<Stat Leaders By Division>
Ultimate
Open: Davide Morri (Italy) 55 pts
Women’s: Yina Cartagena (Colombia) 79 pts
Mixed: Santiago Montano Tobon (Colombia) 54 pts
Masters: Tom Rogacki (Australia) 51 pts
Women Masters: Nakamura Noriko (Japan) 39 pts
Guts
Open: Daily Jackson (USA) 71pts

Vol.8

July 15, 2012

Congratulations to the MVP‘s of each division!!
MVP disc was sponsored by Discraft.

Final Ranking - Ultimate
Open

Women’s

12
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
1011
12
13
14
15
16
1718

119USA
Great BritainCanada
SwedenJapan
Finland
Australia
Germany
New ZealandColombia
FranceAustriaSouth Africa
Netherlands
Italy
Philippines
Singapore
MexicoHong Kong

234567891011Japan
USA
CanadaColombia
Australia
Germany
Great Britain
New ZealandFinlandSingapore
MexicoSOTG Canada

MixedOpen Masters

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CanadaAustralia
JapanUSAGreat Britain
Germany
Philippines
FranceRussia
Colombia
Hong Kong
China
FinlandNetherlands
South Africa

SOTG South Africa

SOTG Philippines

CanadaAustralia
JapanUSAGreat Britain
New ZealandFranceGermany

2345678

Women Masters
123456USACanada
Japan
Australia
Great Britain
Germany

SOTG Germany

SOTG New ZealandFinal Ranking - Guts
OpenJapan RED
2USA
3
Japan WHITE
4Australia
5South Korea
6IndiaSOTG Australia
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Open Final USA 17-5 GBR
The Open Final saw the United States versus Great Britain in the first time the Brits had made it to the final in theOpen division in any Ultimate world championship. With the Open final being the last of the day, the wind pickedup a bit and the sun came out, and it showed as Great Britain missed three or four crucial passes early. USA wasable to capitalize and went up 3-0. Great Britain took a timeout in order to calm the game down and was able toscore their first two goals off the handling of Daniel Furnell. The USA, however, answered back, and even thoughmost points had two or three turns, USA was always able to put the last point in. USA took half 9-3 after a strategy
change to "walk the disc in", chanting "five yards at a time" from the sideline. During halftime, Great Britain
attempted to get fired up by doing shuttle runs and an inspirational halftime speech. This looked like it would workat first right out of half as Britain converted their first break, making the score 10-5. USA's walk it in strategy kept
on paying dividends, however, as they scored the next seven points with no answer from Great Britain to win thefinal 17-5.

Women’s Final JPN 17 – 13 USA
The fans crowded into the stadium early in preparation for this hotly anticipated matchup between Team USAand Team Japan, a rematch of their game from round robin play on Tuesday. Japan won that game 16-14 afterTeam USA rallied to tie the game 14-14. The match started out under overcast skies with little to no wind as Fury
dominated early, coming out 5-2 on their tight man defense and burst offense by Alex Snyder and Cree Howard.
Japan turned the disc quite a bit in the first few points on long hucks that failed to connect. USA then started toplay zone, a look they had tried in the Tuesday game. It seemed to work as first as they generated a couple turns,
but Japan quickly figured the zone out and started a run. USA, on the other hand, seemed to lose patience in theend zone and started throwing floaty blades that were easily contested by team Japan. Japan rallied to take half
9-8 with the crowd supporting them every step of the way. After halftime, USA continued to play zone, but it wasclear at this point that it was not effective. The Japanese offense tightened up and stopped taking risks with thedisc, and the US offense responded by doing the same, walking the next few points into the endzone, as the tworivals traded three breaks. At 14-12 Japan, the crowd was treated to a nailbiting point with quite a few turns.
After a timeout was called, it was clear that both teams needed to score this point more than everything - theUSA to remain in the game, and Japan to put the nail in the coffin. Japan scored on a throw from Oyama Ayu toYonehara Rie to make it 15-12, and the US was unable to come back. Final score: 17-13 Japan. After Ito Madoka
got the final point and was mobbed by her teammates, many a Japan play began to shed tears of joy - it wasclear how much this game meant to them to be able to win in their home country in front of hundreds of theirfans.

Japan’s Eri Hirai (#11) sprints to capture this incredible catch against a bidding Kaela Jorgenson (#7)

Mixed Final CAN 17- 9 AUS
The Mixed Final featured Canada, a team who so far in the tournament had yet to be challenged, beating all
opponents handily, versus Australia, a team with a tougher road through finals, staving off a skilled Japanese
team 16-13 in the semis. The two teams had previously met on Tuesday, where Canada crushed the Barramundis
17-5. Australia came in looking for revenge. It was not to be, however, as the all-star Canadian team quickly ran
away with the game. The Canadians went up 3-1 early, and then it was Mark Leduc time: the longtime Team
Canada Mixed player scored the next 5 points for Canada as Canada and Australia traded breaks, making it 7-5
Canada. Canada then began to pull away both before and after half, relying on the consistent play of brothers
Jeremy and Justin Norden, who played on the defensive and offensive lines, respectively. That remained thestory through the end of the game, as Canada walked away with the 17-9 victory. Australia was able to hold on afew points with the gutty defense of tall man Gavin Moore and the offensive connection of John Damiani andTegan Sneddon, but ultimately was not able to make a dent in Canada's perfect offensive set. Canada finished as
the most dominant team in any division in the tournament, with no opponent able to score double digits onthem.

WFDF announces elected members of the Athlete`s Commission
WFDF is pleased to announce the results of the elections to the first ever WFDF Athlete`s Commission.
Seven candidates from six countries stood for the elections to the Commission during WUGC 2012 inSakai, Japan.
The elected members for the first term of office lasting two years are Anna Haynes (Australia), RyanPurcell (South Africa) and Matt Doyle (Canada). The Athlete`s Commission will strengthen Athlete`s
representation in the decision making process of WFDF.
WFDF President Robert "Nob" Rauch welcomed the newly elected members during the Closing
Ceremony of the World Ultimate and Guts Championships 2012 in Sakai, Japan,and introduced them to their peers. The Commission members will selecttheir Chair representing the Athletes in the future as a non-voting Observerto the WFDF Board.