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  • 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

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    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:

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  • Jeux Urbains Montréal 2023

    Jeux Urbains Montréal 2023

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    Great news for all Canadian fans of Freestyle Football: a massive street culture festival, the Jeux Urbains Montréal 2023, is around the corner!

    This awesome event, which will include a specific Freestyle Football invitational tournament, will take place between March 23rd and 25th at the Centre Eaton, located in Montréal, in the province of Québec. The invitational 1×1 battles competition will feature top-notch athletes such as Laura Biondo and Mélody Donchet.

    For more information, check out the official programme of the event on the website of the organisers or follow them on Instagram at @xp_mtl.

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

  • Freestyle Football gets a new queen and record-setting king in Valencia

    Freestyle Football gets a new queen and record-setting king in Valencia

    The first-ever Red Bull Street Style World Final in Valencia, Spain, and the first in two years to be on stage surrounded by spectators, made for a supercharged atmosphere. And if the fans at the Palau de la Música venue were hot to see the latest from Freestyle Football’s elite, the athletes themselves were positively on fire.

    After a year of qualification rounds, the initial field of more than 700 hopefuls from all around the world had been whittled down to the elite: 16 men and 8 women serving up new tricks and new styles.

    The women’s field was the toughest in Red Bull Street Style history and a fresh name skyrocketed to stardom, as the UK’s Lia Lewis captured the ultimate title by defeating 2018 World Champion Aguśka Mnich of Poland in a tense final round.

    The event was just Lewis’s second World Final appearance; but even more astonishing, she only began working on freestyle tricks three years ago.

    The influence of dance and acrobatic backgrounds on the style of Lewis and third-place finisher Caitlyn Schrepfer of the USA confirmed an exciting direction for the sport and Lewis won Best Trick with a bridge-to-splits manoeuvre.

    Fans were shocked, however, when four-time World Champion and legend of the sport Mélody Donchet of France failed to make the podium. The French star, who tearfully accepted a long ovation on stage, hinted that it might be her last World Final.

    Of course, the athletes weren’t only facing each other. The judging panel in Valencia was a mighty line-up of freestyle title-winners assembled by the WFFA: Tobias Becs of Norway; France’s Séan Garnier, who in 2008 became the first-ever Red Bull Street Style champ; Michał Rycac of Poland; home Spanish star Javi Sanz and two-time Red Bull Street Style champion Kitti Szász from Hungary.

    In the male bracket, while the triumph of Norway’s Erlend Fagerli – just reaching his prime and already the greatest the sport has ever known – wasn’t unexpected, what was a surprise was how hard he had to work for it.

    After cruising confidently through the first battles, in the final he squared off with Jesse Marlet from the Netherlands, who had never before made it to the concluding round. With nothing to lose, the Dutchman delivered new tricks that pushed Fagerli into some uncharacteristic baubles. But in the end, the Norwegian and his breathtaking transitions were simply on another level.

    Third place went to Colombia’s Boyka Ortiz, an experienced contender and previous runner-up, but youngsters to watch earned big respect, too. French phenom Tristan Gac, not yet 20, won Best Trick honours with his upside-down sole-stall. Fellow teen Gabriel Parke, a fast-rising Brazilian sensation who is blazing a new path with imaginative twisty, rolling moves, also impressed.

    Fagerli, whose always-innovative brother Brynjar competed in the World Final as well, stated, “I want to say huge respect to Jesse. He’s one of the freestylers who keep pushing all the time to make this sport develop, and I was delighted to compete against him in the final.”

    Applauding the Spanish spectators, the triple World Champion added, “I love the audience. The energy has been electric all night, and it has been so good to compete here. We just love Freestyle Football!”.

    See it again! Rewatch the Red Bull Street Style World Final 2021 on Red Bull TV video on demand.

    Rewatch the Studio show on the WFFA official YouTube channel:


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    Words by Trish Medalen for RedBull.com; pictures by Gianfranco Tripodo for the Red Bull Content Pool.

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

  • The WFFA announces the bracket of the 2021 Youth Championship knockout stage

    The WFFA announces the bracket of the 2021 Youth Championship knockout stage

    The first edition of the World Youth Freestyle Football Championship has advanced onto the online battle stage! The team of judges, led by superstars Melody Donchet and Charly Iacono, have selected the best 32 freestylers (16 boys and 16 girls) out of hundreds and hundreds of entries in the Qualification Stage. The tournament enters now its knockout phase, consisting of individual battles of 3 rounds, each of which allowing 25-to-35-second-long videos.

    From September 30th to October 11th, the participants will need to show their best skills if they want to progress to the Quarterfinals of the tournament. The female and male brackets are available in this article; participants will also find a video tutorial and a short guide on how to upload their videos to the official WFFA App at the end of the post.

    Please find all the relevant information below:

    Knockout stage

    Instructional video

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    Video upload guide

    To check the App usage guide that we’ve prepared for all Youth Championship participants, please click here!
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    More details about the tournament are available on the World Youth Freestyle Football Championship event page.

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

  • Red Bull Street Style World Finals head to Valencia for 2021 edition

    Red Bull Street Style World Finals head to Valencia for 2021 edition

    The world’s best freestyle footballers will welcome the return of fans as the Spanish city of Valencia has been confirmed as the host city for the 2021 Red Bull Street Style World Finals in November. Sixteen male and eight female freestyle footballers will entertain fans in a celebration of skill, style and diversity, with athletes from all corners of the globe taking to the stage.

    The pinnacle competition for the sport will be held in front of fans again for the first time since 2019 and will take place on Saturday, November 20 in the scenic Spanish city.

    🎫  Click here to get your free tickets for the 2021 Red Bull Street Style World Final!

    Those hoping to wow fans in Valencia are reigning male and female Red Bull Street Style champions Erlend Fagerli of Norway and Melody Donchet of France, who will both be eager to defend their crowns.

    Confirmation of Valencia comes as the draw for the seeding groups for the World Final – the Online Battle Pools – was held earlier this month which conjured up a number of intriguing match-ups, with 59 male and 20 female athletes vying for a place at the World Finals.

    In the stand-out group of the entire draw, Donchet has been drawn in Group C alongside a mixture of rising stars and older champions such as Chile’s Catalina Vega, fellow Frenchwoman Pola Gomez, Great Britain’s Lia Lewis, and Poland’s Kalina Matysiak. Also in action are American Caitlyn Schrepfer in Group B and 2018 World Champion Aguska Mnich from Poland, both of whom will be confident of progression to the World Finals.

    Ricardinho from Brazil in the RBSS 2018 World Final

    Group N of the men’s competition pits best friends Philip Warren Gertsson and Viktor Ludvig Olovson aka VLO against one another – the Swedish residents having known each other for over 15 years. In a men’s competition littered with talent, fans will also be able to watch Poland’s 2013 winner Szymon Skalski in Group G and 2019 finalist Sebastián Ortiz of Colombia in Group P. Elsewhere, Brazilian Gabriel Parke is considered a rising star to watch in Group A as is France’s Tristan Gac in Group L, who has entered the Freestyle Football scene with a bang.

    American champion Caitlyn Schrepfer said: “I am so excited for this year’s competition. I was heartbroken last year when I made a couple of small mistakes and I thought I had a great chance. I am looking forward to the competition and hoping to give the other participants a good challenge.”

    The WFFA President, Steve Elias, said: “We are thrilled to co-organise Red Bull Street Style yet another year! We believe the city of Valencia will offer an absolutely fabulous backdrop for the 2021 World Final and are really looking forward to celebrating the sport both with the athletes and the fans.”

    Frenchman Séan Garnier, the first winner of Red Bull Street Style back in 2008, added: “The beauty of Freestyle Football is that you just need a ball. You don’t need equipment, a motorbike or any other kit. I cannot wait to watch Erlend Fagerli again, who is going to take some beating this year. He is the full package. He has all the skills and is a fantastic performer to go with it. He is incredible and last year he took his game to the next level. He knows how to master his body with the ball.”

    For more details about this year’s edition of Red Bull Street Style, please check the corresponding Event Page on the WFFA website.

    For more information about the Red Bull Street Style tournament, please visit the official website at www.redbullstreetstyle.com.

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

  • World Youth Freestyle Football Championship

    World Youth Freestyle Football Championship

    The Freestyle Football community will celebrate the birth of a new competition this year: the best young freestylers on the planet will be offered a platform to showcase their talent in the World Youth Freestyle Football Championship, a global tournament aimed at male and female athletes under the age of 16.

    This competition, which will open its registration process on August 16th and kick off in September through the official WFFA App, will happen on a fully digital basis. Participants will be asked to upload their videos in a dedicated section of the App between September 15th and September 21st; the judges will then evaluate their routines and select the best 16 athletes of the male and female categories, who will then face each other in a knockout stage consisting of quarterfinals, semifinals and a third-place battle. Each of these heats will feature battles of 3 rounds, all through the official App.

    The World Youth Freestyle Football Championship will culminate in a Final that will be held online between November 1st and November 9th, 2021. The winners of this decisive showdown will have the opportunity to receive a full-year sponsorship of the WFFA partner SWRL and, most importantly, the title of most promising male and female u16 freestylers: the very future of the sport of Freestyle Football! Besides this, a total prize money amount of 3,000€ will be split between the winners, the runners-up and the third-placed athletes of the tournament in both the male and the female categories.
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    Here is the full rundown of the tournament:

    • Registration period (From August 16 to September 15): All athletes wishing to participate will need to enter the official WFFA App (available for Android and iOS in the respective app stores) and register
    • Qualification round (From September 15 to September 21): All participants will need to upload their routine as a horizontal, 30-second video to the dedicated space in the App
    • Top16 announcement (September 27): The selected participants for the knockout stage will be officially announced on the WFFA channels and notified in the App itself
    • Round of 16 (From September 30 to October 11): Competitors will need to upload their 30-second routines to the dedicated space in the official WFFA App, and their opponents will have 24 hours to respond to them
    • Quarterfinals (From October 11 to October 21): Same format as above
    • Semifinals (From October 21 to November 1): Same format as above
    • Third-place battle (From November 1 to November 9): Same format as above
    • Final (From November 1 to November 9): Same format as above
    • Winners announced (November 10): The WFFA channels will disclose the names of the male and female u16 World Champions!

    The World Youth Freestyle Football Championship will be judged using the official WFFA rules (available here) by a list of renowned, first-class freestylers led by World Champions Melody Donchet (France) and Charly Iacono (Argentina). The luxury lineup will also feature another World Champion, Ricardo Chahini (Brazil), as well as huge names of the sport of the likes of Laura Biondo (Venezuela), Paloma P. Mayo (Spain) and Javi Sanz (Spain).

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