USA Ultimate

Team USA departs for Chinese Taipei on July 14th in order to get settled before competition kicks off on July 19th. Look for daily write ups and follow along via Twitter as Team USA goes for the gold! Updates will begin on July 15th. Teams Participating
Six teams will participate in the sport of Ultimate at the 2009 World Games. These teams will be made up of players from the countries of:

1. Canada
2. United States of America
3. Japan
4. Australia
5. Great Britain
6. Chinese Taipei (host country)

This list also represents the seeding of teams for the event as based on the World Games qualification procedure undertaken at the 2008 World Ultimate and Guts Championships.

Players on the Field
For game play, each team will field seven players per point. For each point teams will field 4 male players and 3 female players. If a country can not meet this requirement at any time during a game they will default.

Game Rules
All game rules will follow the WFDF rules of Ultimate as published July 1, 2009, with the following amendments:

• The first team to reach 13 goals with a margin of 1 goal or more will win the game.
• When the first team reaches 7 goals, there will be a 5 minute Half Time.
• The Time Cap is 90 minutes.  After 90 minutes have elapsed, finish the current point, and If neither team has reached 13 goals, add 1 to the highest score to set the new goals target.
• Each team will be able to call 3 time outs per game, with a maximum of 2 time outs called per half.

Tournament Format
The tournament will use the following format: (from the World Games site)

*Note: Tournament game times are 12 hours ahead of the Eastern time zone in the United States

July 19, 2009
 

 
July 20, 2009
 

July 21, 2009