2014 World Footbag Championships – Worlds in Paris – Freestyle
2014 World Footbag Championships – Recap – Results – Net Finals Video Collection
World Footbag Championships for the first time in France
The RNH footbag club located in Paris took charge when the 35th World Footbag Championships were in danger of not happening.
The tournament was announced late and the crew had to rush to make it happen. Some huge problems arose when the ceiling of the gym planned for the tourney crumbled. The club found a B solution, allowing the competitors from around the World to gather in the city of lights for a week of extra hard competition, from July 27th to August 2nd 2014.
Here’s a recap of how it went down
2014 – 35th IFPA WORLD FOOTBAG CHAMPIONSHIPS
July 27-August 2, 2014
Paris, France
Women singles net finals
Competitors:
Geneviève Bousquet from Montreal, Canada – Club Aki Québec vs
Piia Tantarimäki from Finland – Club Footbag Finland
Format Best of 5 games to 15 points, rallye scoring
This match was a big cat fight mostly because Piia improved so much over time. She brought Geneviève to a decisive final set, where she had a 10-4 lead at some point. Geneviève then took a crucial time out and played better until the ultimate victory whereas Tantarimäki had a nervous let down.
Bousquet wins: 12-15 15-6 15-12 12-15 15-11
Open singles net finals
Competitors:
Walt Houston, Memphis, TN, USA – Club Memphis Footworks vs
Florian Götze, Frankfurt, Germany – Club Frankfurt Footbag e.v.
Format Best of 5 games to 15 points, rallye scoring
We’re in Paris at the 35th annual World Footbag Championships for the singles finals where Walt Houston from Mempis, USA faces Florian Götze from Frankfurt Germany. Flo won the title in 2012 in Poland whereas the US players didn’t grab a singles title since 1997. Walt manages to clean up the competition and bring back the title in the land of the origins of Footbag.
Houston wins in 3 straight sets 15-10 15-7 15-12
Women doubles net finals
Competitors:
Maude Landreville + Geneviève Bousquet from Montreal, Canada – Club Aki Québec vs
Piia Tantarimäki from Finland – Club Footbag Finland + Kerstin Anhuth from Frankfurt, Germany – Club Frankfurt Footbag e.v.
Format: Best of 3 to 15 points, side out scoring
This was a rematch from the 2013 finals played in Montreal. This time the german – finnish team did a little bit better especially in the second game that went to a little bit of overtime.
Montreal finishes on top with a convincing victory in 2 straight sets 15-3 16-14
Mixed doubles net finals
Competitors:
Piia Tantarimäki + Matti Pohjola from Finland – Club Footbag Finland vs
Maude Landreville from Montreal, Canada – Club Aki Québec + Andreas Wolff from Germany – Club Frankfurt Footbag e.v.
Format: Best of 3 to 15 points, side out scoring
Historical moment! This was the first time in footbag’s history that a team from Finland won the coveted mixed doubles finals. Well done PiiaTantarimäki and Matti Pohjola who played great especially by keeping the unforced errors to a minimum. Matti Pohjola was very impressive in that department with only 2 unforced during the whole match as well as raking in a good number of unreturnable smashes. The other team composed of Maude Landreville from Montreal, Canada and Andreas Wolff from Germany were handicapped by Andreas’s knee injury which made him very far from being as effective as usual on the court.
Finland wins it by 15-3 15-6
Open doubles net finals
Competitors:
Arthur Ledain + Greg Lima from Paris, France – Club RNH vs
François Depatie-Pelletier from Montreal, Canada – Club Aki Québec + Karim Daouk from Lausanne, Switzerland – Club Les pieds à Gilles
Format: Best of 3 to 15 points, side out scoring
Another historical moment was recorded, as the french team of Ledain and Lima managed to take down big servers Daouk and Depatie-Pelletier.
It happened in Montreal in 1996 and in Frankfurt in 2006 that teams who’s seen the tournament come to their country for the first time won the ultimate net title. As such, it’s always good for the health of a relatively new sport such as footbag net. Arthur and Greg played without fear, and were very spectacular in their spiking. Depatie-Pelletier and Daouk on the other hand could have minimized the unforced errors, and they seemed nervous. I’m not sure that they had the best strategy neither. They had a good lead in the second game but they kind of blew it, everybody in the crowd would have loved to see a third set, except maybe the french fans.
Paris wins the title in two sets 15-7 15-13
If you want to see the complete 2014 World Footbag Championships finals matches, they’re available here
2014 World Footbag Championships – Net results
Open Singles Net
1. Walt Houston (USA)
2. Florian Goetze (Germany)
3. Tuomas Kärki (Finland)
4. Karim Daouk (Switzerland)
5. Matti Pohjola (Finland)
6. Arthur Ledain (France)
7. Andreas Wolff (Deutschland)
8. François Pelletier (Québec)
9. Yassin Khateeb (Germany)
10. Wiktor Debski (Poland)
11. Manuel Kruse (Germany)
12. Luke Legault (Québec)
13. Benjamin Alston (USA)
14. Oskari Forstén (Finland)
15. Jean-Francois Lemieux (France)
16. Sébastien Maillet (France)
17. Grischa Tellenbach (Switzerland)
18. Guillaume Degat (France)
19. Tammo Rockel (Germany)
20. Jack Harris (USA)
21. Antonio Fritsch (Germany)
22. Luka Weyler-Lavallée (Québec)
23. Michal Klimczak (Poland)
24. Chris Löw (Deutschland)
25. Hakan Hellberg (Sweden)
26. Miquel Clemente (France)
27. Tuan Vu (USA)
28. Faris Barakat (Germany)
29. Robin Püchel (Germany)
30. Greg Lima (France)
31. Yves Archambault (Québec)
32. Lino Landau (France)
33. Jakub Grabarczyk (Poland)
34. Sébastien Lefay (France)
35. Quentin Isackson (France)
36. Philippe Lessard (Québec)
37. Evgeni Shiryaev (Russia)
38. Yves Mingard (Switzerland)
39. Christopher Gregory (Québec)
40. Alexander Smirnov (Russia)
41. Russ Arsenault (Québec)
42. Steve Kuntze (Germany)
43. Julien Apollonio (Switzerland)
44. Tuukka Antikainen (Finland)
45. Radoslav Rusev (Bulgaria)
46. Michal Rog (Poland)
47. Benjamin Kanske (Germany)
48. Jyri Ilama (Finland)
49. Felix Ostwaldt (Germany)
50. Jim Hankins (USA)
51. Renato Zülli (Switzerland)
52. Milan Ardalic (Slovenia)
53. Arkady Lobankov (Russia)
54. Pawel Rozek (Poland)
55. Benjamin De Bastos (France)
56. Vlad Eskenasy (Switzerland)
57. Mikhail Mukhortykh (Russia)
58. Ilkka Malin (Finland)
59. Timothée Lerolle (France)
60. Gaudenz Scherer (Switzerland)
61. Julien Coblence (France)
62. Camilo Rodriguez (Switzerland)
Open Doubles Net
1. Greg Lima / Arthur Ledain (France)
2. Karim Daouk (Switzerland) / François Pelletier (Québec)
3. Florian Goetze / Yves Kreil (Germany)
4. Emmanuel Bouchard (Canada) / Luke Legault (Québec)
5. Eurik Lindner / Yassin Khateeb (Germany)
6. Matti Pohjola / Janne Uusitalo (Finland)
7. Walt Houston / Benjamin Alston (USA)
8. Antonio Fritsch (Germany) / Wiktor Debski (Poland)
9. Tuomas Kärki / Oskari Forstén (Finland)
10. Yves Archambault (Québec) / Andreas Wolff (Deutschland)
11. Chris Löw (Deutschland) / Alex Bartsch (Germany)
12. Grischa Tellenbach (Switzerland) / Lino Landau (France)
13. Manuel Kruse / Simon Voss (Germany)
14. Philippe Lessard / Luka Weyler-Lavallée (Québec)
15. Jean-Francois Lemieux / Sébastien Maillet (France)
16. P.T. Lovern / Jack Harris (USA)
17. Tammo Rockel / Steve Kuntze (Germany)
18. Renato Zülli / Yves Mingard (Switzerland)
19. Miquel Clemente / Guillaume Degat (France)
20. Tuan Vu (USA) / Johannes Korff (Germany)
21. Evgeni Shiryaev / Alexander Smirnov (Russia)
22. Tuukka Antikainen (Finland) / Benjamin Kanske (Germany)
23. Jyri Ilama (Finland) / Hakan Hellberg (Sweden)
24. Marcin Staroñ / Jakub Grabarczyk (Poland)
25. Justin Eichenlaub / Faris Barakat (Germany)
26. Russ Arsenault / Christopher Gregory (Québec)
27. Milan Ardalic (Slovenia) / Radoslav Rusev (Bulgaria)
28. Vincent Rousseau / Benjamin De Bastos (France)
29. Amaya Straeten / Robin Püchel (Germany)
30. Vlad Eskenasy (Switzerland) / Felix Ostwaldt (Germany)
31. Julien Apollonio / Camilo Rodriguez (Switzerland)
32. Quentin Isackson / Julien Coblence (France)
33. Michal Rog / Michal Klimczak (Poland)
34. Arkady Lobankov / Mikhail Mukhortykh (Russia)
35. Pawel Rozek (Poland) / Sébastien Lefay (France)
36. Ilkka Malin (Finland) / Jim Hankins (USA)
37. Santeri Karvinen (Finland) / Timothée Lerolle (France)
Open Mixed Doubles Net
1. Matti Pohjola / Piia Tantarimäki (Finland)
2. Andreas Wolff (Deutschland) / Maude Landreville (Québec)
3. Florian Goetze / Kerstin Adineh (Germany)
4. Lena Mlakar (Slovenia) / Arthur Ledain (France)
5. Karim Daouk / Shirine Daouk (Switzerland)
6. Yves Kreil (Germany) / Julia Klouda (Russia)
7. Tammo Rockel / Anne Schmidt (Germany)
8. Emmanuel Bouchard (Canada) / Geneviève Bousquet (Québec)
9. Guillaume Degat / Emmanuelle Vincendeau (France)
10. Antonio Fritsch (Germany) / Sophie Andrey (Switzerland)
11. Eurik Lindner / Tanja Abt (Germany)
12. Nazly Safarzadeh (Switzerland) / Simon Voss (Germany)
13. Johannes Korff (Germany) / Noemie Verdon (Switzerland)
14. Lisa Amengual / Miquel Clemente (France)
Open Women’s Singles Net
1. Geneviève Bousquet (Québec)
2. Piia Tantarimäki (Finland)
3. Maude Landreville (Québec)
4. Kerstin Adineh (Germany)
5. Julia Klouda (Russia)
6. Anne Schmidt (Germany)
7. Shirine Daouk (Switzerland)
8. Tanja Abt (Germany)
9. Nazly Safarzadeh (Switzerland)
10. Sophie Andrey (Switzerland)
11. Lena Mlakar (Slovenia)
Open Women’s Doubles Net
1. Maude Landreville / Geneviève Bousquet (Québec)
2. Piia Tantarimäki (Finland) / Kerstin Adineh (Germany)
3. Shirine Daouk (Switzerland) / Anne Schmidt (Germany)
4. Lisa Amengual (France) / Sophie Andrey (Switzerland)
5. Julia Klouda (Russia) / Tanja Abt (Germany)
6. Nazly Safarzadeh / Noemie Verdon (Switzerland)
Intermediate Singles Net
No results available
Intermediate Doubles Net
No results available
Master Singles Net
1. Chris Löw (Deutschland)
2. Tuan Vu (USA)
3. Hakan Hellberg (Sweden)
4. Miquel Clemente (France)
5. Jim Hankins (USA)
5. Andreas Wolff (Deutschland)
5. Boris Ollivier (France)
Master Doubles Net
1. Chris Löw (Deutschland) / Yassin Khateeb (Germany)
2. Miquel Clemente (France) / Hakan Hellberg (Sweden)
3. Tuan Vu (USA) / Amaya Straeten (Germany)
4. Andreas Wolff (Deutschland) / Alex Bartsch (Germany)
5. Vincent Rousseau (France) / Justin Eichenlaub (Germany)
5. Lisa Amengual / Emmanuelle Vincendeau (France)
5. Russ Arsenault / Christopher Gregory (Canada)
Other references for the 2014 World Footbag Championships
2014 World Footbag Championships net finals
This album has all the finals of the net competitions at the 35th World Footbag Championships. The Open doubles, Open singles, mixed doubles, Women singles and doubles matches, from beginning to end with the scores added to each play + a clean intro with the pictures of the players, and the club they represent. Also, a lot of slow motion of the best moves. This tournament was held for the first time ever in France from July 27th to August 2nd 2014. A few historical moments were recorded: In the mixed doubles; it was the first time that a team from Finland took the gold medal; also, a french team won the Open doubles for the first time in footbag’s history .
1.2014 World Footbag Championships Open doubles finals game 1 – 13:28
2.2014 World Footbag Championships Open doubles finals game 2 – 21:52
3.2014 World Footbag Championships Mixed doubles finals game 1 – 08:48
4.2014 World Footbag Championships Mixed doubles finals game 2 – 12:27
5.2014 World Footbag Championships Women doubles finals game 1 – 08:17
6.2014 World Footbag Championships Women doubles finals game 2 – 13:43
7.2014 World Footbag Championships Open singles finals game 1 – 05:07
8.2014 World Footbag Championships Open singles finals game 2 – 04:45
9.2014 World Footbag Championships Open singles finals game 3 – 08:35
10.2014 World Footbag Championships Women singles finals game 1 – 06:56
11.2014 World Footbag Championships Women singles finals game 2 – 05:21
12.2014 World Footbag Championships Women singles finals game 3 – 06:41
13.2014 World Footbag Championships Women singles finals game 4 – 08:41
14.2014 World Footbag Championships Women singles finals game 5 – 08:09
15.2014 World Footbag Championships Open Doubles Finals Preview – 03:36
16.2014 World Footbag Championships Mixed doubles finals Short Preview – 02:42
17.2014 World Footbag Championships Mixed doubles finals Long Preview – 04:02
18.2014 World Footbag Championships Women Doubles Finals Preview – 03:32
19.2014 World Footbag Championships Singles finals Short Preview – 03:33
20.2014 World Footbag Championships Singles finals Long Preview – 06:24
21.2014 World Footbag Championships Women Singles finals Short Preview – 02:47
22.2014 World Footbag Championships Women Singles finals Long Preview – 04:36
23.2014 World Footbag Championships sociofinancement – crowdfunding – 14:01
24.Original Trailer 2014 Footbag world Championships in Paris, France
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1. 2014 World Footbag Championships Doubles Finals game 1 – 13:28
2. 2014 World Footbag Championships Doubles Finals Game 2 – 21:52
3. 2014 World Footbag Championships Mixed Doubles Finals Game 1 – 08:48
4. 2014 World Footbag Championships Mixed Doubles Finals Game 2 – 12:27
5. 2014 World Footbag Championships Women Doubles Finals game 1 – 08:17
6. 2014 World Footbag Championships Women Doubles Finals game 2 – 13:43
7. 2014 World Footbag Championships Singles Finals Game 1 – 05:07
8. 2014 World Footbag Championships Singles Finals Game 2 – 04:45
9. 2014 World Footbag Championships Singles Finals Game 3 – 08:35
10. 2014 World Footbag Championships Women Singles finals game 1 – 06:56
11. 2014 World Footbag Championships Women Singles finals game 2 – 05:21
12. 2014 World Footbag Championships Women Singles finals game 3 – 06:41
13. 2014 World Footbag Championships Women Singles finals game 4 – 08:41
14. 2014 World Footbag Championships Women Singles finals game 5 – 08:09
15. 2014 World Footbag Championships Doubles Finals Preview – 03:36
16. 2014 World Footbag Championships Mixed finals Short Preview – 02:42
17. 2014 World Footbag Championships Mixed finals Long Preview – 04:02
18. 2014 World Footbag Championships Women Doubles Finals Preview – 03:32
19. 2014 World Footbag Championships Singles finals Short Preview – 03:33
20. 2014 World Footbag Championships Singles finals Long Preview – 06:24
21. 2013 World Footbag Championships Women Singles finals Short Preview – 02:47
22. 2013 World Footbag Championships Women Singles finals Long Preview – 04:36
23. 2014 World Footbag Championships Sociofinancement – Crowdfunding – 14:01
24. 2014 World Footbag Championships Original Trailer by Franck Remy – 14:01
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