Daily summary – 7.08 Sunday

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Day 2 First games, first victories, and high Spirit.

If you head over to Pola Marsowe you'll hear the tournament before you see it. The games started at 9 am only to conclude in the early evening. The atmosphere of the tournament is unmistakable. The buzzing energy of the youth teams is keeping the venue bright, fun, and lively!

U17 Mixed

The Mixed category opened today's games at 9 am. There were two matches in the morning slot.
The first game had Belgium and Hungary face each other. Early in the game, the Hungarians have made a 5-point advantage which set the mood of the game. The Belgians had to chase the game, however, it was not enough. The game ended with a score of 13-7.
On a neighboring field, the Austrian team played against Poland, who ensured themselves an advantage with a fast few points. The game ended with a score of 12-7.
The second part of the categories games started at 3 pm with Belgium and Hungary winning their matches with a big point difference.

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U17 Open

The Open teams started 4 matches in the 11 am time slot. Switzerland dominated the match with Belgium. Another game with a huge advantage was Great Britain against Israel. More challenging matches were between Germany and Sweden and France and Italy. Both games looked tough and every mistake could be taken advantage of by the opponents.
The second slot of the games started at 5 pm. At the same time, 4 U17 Open games were going on. The victorious teams were France with a crashing edge, Italy, Belgium, and Sweden. In the game between Sweden and Great Britain, the game ended with a Universe Point.

U17 Women’s

The Women's category had 3 games today. The match with the biggest point difference was between Italy and Belgium. It was completely dominated by the Italians. Even though the Belgians tried to get a grip on the game, they couldn’t overcome their opponents, and the game ended with a score of 15-0.
Another game with a huge point difference was Germany and France. The French took over the game by scoring 7 points in a row and pretty much deciding the outcome of the game.
Probably the most engaging was the match between Sweden and Great Britain. There were a lot of turnovers generated. However, it was the GB team that scored two points more ensuring the victory.

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U20 Women’s

The games started first thing in the morning. Both Pool A games were intense, but it was the New Zealand and Austria match, which gave everyone an adrenaline rush! With Austria’s Callahan near the end of the game and a point chase. Each team scored 2 points in a row, New Zealand finally caught up with Austria at the Universe Point. They gave it their all and won the game!
The second round of the games started at 3 pm, where 3 of the games finished in an express time with most teams reaching the 15-point score. New Zealand and Italy were in for a tough competition. New Zealanders made themselves a comfortable advantage with 4 points in a row before halftime and kept up the dominance until the very end.

U20 Open

Pool B opened the games for the Open category. The most intense was Poland with Belgium, which had the teams fight for the win in the Universe Point. The other two games – Canada vs New Zealand and Italy vs Czech ended with a similar score of 15-5.
Pool A started at 11 am. Great Britain and Austria had the toughest game with a close score of 15-11. The second part of the day in Pool B ended in favor of Italy, Canada, and New Zealand. In Pool A games with the last three games of the day, France won against Germany in the showcase game and USA completely dominated Colombia, who made a lot of mistakes close to their zone. One of the Colombian players had a dangerous injury, which should be a reminder that sometimes spectacular layouts are not worth it. Especially if you’re chasing a disc that’s a sure point for your opponent.
The most interesting game of the three was Austria and Germany. The former was leading the game for the most of it, however, the Germans caught up with them with spectacular layout D’s, which resulted in a Universe Point. Austrians were determined to win and in the end, they managed to score the game-closing point with German player being very close to generating a game-changing defense.

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U20 Mixed

The Mixed category games were stretched throughout the day with 7 matches. The morning games turned out in favor of Sweden Switzerland and Slovakia. The latter was a very close one and demanding, however it was the Czech who managed to gain two more points to ensure the win. In the afternoon matches, the Netherlands defeated Switzerland with a comfortable 3-point difference. On a nearby field, Israel and Columbia were going through a tough game. Colombia at first had a hard time catching up with Israel, however, closer to the end of the game they managed to score 4 points in a row, earning a Universe Point. With one more defense generated, it turned out to be a difficult task. Israel scored the last point without any turnovers and won the game. In the last game of the day, Slovakia faced Hungary, which was in control of the game.

For the full score information you can head over to our scoring system!

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Meet your Spirit Of The Game Directors!

Jakub "Kuba" Wrobel

I started playing in 2007 (I think, I don't remember anymore ;) ) when the Ultimate scene in Poland was just starting. Besides that, I volunteered at many Polish and International (European, World) events, I've also GA-ed this year in Limerick on WMUCC 2022. First time being Spirit Director :)

What can you say about the Spirit Of The Game?

It's what keeps the game in check. It's fair play that all sports have but on another higher level. It's unique to Ultimate and that's what's great. For me, I'm taking SOTG as a learning and development opportunity that I can use outside of Ultimate.

What is it that you are looking for at this tournament as a director?

Obviously to be good :) But joking aside, in an ideal world if we won't have to intervene to make spirit better that would be awesome. Even if we have to have a chat with a team and after that, they will improve their spirit - it's a good job for us.

So, in one sentence - have every team be more spirited after the tournament than when they arrived in Wroclaw :)

Henrietta "Heni" Papp

I'm Henrietta. Most people call me Heni. I'm from Hungary and I'm a member of the WFDF Spirit of the Game Commission since 2017. It’s been a long time now! And I'm also the head of the European Ultimate Federation Spirit of the Game Committee. It's a pleasure being in a tournament again, more specifically because of this COVID break happened. Long time I have seen the smiley faces.

I'm really, really looking forward to the teams and the spirit of this tournament. I believe that the players are in good hands, meaning that a lot of very good-spirited experienced players are around them and coaches. So I do hope that they have a sense of what the spirit of the game is, but I would like to see it in action. The younger generation, maybe some of the players, are experiencing a big International tournament right now for the first time, so it will be a good learning process for them and I hope it won't be so hard for the players and they will be fine and they can get the sense of what Spirit of the game means on the field and as well off the field.

Because for me, the spirit of the game is not just how you behave on the field. It's also how you behave off the field and I like to take the aspects of the Spirit of the game day in my everyday life as well. Because it's communicating respectfully with others, I think it should be a normal way of behavior for everyone in our everyday life as well. So basically what Spirit of the game means for me is how I try to guide my life. How do I treat other people? Of course on the field and like in my everyday life as well, I try to learn more about how to be better as well as how to speak up just to turn the phrase what E.R.I.C. also uses who is also a big supporter of Spirit of the game. And also I like learning about assertive communication because it's this is it.

Spirit Team

Yarden Borkov

I've been playing since 2005. My first international event was the first Israeli national team in 2006. It was the junior team for JJUC 2006, in Devens, Massachusetts.

For me, the spirit of the game is the number one priority on and off the field, it's my guiding system, it's a way of living life and treating one another. Spirit is the main reason I chose to play and stay in Ultimate. I mean in disc sports (not just ultimate). In the past, I tried many different sports such as soccer, basketball, hockey, and so on... None of those has ever lightened my Spark or made me glow as ultimate did. It wasn't just the physical fun that kept me in. It was mainly the education and values that the spirit promotes within the community. Great leaders of this sport such as Dr. David Barkan and my personal ultimate GURU - Dori Yaniv, taught me what spirit is, influenced me, and gave me a huge impact that changed my behavior for the better, thanks to their commitment, they literally made me a better version of myself in so many different levels and way of living.

Before Ultimate I was influenced by bad behavior, friends, and peer pressure. For example, if a friend of mine was bullying or making fun of others instead of defending them and taking their sides, I was trying to be by him and on his side even copying him and that wasn't good at all, so I apologize for these situations and the people.

What is it that you are looking for at this tournament as a member of the spirit team?

I want to learn how to organize events better, work with volunteers and keep them enthusiastic. I want to learn more about the Spirit, about the way other countries and communities practice Spirit, and how they use Spirit in the competition mode. Also want to lead them to a better Spirit and to keep the Spirit as the first rule of ultimate. Not just by the list order of rules but also by what's taking place in the ultimate sports industry and all the players of our spectacular sport.

Hina Nainani

I started playing Ultimate mid of 2019 so I would say I am relatively new to the game because after only playing for eight months, covid hit, and games stopped. But eight months with multiple tournaments was enough to make me fall in love with the game.

What does the spirit of the game mean to you?

The Spirit of the game is one of the primary reasons I play the game. For instance, yesterday someone in Berlin asked me, 'so there is no hackling in the game' and I was like no - that's the thing it is one of the most spirited games there is. There is no referee, only rules. It's an absolutely amazing community-driven game.

What is it that you are looking for at this tournament as a member of the spirit team?

This tournament is my first exposure to a World Ultimate tournament, so I am excited to be playing as one of the spirit assistants, I am looking forward to learning and experiencing this game from a different perspective and also looking forward to meeting many people.

Best in Spirit

With everyone in Spirited moods, almost all teams scored 10 and more. However, some Mixed games turned out to be quite heated, which resulted in scores of 9 and 7.50. The most Spirited categories, so far, seem to be U20 Women’s, U20 Open, and U17 Women’s. The atmosphere of the event, high level of competition, and great water surely added to the overall mood of the players.

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

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