2009 is drawing to a close, year-end retrospectives are popping up. Time to look back at the Ultimate year, just like last year's post: The Ultimate-Frisbee Champions 2008. In the following the result of my research for national champions from all over the world (to be precise: Grass Ultimate Frisbee for Open, Women and Mixed... names marked with ² signify beach champions, in case that no Grass Championships took place).
Australia: Chilly (Victoria)
Austria: Flugsaurier (Wels)
Belarus: Underdog (Minsk)
Belgium: Mooncatchers (Bruxelles) ¹
Canada: Mephisto (Montréal, Quebec)
Colombia: Euforia (Bogotá)
Czech Republic: Prague Devils (Prague)
Denmark: Ragnarok (Farum)
Dominican Republic: Bukapie (Santo Domingo)
Finland: Karhukopla (Espoo)
France: Jack'Suns (Fonteney-le-Comte)
Germany: Feldrenner (Mainz) ¹
Italy: Flying Bisc (Prato)
Ireland: Johnny Chimpo
Latvia: Ultimate Decision (Rīga)
Lithuania: Zepps (Vilnius)
Netherlands: Gronical Dizziness (Groningen)
Norway: Lulu (Oslo)
Portugal: Diz-Cu Dance (Lisbon) ²
Russia: Sokol (Moscow) ¹
Slovakia: Mor ho! (Bratislava)
Slovenia: Frizmi (Ljubljana)
South Africa: Chilli (Cape Town) ¹
Spain: Guayota (Tenerife) ¹
Sweden: Skogshyddan FK (Gothenburg) ¹
Switzerland: Flying Angels Bern (Bern) ¹
Ukraine: Gigolo (Kiev) ¹
United Kingdom: Clapham Ultimate (London) ¹
USA: Chain Lightning (Atlanta)
Australia: Wildcard
Austria: W.adys (Wien)
Canada: Lotus (Toronto)
Colombia: Revolution (Medellín)
Czech Republic: Yellow Fever (Prague)
Denmark: Flying Circus (Copenhagen)
Finland: Atletico (Espoo)
France: YAKA (Noisy-le-Sec)
Germany: Woodchicas (Sauerlach) ¹
Italy: Tequila Boom Boom (Rimini)
Latvia: Moments (Ogre)
Lithuania: Bublicious (Vilnius)
Russia: Cosmic Girls (Velikiy Novgorod)
Spain: Corocotta (Cantabria)
Sweden: E6 FK (Gothenburg) ¹
United Kingdom: Iceni (London)
USA: Fury (San Francisco Bay Area)
Australia: Spider Pig (New South Wales)
Austria: Upsadaisy (Wien) ¹
Canada: Chaos (Winnipeg)
Czech Republic: Prague Devils (Prague)
Denmark: Discflyers (Odense)
Finland: UFO (Tampere)
France: Bon Disc'Manche (Noisy-le-Sec) ¹
Germany: Sugar Mix (Stuttgart)
Italy: Gert Jonnys Band
Netherlands: Gronical Dizziness (Groningen)
Poland: GrandMaster Flash (Warsaw)
Spain: Guayota (Tenerife) ²
Sweden: Stockholm Syndromes (Stockholm)
Switzerland: Züri Ultimate Flyers (Zürich)
United Kingdom: Jeremy Codhand
USA: Axis of C-Ville (Charlottesville)
13 out of these 60 national champions defended their 2008 title (marked with ¹)! If you know about countries and champions that are not listed here, please contact me or leave a comment. I will then update this list. Merry Christmas.
UPDATED on 25 January 2010