Welcome to the official website of the WFDF & BULA World Championships of Beach Ultimate!

Aug 21 to Aug 28, 2011; 73 teams and 1,100+ athletes from 30 countries and 5 continents will compete on the idyllic beaches of Lignano Sabbiadoro (Italy).

The WCBU2011 will be the biggest ever Beach Ultimate World Championships, plus the biggest online and social media event in the history of Ultimate! 14 games will be broadcast LIVE. There will be behind-the-scenes videos, live scoring of all the games, incorporating Blogs, Facebook, Twitter feeds, YouTube channels, shared photos and videos for mash-ups.

If you can't be on the beach, you can still feel the atmosphere & join the fun. Check it out:

Games Schedule and Results

• > See when teams are scheduled to play. Download the playing schedule at http://www.beachultimate.org/blog/WCBU2011-schedule-FINAL.pdf
• > Check out who is winning and access live-scoring from your PC or mobile phone at www.wcbu2011.org/scores. If you register on the livescoring site you can add pictures and videos for teams or games.

Facebook

• http://facebook.com/wcbu2011 - “Like it” and stay informed. Twitter feed incorporated. Pictures and more.

Live Broadcasts and Videos

• > 14 games broadcast LIVE @ http://live.iamultimate.com: 
  • > Sun Aug 21, 16:15 CET: Openings Ceremony and Opening Game = Italy vs. Philippines, Open Division
  • > Mon Aug 22, 13:00 CET: Canada vs. Germany, Women’s Division
  • > Tue Aug 23, 13:00 CET: Canada vs. Australia, Open Division
  • > Tue Aug 23, 21:15 CET: Canada vs. USA, Masters’ Division
  • > Wed Aug 24, 13:00 CET: USA Masters vs. GB, Masters’ Division
  • > Wed Aug 24, 21:15 CET: USA vs. Japan, Women’s Division
  • > Thu Aug 25, 13:00 CET: Australia Women – USA, Women’s Division
  • > Thu Aug 25, 21:15 CET: Germany – Australia, Mixed Division
  • > Fri Aug 26, 19:00 CET: Grand Masters’ Division Final
  • > Fri Aug 26, 20:20 CET: Mixed Masters’ Division Final
  • > Fri Aug 26, 21:40 CET: Women’s Division Final
  • > Sat Aug 27, 15:00 CET: Masters’ Division Final
  • > Sat Aug 27, 16:20 CET: Mixed Division Final
  • > Sat Aug 27, 17:40 CET: Open Final
• > Video clips of any game can be submitted to the official WCBU YouTube Channel (http://www.youtube.com/user/wcbutv). To add your videos, send an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
• > Behind the scenes coverage by www.Blockstack.tv and on the Blockstack YouTube Channel http://www.youtube.com/user/BlockStackTV

Articles and Blogs

• > Official WFDF Press Release
• > Skyd Magazine Beach Blog: http://skydmagazine.com/skydnet/2011-beach-blog/
• > Daily newsletter – Aug 23 Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4

Twitter
There will be several official WCBU2011 Twitter channels.

• > http://twitter.com/#!/wcbu2011 - The official channel with tweets from Max and Patrick
• > http://twitter.com/#!/WCBU2011Results - An automatic results channel for all games. As soon as a game is over, and added to Ultiorganizer (Lives-coring) the result will be tweeted.
• > http://twitter.com/#!/WCBU2011Open - As above but only for scores in the Open Division
• > http://twitter.com/#!/WCBU2011Women - Women’s Division
• > http://twitter.com/#!/WCBU2011Mixed - Mixed Division
• > http://twitter.com/#!/WCBU2011Masters - Masters’ Division
• > http://twitter.com/#!/WCBU2011MixMast - Mixed Masters’ Division
• > http://twitter.com/#!/WCBU2011GrdMast - GrandMasters’ Division

We encourage Twitterers to use the #WCBU2011 hashtag, so people can follow all WCBU2011 tweets at https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23wcbu2011

The World Championships are made possible by the generous support of the following organizations: