posted Dec 27th, 2008 - The NSL News covered the unofficial "scandinavian championship" at the World Meet 2008 with the story on 5 December 2008.

The Swedish 4-way team Evolution, which represented one of the four scandinavian countries in Maubeuge, was a part of this story.

Shortly before the world meet, on 29 July 2008, the NSL News had reported that Evolution surprisingly won the national championship and upset Blue Spirits by winning the Swedish tickets to the world meet at the last minute.

It was not a real upset for Blue Spirits considering the fact that the team has a 2-year commitment until the end of the 2009 season, according to the information the team members provided during an interview with the NSL News on 13 February 2008 shortly before the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2008.

It was still a surprise when Evolution eventually made the trip to Maubeuge after Blue Spirits had won two previous meets over the major opponent this year.

Blue Spirits won by 16 points after ten rounds in May (14.8 - 13.2) and again by three points after three rounds (14.0 - 13.3) in June. The tables turned in July when Evolution won the national championship by nine points over Blue Spirits (16.1 - 15.2) after ten rounds and traveled to France next month. Evolution ended up in 15th place at the world meet with a 15.0 average.

The upcoming 2009 season may feature a similar race in Sweden as this year did.

Evolution's coach, former DeLand Majik 4-way world champion Joey Jones, recently informed the NSL News that Evolution has already made new plans for the 2009 season. He said that he will be coaching the same lineup (Martin Askelin, Emil Einarsson, Rickard Rodensjo, Felix Wallberg, Niklas Rodensjo on camera) and that the training will begin in February 2009 at Bodyflight Bedford.

Joey Jones said that Evolution was motivated to continue by the success of the 2008 season and the performance at the world meet: "We had a good run all the way to the world meet and hope to continue the trend. It is the same team as last year. We start the season in Bedford this February."

He added that the Swedish team will also compete in Bedford this year. Evolution missed the World Challenge 2008, which had no Swedish participation at all. The World Challenge 2009 is scheduled for April 4 - 5 in 2009, and the NSL News will begin the coverage with the first previews soon.

Joey Jones said that he will also continue his work with the new Hayabusa Defence lineup. The Belgium world class team will begin earlier with its 2009 training and also compete at the World Challenge 2009. Hayabusa Defence placed 5th at last year's event with a 25.4 average. Sweden's team Evolution will attend its first indoor competition in Bedford in April 2009.