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  • World Freestyle Football Showtime Ventspils 2024

    World Freestyle Football Showtime Ventspils 2024

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

    Fantastic news for all fans of Freestyle Football from all of Europe – and the whole world: a new fantastic competition, the World Freestyle Football Showtime Ventspils 2024, is around the corner!

    This open event will take place on July 20th starting at 12h EEST at the Ventspils OC in Ventspils, Latvia. The tournament will feature mixed competitions of the following categories:

    • Kill the Beat
    • Routines
    • Show Flow

    Participation costs 20€. The winners of each category will get the following cash prizes:

    • Winner: 500€
    • Runner-up: 250€
    • Third-placed: 100€

    The organisers, Ghetto Games, will be offering free accommodation and free transport from and to the airport to those going to Ventspils!

    For more information, visit the website of the organisers or follow them on Instagram at @ghettofootball and send them a DM!

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

  • Melody Donchet and Erlend Fagerli win the first-ever European Pulse Event in Riga

    Melody Donchet and Erlend Fagerli win the first-ever European Pulse Event in Riga

    Tournify Check the official website of the tournament on Tournify: click on the logo for more details!

    WFFA Pulse Riga 2023, the first-ever Freestyle Football Pulse Event to take place in Europe, happened between July 28th and 29th at the iconic Ghetto Games Arena in Riga, Latvia. The competition featured an intense 1×1 battle format, where the continent’s top freestylers clashed to determine the champions of the male and female categories. The local crowd roared with excitement as athletes from 17 different countries across Europe showcased their unique styles, pushing the boundaries of what is possible with a ball.

    In the end, two legendary freestylers emerged victorious and secured their spots in this year’s highly anticipated World Freestyle Football Championship Finals in Nairobi, Kenya: Erlend Fagerli, from Norway, took the victory in the male category, while Melody Donchet, from France, came back after a spell away from the competition to win the female contest.

    The excitement did not end there, as four more female freestylers and four additional male freestylers earned their places in the upcoming World Finals:

    These skilled athletes showed their mettle and dedication, proving yet again that Freestyle Football knows no boundaries when it comes to gender. The stage is now set for an unforgettable showdown in Nairobi, where these exceptional freestylers will battle it out for the ultimate title of World Champions.

    Pulse Riga 2023 will undoubtedly be remembered as a landmark event in the Freestyle Football community, showcasing the immense talent and passion that drives this captivating sport forward – and heralding a new era in the global competitive circuit of the sport!

    Experience again all the thrills of Pulse Riga 2023 thanks to the official live stream of its Finals:

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

  • The WFFA centralises the Asia-Pacific qualifiers in Pulse Hiroshima and opens registrations for Pulse Riga

    The WFFA centralises the Asia-Pacific qualifiers in Pulse Hiroshima and opens registrations for Pulse Riga

    The World Freestyle Football Association announced this week the centralisation of all Asia-Pacific qualifiers for the World Freestyle Football Championship Finals in the Pulse Event in Hiroshima, Japan, as well as the opening of registrations for the European Pulse Event in Riga, Latvia.

    Pulse Hiroshima, which was originally planned for June 3-4, will now be happening on September 15-16, a decision aimed at allowing all freestylers from the region to better prepare for the qualifier. The event will now become the only official qualifier in the region for the World Championship Finals, hence granting the 8 best freestylers from Asia-Pacific (4 males and 4 females) the right to travel to Nairobi, Kenya in November. All freestylers who signed up for the original dates of the Hiroshima qualifier in June will be contacted individually and offered to either be registered automatically to the event on its new dates or to be refunded in full.

    The updated structure for the Pulse Series, therefore, looks like this:

    Besides this, the Association also announced the opening of registrations for Pulse Riga, the European qualifier for the World Championship Finals; this event will take place in the Latvian capital on July 28-29.

    The WFFA will announce the exact dates of the rest of Pulse Events (Mombasa, New York and Córdoba) in the coming weeks, ensuring that freestylers are given at least a 3-month notice to sign up and prepare their travels.

    For more information about the Pulse Series, please contact the corresponding team at the WFFA at pulse-series@thewffa.org.

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

  • Pulse Riga 2023

    Pulse Riga 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 website of the tournament on Tournify: click on the logo for more details!

    The 2023 Freestyle Football global circuit keeps moving forward unstoppably: Pulse Riga, the European qualifier for the Finals of the World Freestyle Football Championship, is around the corner!

    This new instalment of the Pulse Series will take place in the city of Riga, in Latvia. The qualifiers will be held at the Ghetto Games Arena on July 28th between 12h and 20h; the Finals will happen at the same venue the next day, July 29th, between 12h and 20h. The best 10 freestylers (5 males and 5 females) will earn themselves a trip to Nairobi, Kenya to participate in the World Freestyle Football Championship Finals!

    This Pulse Event will host a 1×1 battles competition open to all freestylers from the European region; to ensure that their country is eligible for this competition, freestylers can check the official Regional Division of the WFFA. The signups process will open on April 11th and close on July 24th; there will be no extensions, so all athletes who haven’t signed up by the end of the registration period will not be allowed to compete.

    The WFFA has set up a refund policy for registrations for all Pulse Events; athletes who can’t travel due to a justified reason (i.e. sickness, injury or denial of travel visa) can ask for their money back, but in the case of the Riga event, only before July 7th. The organising committee strongly recommends all athletes who need a visa to get their invitation letter first using the widget available below: once they are cleared to travel, they may sign up as participants.

    Athletes under the age of 18 will be allowed to participate, but they will need to upload a signed Parental Form at the end of the registration process. For more details, check the links below!

    Support documents

    Are you willing to compete in this Pulse Event? Then make sure to check the files in the list below: they include all the information you may need to make the most out of your trip!

      Parental form: a necessary document for all under-18 freestylers, to be uploaded at the end of the registration process via GameDay
    xxxx  
    Athlete Handbook: find all the information about this event in a single place, including details about the location, the host city, the local culture… and much more!
    xxxx
    Afterparty: make sure to be at the right place at the right time for the event afterparty! (In process)

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    Registered participants

    NameSurnameGenderCountry
    DenisPopovichenkoMaleBelarus
    AndreyMaretskiMaleBelarus
    KalleKaskismaaMaleFinland
    AlexanderWessbergMaleFinland
    TomiPuustelliMaleFinland
    GhislainBoisardMaleFrance
    JanarthanKanesalingamMaleFrance
    NolanCacheuxMaleFrance
    NicolasRiviereMaleFrance
    LucieQuintonFemaleFrance
    MelodyDonchetFemaleFrance
    PaulDromacqueMaleFrance
    MarcoLe BouteillerMaleFrance
    TristanGacMaleFrance
    YoannaDallierFemaleFrance
    LylianAltmayerMaleFrance
    JohanTrambouzeMaleFrance
    Chris BennetBroekerMaleGermany
    SerafinaKnappFemaleGermany
    PatrickBaeurerMaleGermany
    KarolyTemesiMaleHungary
    RebekaVertesFemaleHungary
    SzabadosAdamMaleHungary
    ReynaldoPenaMaleItaly
    AnastasiaBagagliniFemaleItaly
    LorenzoNeriMaleItaly
    TommasoDaigoroDe BernardiMaleItaly
    MohamedEl MazghiMaleLuxembourg
    JasmijnJanssenFemaleNetherlands
    JesseMarletMaleNetherlands
    Mikevan de StreekMaleNetherlands
    Jonathanvan RijsbergenMaleNetherlands
    SindreHerre HansenMaleNorway
    ErlendFagerliMaleNorway
    SigveLamark MonsenMaleNorway
    AguskaMnichFemalePoland
    PatrykNoconMalePoland
    JaromirPoprawaMalePoland
    KalinaMatysiakFemalePoland
    KonradDybasMalePoland
    MohammadAkbariMalePoland
    DominikaTurkowskaFemalePoland
    MichalBrzezickiMalePoland
    MateuszWlodarczykMalePoland
    PawelKwitMalePoland
    ArinaGerovskayaFemaleRussia
    AntonioSanz del pesoMaleSpain
    PalomaPujolFemaleSpain
    SergioSánchezMaleSpain
    AlvaroLopezMaleSpain
    JoanSitjarMaleSpain
    MarcJoninMaleSwitzerland
    Simon LevinMuellerMaleSwitzerland
    LeonVizanMaleUnited Kingdom
    MaxLawsonMaleUnited Kingdom
    StephenGrayMaleUnited Kingdom
    DavidePisaniMaleItaly
    AlexHyland-CidMaleUnited Kingdom

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

  • The WFFA announces a brand-new structure for the 2023 World Championships

    The WFFA announces a brand-new structure for the 2023 World Championships

    The World Freestyle Football Association has announced today the new format of qualifications for the official 2023 World Freestyle Football Championships: the Freestyle Football Pulse Series, a succession of highly competitive regional tournaments that will ensure all corners of the globe are covered and every single freestyler can compete for a spot in the World Final.

    Following the announcement in October 2022 that the 2023 World Finals were to happen in Nairobi, Kenya, the WFFA has added today that 5 live regional events spread across the globe over the year will act as qualifiers and serve to identify who qualifies for the right to compete for the World Title.

    After going fully online in 2020 to accommodate the global restrictions in travel and gatherings of people, and evolving into hybrid models in 2021 and 2022 where live and online qualifier stages were introduced, 2023 will see a fully live experience to best judge the talents in the sport of Freestyle Football. Also, for the first time, the qualifiers will be focused only on regional events, instead of National Qualifiers – a decision aimed at ensuring that every competition offers the highest quality and competitiveness to its participants.

    The 2023 Freestyle Football Pulse Series will take place in Hiroshima (Japan), New York City (United States of America), Mombasa (Kenya), Riga (Latvia) and Córdoba (Argentina) between May and September 2023.

    Freestylers will be able to choose whether they compete in a physical event or in the Online Pulse; those living in the Americas will also be able to decide whether they compete in the North (New York) or in the South (Córdoba). However, once a decision is made, there will be no second chance – no freestyler will be allowed to participate in two different Pulse Events in the same season.

    The exact dates of the Pulse Events, plus all relevant information about each stop, will be released on the official WFFA social media channels as the competitions come close.

    Once all events in the Pulse Series are over, the very best 16 men and 16 women from all corners of the world will be competing in November in Nairobi, Kenya for the World Championship title, which has previously been held by the likes of Sean Garnier (France), Lia Lewis (UK), Andrew Henderson (UK), Melody Donchet (France), Aguska Mnich (Poland) and Ricardinho Chahini (Brazil). 

    Steve Elias, President of the WFFA, said: “This new format is designed in response to popular demand from the athletes, as it aims to give all freestylers the best possible community experience and a fair, neutral stage for all to compete on”.

    Daniel Wood, Head of Partnerships at the WFFA, said: “We are delighted to be teaming up with some fantastic regional partners to make this historical series of events a reality. A huge thank you goes out to our friends at Homeboyz Entertainment, Events DC, Mudita Sports and Ghetto Games, amongst many more: it’s going to be a huge year for Freestyle Football!”.

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

  • The WFFA partners with the Ghetto Games to bring Freestyle Football to the Ghetto Football Euro League

    The WFFA partners with the Ghetto Games to bring Freestyle Football to the Ghetto Football Euro League

    The World Freestyle Football Association has announced a new partnership with Latvian sports organisation Ghetto Games, the creators of some of Europe’s most renowned street competitions. Thanks to the agreement between both institutions, a selection of national Freestyle Football championships will be held alongside the stops of the Ghetto Games’ prime 3×3 street football tournament, the Ghetto Football Euro League.

    The inclusion of Freestyle Football events in the Euro League —a continental championship that will take place in 11 countries during the spring and summer of 2022 and end with a Grand Final on June 8th in Riga, Latvia— will help raise awareness of the sport all over Europe, while also introducing the Freestyle Football community to the 3×3 street football universe. This collaboration will doubtlessly help popularise the two subcultures and unveil new rising stars of both sports.

    All dates and locations of the official Freestyle Football National championships will be disclosed in the coming months through the official channels of the WFFA; stay tuned to get the latest updates! In the meantime, the stops of the Ghetto Football Euro League are already available on the Ghetto Games official website.

    Lukáš Škoda, Head of Operations at the WFFA, said: “This is going to be a great year for the street sports culture. I really appreciate the opportunity for the WFFA to connect the Ghetto Football Euro League with our Country Leaders and help Freestyle Football events flourish in multiple countries. It’s key for us to give new opportunities to sportspeople in order to prove that street sports are part of the culture in all European countries.”

    Pekko ‘PeGe’ Piirto, Head of the Global Network at the WFFA, said: “We are absolutely ecstatic to collaborate with the Ghetto Games! We’ve always felt very close to their vision and admired the awesome work they have been doing for street sports. We believe this opportunity to connect the stops of their Euro League with our own Freestyle Football National championships will boost both sports and help the respective scenes grow all across Europe.”

    Matīss Babris, Ghetto Football Event Organizer and Manager, said: “With this partnership, we hope to increase the attractiveness of street football and Freestyle Football all over the continent. We are positive that these events will encourage more people, not just from Latvia but from all Europe, to try Freestyle Football and join the community!”.

    Antons Semeņaks, Ghetto Football Leader, Organizer and MC, said: ”Take it or leave it, but Freestyle Football is an integral component of football in the 2020s. This is the reason why we want it to become a crucial part of our street football events, where Freestyle Football can fill us with unforgettable emotions and make players and spectators wonder how those tricks can be done. Also, we will include panna tournaments in our events – who knows, maybe we will see the first triple champion in 3v3, panna and freestyle!”.

    About Ghetto Football

    Ghetto Football is the biggest street football movement in Latvia, a competition that includes 3×3 football, 1×1 panna and Freestyle Football. The organisers of the event accumulate 11 years of experience with 150+ tournaments, including international championships. Every year there is a season of regular tournaments at the end of which the best teams in various age groups are determined.

    For more information about Ghetto Football, please contact Antons Semeņaks at semenaks@gmail.com or visit the official channels of the tournament:

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

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