THIS GAME REQUIRES A STREAMING PASS.
On October 12th the World Flying Disc Federation announced that the WFDF 2014 World Junior Ultimate Championships (WJUC) 2014 will be hosted in the city of Lecco, Lombardy (Italy). EUF European Youth Ultimate Championships will be lso held in the same location on the same dates.
The event will be held from July 20-26, 2014 at the facilities of the Nuova Poncia Polo & Country Club in Lecco, and the finals will be staged in the Stadio Rigamonti-Ceppi, the main stadium of the city of Lecco on July 26, 2014.
“With 40 teams and some 1,000 athletes expected for WJUC and 160 teams and 3,600 athletes for WUCC, it will be an exciting summer of Ultimate in the Lake Como region of Italy and the local community has pledged its strong support to make this a memorable experience for all our athletes. By hosting these two events in the same venue, we view this as a potential role model for a sustainable use of resources for mega sport events, and WFDF is dedicating additional resources to support and oversee the host” stated WFDF president Nob Rauch.
“Hosting the next WJUC and EYUC is a huge privilege, and at the same time a massive responsibility for us,” commented Max Vitali, CEO of Ultimatevents. “We want the junior and youth championship events next year to boast the same quality of services and infrastructure as any elite world championship, in order to seize this opportunity to help these young players in their path to be the future of our sport. We deeply thank WFDF, especially President Nob Rauch, Executive Director Volker Bernardi, and Ultimate Committee chair Simon Hill, along with the entire WFDF board of directors, for the confidence and trust they have placed in us in awarding us the right and the honor to host the WFDF 2014 WJUC.
The World Junior Ultimate Championships is a biennial event that brings together the best Junior ultimate players from around the world. First held in Gothenberg, Sweden, in 1983, with just 3 teams, and 60 participants, in a Junior boys division, the competition has experienced yearly growth, and now includes World Junior girls. WJUC is today the benchmark event for junior players worldwide. Due to the exponential growth in the junior movement of our sport.
The last edition of the combined WJUC was held in 2012 in Ireland, and hosted 47 teams in 4 divisions, with 1,000 participants including players, coaches and support staff. We expect Lecco 2014 to be not only bigger than WJUC 2012, but also to be the junior tournament with the highest playing level, ever.
In 2014, the world’s best junior players will come together at a fabulous venue, in a stunning location, and enjoy the best facilities, to produce some of the best Ultimate ever seen at the junior level.
Free games: Games marked with a * will stream for free.
Streaming pass: Streaming passes will be available by the start of the tournament on the schedule below.
VOD: Games will be available via VOD no later than 7 days after WJUC completes.
Game voting: Some TBD game streams will be determined by vote. Voting opportunities will be announced on Skyd.