Worlds in Vancouver are only a few days away, time to look back at the results of the previous eleven WFDF's World Ultimate Championship tournaments:

1. WUC 1983 in Gothenburg, Sweden

   • Open: USA
   • Women: USA
   • Juniors: Finland

2. WUC 1984 in Luzern, Switzerland

   • Open: USA
   • Women: Finland
   • Juniors: Sweden

3. WUC 1986 in Colchester, United Kingdom

   • Open: USA
   • Women: USA
   • Juniors: Sweden

4. WUC 1988 in Leuven, Belgium

   • Open: USA
   • Women: USA
   • Juniors: Sweden

5. WUC 1990 in Oslo, Norway

   • Open: USA
   • Women: USA
   • Juniors: Sweden
   • Masters: USA

6. WUC 1992 in Utsunomiya, Japan

   • Open: Sweden
   • Women: Japan
   • Juniors: Chinese Taipei
   • Masters: USA

7. WUC 1994 in Colchester, United Kingdom

   • Open: USA
   • Women: USA
   • Juniors: Sweden
   • Masters: USA

8. WUC 1996 in Jönköping, Sweden

   • Open: USA
   • Women: Sweden
   • Juniors: Sweden
   • Masters: Sweden

9. WUC 1998 in Blaine, MN, USA

   • Open: Canada
   • Women: USA
   • Juniors: USA
   • Masters: Canada
   • Mixed: Canada

10. WUGC 2000 in Heilbronn, Germany

    • Open: USA
    • Women: Canada
    • Masters: USA
    • Mixed: USA
    • Junior Open: Sweden
    • Junior Women: USA

11. WUGC 2004 in Turku, Finland

    • Open: Canada
    • Women: Canada
    • Masters: USA
    • Mixed: USA
    • Junior Open: USA
    • Junior Women: Canada

The performance of the USA and lately also Canada are impressive, they won two third of all titles! Sweden is still second in the overall gold medal statistics behind Canada, but this might change after this year's championships on their home grounds. Interesting to notice is also the fact that only six (6) different nations won gold at WFDF Worlds for National Teams, not a lot given the fact that a total of 45 gold medals have been awarded:

Gold Medal Winners (45 championships)

1. USA (24)
2. Sweden (10)
3. Canada (7)
4. Finland (2)
5. Chinese Taipei (1)
6. Japan (1)

Below the breakdown of the gold medals per division. Only the divisions Open, Women and Junior Open have been present at all 11 championships, followed by Masters (7), Mixed (3) and Junior Women (2).

Gold Medal Winners Open division (11 championships)

1. USA (8)
2. Canada (2)
3. Sweden (1)

Gold Medal Winners Women division (11 championships)

1. USA (6)
2. Canada (2)
3. Finland (1)
4. Japan (1)
5. Sweden (1)

Gold Medal Winners Junior Open division (11 championships)

1. Sweden (7)
2. USA (2)
3. Finland (1)
4. Chinese Taipei (1)

Gold Medal Winners Masters division (7 championships)

1. USA (5)
2. Sweden (1)
3. Canada (1)

Gold Medal Winners Mixed division (3 championships)

1. USA (2)
2. Canada (1)

Gold Medal Winners Junior Women division (2 championships)

1. USA (1)
2. Canada (1)

See you on the fields in Vancouver, watch out for #87 on the German Mixed team. I'd be glad to answer questions about ffindr and to listen to your ideas or critics, or be it just a chat.