WFDF excited for Beach Ultimate to be included in the inaugural ANOC World Beach Games
27 October 2016
 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 initial edition of these games, all of which are different disciplines to any contested in the Olympic programme. The announcement followed meetings between San Diego and ANOC officials at last month’s Asian Beach Games in Danang. San Diego has proposed that the event be held from 10-20 October 2019.
“The ANOC World Beach Games in 2019 will be the highlight of WFDF´s Beach Ultimate calendar in 2019 and we are pleased and proud to be included by ANOC and the San Diego organizers of the Games,” stated WFDF President Robert “Nob” Rauch. “ Beach Ultimate has been growing exponentially since our first world championship in 2004, and our board has confirmed that the 2017 WFDF World Championships of Beach Ultimate in association with BULA (WCBU) being held in June 2017 in Royan, France will serve as the qualification event for the WBG.” As announced previously, the WCBU 2017 attracted a record breaking numbers of bids by 200 teams across more than 40 national member associations, with the event capped at 120 teams.
“It is a nice coincidence that the iconic Flying Disc was invented and originally produced out of Southern California, and what better place to showcase our sport but on the beach. This is the first world championship hosted by the Association of National Olympic Committees, and it is indeed an honor to be included with so many other sports so well suited for play on the sand in the sun by the ocean.”
WFDF Beach Ultimate Committee chair José Pirès acknowledged that the postponement of the initial edition of the ANOC World Beach Games from 2017 to 2019 will allow for WFDF to stay with the event cycle and use the WCBU 2017 as the qualifying event. “This will make sure that the best Beach Ultimate teams and athletes will participate in these Games and that all teams participating in the event will be fully prepared.”
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21 July 2018 - Official Communication 
Six teams have moved onto the finals of the WFDF 2018 World Ultimate Championships after a dramatic semifinals day that saw the tournament move to an indoor location after outdoor play was suspended due to inclement weather. After flash flood, thunderstorm, and tornado warnings were issued in southwest Ohio on Friday, the semifinals and finals of the WFDF 2018 World Ultimate Club Championships were moved to Wall2Wall Soccer complex in mason, OH, USA.
In the Men’s division, Australia’s Colony upset the USA’s Doublewide to advance to the finals, where they will face the tournament’s top seed, the USA’s Revolver, who remain undefeated and are the defending WUCC champions from 2014 in Lecco, Italy. Revolver won their semifinal game against Canada’s GOAT.
In the Women’s division, Colombia’s Revolution put together an impressive performance, including an end zone layout that made the Sports Center’s Top 10 plays of the day, to defeat USA’s Brute Squad. The USA’s Riot, the defending WUCC champions, bested the USA’s Molly Brown to proceed to the finals.
In the Mixed division, it will be an all-American derby after USA’s Slow White defeated USA’s Wild Card to advance to the finals against the USA’s BFG. BFG defeated USA’s AMP to earn their spot in the finals.
On Saturday, the finals can be viewed online on the Olympic Channel, Ultiworld and WFDF’s YouTube. The Men’s finals, featuring Revolver and Colony will be featured at 8:30am, followed by Riot vs. Revolution playing the Women’s championship at 2:30pm, and the Mixed division’s Slow White vs. BFG at 4:30pm, all times EDT.
Games will be played to 15 points with a cap at 100 minutes. Medal ceremonies will immediately follow each division’s finals. Today three division finals cap off the eight day championship that brought together 3,000 athletes on 128 teams from 36 countries. 21 July 2018 - Official Communication
Following flash flood, thunderstorm and tornado warnings in southwest Ohio, the semifinals and finals of the WFDF 2018 World Ultimate Club Championships were moved to an indoor facility.
The six semifinals in the Men’s, Women’s and Mixed divisions will be played on Friday, July 20 at the Wall 2 Wall Soccer complex. These games will be a continuation of earlier competition that was postponed for weather and lightning delays at the Lebanon Sports Complex. Games are scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. EDT.
20 July 2018 - Official Communication
The competition intensified at the WFDF 2018 World Ultimate Club Championships on Thursday with the arrival of the quarterfinals round.
In the Men’s division, Australia’s Colony stunned the USA’s Ring of Fire in a game that went to double game point. Colony and Canada’s GOAT will face off against the USA’s Doublewide and Revolver in the semifinals on Friday.
In the Mixed division, four American club teams will battle it out on Friday. Two Boston teams, Wild Card and Slow White, will face each other in one semifinal, while BFG will take on AMP in the other.
In the Women’s division, Colombia’s Revolution will join three American club teams – Brute Squad, Riot and Molly Brown – in the semifinals on Friday, and try to ensure that it is not an all-American final. All four won handily in the quarterfinals. Both women’s semifinals will be livestreamed on WFDF’s YouTube and Facebook channels on Friday.
Unfortunately, after a week of hot, steamy weather devoid of precipitation, the forecast for the next two days is not promising, as a large front is coming through the region with consistent torrential thundershowers forecast. It is highly likely that games may be rescheduled on an ad hoc basis due to the lightning protocol. Please visit www.wucc2018.comfor updates. 19 July 2018 - Official Communication
The fifth day of competition at the WFDF 2018 World Ultimate Club Championships was full of dramatic finishes and startling upsets. On Wednesday, 12 games were decided by a single point.
In the Women’s division, the rounds of elimination games began ahead of quarterfinals starting on Thursday. Colombia’s Revolution, HUCK from Japan, and 6ixers from Canada will do their best on Thursday to knock one of the five American teams off en route to the semifinals round.
In the Men’s division, the round of eight promises exciting action on Thursday as the three undefeated American teams look to assert their dominance. In the Mixed division, two rounds of knockout games whittled the 32 remaining teams down to a final eight.
Games to watch on Thursday include the Mixed matchup between undefeated sides Hässliche Erdferke from Germany and American powerhouse AMP and the rematch of the tournament’s opening showcase game between the Netherlands’ GRUT and Boston Wild Card in the Mixed division. 18 July 2018 - Official Communication
The close of Day 4 on the WFDF 2018 World Ultimate Club Championships on Tuesday marked the halfway point of the tournament, which concludes with the championship games in the men’s, women’s, and mixed divisions on Saturday in Cincinnati, Ohio.
The Women’s and Men’s divisions are onto the crossovers stage, providing a bye round for the higher-ranked teams and another chance to change tournament fortunes for those lower down in the next round. In the Men’s division, only four teams remain undefeated — Revolver, Doublewide, Ring of Fire, all from the USA, and Canada’s GOAT. In the women’s division, the game of the day was undoubtedly the matchup between the USA’s Denver Molly Brown and Colombia’s Revolution. The Colombians performed exceptionally as they took a 15-10 victory, becoming the first international team to defeat a U.S. team on their soil at this tournament.
17 July 2018 - Official Communication
Around four dozen players, coaches, and organizers came together to discuss awareness and action plans surrounding issues of gender equity during the WFDF 2018 World Ultimate Club Championships (WUCC) this week in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Presented by WFDF’s Women in Sport Commission, headed by Caroline “Caz” Malone of Hong Kong, China, and facilitated by a team from Cadoux Consulting, the gender equity workshops were held over two evenings after the end of the competition day. The first session on Sunday, July 15, titled “Training on Equity Concepts: Gender and Beyond,” was designed to increase awareness, capacity for analysis, and provide tools players could bring back to their teams regarding implicit biases in our daily culture and in the sport and how to acknowledge and overcome them.
17 July 2018 - Official Communication
Despite the threat of thunderstorms and a morning of foreboding mist, the third day of the WFDF 2018 World Ultimate Club Championships saw only sunshine across the 29 fields at Lebanon Sports Complex in Lebanon, Ohio.
There was little drama among the top teams in the Women’s and Men’s divisions as the top eight seeds in both divisions went undefeated. In the Mixed division, shakeups in a few pools have created an opportunity for surprises going into the final round of pool games to be held today.
17 July 2018 - Official Communication
The World Flying Disc Federation is pleased to announce the list of candidates for the 2018 WFDF Athletes` Commission elections to be held during the World Ultimate Club Championships 2018 (WUCC) in Cincinnati (USA).
The purpose of the WFDF Athletes Commission is to promote open communication with, and solicit feedback from, flying disc athletes, and give them a formal role in the decision-making process of WFDF. The WFDF Athletes Commission will have as its main focus the issues facing athletes in the sport of Ultimate, as this is our largest disc sport constituency and the one that is involved in the World Games.
16 July 2018 - Official Communication
The competition started in earnest at the WFDF 2018 World Ultimate Club Championships on Sunday, a day that saw both temperatures and Ultimate players soar. More than 3,000 athletes from 36 countries and 128 teams gathered at the Lebanon Sports Complex for game action played across 29 fields. There were few surprises as the favorites in all three divisions fared as expected during the first full day of competition.
WFDF media partners Ultiworld and The Show Game picked their biggest upsets of Day 2. In the Mixed division, Discterics from Spain topped Urosoul from Colombia 15-12 in what could wind up as one of the division’s most surprising results. In the Women’s division, Colombia’s AeroSoul defeated Traffic from Canada in 14-12 upset.
15 July 2018 - Official Communication
The World Flying Disc Federation (“WFDF”) welcomed more than 3,000 athletes, coaches, and staff to the opening day of the WFDF 2018 World Ultimate Club Championships on Saturday, July 14. The premier Ultimate tournament for international club teams – as opposed to national all-star teams -- WUCC 2018 will see 128 teams from 36 countries face off in three divisions – Men’s, Women’s and Mixed – and 659 games over eight days of action in the northeast suburbs of Cincinnati, Ohio.
The opening showcase game, between the Netherlands’ GRUT and the USA’s Boston Wild Card, kicked off the first day of competition. In a game that came down to a double game point, Wild Card took the first win of the world club championships, winning 15-14 after a nail-biter that saw the victors come back from a 12-14 deficit.
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