European Ultimate Federation

European Ultimate Federation (EUF) is the governing body for the sport of Ultimate in Europe. As part of the EFDF and the World Flying Disc Federation the EUF works for the coordination and development of Ultimate in Europe and the promotion of its Spirit of the Game ideals. The EUF coordinates Ultimate associations in Europe, and supports Ultimate in countries where there are no local organization. The EUF organizes tournaments for European teams, develops educational programs and courses for them, and support other activities of interest. Its board of directors is elected every two years, the latest election took place in October 2014.

European Ultimate Federation
SportUltimate
JurisdictionInternational (Europe)
AbbreviationEUF
Founded2009 (2009)
Official website
www.ultimatefederation.eu

History edit

The EUF in certain way is the proactive continuation of the European Flying Disc Federation (EFDF). The EUF was conceived in 2007 out of the need of the European national ultimate associations to have a professional and most of all transparent coordinating body. Formally founded in 2009 under the WFDF, and later under the newly formed EFDF, in the past few years the EUF has evolved to meet and foster changes in the fast-growing ultimate community, while staying true to upholding the ideals of Spirit of the Game. The EUF for instance coordinates youth summer camps and Train-the-Trainer weekends, but most of all the federation focuses on organizing its big championship events.[citation needed]

Since 2009 the federation has had the same board of directors. EUF has a very active chairman in Andra ´Oddi´ Furlan (AUT), its treasurer is Ted Beute (NED) and the secretary is Alia Ayub (GBR). Further proactive member of the board has always been Christoph Dehnhardt (GER) who chairs the Youth Committee. Since October 2018 the board consists of six more members, they are all directors-at-large responsible for their own topic. Dario Lucisano (ITA) for Spirit of the Game, Haude Hermand (FRA) for Women´s ultimate, Marco Barattini (ITA) for Men´s ultimate, Gabriele Sani (ITA) for social media and Karolis Novikovas (LTU) for livestreams. Every year (during one of the big events) the board holds it General Assemblee where all the European federations are invited to control the board´s actions and vote on new proposals.[citation needed]

Upcoming Sanctioned Events edit

European Ultimate Indoor Club Championships 2020 (EUICC 2020) in Herning, Denmark. 30 January – 2 February 2020

European Beach Ultimate Club Championships (EBUCC) in Praia da Rocha Portimao, Portugal, 15 May – 17 May 2020

European Ultimate Championships Finals 2020 (EUCF 2020) in Bruges, Belgium, 2 October – 4 October 2020

European Ultimate Indoor Championships 2021 (EUIC 2021) in Herning, Denmark. 28 January – 31 January 2021[1]

European Championship Events edit

The biggest task of the EUF is to organize the great championship events over the year. Yearly there is a club championship, called EUCS. That starts with regional tournaments in five regions and culminates in one big final event come October. Besides the federation used to organize championships for players Under17 and Under20 every year, but these big youth tournaments have changed into a biannual setup (EYUC).

The most important tournament of the EUF is the European Ultimate Championships (EUC) that take place every four year. EUC is a competition for national teams and already started in 1980 in Paris. Therefore it´s the oldest international ultimate tournament that still exists. Until 2015 in Copenhague - Denmark the EUC also had Masters divisions, but as of 2019 the European federation has separated the three main divisions from the Masters. In June 2019 in Gyor - Hungary the EUC will consist of the divisions Men, Mixed and Women, while for the first time in history the European Masters half October will have their own tournament in Madrid - Spain (EMUC).

European Ultimate Championships Series (EUCS) edit

Europe has been divided into five geographic regions : North, East, Central, West, South. Each nation (or group of nations if they are very small) may send a maximum number of qualified teams to its European Ultimate Club Regional (EUCR) tournament in all three divisions.

The ideal entry to an EUCR would be from a country’s nationals results. However a National Federation may also nominate its EUCR candidates. These teams compete at the EUCR´s to advance to the European Club Finals (EUCF).[2] The EUCF is Europe's premier club competition and it is held annually. At the Finals there are currently 24 Men´s teams, 12 Women´s teams and 12 Mixed teams. Starting in Bruges 2020 the number of Women´s teams will be elevated to 16.

On 13 November 2019, EUF announced that the 2020 EUCF would see the Women's division increased to 16 teams, keeping the size of the other divisions unchanged: Men - 24 teams; Mixed - 12 teams.[3]

European Ultimate Club Finals (EUCF) edit

  Spirit   Gold   Silver   Bronze
2023 Wroclaw, Poland
Men Wall City   Clapham Ultimate   Mooncatchers   BFD LaFotta  
Women Troubles Warsaw   CUSB Shout   JinX   YAKA  
Mixed Deep Space   Deep Space   GRUT   Reading Ultimate  
2022 Caorle, Italy
Men Devon Ultimate   Ranelagh   Clapham Ultimate   CUSB La Fotta  
Women Mantis   CUSB Shout   YAKA   Bristol Women  
Mixed Mosquitos   GRUT   Reading Ultimate   Left Overs  
2021 Bruges, Belgium
Men Smash'D   Clapham Ultimate   CUSB La Fotta   Gentle Open  
Women Box Vienna   YAKA   CUSB Shout   Dublin Gravity  
Mixed Colorado   GRUT   Salaspils Mixed   PuTi  
2019[4] Caorle, Italy
Men[5] Flying Angels Bern   CUSB La Fotta   Clapham Ultimate   Chevron Action Flash  
Women[6] Dublin Gravity   CUSB Shout   Cosmic Girls   YAKA  
Mixed[7] Hässliche Erdferkel   Salaspils Mixed   GRUT   PuTi  
2018[8] Wroclaw, Poland
Men KFK   Clapham Ultimate   CUSB La Fotta   Mooncatchers  
Women Nice Bristols  

Iceni  

CUSB Shout   Iceni   Troubles  
Mixed Maultaschen   SeE6   Hässliche Erdferkel   Rebel  
2017[9] Caorle, Italy
Men Frank N  

Crazy Dogs  

Clapham Ultimate   Bad Skid   Flying Angels Bern  
Women CUSB Shout  

FABulous  

Atletico   Iceni   YAKA  
Mixed Left Overs   GRUT   Colorado   Reading Mixed  
2016[10] Frankfurt, Germany
Open Pelt   Clapham Ultimate   CUSB La Fotta   Tchac  
Women box  

SYC  

FABulous   CUSB Shout   Iceni  
Mixed Reading Mixed   Reading Mixed   GRUT   Hässliche Erdferkel  
2015[11] Wroclaw, Poland
Open Crazy Dogs   Clapham Ultimate   CUSB La Fotta   Salaspils  
Women Nice Bristols   Iceni   Atletico   CUSB Shout  
Mixed Reading Mixed   Grandmaster Flash   Yellow Block   Reading Mixed  
2014[12] Frankfurt, Germany
Open Gentle Open   Clapham Ultimate   Freespeed   Bad Skid  
Women Prague Devils   Iceni   FABulous   Woodchicas  
Mixed FlyHigh   Sun   Grandmaster Flash   Terrible Monkeys  
2013[13] XEUCF in Bordeaux, France
Open Ka-pow!   Clapham Ultimate   Freespeed   Bad Skid  
Women Nice Bristols   Iceni   U de Cologne   Lotus  
Mixed Cambridge   Bear Cavalry   Croccali   UFO Utrecht  
Masters Caracals   Zimmer   UFO Tampere   Ultimate Vibration  
2012[14] Frankfurt, Germany
Open Crazy Dogs   Clapham Ultimate   Chevron Action Flash   Ragnarok  
Women Nice Bristols   Iceni   Viima   Lotus  
2011[15] Bruges, Belgium
Open Clapham Ultimate   Flying Angels Bern   Clapham Ultimate   Chevron Action Flash  
Women Eyecatchers   Iceni   Woodchicas   Lotus  
2010[16] Lloret de Mar, Spain
Open Fusion   Flying Angels Bern   Skogshyddan   Freespeed  
Women Lotus   Hot Beaches   Leeds   Iceni  
2009[17] XEUCF in London, UK
Open Wall City   Chevron Action Flash   Skogs   Clapham Ultimate  
Women Hot Beaches   Iceni   Leeds   Hot Beaches  
Mixed Frizzly Bears   Brighton   Frizzly Bears   Gronical Dizziness  
Masters Frisbeurs   Helsinki   Age Against the Machine   Iznogood  
2008[18] Paris, France
Open Bad Skid   Skogshyddan   Fire of London   Ragnarok  
Women Hot Beaches   Woodchicas   Iceni   LeedsLeedsLadies  
2007[19] Basel, Switzerland
Open LeedsLeedsLeeds   Clapham Ultimate   Skogshyddan   CotaRica  
Women LeedsLeedsLadies   Woodchicas   Iceni   LeedsLeedsLadies  
2006[20] Florence, Italy
Open Flying Angels Bern   Skogshyddan   Clapham   Ragnarok  
Women Tequila Boom Boom   Iceni   Bliss   Frisky Bees  


Performance by country:

Total (excluding Masters division):

Total Spirit Gold Silver Bronze Total (excl. Spirit)
United Kingdom 16 22 13 10 45
Germany 10 2 7 4 13
Switzerland 7 3 3 4 10
Italy 3 4 5 3 12
France 2 1 0 6 7
Sweden 0 2 3 0 5
Finland 0 2 3 1 6
Czech Republic 3 1 1 2 4
Netherlands 0 1 3 2 6
Denmark 0 0 0 3 3
Poland 1 1 1 0 2
Latvia 0 1 0 1 2
Austria 2 0 0 1 1
Russia 0 0 1 0 1
Belgium 1 0 1 1 2
Republic of Ireland 1 0 0 0 0

Women's Division:

Women Spirit Gold Silver Bronze Total (excl. Spirit)
United Kingdom 7 7 7 4 18
Germany 0 2 3 1 6
Switzerland 2 1 1 3 5
Italy 2 3 1 1 5
Finland 0 1 2 0 3
Czech Republic 3 1 0 1 2
France 0 0 0 2 1
Russia 0 0 1 0 1
Poland 1 0 0 1 1
Austria 2 0 0 1 1
Ireland 1 0 0 0 0

Open Division:

Open Spirit Gold Silver Bronze Total (excl. spirit)
United Kingdom 4 10 5 3 18
Switzerland 5 2 2 1 5
Sweden 0 2 3 0 5
Italy 0 1 3 2 6
Germany 4 0 1 2 3
Denmark 1 0 0 3 3
Belgium 1 0 1 1 2
France 0 0 0 1 1
Finland 0 0 0 1 1
Latvia 0 0 0 1 1

Mixed:

Mixed Spirit Gold Silver Bronze Total (excl. Spirit)
United Kingdom 5 4 0 3 7
Netherlands 0 1 3 2 6
Germany 4 0 3 1 4
Czech Republic 0 0 1 1 2
Latvia 0 1 0 0 1
Poland 0 1 1 0 2
Italy 0 0 1 0 1
France 0 1 0 0 1
Sweden 0 1 0 0 1
Finland 0 0 0 1 1
Republic of Ireland 0 0 0 1 1

European Ultimate Youth Championships (EUYC) edit

Since 2003 first EFDF and since 2009 the European Ultimate Federation has been organizing an annual event for teams of players under 20 and under 17, the European Youth Ultimate Championship (EYUC). In the even years the EYUC only had two divisions, only the U17 divisions, because those years the U20 teams would be at World Junior Ultimate Championships (WJUC). In 2014 and 2016 the name of the tournament changed to Open European Youth Ultimate Championship (OEYUC) when Colombia took part.[21] Since 2017 EYUC is biannual and in 2019 the tournament for the first time had a fifth division, a pilot of an U20 Mixed category won by a dominant Latvia. The purpose of EYUC is to offer younger players the opportunity to be seen on a European stage and demonstrate how much the sport has grown in the younger age brackets. Since the first edition held in Tallinn - Estonia in 2003 which only had several U20 teams in two divisions, the last tournament in 2019 in Wroclaw-Poland has grown to include 16 U20 Men's teams, 12 U20 Women´s teams, 7 U20 Mixed teams, 16 U20 Women´s teams and 9 U17 Women's teams (60 squads in total) for over 1200 playing participants.

  Spirit   Gold   Silver   Bronze
2019 Wroclaw, Poland
U20 Men Austria   Italy   France   Great-Britain  
U20 Women Slovenia   France   Sweden   Russia  
U20 Mixed Turkey   Latvia   Spain   Netherlands  
U17 Men Great-Britain   France   Italy   Belgium  
U17 Women Netherlands   Czechia   Hungary   France  
2017 Veenendaal, Netherlands
U20 Men Slovenia   Italy   Ireland   France  
U20 Women Austria   Netherlands   Russia   Czechia  
U17 Men Austria   France   Germany   Belgium  
U17 Women Austria   Germany   Austria   Czechia  
2016 Ghent, Belgium
U17 Men Austria   France   Colombia   Germany  
U17 Women Austria   Germany   Austria   France  
2015 Frankfurt, Germany
U20 Men Spain   Germany   Italy   Great-Britain  
U20 Women Slovakia   Austria   Italy   France  
U17 Men Austria   Germany   Belgium   Great-Britain  
U17 Women Sweden   Netherlands   Germany   France  
2014 Lecco, Italy
U17 Men Ireland   Great-Britain   Austria   France  
U17 Women Austria   Netherlands   France   Austria  
2013 Cologne, Germany
U20 Men France   Germany   France   Sweden  
U20 Women Austria   Germany   Italy   Austria  
U17 Men Ireland   Great-Britain   Germany   Austria  
U17 Women Austria   Germany   Austria   Great-Britain  
2012 Dublin, Ireland
U17 Men Switzerland   Germany   Israel   France  
U17 Women Austria   Austria   Great-Britain   Germany  
2011 Wroclaw, Poland
U20 Men Belgium   Germany   Austria   Italy  
U20 Women Czechia   Italy   Germany   Sweden  
U17 Men Germany   Germany   Great-Britain   Italy  
U17 Women Finland   Great-Britain   Germany   Finland  
2010 Heilbronn, Germany
U17 Men Belgium   Germany   Great-Britain   Sweden  
U17 Women Germany   Germany   Sweden   Great-Britain  
2009 Vienna, Austria
U20 Men France   Finland   France   Sweden  
U20 Women Belgium   Sweden   Finland   Great-Britain 
U17 Men Belgium   Great-Britain   Germany   Austria  
U17 Women Sweden   Great-Britain   Germany   Sweden  

European Ultimate Championships (EUC) edit

The European Ultimate Championships are the continental ultimate competition for national teams. The first EUC was in 1980 in Paris - France with seven teams in only one division, Finland crowned as Open champions, followed by an edition in 1981 in Milan - Italy with eight countries, Sweden being Open champions. Also the following seven editions of 1982 (Obertraun - Austria), 1985 (Obertraun - Austria), 1987 (Cologne - Germany), 1989 (Vejle - Denmark ), 1991 (Colchester - UK), 1993 (Arnhem - Netherlands) and 1995 (Fontenay-le-Comte - France) were won by Sweden, while the number of participating Open teams never exceeded eleven. All these first tournaments were organized by EFDF, but when in 1997 (Millfield - UK) only five Open teams took part, something had to be done. The World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) recognized that the year was too full with championships and decided to change the setup of all its big events into a four-year-cycle. The next EUC was in 2003 (Fontenay-le-Comte - France) with again eleven participating nations in the Open division, but EUC Southampton in 2007 was a big success with seventeen Open teams. From 2011 in Maribor - Slovenia the EUF was responsible for the organization and until 2019 the -now- Men´s division has grown into a competition with twenty national teams.

Already during the third tournament in 1982 in Obertraun there was a Women´s division at EUC as well, albeit with only three national teams, Finland crowned champions. The following editions the number of participating Women´s teams rose steadily, although until 2003 it never surpassed the number of nine. Then in 2007 Southampton also the Women´s competition exploded with fourteen entrees. The best Women´s attendance knew 2015 Copenhague with nineteen , but in Gyor it dropped again to fifteen. From 2003 in Fontenay-le-Comte the EUC also had a Mixed division, starting with eight squads. The Mixed participation rose quickly over the years with eighteen national teams in Copenhagen and even nineteen in Gyor in 2019.[22]

  Spirit   Gold   Silver   Bronze
2019[23] Gyor, Hungary
Men Finland   Great-Britain   Germany   Russia  
Women Sweden   Ireland   Switzerland   Russia  
Mixed Great-Britain   Great-Britain   France   Russia  
2015 Copenhagen, Denmark
Men Ireland   Great-Britain   Germany   France  
Women Netherlands   Finland   Switzerland   Germany  
Mixed Norway   Great-Britain   Ireland   France  
2011 Maribor, Slovenia
Men Belgium   Sweden   Great-Britain   Germany  
Women Netherlands   Germany   Great-Britain   Italy  
Mixed Germany   Great-Britain   Russia   Belgium  
2007 Southampton, United Kingdom
Men Denmark   Great-Britain   Sweden   Switzerland  
Women Belgium   Finland   Great-Britain   Switzerland  
Mixed Czechia   Great-Britain   Czechia   Germany  
2003 Fontenay-le-Comte, France
Men Ireland   Great-Britain   Sweden   Denmark  
Women Ireland   Finland   Great-Britain   Germany  
Mixed Austria   Great-Britain   Germany   Czechia  

European Masters Ultimate Championships (EMUC) edit

The European Masters Ultimate Championships are the continental ultimate competition for national teams in the Masters division. Until EUC 2015, the open masters division was part of the EUC. In 2019, the first separate masters competition for Mixed Masters, Women Masters, Open Masters, Grand Masters Men was held in Madrid, Spain. Masters in Mixed Masters and Open Masters have to turn 33 in the year of the competition, whereas for Women Masters, the female matching players have to turn 30 in the year of the competition. For Grand Masters, eligible players have to turn at least 40 in the year of the competition.

There were 4 Grand Masters Men teams, 9 teams for Open Masters, 8 Mixed Masters and 6 Women Masters teams in attendence, with France as the only country being represented in all divisions.

A second EMUC competition was held in 2023 in Bologna, Italy. Divisions were expanded to include Great Grand Masters (Age group 48+). Germany sent teams in all divisions. In total, 42 teams attended the event.

  Spirit   Gold   Silver   Bronze
2019[24] Madrid, Spain
Grand Masters Germany   France   Italy   Spain  
Women Masters Great-Britain   France   Great-Britain   Finland  
Mixed Masters Great-Britain   Sweden   France   Great-Britain  
Open Masters Czech Republic   Great-Britain   France   Italy  
2023 [25] Bologna, Italy
Open Masters Poland   Great-Britain   France   Italy  
Masters Women Great-Britain   France   Great-Britain   Italy  
Masters Mixed Ireland   Sweden   France   Belgium  
Grand Masters Open Belgium   Denmark   Great-Britain   Czech Republic  
Grand Masters Mixed see Masters Mixed Germany   Great-Britain  
Great Grand Masters Open see Grand Master Open Italy   France   Germany  


See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "EUICC Tournament Announcement".
  2. ^ "European club championship structure". Archived from the original on 18 November 2016.
  3. ^ "EUCF 2020 Announcement". Archived from the original on 3 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Ultimate Central EUCF 2019 final standings".
  5. ^ "EUCF 2019 Open standings".
  6. ^ "EUCF 2019 Women's Results".
  7. ^ "EUCF 2019 Mixed Results".
  8. ^ "EUCF 2018 Final Standings".
  9. ^ "EUCF 2017 Final Standings". Archived from the original on 4 October 2021.
  10. ^ https://euf.ultimatecentral.com/e/eucf-2016/standings/division/Women%7Ctitle=EUCF 2016 Final Standings
  11. ^ "EUCF 2015 Final Standings".
  12. ^ "EUCF 2014 Final Standings".
  13. ^ "EUCF 2013 Club Champs Final Standings".
  14. ^ "EUCF 2012 Final Ranking".
  15. ^ "EUCF 2011 Results".
  16. ^ "EUCS 2010 Results".
  17. ^ "EUCF 2009 Final Standings" (PDF).
  18. ^ "EUCS 2008 Results".
  19. ^ "EUCF 2007 Results".
  20. ^ "EUCF 2006".
  21. ^ "European Ultimate Federation".
  22. ^ "EUC - European Ultimate Championships - ulti.info".
  23. ^ "Events - 2019 European Ultimate Championships".
  24. ^ "2019 European Masters Ultimate Championships".
  25. ^ "2023 European Masters Ultimate Championships".

External links edit