2011 World Footbag Championships Freestyle – NET

2011 marked the return of the World Footbag contest in Europe. After a successfull event in Oakland, California the previous year, Worlds returned to Helsinki, where they also appeared in 2005. Everything was well organized, as we’ve come to expect from our finnish friends.

32nd IFPA WORLD FOOTBAG CHAMPIONSHIPS
July 31-August 6, 2011
Helsinki, Finland
Freestyle Finals

After winning the routines at the 2010 Worlds, Milan Benda came back strong in 2011. Although he didn’t win the routines this time (3rd), Milan had a great week as he scored 1st places in Circle, Request and Sick 3, as well, he added a 2nd place in Shred 30. Jan ”Honza” Weber made sure that all the Open titles would go to Czech Republic as he took 1st in routines and Shred 30.
On the women’s side, the players took advantage of the absence of the Queen, Tina Aeberli, to get on the first step of the podium. Jana Sassakova (CZE) scored the routines and a 2nd in women’s circle. Meanwhile,  Hanna Mickiewicz (POL)  sailed in first in the same circle event and succeeded to climb the podium in routines (3rd) and women’s Shred 30 (2nd), where she was second only to Tanja Salakka (FIN).
In the Open doubles routines, Tomas Tucek and Martin Sládek have garnered one of their numerous titles, If I’m not mistaken, it was their first, but certainly not their last.
In the Mixed Doubles routines, the winners of last year’s open doubles took the crown. The Polish team of Wiktor Dębski & Gosia Dębska beat two of their fellow compatriots team’s.

2011 World Footbag Championships – Freestyle results

Open Singles Routines

1 Jan Weber CZE
2 Anssi Sundberg FIN
3 Milan Benda CZE
4 Aleksi Airinen FIN
5 Vašek Klouda CZE
6 Damian Gielnicki POL
7 Bartek Bubula POL
8 Mikko Lepistö FIN
9 Evan Gatesman USA
9 Felix Zenger FIN
9 Tuukka Antikainen FIN
9 Christopher Schillem GER
13 Tuomas Riisalo FIN
13 Rene Rühr GER
13 Jakob Wagner GER
13 Rafał Kaleta POL
17 Toni Pääkkönen FIN
17 Mathias Blau DEN
17 Brian Sherrill USA
17 Artem Zabolotniy RUS
21 Matthias Schmidt GER
21 Jindra Smola CZE
21 Santeri Karvinen FIN
21 Alexander Trenner AUT
25 Michał Ostrowski POL
25 Paul Cronjaeger GER
25 Michał Biarda POL
25 Jakub Grabarczyk (POL
25 Tomasz Ostrowski POL
25 Lauri Airinen FIN
31 Nis Petersen DEN
31 Alex Dworetzky USA
31 Wiktor Dębski POL
31 Evgeni Kichigin RUS
31 Pavel Motorov RUS
36 Evgeniy Kuharenko RUS
36 Andrey Djakonov RUS
36 Paweł Rozek POL
36 Dante Diotallevi CAN
36 Arkadiusz Stanek POL

Open Circle Contest

1 Milan Benda CZE
2 Anssi Sundberg FIN
3 Damian Gielnicki POL
4 Evan Gatesman USA
5 Toni Pääkkönen FIN
5 Bartek Bubula POL
5 Aleksi Airinen FIN
5 Olaf Piwowar POL
9 Rene Rühr GER
9 Tuomas Riisalo FIN
9 Felix Zenger FIN
9 Rafał Kaleta POL
13 Tuukka Antikainen FIN
13 Jakub Grabarczyk POL
13 Lauri Airinen FIN
16 Mathieu Giard-Montpetit CAN
16 Christopher Schillem GER
16 Brian Sherrill USA
16 Mikko Lepistö FIN
16 Matthias Schmidt GER
16 Andrey Djakonov RUS
16 Santeri Karvinen FIN
16 Wiktor Dębski POL
16 Artem Zabolotniy RUS
16 Jay Boychuk CAN
26 Paul Cronjaeger GER
26 David Castillo Tibocha COL
26 Ilya Sernov RUS
26 Arkadiusz Stanek POL
26 Dante Diotallevi CAN
26 Michał Biarda POL
26 Alexander Semichev RUS
26 Evgeniy Kuharenko RUS
26 Alexander Trenner AUT
26 Evgeni Kichigin RUS
36 Alex Dworetzky USA
36 Nis Petersen DEN
36 Pawel Rozek POL
36 Matt Bailey UK
36 Samu Ahola FIN
36 Michal Ostrowski POL
36 Pavel Motorov RUS

Open Shred:30

1 Jan Weber CZE
2 Milan Benda CZE
3 Aleksi Airinen FIN
4 Felix Zenger FIN
5 Rene Rühr GER
6 Tuukka Antikainen FIN
7 Tuomas Riisalo FIN
8 Evan Gatesman USA
9 Damian Gielnicki POL
9 Olaf Piwowar POL
11 Jakub Grabarczyk POL
12 Lauri Airinen FIN
13 Mathias Blau DEN
14 Alexander Trenner AUT
15 Santeri Karvinen FIN
16 Anssi Sundberg FIN
17 Jindra Smola CZE
18 Arkadiusz Stanek POL
19 Mikko Lepistö FIN
20 Jakob Wagner GER
21 David Casillo Tibocha COL
22 Pavel Motorov RUS
23 Andrey Djakonov RUS
24 Brian Sherrill USA
25 Nis Petersen DEN
26 Christopher Schillem GER
27 Pawel Rozek POL
28 Alexander Semichev RUS

Open Request Contest

1 Milan Benda CZE
2 Vašek Klouda CZE
3 Anssi Sundberg FIN
4 Aleksi Airinen FIN
4 Jan Weber CZE
6 Tuukka Antikainen FIN
6 Evan Gatesman USA
6 Felix Zenger FIN
9 Lauri Airinen FIN
9 Dante Diotallevi CAN
9 Michał Ostrowski POL
9 Olaf Piwowar POL
9 Jindra Smola CZE
9 Jakob Wagner GER
15 Bartek Bubula POL
15 Damian Gielnicki POL
15 Toni Pääkkönen FIN
18 Pavel Motorov RUS
18 Tuomas Riisalo FIN
20 David Castillo Tibocha COL
20 Rafał Kaleta POL
20 Santeri Karvinen FIN
20 Rene Rühr GER
20 Matthias Schmidt GER
20 Arkadiusz Stanek POL
26 Andrey Djakonov RUS
26 Pawel Rozek POL
28 Matthew Bailey UK
28 Mathieu Giard-Montpetit CAN
30 Paul Cronjaeger GER
30 Sébastien Duchesne CAN
30 Jakub Grabarczyk POL
30 Evgeniy Kuharenko RUS
34 Sylwia Kocyk POL
34 Nadin Koshkina RUS
34 Tanja Salakka FIN
34 Ilya Sernov RUS
38 Brian Sherrill USA
38 Dorota Wojtasiuk POL

Open Sick 3-Trick Contest

1 Milan Benda CZE
2 Jan Weber CZE
3 Anssi Sundberg FIN
4 Olaf Piwowar POL
5 Tuomas Riisalo FIN
6 Pavel Motorov RUS
7 Samu Ahola FIN
8 Aleksi Airinen FIN
9 Michal Biarda POL
9 Rafał Kaleta POL
11 Bartek Bubula POL
12 Damian Gielnicki POL
13 Brian Sherrill USA
14 Tuukka Antikainen FIN
15 Jakub Grabarczyk POL
16 Alexander Trenner AUT
17 Andrey Djakonov RUS
18 Alexander Semichev RUS
19 Alex Dworetzky USA

Women’s Singles Routines

1 Jana Sassakova CZE
2 Tanja Salakka FIN
3 Hanna Mickiewicz POL
4 Nadin Koshkina RUS
5 Malgorzata Oledzka POL
6 Dorota Wojtasiuk POL
7 Gosia Dębska POL
7 Sylwia Kocyk POL
9 Caroline Birch AUS

Women’s Circle Contest

1 Hanna Mickiewicz POL
2 Jana Sassakova CZE
3 Silwia Kocyk POL
4 Tanja Salakka FIN
5 Nadin Koshkina RUS
6 Malgorzata Oledzka POL
7 Yana Budyukina RUS
7 Caroline Birch AUS
7 Dorota Wojtasiuk POL

Women’s Shred:30

1 Tanja Salakka FIN
2 Hanna Mickiewicz POL
3 Nadin Koshkina RUS
4 Dorota Wojtasiuk POL
5 Malgorzata Oledzka POL
6 Yana Buduykina RUS
7 Caroline Birch AUS

Open Doubles Routines

1 Tomas Tucek CZE & Martin Sládek CZE
2 Michał Ostrowski POL & Tomasz Ostrowski POL
3 Wiktor Dębski POL & Gosia Dębska POL
4 Rafał Kaleta POL & Wojciech Jamski POL

Open Mixed Doubles Routines

1 Wiktor Dębski POL & Gosia Dębska POL
2 Tomasz Ostrowski POL & Malgorzata Oledzka POL
3 Jakub Grabaczyk POL & Dorota Wojtasiuk POL

Intermediate Singles Routines

1 Ilya Sernov RUS
2 Vladislav Molyako RUS
3 Robin Püchel GER
4 Juhani Karila FIN
5 Theodore Fritsch USA

Intermediate Shred:30

1 Ilya Sernov RUS
2 Robin Püchel GER
3 Juhani Karila FIN
4 Vladislav Molyako RUS

Intermediate Request Contest

1 Roy Klein IL
2 Ilya Sernov RUS
3 Michael Lamberjohann GER
4 Vladislav Molyako RUS
4 Robin Püchel GER
6 Caroline Birch AUS

2011 World Footbag Championships – Unnoficial events results

Open 2-Square

1 Wiktor Debski POL
2 Steve Goldberg USA
3 Michal Biarda POL
4 Mathieu Giard-Montpetit CAN
5 Tuukka Antikainen FIN
5 Alex Dworetzsky USA
5 Pawel Rozek POL
5 Justin Eichenlaub GER
9 Brian Sherrill USA
9 Evan Gatesman USA
9 Milan Benda CZE
12 Roy Klein IL
12 Damian Gielnicki POL
12 Sebastien Maillet FRA
12 Fjodor Abubov RUS
12 Timo Vorne FIN
12 David Castillo Tibocha COL
12 Marcin Staron POL
12 Rafal Kaleta POL
20 Tim Heun GER
20 Arkadiusz Stanek POL
20 Caroline Birch AUS
20 Michael Lamberjohann GER
20 Guillaume Degat FRA

Other references to the 2011 World Footbag Championships

Results on footbag.org
The tournament web site
Net results and videos