Check the official results of the tournament on Tournify: click on the logo for more details!
Fantastic news for all fans of Freestyle Football from Norway: the 2023 edition of the Norwegian Freestyle Football Championship is around the corner!
This national event will take place on November 4th starting at 12h CET at the Off-Pitch Arena in the city of Oslo. The championship will include the following categories, as well as a Meet:
Mixed 1×1 Battles
NextGen
Challenge
Sick Three
Panna 1×1
3×3 football
The basic participation fee is 200 Norwegian Krone.
Check the official website of the tournament on Tournify: click on the logo for more details!
Calling all freestylers and fans of the sport from Norway: we have great news for the community!
On November 26th starting at 13h, the world-renowned Off-Pitch Arena in the city of Oslo will host the 2022 edition of the Norwegian Freestyle Football Championship!
The competition will offer a 1×1 battles tournament, plus potentially an under-16 competition, as well as Challenge and Sick Three tournaments depending on the number of registered freestylers. The registration fee is 200 Norwegian krone: to sign up, please click on this link!
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.
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The stage is set, the lights are on and the battles are about to begin: the Red Bull Street Style World Final has finally arrived!
This year, apart from a line-up of absolute superstars battling for the title of world champion on Saturday, November 20th in Valencia’s Palau de la Música, the event will also feature an incredible team of judges evaluating their tricks. Check the definitive list below!
Remember to follow all the action of the Red Bull Street Style World Final in the Red Bull and WFFA channels: don’t forget to tune in to the WFFA Twitch for the pre-show on Saturday, November 20th at 18h CET!
Stay tuned to the official channels of the WFFA to follow the latest updates!
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