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Pulse Sopot 2024

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

After the great success of the 2023 Pulse Series, it’s time to kickstart yet another brilliant season of Freestyle Football: Pulse Sopot, 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 Sopot, in Poland. The qualifiers will be held on June 8th; the Finals will happen on the next day, June 9th. The best 10 freestylers (5 males and 5 females) will earn themselves a trip to the World Freestyle Football Championship!

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 this event will open on February 19th and close on June 3rd; 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 Sopot event, only before May 15th.

We expect all participants to sign up using the GameDay widget, the link to which is available above; however, if a freestyler finds issues in the payment process or doesn’t have the ability to pay via credit card or PayPal, we kindly ask them to send us an email at pulse-series@thewffa.org and we’ll find an alternative solution for them.

All athletes are reminded that it is not possible to participate in two Pulse Events in the same year; however, if a freestyler signs up for a qualifier and gets injured before having been able to compete in it, they will be allowed to move their registration to Pulse Online later in the year.

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 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
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		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! (In process)
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		Afterparty: make sure to be at the right place at the right time for the event afterparty! (In process)

Registered participants

Do you want to know who you’ll be up against in this awesome event? Have a look at the list of confirmed participants below: we will update it weekly every Friday!

Name	Surname	Gender	Country
Szabados	Adam	Hungary	Male
Mohammad	Akbari	Poland	Male
Joe	Ashworth	United Kingdom	Male
Patrick	Baeurer	Germany	Male
Anastasia	Bagaglini	Italy	Female
Daniel	Bejmowicz	Poland	Male
Benoit	Bergasse	France	Male
Emmi	Bjorn	Finland	Female
Tim	Bonnarens	Belgium	Male
Chris Bennet	Broeker	Germany	Male
Michal	Brzezicki	Poland	Male
Nolan	Cacheux	France	Male
Lukasz	Calus	Poland	Male
Konrad	Ciesiolkiewicz	Poland	Male
Yoanna	Dallier	France	Female
Julia	Damilak	Poland	Female
Markus	Downhill	United Kingdom	Male
Konrad	Dybas	Poland	Male
Tristan	Gac	France	Male
Arina	Gerovskaya	Russia	Female
Robert	Gomola	Poland	Male
Olivier	Grodecki	Poland	Male
Robert	Guzik	Poland	Male
Sindre	Herre Hansen	Norway	Male
Marek	Hrabovsky	Czech Republic	Male
Becka	Hugill	United Kingdom	Female
Alex	Hyland-Cid	United Kingdom	Male
Jasmijn	Janssen	Netherlands	Female
Dawid	Jarzebowski	Poland	Male
Sofie	Johannsen	Denmark	Female
Lamar	Johnson	United Kingdom	Male
Temesi	Karesz	Hungary	Male
Kalle	Kaskismaa	Finland	Male
Dawid	Koczur	Poland	Male
Daniel	Komanek	Czech Republic	Male
Pawel	Kwit	Poland	Male
Piotr	Labuda	Poland	Male
Sigve	Lamark Monsen	Norway	Male
Max	Lawson	United Kingdom	Male
Marco	Le Bouteiller	France	Male
Bartlomiej	Mamica	Poland	Male
Andrey	Maretski	Belarus	Male
Jesse	Marlet	Netherlands	Male
Pawel	Marucha	Poland	Male
Patryk	Mecik	Poland	Male
Volha	Miraliubava	Belarus	Female
Aguska	Mnich	Poland	Female
Mateusz	Morawiec	Poland	Male
Simon Levin	Mueller	Switzerland	Male
Adam	Nadolny	Poland	Male
Jakub	Nekuda	Czech Republic	Male
Patryk	Nocon	Poland	Male
Michal	Nowacki	Poland	Male
Grzegorz	Noworolnik	Poland	Male
Joachim	Oudin	France	Male
Marcin	Paruch	Poland	Male
Bartek	Pawluczuk	Poland	Male
Denis	Popovichenko	Poland	Male
Jaromir	Poprawa	Poland	Male
Lucie	Quinton	France	Female
Kamil	Raczy	Poland	Male
Nicolas	Riviere	France	Male
Grzegorz	Rygulski	Poland	Male
Sergio	Sanchez	Spain	Male
Jakob	Semajer-Garic	Denmark	Male
Denys	Semenenko	Ukraine	Male
Joan	Sitjar	Spain	Male
Jiri	Stavinoha	Czech Republic	Male
Dominika	Turkowska	Poland	Female
Jonathan	van Rijsbergen	Netherlands	Male
Rebeka	Vertes	Hungary	Female
Leon	Vizan	United Kingdom	Male
Krzysiek	Wierzbinski	Poland	Male
Isabel	Wilkins	United Kingdom	Female
Mateusz	Wlodarczyk	Poland	Male
Adrian	Zagorski	Poland	Male
Adam	Zaworski	Poland	Male

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

February 19, 2024

The WFFA announces the locations of the 2024 Pulse Events
The World Freestyle Football Association has announced today the location and the corresponding slots of all events of the 2024 Pulse Series, the official continental championships that act as qualifiers for the World Freestyle Football Championship.

After the massive success of the first edition of the series, this second instalment will travel again to all continents (North America, South America, Europe, Africa and Asia-Pacific) and feature an Online tournament for those freestylers living in remote countries or who couldn’t join their closest Pulse Event due to injury.

The 2024 Pulse Series will take place between June and October in the following locations:
- Sopot (Poland)
- Lagos (Nigeria)
- Mexico City (Mexico)
- Córdoba (Argentina)
- Jakarta (Indonesia)
Following the usual policy of the Pulse Series, all freestylers will be able to choose whether they compete in a physical event or in Pulse Online. 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.

In 2024, unlike in the first edition of the global series, no freestyler will be allowed to compete in a Pulse Event outside their region; this means that freestylers from the Americas will need to compete either in Pulse CDMX if they are from North American nations or in Pulse Córdoba if they hold the nationality of a South American country. For more details about the Regional Division of the WFFA, please check the corresponding file, available on the Rules & Regulations section of our website.

The participation numbers and the competitive record of the athletes from each region in 2023 have been taken into account to allocate the spots for the 2024 edition of the Series, resulting in a small modification; one of the slots available for female freestylers in Asia-Pacific has been moved to South America, as depicted in the chart below.

The exact details of all individual Pulse Events, as well as the registration process, will be announced on the WFFA channels in the coming weeks. More information will also be made available on the official Event Calendar on our website. For further questions, please send an email to pulse-series@thewffa.org – and follow the official channels of the WFFA to stay up to date!

For more information about the activities of the WFFA, follow its official channels to get the latest updates!
February 1, 2024
The WFFA opens the bidding process for the host destinations of the 2025 competitive circuit

The World Freestyle Football Association has announced today the opening of the bidding process to select the cities that will host the major events of the official Freestyle Football competitive circuit during the 2025 season, including the five physical competitions of the Pulse Series and the jewel of the crown of the tour – the World Freestyle Football Championship.

The Pulse Series of Continental Championships will not only crown the very best freestylers on each continent of the world, but also work as a qualifier for the official World Freestyle Football Championship. These events provide two days of action-packed fun for a live audience, as well as reaching a digital audience of over 200 million GenZ eyeballs worldwide.

Just as in 2024, all applicants will be required to follow a process that will allow the WFFA experts to evaluate their proposal, including not just the physical facilities the host destinations can offer to the participant athletes but also the values and adequacy of the candidacy.

The selection procedure will feature four stages, during which the candidates will be asked to provide key information about their proposal. The process will include the reception of all expressions of interest by June 21st, the confirmation of shortlisted destinations announced on July 1st, site visits to all shortlisted options before September 27th, and the announcement of the selected host destinations at the World Freestyle Football Championship 2024.

For more details about the tender process of the 2025 Freestyle Football global circuit, please visit the dedicated page on the WFFA website at www.thewffa.org/2025-tender.

Dan Wood, Head of Partnerships of the WFFA, said: “Off the back of the World Freestyle Football Championship 2023 in Nairobi, which was live-streamed on TikTok, we now have more GenZ eyeballs on the events than ever before. Over 300M people worldwide engage with the content from the events, which presents a huge opportunity for Destinations to showcase themselves. We want to encourage any destination worldwide to get creative and be a part of our future with unique venues and experiences for the athletes.”

Lucaso Škoda, Head of Operations of the WFFA, added: “Freestyle Football events adapt to essentially any environment, and I would love to see more mid-sized towns and cities welcome the sport. We have worked with some fantastic Destinations in the past and really enjoy promoting where we travel with the athletes, so we’re really looking forward to doing the same with new, fantastic places!”.

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

January 30, 2024
Erlend Fagerli and Aguska Mnich take the crown as World Champions in Nairobi

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

In the first-ever World Freestyle Football Championship to be held in the African continent, the most successful freestyler of all time did not disappoint: Norwegian legend Erlend Fagerli took his 10th title of World Champion after beating French rising star Tristan Gac in the male final and confirmed his status of absolute legend of the sport.

In a spectacular venue, the Bomas of Kenya in the vibrant city of Nairobi, an enthusiastic crowd also witnessed the extraordinary feat of Polish superstar Aguska Mnich, who beat Dutch powerhouse Jasmijn Janssen in the female Final and secured her sixth World Championship. Laura Biondo, from Venezuela, and Jesse Marlet, from the Netherlands, took the bronze medals in their respective categories.

The 2023 edition of the World Freestyle Football Championship, organised by the World Freestyle Football Association together with prestigious Kenyan agency Homeboyz, was the first World Final to take place under the new competitive structure of the Pulse Series, with qualification events happening across all continents in the world. For the first time as well, the event was broadcast on the TikTok channel of Italian football giants Juventus, where it achieved massive success.

“I’m just… so happy”, said Erlend Fagerli, the newly-crowned Freestyle Football male World Champion. “It’s very special to win such a tournament right before retiring from the professional circuit. I wasn’t sure I was going to win at all – the level this year was incredibly high. It’s amazing how the sport has evolved since I started!”.

“I’ve been working so hard for this… I almost can’t believe it happened”, said Aguska Mnich, the new female World Champion. “It’s truly a dream to be here and be World Champion again. I had many difficulties on the way here, but thanks to my trust in God, I’ve finally made it. I know it wasn’t me – it’s all thanks to Him.”

The event week also included a series of legacy activities aimed at giving back to the local community in Nairobi, who generously supported the athletes during their time in the Kenyan capital.

Experience again all the thrills of the 2023 World Freestyle Football Championship on the official YouTube channel of the WFFA:

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For more information about the World Freestyle Football Championship, check out the official Tournify page of the competition or visit the corresponding Event Page.

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

November 25, 2023
The vibrant city of Nairobi to crown the best freestylers on the planet at the World Freestyle Football Championship 2023
The World Freestyle Football Association has announced today the final details of the event that culminates the competitive season: the World Freestyle Football Championship, which this year will take place in the fascinating city of Nairobi, the capital of Kenya.

The 2023 World Championship, organised together with the prestigious Kenyan agency Homeboyz, will be held at the Bomas of Kenya on Saturday, November 25th. The event will be broadcast live on the official YouTube, Facebook and Twitch channels of the WFFA starting at 15h EAT / 13h CET / 7am ET.

The event week will include not just the highly anticipated World Finals, but also a series of legacy activities in Nairobi. These initiatives are aimed at giving back to the local community and spreading the word about the benefits of Freestyle Football for kids and teenagers.

The World Freestyle Football Championship will bring together the best 32 freestylers on the planet, coming from all regions of the world through the six qualifying events of the WFFA Pulse Series:
- Online Pulse Mombasa for Africa
- Pulse Riga for Europe
- Pulse New York City for North America
- Pulse Córdoba for South America
- Pulse Hiroshima for Asia-Pacific
- Pulse Online for the rest of the world
The list of participating athletes includes the two current World Champions, Caitlyn Schrepfer from the USA and Erlend Fagerli from Norway, as well as a collection of first-class talents from all continents:
- Angelique Ferreira (South Africa) and Ali Yahia Ouahmed (Algeria), representing Africa
- Melody Donchet (France), Aguska Mnich (Poland), Yoanna Dallier (France), Jasmijn Janssen (Netherlands) and Anastasia Bagaglini (Italy), as well as Tristan Gac (France), Jesse Marlet (Netherlands), Joan Sitjar (Spain), Tim Hoekman (Netherlands) and Nicolas ‘Nicox’ Rivière (France), representing Europe
- Mathilde Fortier (Canada) and Yahaira Zapata (Mexico), as well as Patrick ‘Patshaw’ Shaw (USA) and Fahed Albreiki (USA), representing North America
- Laura Biondo (Venezuela), Diana ‘Karol’ Rojer (Panamá) and Marisa Cintra (Brazil), as well as Sebastián ‘Machine’ Peña (Colombia), Sebastián ‘Boyka’ Ortiz (Colombia) and Julián ‘KMP’ Sosa (Colombia), representing South America
- Moeka ‘Moe-K’ Sakurai (Japan), Mai Yasutake (Japan) and Miharu Miyoshi (Japan), as well as Jay Hennicke (Australia), Hiroyuki ‘Hiro-K’ Kaneko (Japan), Philip ‘PWG’ Warren Gertsson (Philippines) and Akinobu ‘Aki’ Komine (Japan), representing Asia-Pacific
A team of international elite judges will evaluate the performance of the participants following the official Rules of Freestyle Football, available on the website of the Association. The list includes prestigious former freestylers and experts in the sport, namely:
- Andrew Henderson, 2014 World Champion, from the UK
- Kamal ‘Kamalio’ Ranchod, from South Africa
- Yo Katsuyama, from Japan
- Sven Fielitz, from Luxembourg
- Andreas Cetkovic, from France
“This is the first World Final after the implementation of the Pulse Series qualification system, and honestly, we couldn’t be more proud of how everything has been so far,” said Steve Elias, President of the WFFA. “Our partnership with a top-notch agency such as the Homeboyz ensures that the event will be nothing short of sensational. We really can’t wait to meet the athletes in Kenya and kickstart the competition!”.

“It’s an honour for me to be able to defend my World Championship in such a captivating location as Nairobi” declared Caitlyn Schrepfer, current female World Champion. “I’ve been working hard this year to be at my best in Kenya and can’t wait to face the best female freestylers in the world there. No doubt it will be a fantastic experience!”.

“We are honoured to host these international tournaments in Kenya”, added Myke Rabar, President of the Kenyan Freestyle Football Federation. “It highlights our commitment to promoting Freestyle Football, and in the meantime, it provides a platform to showcase our beautiful country and boost tourism”

For more information about the World Freestyle Football Championship, follow the official channels of the WFFA or visit the corresponding Event Page.

For more information about the activities of the WFFA, follow its official channels to get the latest updates!
November 14, 2023

Pulse Online 2023

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

The 2023 Freestyle Football global circuit is about to reach its climax: Pulse Online, the global digital qualifier for the Finals of the World Freestyle Football Championship, is around the corner!

This last instalment of the 2023 Pulse Series is open to freestylers from all around the world who did not participate in any physical Pulse Event. The competition will happen on a fully online basis to allow as many freestylers as possible to participate.

The signups process will open on September 20th and close on September 25th; 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. Athletes under the age of 18 will be allowed to participate, but they will need to upload a signed Parental Form to the GameDay widget at the end of the registration process.

All results from the competition will be published on the official Tournify page of the event. The best two freestylers (one male and one female) will earn themselves a trip to Nairobi, Kenya to participate in the World Freestyle Football Championship Finals: for more details, check the sections below!

Registration

Signing up for Pulse Online has a cost of 5€. The registration process will be open between September 20th at 16h CEST and September 25th at 23:59h CEST. Important: no new signups will be accepted after September 25th, so make sure to register on time!

To sign up, follow this process:

Go to the official Registration Page of the event and follow the signups process: if you’re under the age of 18, please remember to upload the corresponding Parental Form when required
When your participation is approved, you will receive a Whatsapp message and you will be able to send the qualification video
The team of judges will select the best videos and rank them to progress to the next stage of the competition

IMPORTANT:

Only the freestylers who have not competed in any physical Pulse Event during the 2023 season (be it because they didn’t register or because they signed up but couldn’t participate due to injury) will be allowed to participate in Pulse Online
Any freestyler who tries to sign up for Pulse Online after having already participated in a physical Pulse Event will be immediately disqualified; the WFFA reserves the right to take further punitive action against any athlete who tries to take advantage of the format by registering twice

Competition structure

Pulse Online will happen on a completely digital basis via Whatsapp following this timeline:

Registration process: open between September 20th and September 25th. No registrations will be accepted after September 25th
Qualification stage: open between September 26th and September 29th. Freestylers will be asked to send their qualification videos between those dates. No videos will be accepted after September 29th
Circles: happening via Whatsapp between October 2nd and October 12th
Grand Finals: happening in a live online show on the WFFA channels between November 4th and 5th; participants will receive all necessary 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, a judge selected by the Sports Committee 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 knockout stage. In case of a score draw between two freestylers, the results of the qualification stage will be used to break the tie.

The knockout rounds will feature live battles, including Top 8 for men and Top 4 for women, on an online show which will happen on the weekend of October 21st and will be broadcast on the official channels of the WFFA.

All results from the competition will be published on the official Tournify page of the event.

Judges

Pulse Mombasa will be evaluated by an elite team of judges that will be announced on the official WFFA channels. Stay tuned for more details!

Each of the judges will review and evaluate every clip from the participants individually and independently. In the event of a draw during a battle or in the qualification stage, the members of the WFFA Sports Committee will jump in and break the tie.

List of participants

Name	Surname	Country	Gender
Jakub	Nekuda	Czech Republic	Male
Philip	Pocock	New Zealand	Male
Khoa	Nguyen	Vietnam	Male
Ahmadreza	Allameh Falsafi	Iran	Male
Julio	Cisneros	Costa Rica	Male
Daniel	Mikolajek	Poland	Male
Anton	Popov	Russia	Male
Igo	Matos	Brazil	Male
Diego	Urzua	Chile	Male
David	Doncel	Chile	Male
Mathieu	Pierron	France	Male
Bruno	Vargas Villalta	Costa Rica	Male
Conor	Reynolds	Ireland	Male
Emese	Toth	Hungary	Female
Alexandre	Wilmart	France	Male
Rachel	Yang	South Korea	Female
Esteban	Gomez	Colombia	Male
Pavel	Tsahelnikau	Belarus	Male
Lucho	Venancio	Peru	Male
Yousef	Hawari	Palestine	Male
Jairo	Gonzalez	Mexico	Male
Sari	Aziz	Saudi Arabia	Male
Willian	Roa	Colombia	Male
Yahaira	Zapata	Mexico	Female
Juliana	Jaramillo Lopera	Colombia	Female
Leticia	Silva dos Santos	Brazil	Female
Hiroki	Matsumoto	Japan	Male
Albano	Mier	Spain	Male
Guillermo	Lobo	Costa Rica	Male
Yiannos	Sofroniou	Cyprus	Male
Volha	Miraliubava	Belarus	Female
Felix	Schwarze	Germany	Male
Luis	Juarez	Mexico	Male
Steven	Barrera	Colombia	Male
Luis Felipe	Pulido	Colombia	Male
Nahal	Barzjan	Iran	Female
Julio	Jasso Castillo	Mexico	Male
Serafina	Knapp	Germany	Female
Piotr	Jaskierski	Poland	Male
Nicolas	Morales	Chile	Male
Ghislain	Boisard	France	Male
Alvaro	Obregon	Spain	Male
Godfrey	Yu	Hong Kong	Male
Alex	Balmaceda	Argentina	Male
Enrique	Hernanzez	Spain	Male
Ivana	Riera	Argentina	Female
Akash	Singh	India	Male
Mohamad	Junior	Qatar	Male
Hadiya	Hakeem	India	Female
Sakurai	Sena	Japan	Male
Nasim	Saheri	Iran	Female
Yo Jing	Chen	Taiwan	Female
Jahir	Alberto	Mexico	Male
Yuki	Tokimoto	Australia	Male
Esvin	Jayes	Guatemala	Male
Angel	Hernandez	Mexico	Male
Benoit	Bergasse	France	Male
Nolan	Cacheux	France	Male
Alex	Hyland-Cid	United Kingdom	Male
Pankaj	Suriyal	India	Male
Ben	Kelly	Australia	Male
Tim	Hoekman	Netherlands	Male
Sergio	Sancho	Spain	Male
Matko	Vila	Croatia	Male
Guillaume	Favrat	Switzerland	Male
Amir Mohammad	Rasooli	Afghanistan	Male
Diego	Piquera Rubio	Spain	Male
Mao	Yamashita	Japan	Female
Kuranosuke	Fukuda	Japan	Male
Ali	Abedi	Iran	Male
Maryam	Nikbakht	Iran	Female
Mostafa	Ranjbar	Iran	Male
Mohammad	Hassani	Iran	Male
Sebastián	Zavala	Chile	Male
Payam	Homayoni	Iran	Male
William	Cardoza	Costa Rica	Male
Brayan Ghilmar	Gil	Peru	Male
Alireza	Moosavi	Afghanistan	Male
Reza	Kassaee	Iran	Male
Estela	Ribeiro	India	Female
Nico	Agustinoy	Argentina	Male
Sajedeh	Toudehzare	Iran	Female

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.

		Parental form: a necessary document for all under-18 freestylers, to be uploaded to GameDay at the end of the registration process

		Rules: get to know how participants will be evaluated in the competition

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For more information, send us an email at pulse-series@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!

September 20, 2023

Moe-K and Jay Hennicke become the Asia-Pacific champions at Pulse Hiroshima 2023
Check the official website of the tournament on Tournify: click on the logo for more details!

WFFA Pulse Hiroshima 2023, the first-ever Freestyle Football Pulse Event to take place in the Asia-Pacific region, happened on September 16th at the impressive NTT Cred Hall in the city centre of Hiroshima, Japan. The tournament featured an intense 1×1 battle format, where the best freestylers competed to determine the champions of the male and female categories. The local crowd roared with excitement as athletes from a variety of countries across Asia and Oceania showcased their unique styles and cultures, both on and off the ball.

In the end, local hero Moe-K, in the female bracket, and Australian star Jay Hennicke, in the male tournament, emerged victorious and secured their spots in this year’s highly anticipated World Freestyle Football Championship Finals in Nairobi, Kenya.

The excitement did not end there, as six more freestylers (three men and three women) earned their places in the upcoming World Finals:
- Philip ‘PWG’ Warren Gertsson, Philippines
- Mai Yasutake, Japan
- Hiroyuki ‘Hiro-K’ Kaneko, Japan
- Miharu Miyoshi, Japan
- Akinobu ‘Aki’ Komine, Japan
- Sora Suzuki, Japan
The adventure of the Pulse Series is now heading to its last stop: the Online Pulse, a global, fully digital competition for all those freestylers who couldn’t join any physical event. The last two spots in the World Finals, one for men and one for women, are up for grabs!

Experience again all the thrills of Pulse Hiroshima 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!
September 20, 2023
An extraordinary week concludes with ‘Karol’ Rojer and ‘Machine’ Peña’s victory at Pulse Córdoba
Check the official website of the tournament on Tournify: click on the logo for more details!

WFFA Pulse Córdoba 2023, the first-ever Freestyle Football Pulse Event to happen in Latin America, took place in the Argentinian city of Córdoba between August 30th and September 2nd. The competition, organised in cooperation with the Asociación Cordobesa de Freestyle Futbol, featured not just a 1×1 battles competition to determine the six South American representatives at the World Final later this year, but also a series of tournaments (Challenge, Sick Three, Panna 1×1, Show Flow, Iron Man & Woman, and Routines) for the Latin American community to showcase all their skills and passion for the sport.

The qualifiers were held between August 30th and September 1st at the legendary Estadio Kempes, a massive stadium that was once an official venue for the FIFA World Cup 1978, with the finals happening on September 2nd at the Museo Metropolitano de Arte Urbano, located at the very centre of the city.

The competition crowned two emerging stars of the sport: Diana ‘Karol’ Rojer, from Panamá, and Sebastián ‘Machine’ Peña, from Colombia, took the victories in the female and male categories respectively.

The excitement did not end there, as four more freestylers (two men and two women) earned their places in the upcoming World Finals:
- Sebastián ‘Boyka’ Ortiz, Colombia
- Laura Biondo, Venezuela
- Julián Sosa, Colombia
- Marisa Cintra, Brazil
The adventure of the Pulse Series doesn’t stop here, though, and the competition will travel now to Hiroshima, in Japan, to crown the Asia-Pacific regional champions and find six more World Finalists – a total of four ladies and four gentlemen.

Experience again all the thrills of Pulse Córdoba 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!
September 5, 2023
Caitlyn Schrepfer and Patrick Shaw take the victory in Pulse New York City 2023
Check the official website of the tournament on Tournify: click on the logo for more details!

WFFA Pulse New York City 2023, the first-ever Freestyle Football Pulse Event to take place in North America, happened on August 26th at the extraordinary American Dream entertainment centre in East Rutherford, NJ – just minutes away from the Big Apple. The tournament featured an intense 1×1 battle format, where the region’s best freestylers competed to determine the champions of the male and female categories. The local crowd roared with excitement as athletes from eight different countries across the Americas showcased their unique styles and cultures, both on and off the ball.

In the end, two local heroes emerged victorious and secured their spots in this year’s highly anticipated World Freestyle Football Championship Finals in Nairobi, Kenya: Patrick Shaw and Caitlyn Schrepfer, both of US American nationality, took the victories in the male and female brackets respectively.

The excitement did not end there, as two more freestylers (a man and a woman) earned their places in the upcoming World Finals:
- Mathilde Fortier, Canada
- Fahad Albreiki, USA
The adventure of the Pulse Series doesn’t stop here, though, and the competition will travel now to South America to crown the regional champions and find four more World Finalists – a total of three ladies and three gentlemen.

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



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August 29, 2023
Sopot, Poland selected to host the 2024 European Freestyle Football Pulse Event
The World Freestyle Football Association announced today that, after a hotly contested application process featuring up to 16 destinations presenting their ideas and wishes, the host city for the 2024 edition of the European Pulse Event has been selected: the championship will take place in the Polish seaside and spa city of Sopot!

The Association chose Sopot after a comprehensive and unparalleled presentation that brought stakeholders from across the whole city together, including the Mayor’s Office, the Visit Sopot agency, and the City Sports Centre. The passion and impeccable logistics of the Polish city have convinced the WFFA officials about the suitability of the selection over other candidate destinations, which included the likes of Barcelona, Thessaloniki, Bled, Trieste, and Murcia.

The event is proposed to take place between late May and early June 2024, with more details to be announced later in 2023.

The 2023 edition of the European Pulse Event, the first to happen in the continent after the new global competitive system was introduced by the WFFA earlier this year, took place last July 28th and 29th in Riga, Latvia, and was held in partnership with local street sports association Ghetto Games. Legendary freestylers Mélody Donchet (France) and Erlend Fagerli (Norway) were crowned as European champions, with eight more freestylers (four men and four women) also clinching the qualification for the World Finals that will take place in Nairobi, Kenya later this year.

Dan Wood, Head of Partnerships at the WFFA, said, “We are so excited to bring Pulse to Sopot. The proposal and partnership mapped out by the city were truly impressive and the Key Leader team at the WFFA were unanimous in their decision. It’s also great for the extraordinary Polish Freestyle Football community to have an international competition of this level in their home country”.

Magdalena Czarzyńska-Jachim, Deputy Mayor of City of Sopot, said, “We’re very proud and happy to become the host of the European Freestyle Football Pulse Event in 2024. Sopot will be the first Polish city which will get an opportunity to organise this international competition. We’ll do our best to prepare an outstanding venue with a seaview to attract both freestylers and guests!”.

About Sopot

Sopot is a beautiful spa resort in the north of Poland on the Baltic Sea. It is an extraordinary city of intellectual inspiration, festivals, sports events, sandy beaches, green areas and wonderful opportunities to relax.

Sopot is undoubtedly the most beautiful resort in Poland today. Already in the 19th century, patients who wanted to improve their health thanks to healing baths were coming to Sopot. 200 years later, the city proudly celebrates and continues its spa resort traditions. Beautiful sandy beaches, the longest wooden pier in Europe, the spectacular Forest Opera and the famous Monciak (Monte Cassino Street) still attract tourists and patients.

For more information about Sopot, please visit its channels:
- Website: www.visit.sopot.pl
- Instagram: @visit.sopot.pl
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August 4, 2023

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