The official tournament results press release --- Wayne Retter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-----Original Message----- From: Marja Jokinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 07 August 2004 18:37 Subject: North American Teams Ruled the World Ultimate & Guts Championships >North American Teams Ruled the World Ultimate & Guts Championships > >Turku, Finland (7.8.2004) � The Finnish Flying Disc Association and the World >Flying Disc Federation today announced the final placements for the Ultimate & >Guts Championships (WUGC) held in Turku, Finland, July 31 � August 7, 2004. > >The WUGC � held once every four years � is an elite international competition >drawing more than 75 Ultimate Frisbee and Guts teams from 23 nations and 6 >continents. Participating countries sent Ultimate teams for competition in up >to 6 divisions; Open, Women, Mixed, Masters, Juniors (under 20) Boys & Junior >Girls. Australia, Canada, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, Sweden and >the USA sent a team in every division. Six countries also competed in the >flying disc sport of Guts. > >Medalists, by division: > >Open: Gold � Canada, Silver � United States, Bronze � Australia > >Women�s: Gold � Canada, Silver �Finland, Bronze � United States > >Mixed: Gold � United States, Silver � Canada, Bronze � New Zealand > >Masters (30+ years old): Gold � United States, Silver � Canada, Bronze � Great >Britain > >Junior Open: Gold � United States, Silver � Canada, Bronze � Germany > >Junior Women: Gold � Canada, Silver � United States, Bronze � Sweden > >Guts: Gold � Japan 1, Silver � Japan 2, Bronze � Republic of China > >For complete results, team profiles, and a full list of participating >countries, please visit www.wugc2004.org. > >The WUGC 2004 was the largest competition of its kind in the world. 1500 >players competed in a record 395 games over seven days. The tournament�s >innovative scorekeeping system featured real-time updating of final match >scores via mobile phones. This system was necessary as the tournament took >place simultaneously on 20 fields in Turku, Kaarina and Raisio. > >This WUGC is the qualifying event for the best 6 national associations to >enter The World Games 2005 in Germany. The qualification is based on a >country�s three best results from these Worlds� six divisions. > >The following countries have qualified for next year�s World Games (exact >points depend on today�s games): Canada (42-44 pts.), USA (42-43 pts.), >Australia (34 pts.), Finland (32-33 pts.), Japan (31 pts.), Germany (host in >2005). > >The World Games for Ultimate will be held July 22-24, 2005 in Duisburg, >Germany, in the Wedau Sports School. See also >www.frisbeesport.de/worldgames2005/ (for Ultimate matters) or >www.worldgames2005.org. > >Perth, Australia will host the World Ultimate Club Championships (WUCC) >in2006. The WUCC is an invitational world championship for club ultimate >teams, which falls every four years on an alternating schedule with the WUGC. > > >Ultimate is a non-contact disc sport played by two teams of seven players. The >object of the game is to score goals, which is accomplished by passing the >disc until it is caught by an offensive player in the end-zone of the opposing >team. Ultimate combines the strategy American football and basketball, but is >played at a continuous pace, much like America football or rugby. Further >information on the game of Ultimate in the USA may be found at www.upa.org, or >at www.wfdf.org. > >The Finnish Flying Disc Association (FFDA) is the tournament host, and is the >governing body for all flying disc sports in Finland. The FFDA was founded in >1978 and is a member of the Finnish Sports Federation. > >The World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) is the recognized international >governing body for the sport of Ultimate, and other disc sports. WFDF has >member associations in 46 countries, and is a full member of both GAISF >(General Association of International Sports Federations) and IWGA >(International World Games Association). > >For additional information: > >World Ultimate & Guts Championships 2004 Communications: > >Marja Jokinen >+358 50 581 0264, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Michael Iacovella >US mobile: (201) 396 9896, [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
