See which teams are going to WUGC!
February 24, 2020 by Ravi Vasudevan in News with 0 comments
Karina Woldt, the Managing Director Events & Operations at WFDF has shared the updated bid list for WUGC 2020 this July. A provisional bid list was announced last summer, and since then some countries have dropped out and been replaced by waiting list teams. The teams below have all paid their minimum bid fees for WUGC 2020. There are 40 mixed, 30 open, and 28 women’s teams expected for WUGC in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands.
| Mixed | Open | Women's |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | Australia | Australia |
| Austria | Austria | Austria |
| Belgium | Belgium | Belgium |
| Brazil | Canada | Canada |
| Canada | Colombia | China |
| Chile | Czech Republic | Colombia |
| China | Denmark | Czech Republic |
| Colombia | Finland | Denmark |
| Czech Republic | France | France |
| Dominican Republic | Germany | Germany |
| Egypt | Great Britain | Great Britain |
| Estonia | Hong Kong | Hong Kong |
| Finland | Ireland | Ireland |
| France | Israel | Italy |
| Germany | Italy | Japan |
| Great Britain | Japan | Mexico |
| Guam | Lebanon | Netherlands |
| Hungary | Mexico | New Zealand |
| India | Netherlands | Philippines |
| Ireland | New Zealand | Russia |
| Italy | Russia | Singapore |
| Japan | Slovakia | Spain |
| Kenya | South Africa | Sweden |
| Latvia | Spain | Switzerland |
| Lithuania | Sweden | Chinese Taipei |
| Netherlands | Switzerland | Ukraine |
| New Zealand | Chinese Taipei | United States of America |
| Panama | Ukraine | Venezuela |
| Philippines | United States of America | |
| Poland | Venezuela | |
| Portugal | ||
| Republic of Korea | ||
| Russia | ||
| Singapore | ||
| South Africa | ||
| Spain | ||
| Sweden | ||
| Switzerland | ||
| United Arab Emirates | ||
| United States of America |
World Games Implications
WUGC 2020 is also a qualifier for World Games 2021 in Birmingham, Alabama in The United States. There are eight spots at the World Games in 2021. Points are awarded to each nation based on how all of the three teams (Women’s, Open, and Mixed) do at WUGC. Therefore it is extremely difficult to rank highly for World Games qualification unless a country has all three teams at WUGC. The following nations have teams in all three divisions and are most likely to be the contenders for the World Games:
- Australia
- Austria
- Belgium
- Canada
- Colombia
- Czech Republic
- France
- Germany
- Great Britain
- Ireland
- Italy
- Japan
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Russia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- United States of America1
The United States has an automatic spot because they are the host nation of the World Games ↩
