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  • WFFA NextGen World Championship 2025

    WFFA NextGen World Championship 2025

    Sign up and find all the results of the event on FSMeet

    Awesome news for the next generation of freestylers from all around the world: one of the WFFA’s most important global tournaments, the WFFA NextGen World Championship, is back in 2025!

    This year’s competition will take place on a fully digital basis between the months of October and November. In order to offer the best and easiest experience to the athletes, the tournament will utilise FS Meet for registration and results, as well as WhatsApp to manage the competition. 

    Following the tradition, the 2025 edition of the NextGen Championship event will culminate in a live final that will be broadcast on the official channels of the WFFA: the best male and female u16 freestylers in the world will be crowned champions!

    Remember: to participate in the NextGen Championship, you must be 15 years of age or younger on the date in which registrations close. See below for more information!


    Registration

    Registrations for the 2025 WFFA NextGen World Championship cost 5€ and will be open between October 17th and October 31st. All freestylers are asked to sign up using the corresponding FS Meet widget; however, if a freestyler is not able to pay via credit card or PayPal, they are kindly asked to send an email to next.gen@worldfreestylefootball.org and the team will get back to them with alternatives.

    Important: no new signups will be accepted after October 31st, so make sure to register on time!

    To sign up, please visit the FS Meet page of the event and follow the registration process, including the uploading of the corresponding Parental Form. Once your form is approved, you will receive a WhatsApp message with all instructions on how to participate.

    Do not forget that, in order to participate, you will need to be 15 years of age or younger when registrations close on October 31st, 2025!


    Competition structure

    This year, the WFFA NextGen World Championship will follow this timeline:

    • October 17th to October 31st: Registration period. Signing up for the event costs 5€; if a freestyler is not able to pay with credit card or PayPal, they just need to send an email to next.gen@worldfreestylefootball.org and the team will offer them an alternative. No registrations will be accepted after October 31st at 23:59h CEST
    • November 3rd to November 8th: Circles Stage. The Tournament Manager will be in touch with all participants to send them the participation instructions and retrieve their videos. Beware: videos sent after the corresponding deadline will NOT be accepted
    • November 11th to November 23rd: Knockout stage. The final structure will be communicated on the official channels of the WFFA. The Tournament Manager will be in touch with all qualified participants to send them the corresponding instructions and retrieve their videos. Beware: videos sent after the corresponding deadline will NOT be accepted
    • November 30th: Live Finals on the official platforms of the WFFA

    Format

    The tournament will begin with the Circles stage, in which freestylers will be split into groups and asked to send three videos for the judges to give it their scores on a scale from 1 to 10. The freestylers with highest scores across all Circles will progress onto the next stage, regardless of their position in said Circles; the general ranking coming from these Circles (that is, the total amount of points earned by each freestyler, accumulating the points earned by each of their three videos) will be used to determine the battles in the Knockout Stage.

    In case of a draw between two athletes, the usual tie breaking system applies and the winner is decided by the judge count. Each judge’s choice is counted as one vote, so the player who gets the majority of judges’ votes wins: for example, if two judges scored one player higher and one judge favoured the other, the first athlete will win 2–1.

    Once the Circles are complete, the Knockout Stage will take place on a fully online basis, with the Tournament Manager contacting the athletes to request their videos. The definitive structure will be announced on the official channels of the WFFA.

    Beware: throughout all online qualifiers, any freestyler who doesn’t send their videos on time will be disqualified.

    Last but not least, the best freestylers will make it to the Grand Finals, happening in a live event which will be broadcast on the official channels of the WFFA. More information and the corresponding links to follow the Finals live will be posted on the channels of the Association: stay tuned!


    Rules

    The 2025 edition of the WFFA NextGen Championship will use the Official Rules of Freestyle Football for its battles. Any specific rules and regulations affecting the competition will be published on the corresponding page of the WFFA website.


    Judges

    The team of judges for this year’s edition of the WFFA NextGen Championship will be announced on the official channels of the WFFA: stay tuned to discover who will evaluate the skills of the participants!


    Prizes

    This year’s edition of the WFFA NextGen Championship will reward not just the male and female champions of its 1×1 Battles competition, but also offer awards to two extra categories in a similar fashion as in past editions. More information will be released on the official channels of the WFFA!

    For more information, send us an email at next.gen@worldfreestylefootball.org or a DM to our official Instagram account at @thewffa!


    Support documents

      Parental form: a necessary document for all under-18 freestylers, to be sent to next.gen@worldfreestylefootball.org after the registration process via FS Meet
    xxxx  

    Stay tuned to the official channels of the WFFA to follow the latest updates!

  • The website of the WFFA changes domain to evolve and improve: enter worldfreestylefootball.org

    The website of the WFFA changes domain to evolve and improve: enter worldfreestylefootball.org

    The World Freestyle Football Association has announced today a significant technical update to one of its primary platforms — the official website. From today, the Association’s main online presence will move from www.thewffa.org to www.worldfreestylefootball.org. This transition, which will not alter any of the site’s existing functions, is designed to deliver enhanced reliability, stronger security and improved performance. It also lays the groundwork for the innovative developments the WFFA plans to introduce in the months ahead.

    In line with this change, the Association’s corporate email addresses will also be updated: addresses previously ending in @thewffa.org will now use the @worldfreestylefootball.org format. The WFFA will be proactively communicating with all its stakeholders — including athletes, fans, partners, and institutions — to ensure the transition is carried out seamlessly, without disruption to ongoing activities or services.

    “This update is just a little glimpse of something much bigger,” said Lukáš ‘Lucaso’ Škoda, Head of Operations at the WFFA. “Our move to the new domain marks another small step in a broader transformation that will completely change the WFFA for the future. In this occasion, we’d like to thank our partners at GameDay for their invaluable support and expertise in making this transition smooth and efficient.”

    For more information about this change or about the digital tools of the WFFA, please contact info@worldfreestylefootball.org.


    For more information about the activities of the WFFA, follow its official channels to get the latest updates!

  • WFFA NextGen World Championship 2024

    WFFA NextGen World Championship 2024

    GameDay To sign up, fill in the official registration form on GameDay
    Tournify Find all the official results of the competition on Tournify

    Awesome news for the next generation of freestylers from all around the world: one of the WFFA’s most important tournaments, the World Youth Freestyle Football Championship, is back in 2024 with a brand-new naming and image: enter the WFFA NextGen World Championship!

    This year’s competition will take place on a fully digital basis between the months of October and December. In order to offer the best and easiest experience to the athletes, the tournament will utilise the official platforms of the WFFA (namely GameDay for registrations and Tournify for results), as well as Whatsapp. 

    Following the tradition, the 2024 edition of the NextGen Championship event will culminate in a live final that will be broadcast on Twitch, YouTube and Facebook: the best male and female u16 freestylers in the world will be crowned champions!

    Remember: to participate in the Youth Championship, you must be 15 years of age or younger on the date in which registrations close. See below for more information!


    Registration

    Registrations for the 2024 WFFA NextGen World Championship cost 5€ and will be open between October 9th and November 9th. All freestylers are asked to sign up using the corresponding GameDay widget; however, if a freestyler is not able to pay via credit card or PayPal, they are kindly asked to send an email to next.gen@thewffa.org and the team will get back to them with alternatives.

    Important: no new signups will be accepted after November 9th, so make sure to register on time!

    To sign up, follow this process:

    1. Go to the GameDay page of the event and follow the registration process, including the uploading of the corresponding Parental Form at the end
    2. When your form is approved, you will receive a Whatsapp message and you will be able to send the qualification video
    3. The team of judges will select the best 64 videos (32 for boys and 32 for girls) and rank them to progress onto the Circles stage of the competition

    Do not forget that in order to participate you will need to be 15 years of age or younger when registrations close on November 9th, 2024.


    Competition structure

    This year, the WFFA NextGen World Championship will follow this timeline:

    • October 9th to November 9th: Registration period. Signing up for the event costs 5€; if a freestyler is not able to pay with credit card or PayPal, they just need to send an email to next.gen@thewffa.org and the team will offer them an alternative. No registrations will be accepted after November 9th at 23:59h CET
    • November 12th to November 19th: Qualification stage. Freestylers will be asked to send their qualification videos between those dates. No videos will be accepted after November 19th at 23:59h CET
    • November 22nd to November 29th: Extra Battles, happening via Whatsapp. No videos will be accepted after their respective deadlines; if a freestyler sends fewer than the regular 3 videos (one per round), he or she will be disqualified
    • December 2nd to December 16th: Top 32 and Top 16 in 1×1 Battles format, all happening via Whatsapp. No videos will be accepted after their respective deadlines; if a freestyler sends fewer than the regular 3 videos (one per round), he or she will be disqualified
    • December 22nd: Grand Finals (Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Bronze Battles, Finals) happening on a live event; participants will get all information beforehand so they can prepare accordingly

    Format

    In the qualification stage, freestylers will be asked to send a video for the judges to rank it. The resulting clips will be evaluated by the judges, who will give them scores on a scale from 1 to 10. These marks will be added up, and the participants will then be ranked according to their total score. In case of a score draw between two freestylers, the Head of Judging will intervene and use his quality vote to break the tie.

    Once the qualification videos have been thoroughly evaluated, Circles will then be created according to the aforementioned ranking from the qualification stage and following the usual seeding procedure: the freestyler ranked first will be placed in a group with the last, the second with the second last, and so on.

    In the Circles, the judges will evaluate and score each of the three videos sent by the participants on a scale of 1 to 10. The best freestylers will progress onto the next stage; the general ranking coming from these Circles (that is, the total amount of points earned by each freestyler, accumulating the points earned by each of their three videos) will be used to determine the battles in the Top16. In case of a score draw between two freestylers, their marks in the Qualification stage will be used to break the tie. If a freestyler doesn’t send their videos on time, he or she will be disqualified.

    Once the Circles are complete, the Extra Battles and Top 16 stages will take place. They will happen on a fully online basis, with the Tournament Manager contacting the athletes to request their videos. Just like in previous stages, any freestyler who doesn’t send their clips on time will be disqualified.

    Last but not least, the best freestylers will make it to the Grand Finals, happening in a live event which will be broadcast on the official channels of the WFFA.

    Rules

    The 2024 edition of the WFFA NextGen Championship will use the Official Rules of Freestyle Football for its battles. Any specific rules and regulations affecting the competition will be published on the corresponding page of the WFFA website.


    Judges

    The team of judges for this year’s edition of the WFFA NextGen Championship will be announced on the official channels of the WFFA: stay tuned to discover who will evaluate the skills of the participants!


    Prizes

    This year’s edition of the WFFA NextGen Championship will reward not just the male and female champions of its 1×1 Battles competition, but also offer awards to two extra categories in a similar fashion as in past editions. More information will be released on the official channels of the WFFA!


    Participant list

    NameSurnameGenderCountry
    HaikalRizuanMaleMalaysia
    YoussefChebbiMaleTunisia
    JoshuaMeehanMaleLuxembourg
    CanMinh DucMaleVietnam
    BenRossMaleIreland
    BlazejMlynekMalePoland
    SoratoOkumuraMaleJapan
    JoasVonkMaleNetherlands
    AmirNezhadJavadMaleIran
    AntonioGiannatiempoMaleItaly
    MingeonKimMaleSouth Korea
    IlianNemozMaleFrance
    Juan FranciscoFidalmeMaleArgentina
    Nielster HaarMaleNetherlands
    jobboeveMaleNetherlands
    AugusteMercklingMaleFrance
    YukiShimoshugaMaleJapan
    AmalieMoerkFemaleDenmark
    FinleyStrangewoodMaleCanada
    JamesTaylorMaleUnited Kingdom
    SeraFukuiFemaleJapan
    ShihayaFukudaMaleJapan
    SoufianeKechchourMaleMorocco
    BenTaylorMaleUnited Kingdom
    calvinSchallMaleUnited States

    For more information, send us an email at next.gen@thewffa.org or a DM to our official Instagram account at @thewffa!


    Stay tuned to the official channels of the WFFA to follow the latest updates!

  • WFFA Youth Championship 2023

    WFFA Youth Championship 2023

    GameDay To register, visit the official page of the event at GameDay: click on the logo and sign up now!
    Tournify Check the official results of the tournament on Tournify: click on the logo for more details!

    Awesome news for the next generation of freestylers from all around the world: one of the WFFA’s most important tournaments, the World Youth Freestyle Football Championship, is back in 2023!

    This year’s competition will take place on a fully digital basis between the months of November and December. In order to offer the best and easiest experience to the athletes, the tournament will utilise the official platforms of the WFFA (namely GameDay for registrations and Tournify for results), as well as Whatsapp. 

    Following the tradition, the 2023 edition of the Youth Championship event will culminate in a live final that will be broadcast on Twitch, YouTube and Facebook: the best male and female u16 freestylers in the world will be crowned champions!

    Remember: to participate in the Youth Championship, you must be 15 years of age or younger on the date in which registrations close. See below for more information!


    Registration

    Registrations for the 2023 WFFA Youth Championship are completely free and will be open between November 1st and November 15th. Important: no new signups will be accepted after November 15th, so make sure to register on time!

    To sign up, follow this process:

    1. Go to the GameDay page of the event and follow the registration process, including the uploading of the corresponding Parental Form at the end
    2. When your form is approved, you will receive a Whatsapp message and you will be able to send the qualification video
    3. The team of judges will select the best 64 videos (32 for boys and 32 for girls) and rank them to progress onto the Circles stage of the competition

    Do not forget that in order to participate you will need to be 15 years of age or younger when registrations close on November 15th, 2023.


    Competition structure

    This year, the WFFA Youth Championship will follow this timeline:

    1. November 1st to November 15th: Registration period. No registrations will be accepted after November 15th at 23:59h CET
    2. November 16th to November 20th: Qualification stage. Freestylers will be asked to send their qualification videos between those dates. No videos will be accepted after November 20th at 23:59h CET
    3. November 28th to December 3rd: Top32 stage in Circles format, all happening via Whatsapp. No videos will be accepted after December 3rd at 23:59h CET; if a freestyler sends fewer than the regular 3 videos (one per round), the judges will evaluate his or her performance on the basis of the two first videos and deduct the corresponding percentage of the third
    4. December 10th: Grand Finals (Top8, Semifinals, Bronze Battles, Finals) happening on a live event; participants will get all information beforehand so they can prepare accordingly

    Format

    In the qualification stage, the clips of the participants will be evaluated by five different judges, who will give them scores on a scale from 1 to 10. The marks from the three judges will be added up, and the participants will then be ranked according to their total score. In case of a score draw between two freestylers, the Head of Judging will intervene and use his quality vote to break the tie.

    The circles will then be created according to the aforementioned ranking from the qualification stage and following the usual seeding procedure: the freestyler ranked first will be placed in a group with the last, the second with the second last, and so on.

    In the circles, five judges will evaluate and score each of the three videos sent by the participants on a scale of 1 to 10. The best-ranked freestyler in each of the circles will progress onto the next stage; the general ranking coming from these circles (that is, the total amount of points earned by each freestyler, accumulating the points earned by each of their three videos) will be used to determine the battles in the Top16. In case of a score draw between two freestylers, their marks in the Qualification stage will be used to break the tie.

    Rules

    The 2023 edition of the WFFA Youth Championship will use the Official Rules of Freestyle Football for its battles. Any specific rules and regulations affecting the competition will be published on the corresponding page of the WFFA website.


    Judges

    The team of judges for the 2022 WFFA Youth Championship will be announced on the official channels of the WFFA: stay tuned to discover who will evaluate the skills of the participants!


    Prizes

    The 2022 edition of the WFFA Youth Championship will reward not just the male and female champions of its 1×1 Battles competition, but also offer awards to two extra categories in a similar fashion as in past editions.

    For more information, send us an email at youth.championship@thewffa.org or a DM to our official Instagram account at @thewffa!


    Stay tuned to the official channels of the WFFA to follow the latest updates!

  • The WFFA opens up registrations for the 2022 Youth Championship

    The WFFA opens up registrations for the 2022 Youth Championship

    GameDay To register, visit the official page of the event at GameDay: click on the logo and sign up now!
    Tournify Check the official results of the tournament on Tournify: click on the logo for more details!

    The World Freestyle Football Association has announced today the opening of registrations for the 2022 edition of the WFFA Youth Championship, the global tournament aimed at the next generation of freestylers. This year’s Youth Championship, which will offer separate categories for boys and for girls, will change its platform and move from the old WFFA App to a more accessible format via Whatsapp: to sign up, participants only need to access the specific page of the competition in GameDay and fill in the corresponding online form before November 7th, 2022 at 23:59h CET.

    The Youth Championship is an under-16 tournament, and hence anyone who wishes to participate will need to be 15 years of age or younger at the time of the closing of registrations on November 7th, 2022. No freestylers aged 16 or older will be accepted into the competition.

    Once freestylers have registered correctly for the tournament, they will receive an email with a link to the Parental Form they will need to send back to the WFFA, conveniently signed by a parent or legal guardian, in order to participate in the competition. As soon as this process is completed, participants will get a message on Whatsapp (or an equivalent messaging platform for countries in which this system is not available) with instructions on how to send their qualification videos.

    The 2022 edition of the WFFA Youth Championship will follow this structure:

    1. October 24th to November 7th: Registration period. No registrations will be accepted after November 7th
    2. November 9th to November 16th: Qualification stage. Freestylers will be asked to send their qualification videos between those dates. No videos will be accepted after November 16th
    3. November 29th to December 5th: Top64 stage in Circles format, all happening via Whatsapp
    4. December 12th to December 15th: Top16 stage in 1×1 battles format, all happening via Whatsapp
    5. December 17th: Grand Finals (Top8, Semifinals, Bronze Battles, Finals) happening on a live event; participants will get all information beforehand so they can prepare accordingly

    The 2022 edition of the WFFA Youth Championship will use the Official Rules of Freestyle Football for its battles. The team of judges for the tournament will be announced on the official channels of the WFFA before the start of the qualification round. Stay tuned!

    For more details about the 2022 WFFA Youth Championship, please visit the corresponding Event Page on our website. All tournament results will be collated on the official Tournify page of the competition.

    For more information, send us an email at youth.championship@thewffa.org or a DM to our official Instagram account at @thewffa!


    Stay tuned to the official channels of the WFFA to follow the latest updates!

  • WFFA Youth Championship 2022

    WFFA Youth Championship 2022

    GameDay To register, visit the official page of the event at GameDay: click on the logo and sign up now!
    Tournify Check the official results of the tournament on Tournify: click on the logo for more details!

    Awesome news for the next generation of freestylers from all around the world: one of the WFFA’s most important tournaments, the World Youth Freestyle Football Championship, is back in 2022!

    This year, the tournament grows and changes its platform, from the old WFFA App to a new, easier format based on Whatsapp (or an equivalent messaging tool for countries where this service is not available). In this edition of the competition, you won’t need to worry about technical issues and you’ll be able to focus completely on showing us your best Freestyle Football moves!

    Remember: to participate in the Youth Championship, you must be 15 years of age or younger on the date when registrations close. See below for more information!


    Registration

    Registrations for the 2022 WFFA Youth Championship are completely free and will be open between October 24th and November 7th. Important: no new signups will be accepted after November 7th, so make sure to register on time!

    To sign up, follow this process:

    1. Go to the GameDay page of the event and follow the registration process: once completed, you’ll receive an email with a link to the Parental Form
    2. Get the Parental Form signed by your mother, father or legal guardian and send it back to forms@thewffa.org before November 7th, 2022
    3. When your form is approved, you will receive a Whatsapp message and you will be able to send the qualification video
    4. The team of judges will select the best 128 videos (64 for boys and 64 for girls) and rank them to progress onto the next stage of the competition

    Do not forget that in order to participate you will need to be 15 years of age or younger when registrations close on November 7th, 2022.

    Competition structure

    This year, the WFFA Youth Championship will follow this timeline:

    1. October 24th to November 7th: Registration period. No registrations will be accepted after November 7th
    2. November 9th to November 16th: Qualification stage. Freestylers will be asked to send their qualification videos between those dates. No videos will be accepted after November 16th
    3. November 29th to December 5th: Top64 stage in Circles format, all happening via Whatsapp
    4. December 12th to December 15th: Top16 stage in 1×1 battles format, all happening via Whatsapp
    5. December 17th: Grand Finals (Top8, Semifinals, Bronze Battles, Finals) happening on a live event; participants will get all information beforehand so they can prepare accordingly

    Format

    In the qualification stage, the clips of the participants will be evaluated by three different judges, who will give them scores on a scale from 1 to 10. The marks from the three judges will be added up, and the participants will then be ranked according to their total score. In case of a score draw between two freestylers, the Head of Judging will intervene and use his quality vote to break the tie.

    The circles will then be created according to the aforementioned ranking from the qualification stage and following the usual seeding procedure: the freestyler ranked first will be placed in a group with the last, the second with the second last, and so on.

    In the circles, three judges will evaluate and score each of the three videos sent by the participants on a scale of 1 to 10. The best-ranked freestylers across all the circles will progress onto the next stage; the general ranking coming from these circles (that is, the total amount of points earned by each freestyler, accumulating the points earned by each of their three videos) will be used to determine the battles in the Top16. In case of a score draw between two freestylers, the results of the qualification stage will be used to break the tie.

    Rules

    The 2022 edition of the WFFA Youth Championship will use the Official Rules of Freestyle Football for its battles. Any specific rules and regulations affecting the competition will be published on the corresponding page of the WFFA website.

    Judges

    The team of judges for the 2022 WFFA Youth Championship will feature the following first-class freestylers from all around the world:

    Prizes

    The 2022 edition of the WFFA Youth Championship will reward not just the male and female champions of its 1×1 battles competition, but also offer awards to three extra categories in a similar fashion as in 2021.

    For more information, send us an email at youth.championship@thewffa.org or a DM to our official Instagram account at @thewffa!


    Stay tuned to the official channels of the WFFA to follow the latest updates!

  • International Freestyle Football Cup 2022

    International Freestyle Football Cup 2022

    GameDay To register, visit the official page of the event at GameDay: click on the logo and sign up now!
    Tournify Check the official website of the tournament on Tournify: click on the logo for more details!

    Calling all freestylers from Germany… and the whole world! The International Freestyle Football Cup 2022 will take place on Saturday, July 23rd in the beautiful German town of Horgenzell, in the state of Baden-Württemberg, near lake Constance.

    The event will last the whole day and include a competition of 1v1 Freestyle Battles, as well as a meet for all athletes to exchange their tricks and train together. The 1×1 Battles competition will be a tournament for male and female freestylers of all age groups; if enough female freestylers participate, there will be a separate female tournament.

    The entrance fee is 20€ and it includes snacks, drinks, prizes… and music from a great local DJ!

    A sleepover at a local gym between July 23rd and July 24th can be organised at no extra cost. Freestylers may also organise their own stay at a nearby hotel if they prefer!

    For more details about the event, follow @iffc_int.freestyle_footballcup and send them a direct message!


    Stay tuned to the official channels of the WFFA to follow the latest updates!

  • Red Bull Street Style 2022

    Red Bull Street Style 2022

    To buy your tickets for the World Final, visit the official page of the event at Entrio!
    Tournify Check the official website of the World Final on Tournify: click on the logo for more details!

    Red Bull Street Style, the most competitive Freestyle Football tournament in the world, returns in 2022 with the clear goal of taking things to the next level: a thousand athletes from over 50 countries will compete in a contest that will see a new sportive format being implemented this year, guaranteeing that finalists from up to five continents will enter the World Final for the first time in its history.

    This year’s competition will have a distinct format. In the men’s bracket, 2022 will see the return of in-person qualifiers, a series of events that will take place in specific countries to determine their champions; most nations of the world, though, will select their best athletes through online National Qualifiers on the WFFA App. The best athletes of each of the participating countries, including a specific Rest of the World qualifier for nations with smaller communities, will then advance to their respective Regional Qualifiers. Only the most skilful participants of each of the five regions (North and South America, Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Europe) will make it to the Regional Finals, a brand-new concept happening in late August that will determine the 16 men that will participate in the World Final on October 8th in Croatia.

    In the women’s bracket, the competition will happen on a fully online basis. Female participants from all around the world will need to get through their Regional Qualifiers to make it to the Regional Finals in August: the very best 8 female freestylers on the globe, coming from each of the five regions, will then earn a spot in the final event in Croatia.

    The Battle Pools of the Regional Qualifiers are available in this article; for more details on the tournament format, please check the announcement article. The official Rules of the championship are available on the Rules and Regulations page of our website, alongside all the particulars about the competitive structure.

    Below these lines, you can find a list of all male National Qualifiers, together with the respective links to their pages and to their National Champions, as well as the key details of the Women’s Regional Qualifiers.


    Men’s National Qualifiers

    In the table below you will find the links to the different National Qualifiers, as well as the National Champions emanating from the Qualifying Stage:

    CountryRegionNational Champion
    Adriatic RegionEuropeTado Grgic
    AustraliaAsia-PacificJay Hennicke
    BoliviaSouth AmericaJose Caballero Menacho
    CameroonAfricaOusmanou Ahmadou
    ChileSouth AmericaMoises Carruyo
    Czech RepublicEuropeDaniel Pražák
    EcuadorSouth AmericaIker Freire
    GhanaAfricaJoel Asare
    GuatemalaNorth AmericaCess Gabriel
    JapanAsia-PacificIbuki Yoshida
    MadagascarAfricaAndriamampianina Princy Serge
    MozambiqueAfricaMichaell Gray
    PortugalEuropePablo Assis
    United StatesNorth AmericaPatrick Shaw
    VenezuelaSouth AmericaRixio Velazquez
    ChinaAsia-PacificXiao Xin
    ColombiaSouth AmericaBoyka Ortiz
    Costa RicaNorth AmericaJeff ‘Pagu’ Chacón
    FranceEuropeTristan Gac
    GermanyEuropeChris Bennet Bröker
    IndiaAsia-PacificPuneet Dhundele
    KazakhstanAsia-PacificNurseid Dosmagambet
    MexicoNorth AmericaAnthony Noguez
    NorwayEuropeBrynjar Fagerli
    PolandEuropeDaniel Mikołajek
    South KoreaAsia-PacificHyunYong Lee
    SpainEuropeAnto Sanz
    United KingdomEuropeMax Lawson
    VietnamAsia-PacificVu Ngoc Nam
    AfghanistanAsia-PacificAlireza Moosavi
    AlgeriaAfricaAli Yahia Ouahmed
    ArgentinaSouth AmericaNicolás Gondra
    IndonesiaAsia-PacificLintang Dika
    IranAsia-PacificMohammad Akbari
    ItalyEuropeGunther Celli
    LibyaAfricaFaraj Rahil
    NetherlandsEuropeJesse Marlet
    PalestineAsia-PacificYousef Hawwari
    ParaguaySouth AmericaOvidio Ferreira
    SudanAfricaElmigdad Gami
    SwedenEuropeJojje Lindgård
    SwitzerlandEuropeSimon Müller

    Women’s Regional Qualifiers

    In order to sign up for the first round of the women’s Regional Qualifiers starting in July, female participants only need to access the WFFA App, type “women” in the search bar and select the Women’s Red Bull Street Style 2022 event. Once this is done, they’ll also need to enter the number 145350 in the Invite Code section.

    In the first round of the tournament, running from July 1st to July 8th, participants will need to upload a 60-second video to the corresponding section of the WFFA App: the judges will then pick the best ones only!

    In the following link you will find the list of participants and their submitted videos:

    Competition PageRegionStart dateInvite code
    Women’s TournamentGlobalJuly 8th145350

    Battle Pools of the Regional Qualifiers

    The male and female freestylers that go through the first round (be it the National Qualifiers for men or the selection round of the Regional Qualifiers for women) will earn themselves a spot in the second round of the Regional Qualifiers, which consists of Battle Pools happening between July 9th and August 8th. Only the most skilful freestylers will then make it to the Regional Finals, which will take place in mid-August and will be aired on the WFFA channels!

    If you want to know all details about the groups for the Regional Qualifiers, including every single matchup, make sure to visit the dedicated page on our website!

    You can also find the videos and results of every single battle in the following table:

    RegionGenderGroups
    AfricaMenGroup 1 and Group 2
    AfricaMenGroup 3 and Group 4
    Asia-PacificMenGroup 1, Group 2, Group 3 and Group 4
    Asia-PacificWomenGroup 1, Group 2 and Group 3
    Asia-PacificWomenGroup 4
    EuropeWomenGroup 1, Group 2, Group 3, Group 4 and Group 5
    EuropeMenGroup 1, Group 2, Group 3 and Group 4
    North AmericaWomenGroup 1 and Group 2
    North AmericaMenGroup 1
    South AmericaWomenGroup 1, Group 2, Group 3 and Group 4
    South AmericaMenGroup 1 and Group 2

    For technical support related to the usage of the WFFA App (uploads, schedules, issues…), please email support@topya.com. For any inquiries regarding the judging of the battles in the competition, please contact judging@thewffa.org.

    To find more information on how to get your tickets for the World Final, please visit the ticketing announcement article on our website.

    For more submission details, deadline information and news updates on the Red Bull Street Style World Championship, you can also visit www.redbullstreetstyle.com.


    For more information about the activities of the WFFA, follow its official channels to get the latest updates!

  • The WFFA launches a brand-new website

    The WFFA launches a brand-new website

    The World Freestyle Football Association (WFFA) has reached today a key milestone in the process of digitalisation of its assets – and the sport of Freestyle Football itself: the launch of a brand-new website, built in partnership with the sports technology brand GameDay. The new digital platform has been created to act as a hub for all the activities around Freestyle Football, from live event registration and ticketing to online membership of the Association. The global community of freestyle professionals, amateurs and fans will be able to find a wide range of resources and information in an easier and faster manner than in the previous online home of the WFFA.

    The new WFFA website will include a calendar with a comprehensive guide to all the competitions organised by the Association (notably, but not limited to, the Super Ball, Red Bull Street Style and the Youth World Championship), as well as rulings, rankings, news and training programs. The site will also offer a library of assets and resources for media, as well as a dedicated space for the WFFA partners – including the likes of Red Bull, Soccerex, SWRL, 4Freestyle, AYNIAB, GameDay and the most recent addition, German football powerhouse Borussia Dortmund.

    “We are tremendously proud to present the new WFFA website to the freestyle community worldwide”, said Steve Elias, President of the WFFA. “Our aim has always been to help freestylers of any level and fans of the sport to connect with us and among themselves to strengthen the community: we are certain that our new digital home will be a huge step forward in this direction.”

    “We believe this is great news, both for the WFFA and for the sport of Freestyle Football as a whole”, said Dan Wood, Head of Partnerships at the WFFA. “This is a cornerstone of the growth plan that we’ve designed for the Association and the sport, that will see a myriad of benefits not just for the community of freestylers but also for the fans of the sport and for our partners around the world. Fasten your seatbelts, though – there is still much more to come in the coming months!”.


    Stay tuned to the official channels of the WFFA to follow the latest updates!

  • The WFFA kicks off a game-changing partnership with GameDay

    The WFFA kicks off a game-changing partnership with GameDay

    The World Freestyle Football Association (WFFA), the global governing body for the sport of Freestyle Football, has announced an exciting new partnership with GameDay, the leading provider of digital solutions to international, national, grassroots and professional sporting organisations across the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia and New Zealand.

    The WFFA will rollout GameDay’s next-generation membership and events platform to support the mission of developing and nurturing the global structure for Freestyle Football. GameDay will provide their Membership and Events platform, which will assist in participant nominations for the WFFA-sanctioned events. 

    The WFFA have today launched event entries (nominations) and spectator tickets for one of these events: the Super Ball, which will take place in Prague, Czech Republic between August 15 and August 21. You can book your spot here!

    Dan Wood, Co-Founder and Head of Partnerships for the WFFA, said: “We are convinced that this partnership with GameDay will become a key milestone in the growth of Freestyle Football: it will allow us to create so much more value and opportunity, not only for our beloved sporting community around the world, but also for fans and future partners. With such a quality tech partner on board, we are really on track to transform our sport in the years ahead.”

    Andy Graham, General Manager for GameDay, said: “We are very excited to partner with World Freestyle Football Association, showcasing how our products and solutions can cater to all types of sports. This new and exciting partnership with the WFFA extends the work we already do with emerging and lifestyle sports including GB Snowsports, Parkour UK, and Surfing New Zealand to name a few.” 


    About GameDay

    GameDay have been providing next-generation sports technology solutions in the Australian market since 2001 and have extended the key markets they work in across the United Kingdom, Europe and New Zealand. Other GameDay partners in the European region include the International Bowling Federation, Rugby Football League, Basketball England, Run For All, Basketball Ireland, Cricket Ireland, GB Snowsports, the UEFA Foundation and Aston Villa FC Foundation.

    GameDay provides Membership, Competition, and Event Management platforms, and various digital website, e-commerce and auction fundraising solutions to the sports community.


    Stay tuned to the official channels of the WFFA to follow the latest updates!

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