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EuroZone is a podcast about European ultimate frisbee hosted by Ravi Vasudevan and Liam Grant. It covers everything from elite level play to crazy party tournaments.
Email: eurozone@ultiworld.com
Elite Invite was one of the best tournaments we’ve seen in Europe for years, and Sean breaks it all down with Becky Thompson in this episode! Becky also talks about her season so far with Tartu Turbulence and what things are looking like ahead of WUCC with the Estonians.
Sean is joined by Benjy Rees to talk about Tom's Tourney and look forward to Elite Invite this weekend. They also talk about the WUCC pools and seeds briefly later on, where there's real chances for Euro teams to make a mark in all three divisions.
Sean is joined by Benjy Rees to discuss the spring invites that have happened and are upcoming. They also discuss what we might see in the season as a whole and discuss the tournament hanging over everything this year - the World Ultimate Club Championships in Limerick.
Sean is joined by Ravi and Liam to talk about everything that happened at WBUC. The guys talk about Germany's win (and the Czech bronze), the silver and bronze medals in open and women's, the best performing teams outside of the medals and, of course, THAT semi-final and everything that came afterwards. Liam even found some time to talk about how the tournament went for him as a player! This is one not to miss.
Sean is joined by Benjy Rees to review what happened at EUCF in every division! We saw upsets, some great stories and some incredible games in Wroclaw and the guys talk about all of it.
Sean is joined again by Stef to discuss the other two divisions playing out in Wroclaw - the mixed and open divisions. Mixed features a big new contender as the top overall seed, Mosquitos, have never actually reached the semis before. Who else is gunning for Deep Space's title? Meanwhile in open, Sean avoids answering any straight questions and lets Stef make all the picks. Who are the teams to watch this weekend? We've got you covered.
Sean is joined by Stef Rappazzo to go through the women's division at EUCF this season! The division is as talented as ever with several teams in with a chance of reaching semi-finals. Some teams are missing players, others are coming off big results and some have things to prove after disappointments in recent months. Stef and Sean make their picks and discuss who might come away with the trophy in Poland this weekend!
Sean spoke with German World Games coach Ian French about the experience, how he came to be with the team and what might be next for both him and Germany.
A packed show today as Sean is joined by World Games bronze medallist Gaël Ancelin to discuss the tournament, the build up and his career with France Mixed. Then Sean is joined by Benjy Rees to go through the possibilities at UK nationals this weekend as teams look to qualify for WUCC next year in Limerick. We'll have more recap on World Games next week, as well as a review of UK nationals!
What if we had a qualifying tournament for the two European World Games spots? Sean is joined by reps talking about the four teams he thought would have the best chance: EUC bronze medallists Ireland are repped by Liam Grant, second-highest Euro team at WUC Italy are repped by Stef Rappazzo, longtime Euro power Great Britain are repped by Hannah Pendlebury and wildcard pick the Netherlands by Ravi Vasudevan!
Which team would have the best shot at making the World Games? Let us know what you think!
Sean is joined by Benjy Rees to discuss the European teams that performed well at the World U-24 Ultimate Championships in Spain, as well as the results from London Invite heading into the World Games. They also talk Masters and preview EYUC lightly as the season continues!
Sean is joined by Tokay SuperTeam founder and driving force Stefan Rappazzo to talk about the team, how it came together, how you build a SuperTeam roster and what might come next for the project. The SuperTeam will be playing five World Games teams this weekend at London Invite. Stef also talks about the players he'd love to have on future versions of the team!
Sean is joined by commentator and Bristol player Amelia Durbin to discuss what went on in Leuven as the best teams in Europe met for the first time this season. What were the upsets, who were the darlings of the tournament, who disappointed and what was the craziest comeback? We've got it all!
Sean speaks to Benjy Rees to round up everything that’s happened in Europe ahead of Elite Invite this coming weekend. How has everyone looked ahead of the best teams in the continent fighting it out for the first time this season? That question and many more answered within!
Sean is joined by EuroZone stalwart Liam Grant to discuss how the planning for WUCC 2026 is going, how the Spring Tour tournaments went and what they expect to happen at Tom's Tourney this weekend. The rankings hadn't been updated when they spoke, so Liam fills the space by going on a couple of patented rants instead.
We are back! Sean speaks to Stef Rappazzo to discuss all the news you need to know to get ready for another huge year. There's player moves, tournament discussion and some news about the biggest teams in Europe as we prepare for 2025 season.
Sean speaks to Jakob Tamm and Daan De Marrée, two of Ultiworld's European Players of the Year, about winning their awards. They talk about their seasons as individuals, what it meant to achieve things with the teams they were on and how they got to this point in their careers. Plus, Daan talks about his experiences with Machine over in the USA and with Belgium for the last couple of seasons!
Note: Sean plans to talk with Floor Keulartz, the European Women's Player of the Year, later this month.
Sean is joined by Benjy Rees and Amelia Durbin to reflect on the 2024 season. They talk about the new structure, how it went and what we might see in the future, as well as look back on EUCF and talk about the upsets, the standout players and yes, of course, the weather.
Sean is joined by Hannah Pendlebury to talk about everything relating to WUC, what will happen in Australia and which of the European teams might do best.
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Sean returns for a look back at the season and a look forward to EUCF with Benjy Rees! They also talk WJUC, EYUC and some WUC at the end too, and the discussion also features thoughts on the EUCS ranking system and who might win once we get to Belgium for Euros!
Sean and Ravi sit down to talk about all three divisions, about the teams you should be paying attention to, about the players that we'll be seeing dominate the fields in the Netherlands and about the teams they'll both be involved with. They also make what will almost certainly be totally correct predictions.
Windmill is set to be even bigger than usual this year, so we're going big at EuroZone too. In this episode Sean speaks to Stef Rappazzo, the brains behind the Tokay SuperTeam project, about the team and what it could achieve. Then he speaks to Ultiworld editor-in-chief Charlie Eisenhood about his first Windmill, the decision to stream it and what he thinks might happen with the American teams! We'll be back with a division-by-division preview soon...
This season we have a new EUCS structure, a new rankings system and the new broadcast deal covering all the games. It's a lot of change! EUF Events Manager Felix 'Nemo' Nemec came on the pod to talk about the changes from EUF's perspective, reflect on how they're all going and talk about what might be coming next.
Sean is joined by Ranelagh's Sam Murphy to talk Tom's, the EUCS structure and what we might be seeing at Elite Invite as well as some discussion about the season more widely and how Ranelagh are looking this year.
EUCF is here! The club season has all been building to this point, with the best teams in Europe fighting it out for the title of European champion. Will we see any shock winners this time around? Which teams are in with a shot? Which pools are the ones to keep an eye on? Sean and Benjy Rees go through it all and pick their winners.
It's EUCF hype on EuroZone this week as Sean talks to two experts on countries that could have a big impact in Wroclaw. First it's an Oktoberfest celebration as Kim Gietzen of the Stalling Podcast helps us get a grip on the German teams going to Euros, as well as about the German national team programme's status. Then it's Liam Grant talking about surprises at Irish nationals and whether the top two teams coming out of the country can compete at the top of their divisions. More to come, so stay tuned!
Sean speaks again with Stefan Rappazzo about the teams that qualified for EUCF this season in each of the regions. They start out talking about the Central region Stef was at, then move to the South, the East and North and finish with the West.
Sean is joined by Hannah Pendlebury to talk about the East mixed qualifiers for EUCR and preview the largest qualifier, UK Nationals in Nottingham. They also talk about some of the other regionals and a couple of bits of news around player and team movement.
Sean speaks with Stefan Rappazzo about what happened at the European Youth Ultimate Championships and who the main players to watch in the next few years are. They chat a bit about EUC and Stef's thoughts on what happened in Limerick, then about about the upcoming qualifiers for EUCF across Europe next week and about the club season so far.
Sean speaks to commentator Benjy Rees about what happened at EUC, and what it might mean going forward into this season and the future. They talk about the teams that won, the players that made a name for themselves and the most exciting games in Limerick, and end by picking a line of the tournament for each division!
Sean talks with Lorcán Murray, giving a recap of U24s and preview the ongoing European Ultimate Championships in Lorcán's beloved Limerick. They talk about all three divisions and the teams that you need to be paying attention to.
Sean talks to Rachel Douglas and Benjy Rees about what happened at London Invite and they talk about the upcoming World Under-24 Ultimate Championships in Nottingham: which European teams will be best, and can anyone can compete with the US? They also talk about Swiss nationals and there's some chat about EUC.
Sean is joined by EUC and EUCF-winning coach Ian French to talk all things Windmill, discuss Ian’s tiers for EUC and have a quick look ahead to London Invite this coming weekend.
Sean is joined by his predecessor in the hot seat, Ravi Vasudevan, to talk all things Windmill! They discuss each division, who's looking good to win the title and make predictions, as well as chat about some of the storylines from the European beach club championships this past weekend.
Sean is joined by Hannah Pendlebury to talk about the Elite Invite, the shock results and what it might mean for the rest of the season.
Sean brings on commentator and his GBXM teammate Rachel Douglas to do a very quick preview of Elite Invite as well as discuss the Belgium Open with some international open teams at the weekend.
European ultimate is in full swing, with invite tournaments for the top national teams coming seemingly every week. This week Sean is joined by Benjy Rees and Christina Obermayer as they look back at the mixed teams in Frankfurt and ahead to the open teams in Brussels this coming weekend.
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Ravi and Liam bring on Sean Colfer who will be taking over EuroZone this year. They recap the Spring Invites and Tom's Tourney and preview the Frankfurt Invite and Vienna Spring Break.
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Ravi had COVID, Liam played EBUCC, so the boys have a bit of a delayed recap of EUCF and EBUCC.
Ravi and Liam talk about what's happened since worlds. They then preview the three divisions at the EUCF.
So Ultimate won't be in the Olympics. Ravi and Liam break that down and talk about the upcoming EUC Series with Women's EUCRs being cancelled across the board. Then they recap WUCC across all divisions and talk about some of the main controversies of the tournament including edge spiking, continuation rules, and dangerous plays.
Ravi and Liam look through all the WUCC Pools and give their picks for each division. How will the European teams do this time?
Ravi and Liam recap the world games. They talk all about commentating the event as well as the results, how proud they are of the European teams and how Liam's pulling rule was an unmitigated success.
Ravi and Liam are back and they recap the European season so far. Ravi then talks about playing with EuroTrash at Windmill and Liam talks about being the Tournament Director at WMUCC. They cap off the episode previewing the World Games.
Ravi and Liam discuss USAU nationals and how the results may impact some of the European teams going to WUCC next year. They also rant about how bad the ESPN deal is.
WFDF's Brian Gisel comes on to explain how the bids work out for WUCC. They also talk about the other World's events for next year including the fact that Russia cannot go to events in the United States for the foreseeable future.
Ravi and Liam are back from their weekend in Bruges. They recap each division of the biggest club tournament of the year in Europe.
European club ultimate is back! Ravi and Liam break down the upcoming XEUCF in great detail including their bracket picks for each division.
Ravi and Liam recap the Basel Open and National Championships all around Europe. They also discus the difficulties of Ratio Rule A and the pools at the XEUCF.
Ravi and Liam finally have a full episode of ultimate related content! They discuss the controversial foul call from Swedish Beach nationals, then talk about UKU Nationals and the French PQI tournaments. They also discuss the new EUF club structure and time-line and preview some international tournaments in Switzerland this weekend. Finally they go through the current team list at the XEUCF and see how good their picks look.
0:00 Controversy at Sweden Beach Nationals
14:00 WUCC/XEUCF qualifiers
34:55 Basel Open preview & picks
44:20 EUF club series format
49:35 XEUCF team lists & scoring picks
Ravi and Liam predict which teams will be going to the XEUCF in Bruges later this year. They also discuss the sexual harassment case in Switzerland and look at the team list for EUIC 2022!
Sean Colfer from The Showgame comes on to talk about the new UKU club structure. Ravi is already injured, XEUCF is happening! The boys also look ahead to the EUF 2022 calendar.
Liam becomes a firefighter, Ravi starts playing frisbee again. The boys talk about Europe officially returning to play, They also walk through some of the weird schemes that national federations are using to qualify teams for WUCC next year with nationals cancelled in many countries.
Ravi and Liam talk all about the new prescribed gender pulling rule that will be used by WFDF and the EUF at upcoming events. France's Aline "Rasta" Mondiot and GB's Rachel Turton weigh in on their impressions of the new rule. The boys close the podcast out with some content they've been enjoying during this (hopefully) last period of the pandemic.
The (in)famous Italian, Davide Morri, joins the podcast to discuss the CUSB Academy coming up this July. https://cusbfrisbee.it/cusb-academy-english-version/
Liam and Ravi talk to Davide about the first time they met him and how CUSB changed their spirit, Davide's experience picking up with PELT at Windmill and various other topics. To close the show Ravi and Liam talk about WUCC returning to Cincinnati and the saga of the European Super League.
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[1:30] CUSB Academy
[12:40] Davide previews his new Ultiworld article
[19:48] How Liam met Davide
[24:30] How Ravi met Davide
[29:30] Spirit in CUSB
[33:20] Davide playing with PELT
[41:30] Who Davide looked up to early on
[53:15] WUCC returning to Cincinnati
[1:02:20] Takes on the Super League
Liam and Ravi bring on Scottish players Cameron Agnew and Rhonda Gordon to talk about Scottish Ultimate. They give their takes on the new UKU Club system from a Scottish perspective and discuss the shift from mixed to single gender at the elite level in Scotland. Liam then asks about what a Scottish national team would look like if GB split into different nations. To close the show Ravi and Liam discuss Australian nationals.
Lorcan Murray comes back to the podcast for a St. Paddy's day special. Liam and Lorcan tell the history of St. Paddy's day and some PELT stories. Ravi puts the lads to the test with a trivia contest on Irish ultimate. Also, Miguel and Stephanie of the Flying Rabbits join the show to talk about their book on gender issues.
[1:00] Intro
[5:00] Flying Rabbits Gender Book
[27:00] History of St. Patrick's Day
[33:00] Why Lorcan left EuroZone
[37:15] PELT stories
[43:40] Trivia on Irish Ultimate
Ravi and Liam talk about the WADA sanctions on Russia and how that relates to ultimate. They also discuss Ravi's op-ed proposing that WFDF give Russia a World Games bid. Finally, they talk about top Danish men's team, Ragnarok, folding.
[0:00] COVID talk
[4:05] Russian Doping Ban
[7:15] Russia World Games
[20:50] Ragnarok Folding
Ravi and Liam react to WFDF cancelling/postponing all events in 2021. They also argue why Russia should get a World Games bid over France.
[0:25] Liam's Career Highlight Video
[8:25] WFDF's Announcement for 2021
[10:05] U24s
[13:18] WUGC
[20:30] Beach Worlds
[25:45] World Games
Liam and Ravi talk about what WUGC looks like given the responses to the survey put out by WFDF. They also talk about Russia having to attend WFDF events as a neutral country and potential World Games Qualifying options in the case of a WUGC cancellation.
[0:00] Storming of the US Capitol
[6:00] Russia sanctions at WFDF events
[11:10] WUGC - Will it Happen?
[37:00] World Games Qualifiers without WUGC?
Carly Blair comes on the podcast to talk about the best party tournaments. Liam and Ravi also talk a bit about cancellations for 2021.
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[0:33] Look back at 2020
[4:40] Shout outs to VII and Lasma Kublicka
[8:10] Tom's and Windmill Cancellations - WUGC?
[16:00] Carly comes on - We talk Sinterklaas
[20:35] Liam talks about his experience talking Party tourneys on Deep Look
[22:10] Grass Party Tournaments
[33:00] Beach Party Tournaments
[48:18] Bar do Piexe (BDP)
[58:10] Outro
Ravi and Liam talk about PELT's Movember campaign before Felix Shardlow comes on the podcast to talk about his strategy and tactics ideas as well as what it is like to be an ultimate content creator. Liam and Ravi close the show talking about The Queen's Gambit.
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[0:00] Movember
[7:31] Felix Shardlow
[48:00] The Queen's Gambit
Ravi and Liam chat about Movember and the US Election before talking about WFDF's proposed calendar for 2021. Moby Espitia comes on the podcast to talk about his new free app Disc In. Check it out on the iOs app store or the Google Play Store.
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[0:40] Movember
[4:50] US Presidential Election
[10:00] WFDF 2021 Masters Cancelled
[10:50] WU24s and WUGC
[24:10] World Games Speculation
[34:24] Moby Espitia Scoober Discussion
[37:10] Disc In - New Coaching App
Lockdown descends on Europe for the second wave of COVID19. Ravi and Liam talk about the UltiLeague fundraising campaign and the proposal for the new EUF club structure.
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Ravi and Liam talk about the new EUF Task Forces including the EUCS restructure.
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Ravi and Liam talk about the top 10 players of the decade from outside North America. Ned Garvey and Olga Barsukova come on to speculate on the Russian World Games team. Also, they speculate on whether or not WUGC will happen next year.
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[5:54] - Will WUGC happen next year?
[12:45] - Top 10 Women of the 2010's
[33:30] - Top 10 Men of the 2010's
[55:47] - Russian World Games Team
Ravi and Liam talk about the re-opening of ultimate in Europe including the Swiss preparation tournament. They also look ahead to the EUCF. Quentin Dupre La Tour of Focus Ultimate and Camille Canter come on the podcast to speculate on what a French World Games team would look like.
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[0:00] Obligatory COVID update
[7:10] Europe Re-Opening
[11:20] Liam's Ranelagh Story
[15:25] WFDF World Rankings
[18:04] French World Games Speculation
[21:00] Women Discussion
[36:55] Men Discussion
The EUF has distributed bids to different nations for the xEUCF in October. Will this event actually happen given the pandemic? WUGC releases their budget for the potential postponed tournament. Plus, Rueben Berg from the WFDF rules committee comes on to talk about the rules draft for 2021-2024.
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[5:00] xEUCF Bids
[21:55] WUGC Budget
[39:50] Rueben Interview Starts
[49:40] New Rules
Ravi and Liam talk about WFDF's latest announcement on the WUGC postponement, specifically about their refund policy. Sophia Neumann-Wagner and Hans Tiro come on the show to speculate about a German 2022 World Games team.
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[1:00] Black Lives Matter
[8:25] WJUC Cancelled
[9:25] WUGC Refund Policy
[40:10] German World Games Team
Europe is starting to play ultimate again. Ravi and Liam take a trip around the continent and see how different countries are starting back up with Frisbee. Sean Colfer comes on the show to speculate about what a GB World Games team would look like.
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[2:15] Liam rants about social media
[11:05] Europe starts playing frisbee again
[25:35] Sean Colfer comes on to talk about the GB World Games team
Tom's Tourney isn't happening this year but Ravi and Liam go through some nice memories of the tournament including a touching story from Robyn Fennig about her first experience with YAKA at Tom's. They also interview Tom's TD Boris van de Loock about the history of the tournament. Plus the guys talk about Liam's ultimate quiz and the EUF skipping EUCR and going to a larger xEUCF.
[2:00] Special Message from Tokay
[4:28] EUF cancelling EUCRs and having larger xEUCF
[9:18] Liam's Quiz
[25:50] Jon Francombe wins throw of the year
[29:00] Tom's Tourney Talk Starts
[31:20] Robyn Fennig's Story
[36:30] Boris van de Loock interview
[47:50] Other Tom's Tourney stories
[52:00] What are we watching in quarantine?
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Liam and Ravi talk about what World Games moving to 2022 may mean for 2021 tournaments. Then Liam has a long, in-depth, Guinness fueled interview with ultimate videographer sensation, Nathan Kolakovic.
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[0:00] Intro Corona Check-In
[6:00] World Games Postponed
[13:25] Nathan Kolakovic Interview
WFDF has cancelled WUGC and WJUC. Windmill has been cancelled. Liam and Ravi give their immediate thoughts.
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Ravi and Liam talk about the current state of European ultimate under coronavirus quarantine. They give some tips on how to pass the time and talk a bit about what may happen for the rest of the season.
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[0:30] General Coronavirus talk
[6:30] Siege of Limerick
[15:45] What to do during quarantine
[41:15] Ultimate this season
[48:45] Grut having open tryouts
Liam and Ravi talk about the top mixed teams in Europe, and debate which teams in Europe have the best chance at getting medals across all divisions. Then they interview WFDF Ultimate Chairperson and World Games Tournament Technical Director, Brian Gisel. Brian talks about a variety of topics like WFDF history, WUGC, World Games and the Olympics.
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[0:35] Is Latvia mixed the best chance at a medal?
Brian Gisel Interview:
[7:45] Personal history
[12:45] WFDF
[23:30] WUGC
[38:50] World Games
[44:45] Olympics
[52:55] Coronavirus potential impact on ultimate
Ravi and Liam reveal which teams were selected for Windmill 2020. Did your team make the cut?
[3:05] Mixed teams
[26:30] Women's teams
[39:30] Open teams
Liam and Ravi go over the new WFDF rules and recap the European Ultimate Indoor Club Championships.
[0:45] Catch Le Peuf Recap
[3:15] Finland women drop from WUGC
[5:25] New WFDF Rules
[19:25] EUICC General Thoughts
[26:30] EUICC Men's Division
[40:05] EUICC Women's Division
[53:00] EUICC Mixed Division
[57:00] Picks Discussion
[59:50] National Teams for Next Year?
Ravi and Liam preview the upcoming European Ultimate Indoor Club Championships in Denmark including an interview with the TD Matthias Zaccharin.
[5:45] Interview with Matthias Zaccharin
[30:10] Men's Division Preview
[38:45] Men's Picks
[43:15] Women's Division Preview
[48:15] Women's Picks
[51:30] Mixed Preview
[56:10] Mixed Picks
Liam has been appointed to the WFDF Board as head of the Athlete's Commission. But he is also Trash on Sin the Fields. The boys talk a bit about that and some Tom's Tourney, Windmill and EUICC news. Then Ravi interviews Mike Palmer and Milan van de Bovenkamp to get more information on the new semi-pro mixed initiative in Europe, UltiLeague.
[0:20] Liam on the WFDF board
[2:07] Liam trashed
[6:00] Tom's/Windmill
[10:50] EUICC
[15:30] UltiLeague Interview
[54:00] Closing Thoughts
Liam and Ravi look back on 2019 and talk about the All-Europe lines. They answer how they think the All Europe lines would fare against the USA Ultimate All Club Lines this year. Plus they crown the European Ultimate Person of the Year in this podcast exclusive.
[0:15] WADA ban on Russia
[6:55] Anna Ceschi's article on gender equity
[10:30] All Europe Mixed Line
[20:43] All Europe Women's Line
[32:55] All Europe Men's line
[45:25] Games of the year
[58:28] Moments of the year
[1:04:30] Person of the year
Some teams have released their national team rosters. The guys also go through the player awards for European ultimate in 2019.
[5:00] National Team Rosters
[27:45] Norway out of WUGC
[29:50] Awards Criteria Discussion
[32:50] Men's Division Awards
[51:55] Women's Division Awards
[1:06:55] Mixed Awards
Ravi and Liam talk about some masters with the EMUC and French Masters nationals. They also talk through the upcoming WFDF vote on naming the division Men's or Open.
[5:40] Brief thoughts on USA Nationals
[9:00] Men's vs Open
[17:10] Pickupify Advertisement
[18:45] EMUC General Thoughts
[23:40] Grand Masters EMUC Recap
[25:30] Women's EMUC Recap
[31:05] Men's EMUC Recap
[37:30] Mixed EMUC Recap
The guys already tackled the main results from the EUCF last week, but now they delve into the important stuff. Who had the best jerseys? How can we improve on the European season next year? What rules is Liam going to sneak into the WFDF rulebook as a member of the athlete's committee? Finally, they take a brief look at the upcoming EMUC.
[0:45] Fashionals
[3:20] Color blindness and jerseys
[7:35] Hand signals
[13:25] European calendar
[15:55] 3-day or 4-day EUCF?
[21:45] Roster rules
[34:00] The name of EUCF
[37:55] Liam's stories
[42:45] EMUC Preview
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Ravi and Liam go through the EUCF 2019. This week they talk about the results of the tournament and next week they will go further into more sideline stories and ideas they have for the future structure of European club ultimate.
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Men's Division [7:40]
Women's Division [45:35]
Mixed Division [1:08:30]
Picks Contest [1:34:00]
Liam and Ravi preview the biggest tournament of the European club calendar, the EUCF. Before that Liam gets his wish and the Flying Rabbits make a song about PELT. The boys also take a look back at the picks throughout the season and the EUCR South. Don't miss the subscribers only segment where Ravi and Liam propose some changes to the EUCF structure.
Flying Rabbits Song [5:00]
EUCR South Women's [10:40]
EUCR South Men's [15:10]
Picks Discussion [22:20]
EUCF Women's [26:40]
EUCF Mixed [43:35]
EUCF Men's [58:40]
EUF president Andrea 'Oddi' Furlan comes on the show to reveal the EUCF 2019 pools!
[2:50] Explanation of Central getting a bid off the waiting list
[8:40] Men's Pools
[17:55] Women's Pools
[23:45] Mixed Pools
Big show where Liam and Ravi talk about a new proposed mixed pulling rule, the EuroStars Tour and all of the EUCRs.
[2:00] Mixed
[15:20] EuroStars Tour
[25:30] EUCR Central Recap
[42:30] EUCR West Recap
[1:00:30] EUCR East Recap
[1:07:20] Picks
[1:11:15] EUCR South Preview
Ravi and Liam preview the EUCR Central, East and West. They also recap the EUCR-North and talk a bit about what to expect on the EuroStars tour.
Editor Notes:
Audio is a bit jumbled at around 40 minutes. Not sure what happened but it couldn't be salvaged.
At one point there is speculation about Molly Brown not competing in the EuroStars Tour because of the AUDL boycott. We were not able to confirm this but were told that the EuroStars were not informed about any teams opting out due to the boycott this year.
[5:35] EUCR North Recap
[12:00] EUCR Central Preview
[34:15] EUCR East Preview
[49:40] EUCR West Preview
[1:11:45] Germany Women at US Open
[1:14:30] EuroStars talk
Ravi and Liam talk about the U24 World Championships from the European perspective. They also recap the southern, mixed EUCR and preview the EUCR North in St. Petersburg, Russia.
[7:15] WU24 General Comments
[9:45] WU24 Men's Recap
[22:00] WU24 Women's Recap
[28:25] WU24 Mixed Recap
[45:50] WU24 Streaming Decisions
[51:50] EUCR S X Recap
[1:00:30] EUCR N Mixed Preview
[1:06:20] EUCR N Men's Preview
[1:14:10] EUCR N Women's Preview
Ravi and Liam talk about EUC and preview WU24s. Apologies about the audio quality, both Ravi and Liam were not in their home studios for this one.
[2:20] Bed bugs story
[5:30] EUC Organization Review
[15:50] EUC Men's Recap
[43:00] EUC Women's Recap
[58:30] EUC Mixed Recap
[1:11:10] Picks
[1:15:20] WU24 Men's Preview
[1:20:30] WU24 Women's Preview
[1:24:30] WU24 Mixed Preview
Don't miss the subscriber only segment where Liam interviews the controversial figure of Zoltan: the EUC TD and president of the Hungarian Flying Disc Federation.
Ravi and Liam preview the upcoming European Ultimate Championships.
Don't forget to check out the EuroZone Picks contest on Ultiworld. Deadline is Saturday at 12:00 Central European Time.
[0:00] Dutch and Swiss Championships
[7:00] Picks Contest
[11:30] Mixed Division
[31:00] Men's Division
[55:00] Women's Division
Liam and Ravi talk about Talampaya and Windmill. They also touch on a few other interesting topics:
[2:10] Swiss Men training camps against Italy and Germany
[5:05] French Nationals including a lightning delay that resulted in joint winners in the women's division
[12:10] EuroStars tour releases their roster
[18:05] Talampaya
[29:20] Windmill - Organization and Sock Wrestling
[34:15] Mixed
[49:45] Women's
[1:02:00] Men's
[1:16:50] Picks
Ravi talks to European Ultimate Federation President, Andrea 'Oddi' Furlan to reveal the pools for European Ultimate Championships! You can follow along with the pot draw released last week.
Men's [8:00]
Women's [18:40]
Mixed [28:40]
Liam is on his way to Japan to commentate at the Asian Oceanic Beach Ultimate Championships. Before he goes there, the boys recap Nottingham Windfarm women's [5:50] and men's [12:20]. Then they preview Talampaya [24:40], Windmill women's [40:25], men's [52:20] and mixed [1:00:50].
Ravi and Liam talk about the Vienna Spring Break [5:50] as well as the EUCQ E NW [26:15] and the DFV Pokal [31:30] tournament in Germany. The boys then preview the first major UK tournament in Nottingham Windfarm in both the women's [38:40] and men's [57:30] divisions.
Liam and Ravi talk through everything that happened at Tom's Tourney as Ravi laments his 0-4 score on picks so far this season. The boys then preview Vienna Spring Break, which is coming up this weekend. This week's episode of EuroZone is presented by VC Lookfly.
Ravi and Liam talk about the EUF decision to keep Ratio Rule B for 2019. Liam recounts a hilarious Tom's Tourney story involving a bachelorette party and Irish strippers before the boys break down all the pools from the Men's Division 1 and the Women's Division of Tom's Tourney 2019.
Liam gets into a scuffle with the Flying Rabbits and gives them a challenge. The guys then talk about the GB and Swiss rosters that were released. Then they talk about Ravi's time at Bologna Invite including an interview with Germany Men's head coach, Mike Nash.
Ravi and Liam briefly discuss the Siege of Limerick results before reviewing the new changes to the WFDF rules appendix. They mourn the death of the community member and then preview the upcoming Bologna Invite where top European National Teams and U24 teams will prepare for the upcoming EUC and WU24 Championships.
EuroZone with an exclusive! Ravi and Liam run down the teams accepted to Windmill XV!
2:00 - Women's Division
16:00 - Men's Division
38:00 - Mixed Division
Stayed tuned to the end for Liam's conspiracy theory on how the Windmill teams are selected (1:07:00)
Ravi introduces the new EuroZone co-host Liam Grant who will be filling in Lorcan's shoes going forward! Liam and Ravi discuss the first ever European Club awards from 2018 in the Women's (6:10), Men's (20:30), and Mixed (37:50) divisions.
Ravi interviews the 2018 EUCF champions: Laura Farolfi from CUSB Shout, Jonathan Sjögren from SeE6, and Justin Foord from Clapham.
Ravi and Lorcan preview the 2018 European Ultimate Championship Finals! They talk Mixed (5:00), Women's (35:00), and Men's (1:06:00).
Ravi talks to Andrea "Oddi" Furlan, the president of the European Ultimate Federation. Oddi discusses a bit of history about the EUF and reveals the pools for the EUCF, exclusively on EuroZone!
Join Ravi and Lorcan for a jam-packed Eurozone. They talk all about the European teams at WJUC (Women's 2:30, Men's 38:00) . Ravi interviews German U20 stats leader Ava Meuller (12:00). They of course touch on the Belgium controversies (46:25) including the cheer (54:20) that disqualified them from the bronze medal match.
They then recap the incredible second EuroStars tour (1:06:30)
Finally they discuss all of the EUCR (1:19:45) events and talk about the teams that have qualified for the EUCF in Wroclaw, Poland in October.
Ravi and Lorcan talk about the controversy surrounding Belgium's "community members" and the schedule change at WJUC. They also give their picks for the remaining EUCR tournaments for the next two weeks. Plus, a quick look at how things are going on the Eurostars Tour over in the States.
Lorcan and Ravi discuss the opening game of the Eurostars Tour (2:00), the upcoming World Juniors tournament (10:30, Girls 11:00, Boys 37:00), and EUCR-N (1:06:00 Men, 1:14:00 Women, 1:19:00 Mixed).
Ravi and Lorcan talk about all the European teams at WUCC. They run through the Mixed, Women's, and Men's divisions and talk a bit about some positive and negative spirit moments throughout the week.
There are four European Teams left alive in the quarterfinal rounds at WUCC. We talk about the survivors: Bad Skid, Tchac, Grut, and Hässliche Erdferkel, and interview Bad Skid's Christophe Köble, Tchac's Eric Becker and Moby Espita, and Erdferkel's Christian Hamann.
Ravi and Lorcan go through all the European teams playing at WUCC next week!
Men's Division - 3:15
Women's Division - 48:35
Mixed Division - 1:24:10
Better late than never: Lorcan and Ravi talk all about Windmill. This was a huge tournament with over 30 WUCC teams in attendance.
Interviews with Clapham coach Jaimie Cross, Grut standouts Ben Oort and Floor Keulartz, and Mainzelmädchen's Judith Lavoie are included throughout the episode.
It's time for the biggest collection of WUCC teams in one place before the tournament: Windmill in Amsterdam. Ravi and Lorcan break down the three divisions coming to Amsterdam this weekend. They also discuss WFDF's decision to censor CUSB La Fotta and Girls Stay Home team names at WUCC and talk a bit about the latest Open/Women's UK Tour.
Ravi and Lorcan talk about Talampaya (2:40) and Vienna Spring Break (27:10). Talampaya is an elite mixed tournament in Geneva, Switzerland. Ravi interviews Coach Olivier Labbé who coached the French national team to victory. Vienna Spring Break is a Men's/Women's tournament in Vienna, Austria. The boys then talk about the first UK Tour (41:00). Finally they talk about the controversial Mooncatchers WUCC roster (1:00:00) and they go through this year's EuroStars roster (1:05:30).
Ravi and Lorcan are back with another episode of EuroZone, featuring discussion of Tom's Tourney (4:30), an interview with FreezzzBeezzz (23:00), a look at Division 2 (33:00) and the Women's Division (36:00), an interview with Yaka (39:00), and ending with some chatter about Talampaya (1:09:00) and EUBCC (1:18:00).
The boys are back for a new season of EuroZone. In this episode, Ravi and Lorcan talk about some roster moves for WUCC, break down the results of the Bologna Invite, and preview Tom's Tourney. Ravi also interviews Guayota's Ricardo Marquez after their surprising run at the Bologna Invite where they beat CUSB La Fotta and took Clapham to double game point!
Ravi and Lorcan have the list of the 80 teams that were accepted to Windmill this year from the 151 that applied. They bring you all of those teams with some friendly commentary in this EuroZone exclusive!
Timestamps:
Open Division: 3:00
Open Division Picks: 25:25
Women’s Division: 27:40
Women’s Division Picks: 38:45
Mixed Division: 40:40
Mixed Division Picks: 59:50
Full alphabetical list without commentary: 62:00
Lorcan interviews Italy U24 Men's Coach Davide Morri about Italy's journey to a silver medal and amazing finals performance at the WU24 Championship.
Time Stamps
2:00 - Start of interview - Preparation process
22:20 - Pool play
28:15 - Bracket play
33:30 - Discussion of individual players
36:00 - Junior programs around Europe
43:00 - Preparing for final
51:20 - Final
1:05:30 - Game Advisors
1:14:45 - Outro
Ravi and Lorcan break down the European results from the World U24 Championships in Perth, Australia. Ravi interviews Germany U24 Women's captains Anna Gerner and Simona Lieberth. This is part one of the EuroZone U24 recap. Part 2 will be released shortly and will feature an in-depth interview with Italy U24 Men's coach Davide Morri.
Ravi and Lorcan talk about the European teams headed to WUCC. Patrick van der Valk comes on to talk about the status of spirit and the international Spirit of the Game Day coming up December 3rd.
Ravi and Lorcan recap the EUCF after an exciting weekend in Caorle, Italy. Hear from Clapham’s Coach Jaimie Cross, GRUT’s coach Jeroen Oort, and Atletico star Essi Inkinen. Thanks to Five Ultimate for sponsoring our picks competition!
Ravi Vasudevan, Lorcan Murray, and special guest Hannah Pendlebury break down the second day of action through semifinals at the European Club Ultimate Finals.
Ravi Vasudevan, Lorcan Murray, and special guest Hannah Pendlebury recap the action on day one at the European Ultimate Championship Finals.
Ravi and Lorcan preview the European Ultimate Championship Finals! Enter our picks contest on Ultiworld.
Lorcan and Ravi talk through a boatload of National Championships: Germany (12:00), Austria (26:00), The Czech Republic (35:00), Russia (44:00), Switzerland (59:00) and a little country called Ireland (Lorcan was thrilled to talk Ireland). Also, Ravi rants about his issues with the EUCF format.
Ravi and Lorcan recap the big EUCR weekend. Peter Jesse of the Autimate blog and podcast comes on to talk about the EUCR-East (10:38). Then Ravi and Lorcan talk about the South (37:50) and West (1:08:20). They also quickly touch on German mixed nationals and the European Youth POTY winners Levke Walczak and Quentin Roger.
Ravi and Lorcan recap the EYUC and the EUMCC. They also talk about the results of EUCR Central and North and preview EUCR East, South, and West.
Lorcan is on location at the European Youth Ultimate Championships. Ravi and Lorcan talk about the end of the EuroStars tour and the US Open. They also give their thoughts on the European Youth Player of the Year nominees.
Lorcan and Ravi recap Spanish and Polish Nationals. Ravi interviews EYUC Tournament director Ted Beute. Lorcan interviews Clapham’s Ashley Yeo and Inside Rakete coach Mike Nash ahead of their trip to the US Open.
Lorcan and Ravi talk World Games as well the start of the Eurostars tour and German Nationals. Polish World Games player Kamil Osiecki talks about what the tournament means for Polish ultimate. And we forgot to congratulate Germany from moving from 20% to 35% listenership; other countries had better step up!
Ravi and Lorcan discuss EUCR-C, Austrian Mixed Nationals, and the EYUCup. They also preview the World Games and the first weekend of German Men’s and Women’s Nationals.
Ravi and Lorcan talk about the Swiss, French and Belgian national championships and their implications for WUCC. Ravi interviews Luca Miglioretto of Freespeed, Ottawa Outlaws, and Toronto GOAT. We also preview EUCR-C.
In this inaugural episode of Eurozone, hosts Ravi Vasudevan and Lorcan Murray discuss the World Championships of Beach Ultimate and the upcoming EuroStars Tour, along with very special guest Alisa Tizik.