Wonderful Copenhagen 2008!

It’s wonderful! It’s wonderful! It’s Wonderful Copenhagen!

Tomorrow I am catching a flight to Denmark. I am for the fourth time to WCU. I want also in 2004, 2005, and 2006 playing with with the WCU All Stars (aka the pick up team). Then Kuki left us and last year I just did not feel like going.

This year I am playing with Italy Open and I am really looking forward for some very good Ultimate.

I also have the honour of bringing the spirit trophy, which was timely delivered to my flat in London today.

For those who don’t know, WCU is one of the top tournaments in Europe, it has managed to attract from the beginning the best teams in Europe: Clapham, Scogs, Fire, Ragnarok, etc. Several national teams enter the tournament and use it as a tune-up for competitions like Europeans and World.

The tournament uses an unusual “back door” format that allows underseeded teams to still make their way to the top.

These are the teams that entered this year and how they are seeded:

1. Skogs Ultimate
2. Ragnarok
3. Karhukopla
4. Liechtenstein (GB O)
5. Andorra (GB D)
6. Inside Rakete (Germany Open)
   
7. Sipoo Odd Stars
8. Italian National Team
9. Helsinki Ultimate
10. KFUM Örebro Frisbee
11. Cotarica
12. Viksjöfors IF
13. Tooting Tigers
14. KielStock
15. WCU Staff Team
16. Cambo Cakes
17. Tørring DiscControl
18. København Frisbee Klub
19. Aarhus Ultimate
20. Stockholm Syndromes
21. Lookfly Outernationals
22. Disc Jockeys KBH

In the past years the tournament had also a women’s division, but this year too few teams showed interst. I am pretty sure that the credit crunch is taking it’s toll around Europe and that players don’t have as much money to spend on international tournaments. As a result this year’s tournaments are smaller in size and the game quality is generally lower.

Ah yes… this is an expensive tournament. Not only because Denmark is an expensive place, but also because Mattias, the excellent organiser, always secures good fields, good accommodation, good food, and good parties.

Links

• Tournament website: www.wcu.dk