Here’s a short summary of our participation at the World Ultimate Club championships 2014 in Lecco, Italy. We updated on a daily base on our facebook page. If you’re interested in reading the news from back then, go and check out our facebook page.
__After a long and intense preparation for this tournament, Freespeed had a perfect start into the tournament. The first game resultet in a rather easy victory over the hungarian Champion, playing with our long time legionnaire Gabor. The second game was an exceptional performance from our offensive line, playing a perfect game with no turnovers at all! Results of the first day:
Freespeed 15:4 Lézer Pávák (Hungary)
Freespeed 15:11 Phoenix (Canada)
Here’s the link to the video recap by Benjamin Aellen
__Day two had only one game for us. We played some well known rivals from across the border: the austrian team FWD>> (Forward). The game was not especially good, but in control most of the time, resulting in a safe victory. Result of day two:
Freespeed 15:10 FWD>> (Austria)
Video of the day
__On the third morning Freespeed met one of the big names in Ultimate of the past decade: Furious George, Vancouver! A bad start made it difficult to stay in the game, but with hard work, some luck and spectacular plays we fought our way back into the game to keep it tight to the end, but losing it anyway. The second game was probably the most disappointing game from the last couple of seasons! We played not at our best and EMO played a really good game. They won the game. We were out of the competition. A very hard moment in this season. Results of the third day:
Freespeed 13:15 Furious George (Canada)
Freespeed 11:15 EMO (England)
Video of the day
Entire Game vs. Furious George
__We recovered well from the major disappointment of dropping out at this early stage and managed to give one of the colombian teams a tough fight next morning. It was the only game for us on day four. Results:
Freespeed 17:12 Comunidad el Oso (Colombia)
Video of the day
__On the last day we met two well known rivals: CUSB La Fotta from Bologna and Chevron Action Flash from Manchester. Both were intense games. We ended up winning the first one and losing the second one. This brought ourselves the 18th rank. Not quite what we aimed for, but a valuable experience and quite a good achievement. Results:
Freespeed 17:12 CUSB La Fotta (Italy)
Freespeed 13:16 Chevron Action Flash (England)
Video of the day
__That’s it from the 2014 World Ultimate Club Championships. Only one more thing. Our media guru worked even harder than we expected him to and created a entertaining and wonderful summary of this experience! Click here for 12 minutes of distraction.
