World Beach Ultimate Championships
| World Beach Ultimate Championships | |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Every two years |
| Country | Worldwide |
| Founded | 2004 |
| Organized by | WFDF |
| 2025 World Beach Ultimate Championships | |
The World Beach Ultimate Championships is an international beach ultimate competition organized by World Flying Disc Federation. It has been held every two years since 2015. Beach ultimate features smaller teams (5 vs 5) playing on smaller fields. Teams from across the world compete in six regular divisions: open, women's, mixed, open masters, mixed masters, and open grand masters. The women's masters division was added for the first time in 2015, and the open great grand masters was added in 2017.[1] In the 2025 edition, two new divisions—women's grand masters and mixed grand masters—will added.[2]
Edition
| Year | Date | Host | Top nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | August 25–29[3] | Figueira da Foz, Portugal | United States |
| 2007 | December 11–16[4] | Maceió, Brazil | United States |
| 2011 | August 22–28[5] | Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy | United States |
| 2015 | March 8–13[6] | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | United States |
| 2017 | June 18–24[7] | Royan, France | United States |
| 2021 | Cancelled due to COVID-19[8] | ||
| 2023 | November 1–5[9][10] | Huntington Beach, CA, United States | United States |
| 2025 | November 16–22[11] | Algarve, Portugal | United States |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 33 | 6 | 3 | 42 |
| 2 | Germany | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| 3 | Canada | 2 | 13 | 6 | 21 |
| 4 | Great Britain | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 |
| 5 | France | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 6 | Australia | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | Austria | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | Russia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Spain | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | Philippines | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Belgium | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 | Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (17 entries) | 44 | 44 | 44 | 132 | |
References
- ^ Independent in World Great Grand Masters Beach Ultimate Championships at Lisbon, Portugal
- ^ "Beach Ultimate – WFDF". World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF).
- ^ "World Champions Beach Ultimate 2004". BULA – Beach Ultimate.
- ^ "World Beach Ultimate Championships 2007". Australian Flying Disc Association.
- ^ "2011 World Championships of Beach Ultimate (WCBU)". World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF).
- ^ "2015 BULA & WFDF World Championships of Beach Ultimate (WCBU)". World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF).
- ^ "WCBU 2017 with BULA to be in Royan, France". World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF).
- ^ "WFDF Announces major changes to the 2021 Events Schedule". World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF).
- ^ "WFDF 2023 World Beach Ultimate Championships (WBUC)". World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF).
- ^ "The Beach Ultimate Championship 2023 in California concluded with resounding success". InsideTheGames. November 6, 2023. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
- ^ "WFDF 2025 World Beach Ultimate Championships (WBUC)". World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF).