Daily summary – 6.08 Saturday

Quentin Dupré la Tour/FOCUS Ultimate

Let’s begin the Joint Juniors Ultimate Championships!

A whole day of anticipation, team sparing, and the last of the carefree time before the Championships fully start! We’ve got 8 whole days of games ahead of us and many sports thrills. It will be a fun and busy time. That’s what we live for – Ultimate and making great memories.

The Opening Ceremony

At 16:00 the teams gathered next to the Olympic Stadium to celebrate the official Opening of the World Junior Ultimate Championships and European Youth Ultimate Championships. The energy was buzzing and some players even decided to try crowd surfing. It was almost like a rock concert, but with a sports twist.

Quentin Dupré la Tour/FOCUS Ultimate

The Opening Game – U20 Women’s Poland and Great Britain

Both teams could count on huge support from other teams from their countries and a full stadium at Pola Marsowe. At the beginning of the game, Poles went up 4:2. The game was shortly stopped because of an unfortunate injury. The first part of the game had both teams doing great defense, but also some unforced mistakes affected it by slightly windy conditions at times. As the game progressed, it was Great Britain who dominated the first half of the game with a score of 8-5. After halftime, Great Britain's team decided to try zone defense, which granted them 4 points in a row by generating turnovers. However, it seems like the Polish team was closely listening to their coach's tips. They've started to chase the score with renewed determination, generating defenses and turning them into points. The girls kept scoring and diminishing the point difference unapologetically. Poland's U20 went for an important game break scoring 11-11. The game went into the universe point with cheers from the fans. GB reactivated their zone defense. However, the fatal mistake of Poland's offense right next to the zone line cost them the game. GB took advantage and led with a sure offense for the win.

Oliwier Popardowski

Best Spirit

Every day we'll be announcing the best teams at Spirit score! Don't forget to put the Spirit of the Game not only on the field but also off the field.

Follow the games!

Remember to follow the games on our score system and check out the showcase games available via ulti.tv live stream. Check out the YouTube channels:

WJUC (U20) games will be available on the WFDF YouTube channel
EYUC (U17) will be streamed on the ULTI.TV YouTube channel

JJUC 2022 - Opening Ceremony (photo album)

Check out the highlight of the Opening Ceremony!

Highlights of the Opening Ceremony (YouTube)

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