2006 World Footbag Championships; footbag net Videos and info — Freestyle

The 2006 World Footbag Championships set a few premieres in the history of Footbag sports. It was the first WFC played in Germany, it was also the first time that German players won a major title, in this case the Open Doubles Net Championship.
In the match pictured above, you can see highlights of Florian Götze and Patrick Schrickel defeating Andy Ronald (Canada) and Chris Siebert (USA) in the 3rd set to get the gold.

Results – 2006 World Footbag Championships Net competition

Open Doubles Net:

1       Florian Götze/Patrick Schrickel       GER
2       Andrew Ronald/Chris Siebert    CA/USA
3       Yves Archambault/Jean-Francois Lemieux CA
4       Emmanuel Bouchard/Paul Lovern  USA
5       Peter Shunny/Bruce Guettich    USA
6       Janni Markkanen/Jaako Inkinen  FI
7       John Leys/Eric Wulff   USA7       Jukka Peltola/Tuomas Karki     FI
9       Thomas Förster/Yassin Khateeb  GER
10      Matti Pohjola/Tapio Karhunen   FI
11      Miquel Clemente/Nicolas Dezeeuw       FR
12      Chris Löw/Hannes Daniel        GER
13      Alexander Smirnov/Sam Maleki   RU/GER
14      Grischa Tellenbach/Vincent Rousseau   FR
15      Chris Ott/Jack Harris  USA
16      Ulrich Haase/Andreas Wolff     GER
17      David Fujimura/Max Koendgen    GER
18      Hakan Hellberg/Magnus Hellberg SWE
19      Jani Lirkki/Timo Vorne FI
20      Ales Pelko/Jaka Stare  SLO
21      Arnaud Saniez/Lino Landau      FR/GER
22      Jesse Ruotsalainen/Justin Sexton      FI
23      Markus Portenkirchner/Tuan Vu  GER/USA
24      Iisak Liukko/Sakarias Liukko   FI
25      Adrian Pohl/Justin Eichenlaub  GER
26      Eurik Lindner/Markus Kaspczak  GER
27      Marc Brunet/Greg Lima  FR
27      Yannik Rockel/Edwin Veltman    GER/USA
29      Gasper Znidarsic/Bostjan Kobe
29      Piotr Baltrukiewicz/Bartosz Pachucki  POL
29      Steve Goldberg/Mike Stefanelli USA
29      Michael Müller/Martin Fabriz   GER
29      Amaya Straeten/Tammo Rockel    GER
29      Faris Barakat/Antonio Fritsch  GER
35      Bostjan Brescak/Marko Valant

Scores of Semifinals

Andrew Ronald/Chris Siebert vs. Paul Lovern/Emmanuel Bouchard
13:15
15:07
15:13

Patrick Schrickel/Florian Götze vs. Yves Archambault/Jean-Francois Lemieux
14.16
15:05
15:05

Scores of Final Game

Patrick Schrickel/Florian Götze vs. Andrew Ronald/Chris Siebert
13:15
15:12
15:08

Open Singles Net::

1 Emmanuel Bouchard CA
2 Jean-Francois Lemieux CA
3 Jaako Inkinen FI
4 Bruce Guettich USA
5 Chris Löw GER
6 Matti Pohjola FI
7 Tuomas Karki FI
7 John Leys USA
9 Janni Markkanen FI
10 Chris Siebert USA
11 Florian Götze GER
11 Yves Archambault CA
13 Peter Shunny USA
14 Thomas Förster GER
15 Andreas Wolff GER
16 Patrick Schrickel GER
17 Sam Maleki GER
17 Ales Pelko SLO
19 Yassin Khateeb GER
19 Tuan Vu USA
21 Vincent Rousseau FR
21 Nicolas Dezeeuw FR
23 Hakan Hellberg SWE
23 Eurik Lindner GER
25 Markus Kaspczak GER
26 Lino Landau GER
27 Justin Eichlaub GER
28 Piotr Baltrukiewicz POL
29 Alexander Smirnov RU
29 Tapio Karhunen FI
29 Ulrich Haase GER
29 Hannes Daniel GER
33 Mike Stefanelli CA
34 Jaka Stare SLO
35 Greg Lima FR
36 Marc Brunet FR
37 Edwin Veltman USA
38 Grischa Tellenbach FR
39 Magnus Hellberg SWE
40 Faris Barakat GER
41 Max Koendgen GER
42 Miquel Clemente FR
43 Janni Lirkki FI
44 Iisak Liukko FI
45 Timo Vorne FI
45 Antonio Fritsch GER
45 Jim Hankins USA
45 Tammo Rockel GER
49 Yannik Rockel GER
50 Adrian Pohl GER
51 Amaya Straeten GER
51 Arnaud Saniez FR
51 Sakarias Liukko FI
51 Markus Portenkirchner GER

Open Mixed Doubles Net:

1  Julia Tikhomirova/Andrew Ronald RU/CA
2  Irena Marc/Ales Pelko SL
3  Lena Mlakar-Jereb/Jaka Stare SL
4  Ninni Liukko/Jaakko Inkinen FI
5  Kerstin Anhuth/Hannes Daniel DE
6  Lisa Uebele/Andreas Wolff DE
7  Helena Schlichting/Hakan Hellberg DE/SE
8  Noora Plattonen/Timo Vorne FI
9  Lisa Amengual/Vincent Rousseau FR
10 Mildret Rumpf/Chris Loew DE

Open Women’s Doubles Net:

1 Lisa Uebele/Helena Schlichting DE
2 Irena Marc/Lena Mlakar-Jereb SL
3 Mildret Rumpf/Kerstin Anhuth DE
4 Lisa Amengual/Julia Tikhomirova FR/RU

Open Women’s Singles Net:

1 Julia Tikhomirova RU
2 Lisa Uebele DE
3 Lena Mlakar-Jereb SL
4 Irena Marc SL
5 Helena Schlichting DE
6 Lisa Amengual FR
7 Ninni Liukko FI

Intermediate Doubles Net:

1 Alexander Hassenkamp/Christian Bock DE
2 Theodore Fritsch/Arkady Lobankov US/RU
3 Petr Stejskal/Petr Brocka CZ/SK
4 Hannes Schnack/Jan Baudoin DE
5 Michal Rog/Marijn Smeeehuizen PL/NL
5 Alexander Bartsch/Thorsten Schaefer DE
7 Felix Graf/Jonas Thaell DE
8 Masaka Shigeoka/Yuji Kakazu JP
9 Alexander Skocki/Kentaro Hasegawa DE/JP
9 Robert Creel/Silvan Lötscher US/DE
9 Tobias Bartl/Nick Zbinden DE/CH

Intermediate Singles Net:

1 Felix Golz DE
2 Christian Bock DE
3 Hannes Schnack DE
4 Theodore Fritsch US
5 Petr Stejskal
6 Michael Müller DE
7 Martin Fabriz DE
8 Felix Graf DE
9 Michal Rog PL
10 Thorsten Schaefer DE
11 Jason Varvaro USA
11 Bartosz Pachucki PL
11 Yuji Kakazu JP
11 Alexander Hassenkamp DE
11 Arkady Lobankov RU
11 Cornu Laurent FR
17 Jonas Thoell DE
17 Aleksi Airinen FI
19 Kentaro Hasegawa JP
19 H. Morii JP
19 Robert Creel US
19 Jan Baudoin DE
19 Samu Ahola FI

Other links to this magnificent tournament

I will throw any interesting links to the Footbag Net part of the 2006 World Footbag Championships here

Let’s start with a photo gallery from footbag.org

And then these funny moments from doubles semi-finals A