f! eXtended European Ultimate Championship Final 2009

Open Division

1. Chevron Action Flash UK
2. Skogs Ultimate SWE
3. Clapham UK
4. Karhukopla FIN
5. Flying Angels Bern SUI
6. Viksjofors SWE
7. Ragnarok DK
8. Fusion UK
9. Jack'Suns FRA
10. Freespeed SUI
11. Fire of London UK
12. Feldrenner GER
13. Silence CZ
14. KFUM Orebro SWE
15. Woodies GER
16. Cota Rica ITA
17. Dji Sam Soe AUS
18. Wall City Berlin GER
19. UFO FIN
20. Flying Bisch ITA
21. CUS Bologna ITA
22. LeedsLeedsLeeds UK
23. Helsinki Ultimate FIN
24. Sipoo Odd Stars FIN
25. Friselis FRA
26. EMO UK
27. Mooncatchers BEL
28. Stoly Ultimate RUS
29. Cambo Cakes NL
30. UFO NL
31. bigEZ AUS
32. Stockholm Syndromes SWE
33. Gummis GER
34. Taskas SLK
35. Team 1935 DK
36. Fully Charged UK
37. Brighton UK
38. Jokers ITA

Spirit: Wall City GER

Womens Division

1. Iceni UK
2. Leeds UK
3. Hot Beaches CZ
4. Woodchicas GER
5. Yaka FRA
6. JinX GER
7. Primavera Olandese NL
8. Viima FIN
9. Lotus SWI
10. E6 SWE
11. Miss B BEL
12. Helsinki Ultimate FIN
13. Copenhagen DK
14. Brilliance RUS
15. Nice Bristols UK
16. ISO UK

Spirit: Hot Beaches CZ

Mixed Division

1. Brighton UK
2. Frizzly Bears GER
3. Gronical Dizziness NL
4. Sugar Mix GER
5. Croccali ITA
6. BAF UK
7. Thundering Herd UK
8. UFO FIN
9. Fischbees GER
10. Outsiterz SLO
11. Au Oh Puc FRA
12. Discflyers DK
13. Corocotta ESP
14. Discuits UK
15. LOL HUN
16. Eintracht GER
17. Emu UK
18. Spirit on Lemon POL
19. Jabba the Huck IRE
20. Tallin EST

Spirit: Frizzly Bears GER

Masters Division

1. Helsinki FIN
2. Age Against the Machine UK
3. Iznogood FRA
4. Frisbee Family GER
5. Veermaster GER
6. Frisbeurs FRA

Spirit: Frisbeurs FRA

The 2009 European Ultimate Club Championships will take place 24th-27th September in London. As many as 100 ultimate clubs from across the continent are expected to bring well over 1000 ultimate players to compete at the competition.

In 2009 a new tournament format, called XEUCF will be played instead of separate EUCC and EUCS.

The XEUCF combines in one tournament the benefits of the EUCC and the EUCS:

• All medals will be assigned in one tournament, without risking to have 2 EFDF tournaments potentially competing for being the most important tournament in 2009
• Costs will be reduced for most players, who planned to attend both separate EUCC and EUCS
• There will be many more inter-regional matches as in EUCC
• The season will be stretched till end of September in almost all nations, giving a reason to many teams to keep on train intensively also during the summer as in the EUCS.
• Team rosters will be defined early in the season using the EUCS eligibility rules.
• Seeding will be mostly based on results of 2009 EFDF competitions and not on those from the previous year.

What is the XEUCF?

XEUCF means eXtended European Ultimate Championship Final and it will be played as pilot in 2009.

All pitches will be at the same site and there will be space for about 100 teams.

The winner of each division will be crowned European Club Champion 2009.

How can teams qualify for XEUCF?

Whenever possible the results of the national championship (EUCQ) 2009 will be considered for the national ranking and so for the qualification to XEUCF.

There are different qualification steps between Open and the other divisions.

Women / Mixed / Master Division

For these divisions the qualification process is very similar to the EUCC one.

Each nation member of the EFDF will be allowed to send 1 team per division.

Wild cards will be given to nations according to their placements in the last WFDF and EFDF competitions.

Open

The successful EUCS format will be applied in the open division, with 3 selection stages: EUCQ, EUCR and XEUCF.

Teams, who qualified for the EUCR, will be allowed to register to XEUCF (max 16 per region) according to the EUCR bid allocation rules in each region.

The initial selection of the max 64 teams will be performed during EUCR and teams registered for XEUCF will be grouped into at least 3 divisions (Open1 for the top16, Open2, Open3, …). Bid allocation for the XEUCF-Open1 division is based on the results of the EUCF2008. The CSC will decide how to distribute the bids for the Open2, Open3, etc. division.

There will be a small overlapping between the divisions at XEUCF, so that for instance, a team from the Open2 can finish max 9th, etc. The final ranking of the XEUCF will be used to define the bid allocation for the EUCF2010 according to the standard EUCF Bidding Allocation System (http://www.eucs. efdf.org/ 2008/eucfbids. html).

What do federations need to do now?

Federations must deliver to the EUF Board within February 15th 2009 the number of teams, which are interested in playing in each division at XEUCF.

Please notice: No answer means that no team in any division will come, so the bids pre-reserved for the nation will be offered to other ones.

Within March 15th 2009 the EUF Board will communicate the number of bids each nation has in each division.

In the divisions where a selection at national/sectional level must be made, because a nation as more interested teams than available spots, EUCQ (=National Championship or ad-hoc tournament) should be played before May 31st 2009.

If a Nation has exactly as many bids for XEUCF as the teams interested in playing in that division, no real selection is needed, so EUCQ can be played anytime before EUCR (only for Open) or before Sept. 7th. The results will be used for the XEUCF seeding.

Sept. 7th 2009 is the last date when EUCQ2009 and EUCR2009 results can be considered for the XEUCF.

If it is not possible to hold the EUCQ before the given deadlines, federations are kindly asked to get in touch with the EUF Board to find a solution.

RCS will provide as soon as possible the date and location of the EUCRs, so that Open teams can plan with large advance these tournaments.

Deadline summary

• Feb. 15th 2009: Federation prove number of wished bids per division

• Mar. 15th 2009: EUF Board publish bids distribution in each division

• May-June 2009: XEUCF registration deadline (not fixed yet)

• Aug. 2009: EUCRs in all regions for the Open division

• Aug./Sept. 2009: XEUCF Final Payment

• Sept. 7th 2009: National/Regional seeding is defined.