On 10th August at 15.00, right after the opening ceremony of European Youth Ultimate Championships, the speaker will announce the opening game. He’s going to read out the names of the players from two nations before the first disc flies across the Olympic Stadium.
Who will the audience at the stadium and in front of Fanseat screens cheer for?
During the opening game on the host side, we’ll see Poland’s U20 representatives. In the opposite zone – their southern neighbours, the Czech.
The line-up of Poland men’s U20
- Bartosz Dworzecki
- Adam Maciejewski
- Kamil Ratajczyk
- Michał Krotliński
- Mateusz Niedziela
- Michał Badura
- Michał Wachowiak
- Zofia Knapik
- Sebastian Mańczak
- Maciej Dłuziński
- Maciej Przybysz
- Sławek Stefański
- Tadeusz Pętlak
- Sebastian Dębiński
- Maciej Litwiński
- Jan Kozakoszczak
- Stanisław Glinka
- Mateusz Skorupa
- Wojciech Pająk
- Andrzej Zaród
- Tymon Włodarczyk
- Jakub Tumkielski
- Jakub Klajmon
- Marcin Kozera
- Michał Dworzecki
- Patryk Pawlicki
- Julianna Czapska – psychologist
- Michał Juskowiak – manager
- Sergiusz Kulesza – physiotherapist
- Stanisław Grzywalski – second coach
- Mateusz Dyda – coach
As mentioned before by the trainer, Mateusz Dyda, the team is strongly based on U17. At 2017 EYUCup in Debrecen, Hungary under the lead of Tomasz Zatoń they’ve won silver. The same year Dyda won 9th place with his U20 team at Veenendaal in the Netherlands. Currently, the only one left from those teams is Adam Maciejewski. Michał Badura and Wojciech Pająk played on the team until WJUC 2016. The rest of the players has passed the age qualifying them to play the junior tournaments. A noteworthy player is Zofia Knapik, a handler at Flowers Wrocław, who will play alongside the guys.
We can’t help but keep our fingers crossed for our representatives!
The representatives of Czech men’s U20
- Filip Lexa
- Patrik Herynek Jr.
- Dominik Řezáč
- Štěpán Bílý
- Šimon Honsů
- Matyáš Brandstetter – capitain
- Jan Hlaváč
- Adam Prchlík
- Martin Bašanda
- Robert Šebek
- Mates Petrovič
- Pepa Caha
- František Vilímek
- Vojta Burket
- Josef Czyž
- Pepa Vojkovský
- Mirek Galusek
- Štěpán Zavadil
- Lukáš Vilt
- Dominik Vild
- Štěpán Boukal
- Vítek Vokroj
- Vojtěch Pták
- Jáchym Zvelebil
- Martin Vilt – spirit captain
- Ondřej Batůšek
- Tomáš Toušek – coach
- Matěj Štětka – coach
During the opening game, Poland will face very well known Czech representatives as their first rivals. This small, but fearless nations proved that its level of Ultimate is very high and keeps growing. They’re not afraid to compete with other European nations. We’ve asked Matěj Štětka, the trainer of the Czech team, for a statement:
Are we looking forward to the championships? That’s rather obvious. Last year the World Championships took place in Canada, and we didn’t go, that’s why we’ve basically dedicated 2 years of preparation for EYUC 2019. During that time, we’ve trained a lot with players from ‘00 and younger age groups. Personally, this tournament is the culmination of work done with U17 Representatives, which I’ve led in Belgian Ghent.
The current roster is mostly based on the players from that team. Last week we found out that we’re going to take part in the opening game. The nomination really surprised us, because such luck doesn’t happen often. We’re a little bit nervous because the game in front of such an audience increases the pressure and we’re playing against a similar rival. The stakes are high. Ambitions? We’ve committed a lot of time for these years preparations, and the Czech teams didn’t make it through the quarterfinal since 2011. So our goal is the medal!
The broadcast of the opening game only at Fanseat.com
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Pay Per View option available now!
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Official EYUC 2019 Instagram – don’t miss a thing!
You’ll find photos and championship backstage information at the official Instagram – EYUC2019.
SEE YOU IN WROCŁAW!!!
