Sponsor for 2023-2026 and FLIK Ultimate is the WFDF Coaching Resource Partner. Greatest Ultimate Bag has also extended its contract with WFDF and will be the WFDF Official Bag Supplier through 2024. We are pleased to announce these new partnerships, introducing …
WFDF 2024 World Ultimate Championships to be held in Gold Coast, Australia
WFDF 2024 World Guts Championship to be held concurrently The WFDF 2024 World Ultimate Championships (WUC) will be held in Gold Coast, Australia from Saturday the 31st of August through Saturday the 7th of September. The WFDF 2024 World Guts Championship (WGC) will be held concurrently at the same venue. The events will be staged at the Runaway Bay Sport Precinct, with satellite fields located at the Alabaster Drive Sports Precinct, and athlete accommodations will …