#WCBU2017 Stories
Portgual and Switzerland faced off in a pre-quarters game for the right to match up against Canada in the quarter-finals of the Mixed division. Portugal entered as prohibitive favourites having come second in their pool [Read More…]
In the final game of Men’s Pool A, table toppers the United States (8-0) looked to close out the early stages of the tournament with a whitewash of results to cement their place at the [Read More…]
Knowing that Canada enjoy sending the disc deep, France come out on defence with straight up force in the first point. Although both teams end up turning under pressure, France are able to break Canada [Read More…]
The heat has been bearing down in Royan, with day four now coming to a close. The Mixed and Women’s pools have finally concluded, joining the Men’s Master’s division in entering the exciting stage of [Read More…]
Germany came into this game how they had started the tournament – the number one overall seed, an imposing team full of stars and players who know what it takes to win medals at this [Read More…]
As the Women’s pools draw to a close, the final match up for both teams sitting at the top of the table of Pool A turned out to be against each other. Neither team had [Read More…]
After Sweden provided one of the biggest sudden-death upsets of the tournament so far, a win for Italy against the Dutch would see them top the division above the USA. On the other side of [Read More…]
Part of every Ultimate player’s dream is to reach the pinnacle of the sport – To play Masters Beach. While countries such as the United States, Great Britain and Australia have established teams for the [Read More…]
Background Russia have been training hard and playing hard. The Men’s team was picked in late October, and despite the huge distance between their player bases (Moscow, St. Petersburg and Nizhniy Novgorod), they’ve trained over [Read More…]
Tonight is trade night, so in honour of this time-honoured tradition both Harry and I (Sean) will take a look at what the media team has agreed (agreed may be a strong word) are the [Read More…]
It is a truism of Ultimate that it’s difficult to win when your opponent consistently breaks the force. When forced the defend the whole field, it’s much more likely that space will open up, that [Read More…]
With the Men’s pools reaching their climax today, every single result is massive for not only the teams involved, but the others around them. Before first pull this morning, Pool B was wide open with [Read More…]