European Ultimate Federation (EUF) is the governing body for the sport of Ultimate in Europe. As part of the European Flying Disc Federation (EFDF) and the World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) the EUF works for the coordination and development of Ultimate in Europe and the promotion of its Spirit of the Game ideals. The EUF coordinates Ultimate associations in Europe, and supports Ultimate in countries where there are no local organization. The EUF organizes tournaments for European teams, develops educational programs and courses for them, and support other activities of interest. Its board of directors is elected every two years, the latest election took place in October 2014.
The EUF in certain way is the proactive continuation of the European Flying Disc Federation (EFDF). The EUF was conceived in 2007 out of the need of the European national ultimate associations to have a professional and most of all transparent coordinating body. Formally founded in 2009 under the WFDF, and later under the newly formed EFDF, in the past few years the EUF has evolved to meet and foster changes in the fast-growing ultimate community, while staying true to upholding the ideals of Spirit of the Game. The EUF for instance coordinates youth summer camps and Train-the-Trainer weekends, but most of all the federation focuses on organizing its big championship events.[citation needed]
Since 2009 the federation has had the same chairman in Andra ´Oddi´ Furlan (AUT). The federation is registered in Guntramsdorf, Austria. There are 35 member associations around Europe which represent their countries.[1]
European Championship Events
The biggest task of the EUF is to organize the great championship events over the year. Yearly there is a club championship, called EUCS. That starts with regional tournaments in five regions and culminates in one big final event come October. Besides the federation used to organize championships for players Under17 and Under20 every year, but these big youth tournaments have changed into a biannual setup (EYUC).
The most important tournament of the EUF is the European Ultimate Championships (EUC) that take place every four year. EUC is a competition for national teams and already started in 1980 in Paris. Therefore it´s the oldest international ultimate tournament that still exists. Until 2015 in Copenhague - Denmark the EUC also had Masters divisions, but as of 2019 the European federation has separated the three main divisions from the Masters. In June 2019 in Gyor - Hungary the EUC will consist of the divisions Men, Mixed and Women, while for the first time in history the European Masters half October will have their own tournament in Madrid - Spain (EMUC).
European Ultimate Club Championship (EUCC)
Previously named European Ultimate Championship Series. Europe was divided into five geographic regions: North, East, Central, West, South. Each nation (or group of nations if they are very small) could send a maximum number of qualified teams to its European Ultimate Club Regional (EUCR) tournament in all three divisions.
The ideal entry to an EUCR would be from a country’s nationals results. However a National Federation could also nominate its EUCR candidates. These teams competed at the EUCR´s to advance to the European Club Finals (EUCF).[2] The EUCF is Europe's premier club competition and it is held annually. At the Finals there are currently 24 Men´s teams, 12 Women´s teams and 12 Mixed teams. Starting in Bruges 2020 the number of Women´s teams will be elevated to 16.
On 13 November 2019, EUF announced that the 2020 EUCF would see the Women's division increased to 16 teams, keeping the size of the other divisions unchanged: Men - 24 teams; Mixed - 12 teams.[3]
Since the 2024 edition the championship is divided in a regular season, the European Ultimate Club Season and a post season tournament, the European Ultimate Championship Finals.
Since 2003 first EFDF and since 2009 the European Ultimate Federation has been organizing an annual event for teams of players under 20 and under 17, the European Youth Ultimate Championship (EYUC). In the even years the EYUC only had two divisions, only the U17 divisions, because those years the U20 teams would be at World Junior Ultimate Championships (WJUC). In 2014 and 2016 the name of the tournament changed to Open European Youth Ultimate Championship (OEYUC) when Colombia took part.[25] Since 2017 EYUC is biannual and in 2019 the tournament for the first time had a fifth division, a pilot of an U20 Mixed category won by a dominant Latvia. The purpose of EYUC is to offer younger players the opportunity to be seen on a European stage and demonstrate how much the sport has grown in the younger age brackets. During the Covid Pandemic, the event was cancelled (2020 and 2021). In 2022, after the pandemic, the tournament was jointly hosted by WFDF and EUF. Following the return, the event would only host the U17 division during even years and U20 division during odd years.
Spirit
Gold
Silver
Bronze
2025
Trnava, Slovakia
U20 Open
Germany
Italy
Germany
France
U20 Women
Belgium
Italy
France
Czech Republic
U20 Mixed
Spain
Hungary
France
Italy
2024
Ghent, Belgium
U17 Open
Great-Britain
Germany
Sweden
France
U17 Women
Great-Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
U17 Mixed
Poland
Italy
Romania
Belgium
2023
Padova, Italy
U20 Open
Austria
Italy
France
Germany
U20 Women
Austria
France
Italy
Czech Republic
U20 Mixed
Switzerland
Hungary
France
Ireland
2022
Wroclaw, Poland
U17 Open
Great-Britain
Italy
France
Switzerland
U17 Women
Italy
Italy
France
Germany
U17 Mixed
Austria
Hungary
Italy
Belgium
2019
Wroclaw, Poland
U20 Open
Austria
Italy
France
Great-Britain
U20 Women
Slovenia
France
Sweden
Russia
U20 Mixed
Turkey
Latvia
Spain
Netherlands
U17 Open
Great-Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
U17 Women
Netherlands
Czechia
Hungary
France
2017
Veenendaal, Netherlands
U20 Open
Slovenia
Italy
Ireland
France
U20 Women
Austria
Netherlands
Russia
Czechia
U17 Open
Austria
France
Germany
Belgium
U17 Women
Austria
Germany
Austria
Czechia
2016
Ghent, Belgium
U17 Open
Austria
France
Colombia
Germany
U17 Women
Austria
Germany
Austria
France
2015
Frankfurt, Germany
U20 Open
Spain
Germany
Italy
Great-Britain
U20 Women
Slovakia
Austria
Italy
France
U17 Open
Austria
Germany
Belgium
Great-Britain
U17 Women
Sweden
Netherlands
Germany
France
2014
Lecco, Italy
U17 Open
Ireland
Great-Britain
Austria
France
U17 Women
Austria
Netherlands
France
Austria
2013
Cologne, Germany
U20 Open
France
Germany
France
Sweden
U20 Women
Austria
Germany
Italy
Austria
U17 Open
Ireland
Great-Britain
Germany
Austria
U17 Women
Austria
Germany
Austria
Great-Britain
2012
Dublin, Ireland
U17 Open
Switzerland
Germany
Israel
France
U17 Women
Austria
Austria
Great-Britain
Germany
2011
Wroclaw, Poland
U20 Open
Belgium
Germany
Austria
Italy
U20 Women
Czechia
Italy
Germany
Sweden
U17 Open
Germany
Germany
Great-Britain
Italy
U17 Women
Finland
Great-Britain
Germany
Finland
2010
Heilbronn, Germany
U17 Open
Belgium
Germany
Great-Britain
Sweden
U17 Women
Germany
Germany
Sweden
Great-Britain
2009
Vienna, Austria
U20 Open
France
Finland
France
Sweden
U20 Women
Belgium
Sweden
Finland
Great-Britain
U17 Open
Belgium
Great-Britain
Germany
Austria
U17 Women
Sweden
Great-Britain
Germany
Sweden
European Ultimate Championships (EUC)
The European Ultimate Championships are the continental ultimate competition for national teams. The first EUC was in 1980 in Paris - France with seven teams in only one division, Finland crowned as Open champions, followed by an edition in 1981 in Milan - Italy with eight countries, Sweden being Open champions. Also the following seven editions of 1982 (Obertraun - Austria), 1985 (Obertraun - Austria), 1987 (Cologne - Germany), 1989 (Vejle - Denmark ), 1991 (Colchester - UK), 1993 (Arnhem - Netherlands) and 1995 (Fontenay-le-Comte - France) were won by Sweden, while the number of participating Open teams never exceeded eleven. All these first tournaments were organized by EFDF, but when in 1997 (Millfield - UK) only five Open teams took part, something had to be done. The World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) recognized that the year was too full with championships and decided to change the setup of all its big events into a four-year-cycle. The next EUC was in 2003 (Fontenay-le-Comte - France) with again eleven participating nations in the Open division, but EUC Southampton in 2007 was a big success with seventeen Open teams. From 2011 in Maribor - Slovenia the EUF was responsible for the organization and until 2019 the -now- Men´s division has grown into a competition with twenty national teams.
Already during the third tournament in 1982 in Obertraun there was a Women´s division at EUC as well, albeit with only three national teams, Finland crowned champions. The following editions the number of participating Women´s teams rose steadily, although until 2003 it never surpassed the number of nine. Then in 2007 Southampton also the Women´s competition exploded with fourteen entrees. The best Women´s attendance knew 2015 Copenhague with nineteen , but in Gyor it dropped again to fifteen. From 2003 in Fontenay-le-Comte the EUC also had a Mixed division, starting with eight squads. The Mixed participation rose quickly over the years with eighteen national teams in Copenhagen and even nineteen in Gyor in 2019.[26]
The European Masters Ultimate Championships are the continental ultimate competition for national teams in the Masters division. Until EUC 2015, the open masters division was part of the EUC. In 2019, the first separate masters competition for Mixed Masters, Women Masters, Open Masters, Grand Masters Men was held in Madrid, Spain. Masters in Mixed Masters and Open Masters have to turn 33 in the year of the competition, whereas for Women Masters, the female matching players have to turn 30 in the year of the competition. For Grand Masters, eligible players have to turn at least 40 in the year of the competition.
There were 4 Grand Masters Men teams, 9 teams for Open Masters, 8 Mixed Masters and 6 Women Masters teams in attendance, with France as the only country being represented in all divisions.
A second EMUC competition was held in 2023 in Bologna, Italy. Divisions were expanded to include Great Grand Masters (Age group 48+). Germany sent teams in all divisions. In total, 42 teams attended the event.
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