World Overalls to be held in San Diego
15 June 2005
Following the cancellation of the World Disc Games, the World Overall Championships 2005 have been moved to San Diego and will join with the World Juniors and Masters Championships to be held there at the end of June.
World Juniors goes to Boston
31 March 2005
The WFDF Board has approved the New England Ultimate Alliance as the host of the World Junior Ultimate Championships (WJUC) 2006. The tournament is to be held in Devens, just outside Boston, from 13th to 18th of August. The decision is subject to approval by WFDF Congress by July at the latest.
Disc golf committee launched
25 March 2005
A new international disc golf committee has met, the product of collaborative efforts by WFDF and the Professional Disc Golf Association (PDGA) to unite disc golf throughout the world and work together toward the development of the game. Draft minutes of the teleconference held on 19th February are now available online.
Panamericans website launched
18 March 2005
A website has been established for the inaugural Pan-American Ultimate Club Championships to be held in Sao Paulo in late July this year. It will be the central point for all information regarding the championships.
2004 WFDF election results
10 January 2005
A healthy thirteen member organisations in good standing voted in the 2004 WFDF elections. The new Board took office on 1st January. Congratulations to those who were successfully elected and to Korean Ultimate, who were admitted to regular membership of WFDF in a concurrent poll.
History of Ultimate book soon to be released
23 December 2004
The first book chronicling the complete history of the sport of Ultimate, from 1968 to the present, will be released in March 2005. The book includes 160 pages, tons of photos, lists of national and world champions, national champion team rosters and a DVD with never before seen Ultimate footage. Pre-orders are now being taken.
Bidding opens for WUGC2008
22 December 2004
WFDF is now acccepting bids for the WFDF World Ultimate and Guts Championships 2008. The deadline for the submission of bids is June 1, 2005. Please e-mail (ultimate at wfdf dot org) if you have any questions.
World Junior Ultimate Championships 2006
15 December 2004
WFDF is now acccepting bids for the 2006 World Junior Ultimate Championships. The deadline for the submission of bids is February 1, 2005. Please e-mail (ultimate at wfdf dot org) if you have any questions.
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Latest WFDF Communiques
10 September 2017 - Official Communication 
Team Canada squeaked by Finland by a single point in the final round of the second WFDF World Team Disc Golf Championships (WTDGC). The championship, featuring some of the world’s best disc golfers from ten countries, was held 23-26 August 2017 at the Classic Course at the University of Essex in Colchester, UK. Team New Zealand won the bronze medal after defeating Team Estonia, also winning by one point. The full tournament report can be found here.
The Australian Flying Disc Association (ADFA) have opened the broadcasting services tender for the WFDF 2018 WU24 Ultimate Championships which are planned for January 2018 in Perth, Australia.
The tender dates are as follows:
Tender Open: August 27, 2017
Tender Closes: September 17, 2017
Partner Announced: October 1, 2017
02 August 2017 - Official Communication
WFDF seeking interested candidates for the position of Director of Communications and Global Media. The Director would assist the executive staff and officers in writing press releases, identifying content and managing WFDF’s Facebook and Twitter pages, managing WFDF’s youtube and/or other video presence, and ensuring that WFDF takes advantage of the evolving opportunities in social media in order to better communicate with all of WFDF’s stakeholders and audience. This is a volunteer (unpaid) position but this will be a high impact role in raising the visibility of flying disc sports globally within the disc community and the general population.
25 July 2017 - Official Communication 
The final day of Flying Disc – Ultimate at The World Games 2017 would see three medals being awarded and lots of great plays. In the first game of the day, Australia took on Colombia in a game that had no impact on top four spots but was a great warmup for both teams as they prepared for the bronze and gold medal games respectively. In the first half, Australia came out firing and took half 7-2. Colombia came alive in the second half and played ultimate like we’ve been used to seeing them the last few days. They came up short though, with the Aussies winning 13-10 in the end.
23 July 2017 - Official Communication
The second day of competition at The World Games 2017 determined who would end up in the gold medal game and would also solidify Poland’s ranking as the 6th seed.
In the first game of the day, Japan picked up their first win of the championship when they defeated Poland 13-8. Although Japan only took half by 1, they pulled away in the second half for a comfortable five point victory.
22 July 2017 - Official Communication 
The first day of flying disc at The World Games saw 6 games take place with one big upset. The first game of the day saw Canada easily defeat host Poland by a score of 13-3. In the second game, Japan took on Australia which proved to be a battle until the end. Both teams traded points back and forth until the end where Australia was able to score a few late goals and come away with the 13-11 win. The third game pitted USA vs Colombia and proved to live up to the hype.
22 July 2017 - Official Communication
In light of recent posts and exchanges made on his personal twitter account by WFDF’s Director of Global Communications and New Media, Rob McLeod, on gender issues, the World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) would like to clarify our position on the topic and the personal comments that were made.
19 July 2017 - Official Communication
The World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) has released the team rosters of athletes who will represent their countries in the Flying Disc competition during The World Games in Wroclaw, Poland. The Ultimate Championship will be a three-day event running from Friday to Sunday 21-23 July 2017, and will feature the top national teams in Ultimate: Australia, Canada, Colombia, Japan, USA, and host country Poland. The featured format is mixed gender, with a 14 person roster – 7 men and 7 women.
“I am really looking forward to this edition of The World Games, the fifth for Flying Disc out of the ten which have been held,” said Robert “Nob” Rauch, WFDF President. “We have the best athletes in our sport coming to Wroclaw and are excited to showcase our sport across the globe over the Olympic Channel and live to all the local spectators.”
Please read the full Press Release including rosters here.
18 July 2017 - Official Communication
The World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) is excited to announce that Flying Disc will be featured on the global Olympic Channel during The World Games in Wroclaw, Poland. The Flying Disc (Ultimate) Championship will be a three-day event running from Friday to Sunday 21-23 July 2017, and will feature the top national teams in Ultimate: Australia, Canada, Colombia, Japan, USA, and host country Poland.
The Olympic Channel will be provide coverage the competition, including the bronze and gold medal games, as part of their 24/7 online channel dedicated to The World Games that can be viewed on the Olympic Channel global digital platform at olympicchannel.com and its mobile apps. Tom Styles will serve as the lead commentator for the Ultimate games.
27 June 2017 - Official Communication
USA takes gold in Mixed and Men’s Divisions; Russian Women win first title
The WFDF 2017 World Championships of Beach Ultimate (WCBU), in association with BULA, concluded on Saturday, June 24 with the USA showing its continued dominance, taking gold in the Mixed gender and Men’s divisions. Russia overcame the USA in a stunning come-from-behind victory -- winning the final four points of the Women’s Division final -- to take the women’s title 11-10. The USA also swept all four divisions of Masters’ Division play. The USA had taken gold in all but the Mixed Division in the WFDF 2015 World Beach Ultimate Championships. The week-long event, which opened on Sunday, June 18 on the beautiful beaches of Royan, France featured nearly 1,800 players from 39 countries on 127 teams in 9 divisions. The 30-person broadcast team livestreamed more than 120 games across three showcase fields over the course of the week, which is the most games live broadcast for one event by WFDF.
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