2012 World Footbag Championships Freestyle – NET

2012 set a precedent in footbag’s history as it was the first time that the World Footbag Championships were presented in Poland. The new (at the time) president of the IFPA –  International Footbag Players Association – Wiktor Debski did a good job in bringing the tournament to his country.

33rd IFPA WORLD FOOTBAG CHAMPIONSHIPS
July 29-August 4, 2012
University of Physical Education in Warsaw, Poland
Freestyle Finals

The 2012 Worlds freestyle competition crowned the usual suspects in the open singles events.
Jan ”Honza” Weber took 1st in routines, and Sick 3, as well he traded places with Milan Benda (1st) in the Circle contest (Honza 2nd). Milan had a good tournament too as he added second spots on the podium in routines, shred 30 and sick 3. Aleksi Airinen prevented the Czechs from picking all the gold medals as he provided Finland with a win in Shred 30.

On the women’s side, Tina Aeberli’s return after missing the 2011 edition, didn’t leave any room for the others on the first step of the podium. Tina won the women’s routines, circle and shred 30. Hanna Mickiewicz (2), and Tanja Salakka (3) took the second and third places in the 3 events.

In the team events, the Polish players garnered both the available titles. In the Open doubles routines, Michał & Tomasz Ostrowski beat the winners of the previous edition, Tomas Tucek & Martin Sládek from the Czech Republic. Additionally, Wiktor Dębski & Gosia Dębska won the Mixed Doubles routines for a second year in a row.

2012 World Footbag Championships – Freestyle results

Open Singles Routines

1. Jan Weber (Czech Republic)
2. Milan Benda (Czech Republic)
3. Aleksi Airinen (Finland)
4. Václav Klouda (Czech Republic)
5. Marcin Bujko (Poland)
6. Damian Gielnicki (Poland)
7. Rafal Kaleta (Poland)
8. Rene Rühr (Switzerland)
9. Ken Somolinos (USA)
9. Dustin Rhodes (USA)
9. Lauri Airinen (Finland) 1. Michał Ostrowski / Tomasz Ostrowski (Poland)
2. Tomas Tucek / Martin Sládek (Czech Republic)
3. Wiktor Debski / Gosia Debska (Poland)
4. Jan Struz / Pavel Cerveny (Czech Republic)
5. Dustin Rhodes / Brian Sherrill (USA)
9. Mariusz Wilk (Poland)
13. Mathias Blau (Denmark)
13. Toni Pääkkönen (Finland)
13. Brian Sherrill (USA)
13. Jakob Wagner (Germany)
17. Christopher Schillem (Germany)
17. Tuomas Riisalo (Finland)
17. Jindra Smola (Czech Republic)
17. Bartek Bubula (Poland)
21. Alexander Trenner (Austria)
21. Jakub Grabarczyk (Poland)
21. Krzysztof Sobótka (Poland)
21. Jeff Mudd (USA)
25. Wiktor Debski (Poland)
25. Michał Ostrowski (Poland)
25. Taishi Ishida (Japan)
25. Alex Dworetzky (USA)
25. Arkadiusz Stanek (Poland)
30. Andreas Nawrath (Germany)
30. Tomas Konecny (Czech Republic)
30. Tomasz Ostrowski (Poland)
30. Maciek Niczyporuk (Poland)
30. Jonathan Schneider (USA)
30. Pawel Scierski (Poland)
36. Jan Struz (Czech Republic)
36. Ilya Sernov (Russia)

Open Circle Contest

1. Milan Benda (Czech Republic)
2. Jan Weber (Czech Republic)
3. Damian Gielnicki (Poland)
4. Aleksi Airinen (Finland)
5. Rene Rühr (Switzerland)
5. Ken Somolinos (USA)
5. Toni Pääkkönen (Finland)
5. Marcin Bujko (Poland)
9. Christopher Schillem (Germany)
9. Rafal Kaleta (Poland)
9. Maciek Niczyporuk (Poland)
9. Mariusz Wilk (Poland)
13. Bartek Bubula (Poland)
13. Krzysztof Sobótka (Poland)
13. Santeri Karvinen (Finland)
13. Jakob Wagner (Germany)
17. Alexander Trenner (Austria)
17. Jakub Grabarczyk (Poland)
17. Tuomas Riisalo (Finland)
17. Jindra Smola (Czech Republic)
17. Tuukka Antikainen (Finland)
17. Brian Sherrill (USA)
17. Lauri Airinen (Finland)
24. Michał Ostrowski (Poland)
24. Taishi Ishida (Japan)
24. David Castillo Tibocha (United Arab Emirates)
24. Jeff Mudd (USA)
24. Dustin Rhodes (USA)
24. Arkadiusz Stanek (Poland)
24. Alex Dworetzky (USA)
24. Pawel Scierski (Poland)
32. Michael Lamberjohann (Germany)
32. Andreas Nawrath (Germany)
32. Ilya Sernov (Russia)
32. Tomas Konecny (Czech Republic)
32. Przemyslaw Pietrzycki (Poland)

Open Shred:30

1. Aleksi Airinen (Finland) 255.93
2. Milan Benda (Czech Republic) 244.12
3. Damian Gielnicki (Poland) 221.12
4. Jan Weber (Czech Republic) 215.42
5. Toni Pääkkönen (Finland) 203.46
6. Bartek Bubula (Poland) 203.29
7. Marcin Bujko (Poland) 194.13
8. Mathias Blau (Denmark) 185.4
9. Jakob Wagner (Germany) 129.56
10. Lauri Airinen (Finland) 129
11. Jindra Smola (Czech Republic) 178.29
12. Maciek Niczyporuk (Poland) 172.34
13. Mariusz Wilk (Poland) 170.69
14. Dustin Rhodes (USA) 169.12
15. Santeri Karvinen (Finland) 168.3
16. Taishi Ishida (Japan) 165.6
17. Alexander Trenner (Austria) 161.57
18. Tuukka Antikainen (Finland) 157.16
19. Pawel Rozek (Poland) 154.2
20. Rene Rühr (Switzerland) 152.75
21. Tuomas Riisalo (Finland) 151.38
22. Arkadiusz Stanek (Poland) 149.7
23. Jonathan Schneider (USA) 145.45
24. Brian Sherrill (USA) 139.26
25. Michał Ostrowski (Poland) 135.17
26. Alex Dworetzky (USA) 125.23
27. David Castillo Tibocha (United Arab Emirates) 123.53
29. Ilya Sernov (Russia) 95
30. Tomas Konecny (Czech Republic) 91.92
31. Krzysztof Sobótka (Poland) 82.35

Open Sick 3

1. Jan Weber (Czech Republic) – alpine fusion > stepping blender > barroque-screw
2. Milan Benda (Czech Republic) – genesis > PS whirling swirl > mobius-screw
3. Aleksi Airinen (Finland) – flurricane > paradon swirl > bedwetter
4. Marcin Bujko (Poland) – fog > pixie spinning osis > food processor
5. Maciek Niczyporuk (Poland) – jani walker > bedwetter > pixie whirling-swirl
6. Damian Gielnicki (Poland)
7. Rene Rühr (Switzerland) – swifter > whirlwind > marius
8. Lauri Airinen (Finland)
9. Mariusz Wilk (Poland) – bedwetter > fusion > spender
10. Brian Sherrill (USA) – double spinning osis > mobius > spinning dyno
11. Christopher Schillem (Germany) – fury > fusion > PS eggbeater
12. Santeri Karvinen (Finland) – fusion > PS eggbeater > pixie torque
13. Toni Pääkkönen (Finland) – blurry whirl > blurriest > bedwetter
14. Michał Ostrowski (Poland) – phoenix > paradox torque > PS whirl
15. Andreas Nawrath (Germany) – bedwetter > dimwalk > PS whirl
16. Taishi Ishida (Japan) – blurry whirl > PS whirl > PS whirl
17. Patryk Tenderenda (Poland) – terrage > legbeater > paradox drifter
18. Tomas Konecny (Czech Republic) – {barfly/ripwalk} > ducking butterfly > paradox whirl
19. Dustin Rhodes (USA) – sidewalk > ripwalk > blur
20. Alex Dworetzky (USA) – pickup > far clipper > far clipper
21. Tuomas Riisalo (Finland)
21. David Castillo Tibocha (United Arab Emirates)
21. Jindra Smola (Czech Republic)
21. Bartek Bubula (Poland)
21. Rafal Kaleta (Poland)
21. Krzysztof Sobótka (Poland)
21. Arkadiusz Stanek (Poland)
21. Przemyslaw Pietrzycki (Poland)
21. Jakub Mo¶ciszewski (Poland)
21. Dominik ©imkù (Czech Republic)
21. Konrad Chlebny (Poland)
21. Pawel Scierski (Poland)

Women’s Singles Routines

1. Tina Aeberli (Switzerland)
2. Hanna Mickiewicz (Poland)
3. Tanja Salakka (Finland)
4. Sylwia Kocyk (Poland)
5. Malgorzata Oledzka (Poland)
6. Dorota Wojtasiuk (Poland)
7. Katharina Probst (Switzerland)
7. Caroline Birch (Australia)

Women Circle Contest

1. Tina Aeberli (Switzerland)
2. Hanna Mickiewicz (Poland)
3. Tanja Salakka (Finland)
4. Sylwia Kocyk (Poland)
5. Caroline Birch (Australia)
5. Malgorzata Oledzka (Poland)
7. Dorota Wojtasiuk (Poland)
7. Katharina Probst (Switzerland)

Women Shred:30

1. Tina Aeberli (Switzerland) 191.79
2. Hanna Mickiewicz (Poland) 106.85
3. Tanja Salakka (Finland) 101.2
4. Sylwia Kocyk (Poland) 68
5. Malgorzata Oledzka (Poland) 59.07
6. Caroline Birch (Australia) 49.87

Open Doubles Routines

1. Michał Ostrowski / Tomasz Ostrowski (Poland)
2. Tomas Tucek / Martin Sládek (Czech Republic)
3. Wiktor Debski / Gosia Debska (Poland)
4. Jan Struz / Pavel Cerveny (Czech Republic)
5. Dustin Rhodes / Brian Sherrill (USA)

Mixed Doubles Routines

1. Wiktor Debski / Gosia Debska (Poland)
2. Tomasz Ostrowski / Malgorzata Oledzka (Poland)
3. Damian Gielnicki / Dorota Wojtasiuk (Poland)

Intermediate Singles Routines

1. Konrad Chlebny (Poland)
2. Patryk Tenderenda (Poland)
3. Jakub Mo¶ciszewski (Poland)
4. Gaudenz Scherer (Switzerland)
5. Tabea Fetz (Switzerland)
6. Julian Sinnl (Austria)
7. Theodore Fritsch (USA)

Intermediate Shred:30

Not offered in 2012

Intermediate Request Contest

Not offered in 2012

2012 World Footbag Championships – Unnoficial events results

Open 2-Square

 1. Szymon Kalwak (Poland)
2. Wiktor Debski (Poland)
3. Steve Goldberg (USA)
4. Brian Sherrill (USA)
5. Krzysztof Sobótka (Poland)
6. Rafal Kaleta (Poland)
7. Michał Ostrowski (Poland)
7. Piotr Koscielny (Poland)
9. Caroline Birch (Australia)
9. Damian Budzik (Poland)
9. Pawel Rozek (Poland)
9. Tuukka Antikainen (Finland)
9. Jeff Mudd (USA)
9. Jakob Wagner (Germany)
9. Matthias Schmidt (Germany)
9. Milan Benda (Czech Republic)
17. Michael Lamberjohann (Germany)
17. Justin Eichenlaub (Germany)
17. Wojciech Ignaczak (Poland)
17. Arkadiusz Stanek (Poland)
17. Julien Coblence (France)
17. Pawel Scierski (Poland)
17. Tim Heun (Germany)
24. Katharina Probst (Switzerland)
24. Quentin Isackson (France)
24. Filip Wójcik (Poland)
24. Dustin Rhodes (USA)
24. Patryk Tenderenda (Poland)
24. Przemyslaw Pietrzycki (Poland)
24. Jakub Mo¶ciszewski (Poland)
24. Robin Püchel (Germany)
24. Moka Szymankiewicz (Poland)
33. Boris Ollivier (France)

Other references to the 2012 World Footbag Championships

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