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Both capital cities (Stockholm, Helsinki) are located in the southern parts where most of both countries' citizens live. It takes about ten hours to cross the Gulf of Bothnia from the Finnish shores (Turku) to Stockholm by ferry.
Teams and competitors from Finland have made the same or similar trips in the past to attend events in Sweden, and there has also been some traffic in the other direction once in a while. Last weekend, the traffic was again coming from Finland to Sweden, and it was catching the attention of the Sun Path Products NSL News.
Sweden/Finland Indoor 2016 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total | Avg | ||
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Rank | AAA Class | 8,5,17. | 12,M,9 | 11,2,L | 3,19,B | 20,C,G,4 | F,10,6 | A,14,21 | D,22,O,J | 18,Q,K,H | 15,P,E,7 | Total | Avg | |
1 | Team Volo | SE | 22 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 22 | 21 | 26 | 28 | 27 | 226 | 22.6 |
2 | Echochamber | SE | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 26 | 26 | 221 | 22.1 |
3 | Tigers | FI | 18 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 22 | 20 | 22 | 194 | 19.4 |
4 | Telakka | FI | 10 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 22 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 170 | 17.0 |
5 | Gryttjom Rocks | SE | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 157 | 15.7 |
6 | Team C4 | SE | 13 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 150 | 15.0 |
7 | Aurora | SE | 13 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 149 | 14.9 |
8 | Team X | SE | 11 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 148 | 14.8 |
9 | Puumat | FI | 14 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 18 | 144 | 14.4 |
Finnish FAI judge Jukka Olkkonen said that it was the first time that Finland and Sweden held their national championships together, after several years of discussing this option.
The event generated three different and separated leaderboards in 4-way FS, one for Sweden, one for Finland, while the third combined leaderboard is not only a SKYLEAGUE.COM feature this time. Additional leaderboards came with other events, including 4-way VFS.
Sweden/Finland Indoor 2016 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total | Avg | ||
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Rank | AA Class | 20,4 | C,E,2 | A,M,11 | P,J,21 | 9,N,14 | F,7,8 | D,H,G,6 | K,B,L,Q | O,22,19. | 15,18 | Total | Avg | |
1 | Tahma | FI | 9 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 143 | 14.3 |
2 | Cornix | SE | 12 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 137 | 13.7 |
3 | Funnel Boys | FI | 10 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 10 | 128 | 12.8 |
4 | KRAM | SE | 8 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 123 | 12.3 |
5 | RW4 | SE | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 117 | 11.7 |
6 | Ace is Nicer | SE | 9 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 106 | 10.6 |
Echochamber, with other former members of Swedish top teams, was three points ahead of the national outdoor champions after Round 7. Volo then picked up the pace and won the last three rounds to turn the 3-point deficit into a 5-point victory.
Finland's national team, the Tigers, finished in 3rd place on the combined leaderboard. The Tigers competed with a different lineup in Sweden. Emilia Sormunen replaced Joonas Karjalainen for the indoor competition. The Tigers are one of the teams who are also registered for the World Challenge 2016.
Sweden/Finland Indoor 2016 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total | Avg | ||
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Rank | Rookie | C,O,M | N,A,B | D,L,E | K,F,J | H,P,G | Q,N,C | J,E,G | H,K,A | O,B,D | M,F,P | Total | Avg | |
1 | Penguines of the Sky | SE | 23 | 17 | 13 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | - | - | 146 | 18.3 |
2 | Speedbombers | FI | 14 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 21 | 142 | 14.2 |
3 | 4K | FI | 16 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 22 | 135 | 13.5 |
4 | Flailing Sirkus | FI | 10 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 25 | 122 | 12.2 |
5 | In-Formation | SE | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 67 | 6.7 |
Finland had the upper hand in the AA Class competition. The Sun Path Products NSL News mentioned recently that Tahma would move up from last year's A Class competition to the AA Class at the upcoming World Challenge. The national indoor championship was a great test, and Tahma finished on the same scoring level as in the A Class last year. The Funnel Boys added a 3rd place for Finland in the same category.
Two of the three Finnish Rookie Class teams (K4, Flailing Sirkus) came back for their second national indoor championships after last year's inaugural event at the Sirius wind tunnel in Finland. The Speedbombers were the third Rookie Class team from Finland in Stockholm and took the 2nd place.