Subj : American club teams sweep the WFDF 2018 World Ultimate Club Championshi
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From :   (volker.bernardi@wfdf.org (Volke
Date : Mon Jul 23 2018 12:50 pm



Three teams from the USA, including two reigning champions, took home the top 
prize on Saturday at the WFDF 2018 World Ultimate Club Championships (WUCC) in 
Cincinnati, OH, USA.

San Francisco Revolver and Seattle Riot defended their championships and again 
took home the gold in the Men's and Women's divisions, respectively. Revolver 
defeated Australia's Colony 15-13 in a Finals game that was too close to call 
until the very end. Riot handed Colombia's Revolution its only loss of the 
tournament in a final that ended at 15-8. In the Mixed division, Seattle's BFG 
earned its first WUCC title, defeating Boston's Slow White 15-11.

One of the core elements of Ultimate is Spirit of the Game, a concept that is 
incorporates fair play, sportsmanship, and self-refereeing on the field of 
play. In each division, a team is honored as the Spirit of the Game winner of 
the tournament as voted on by their opponents, using metrics including 
fairmindedness, communication, and positive attitude. In the Men's division, 
the Long Donkeys from South Africa were named the Spirit winners. New Zealand's 
ChCh Chicks won in the Women's division and Belgium's Flying Rabbits took home 
the Spirit prize in the Mixed division.

"We capped off eight great days of Ultimate with an exciting day of the finals 
championships across three divisions of play for the best club teams in the 
world," said Robert "Nob" Rauch, WFDF President.  "Hat's off to Revolver for 
its third consecutive WUCC men's title and to Riot for defending their women's 
title; it is an incredible feat to maintain competitive excellence in a club 
program over an extended period. And we were pleased to see strong performance 
of the Australian men and Colombian women, showing they can compete with the 
best in the world."

The venue for the premier club championships event for Ultimate was moved 
indoors for semifinals and finals on Friday and Saturday because of 
thunderstorms and tornado warnings. The quadrennial championship, last held in 
Lecco, Italy in 2014, welcomed 2,971 athletes on 128 teams from 36 countries to 
Ohio for eight days of competition. More than 100 games from WUCC are archived 
and available for viewing on WFDF's YouTube and Facebook channels.

The action in this 50th anniversary year of the founding of the sport now moves 
to Canada.  The WFDF 2018 World Masters Ultimate Club Championships (WMUCC) 
are being held 29 July - 4 August 2018 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 
( http://wmucc2018.com ). WFDF's world championship event season will be 
capped off with the WFDF 2018 World Junior Ultimate Championships (WJUC), being 
held 18 - 25 August 2018 in Waterloo, Canada ( http://www.wjuc2018.com ).

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