posted Oct 14th, 2017 - The NSL News continues with previews of the FAI Indoor World Meet 2017. This time, the power rankings present the field of teams in 4-way Women.

The number of participating teams is identical with the 2015 event at the Hurricane Factory in Prague, even though four countries (Belgium, Finland, Lithuania, Slovenia) are not back with teams in this category in Montreal.

Teams from four other countries replace the four missing nations. Canada did not send the national team in 4-way Women, Parachute Montreal Fuzion, to Europe in 2015, and the home team at SkyVenture Montreal is now one of the top medal contenders next week. Sweden did not have a team in Prague 2015; however, Team X competed at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2016 and has joined the Swedish delegation for the trip to Canada.

Hungary is also new at the 2nd FAI Indoor World Meet, even though Not Your March competed at the same event as Team X last year in Poland and then continued at the Wind Games this year. The fourth new country on the 4-way Women leaderboard will be China.

FAI Indoor World Meet 2015			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Women		22,F,20	16,B,14	3,H,4	L,K,7,C	10,D,6	15,A,Q,M	5,8,P	O,21,11	18,G,2	12,9,N	Total	Avg
1	Golden Knights	US	25	28	29	41	24	40	28	26	24	29	294	29.4
2	FLY-IN	FR	23	26	19	33	24	31	25	23	21	27	252	25.2
3	Fly Like A Girl	UK	21	20	24	30	20	31	22	17	18	22	225	22.5
4	HF Chicks	CZ	20	19	20	28	18	27	21	20	18	21	212	21.2
5	Les Stunts	BE	18	18	17	24	16	26	17	17	15	19	187	18.7
6	No Mercy	PL	17	16	15	24	17	23	16	19	16	16	179	17.9
7	Puumat	FI	14	14	14	21	12	19	13	11	10	-	128	14.2
8	SolarFlakes	LT	10	14	11	18	12	18	10	12	12	-	117	13.0
9	Vesce	SI	13	13	12	13	11	17	11	11	11	-	112	12.4

Three of the nine teams that are registered for next week's competition had also attended the first FAI Indoor World Meet in 2015: French Weembi Girls (France), No Mercy (Poland) and HF Chicks (Czech Republic). The French national team and No Mercy both also competed at Flyspot in Poland last year.

There is actually another team that competed with two members at both events in 2015 and 2016. Fly Like a Girl from Great Britain had Kate Lindsley and Claire Scott in the lineup at the FAI Indoor World Meet 2015 and won the bronze medals.

In fact, Volition member Liz Matthews had also competed with Fly Like a Girl at the World Challenge 2015 and did not travel to Prague later that year.

Former 4mula member Sian Stokes joined forces with Kate Lindsley, Liz Matthews and Claire Scott in the Volition lineup last year, and the team has posted impressive scores (23.2 - 24.2 - 24.9) between April 2016 and April 2017.

Volition has focused on indoor competition only, and the French Weembi Girls will have to expect very strong competition in Montreal.

FAI Indoor World Cup 2016			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	T.	Avg
R.	4-way Women		15,11,6	7,2,A	J,B,18,5	E,19,Q,3	8,P,21	12,L,O,C	G,20,F,16	10,D,22	N,9,K,4	14,M,17	T.	Avg
1	French Girls Weembi	FR	21	29	31	30	26	28	26	23	34	31	279	27.9
2	Volition	UK	22	25	27	27	22	23	21	20	31	24	242	24.2
3	NFTO	UK	20	26	26	26	20	23	22	19	24	21	227	22.7
4	No Mercy	PL	18	22	22	21	14	21	23	17	26	21	205	20.5
5	Flyspot Chicks	PL	17	20	17	20	19	18	20	14	22	18	185	18.5
6	Team X	SE	15	21	12	22	17	16	18	15	21	17	174	17.4
7	CZ Ladies	CZ	12	18	11	17	15	16	12	13	20	16	150	15.0
8	Vesce	SI	13	17	14	16	14	13	14	10	17	14	142	14.2
9	Not Your March	HU	11	15	11	12	11	13	11	9	15	13	121	12.1

Both teams met this year at the World Challenge 2017, where the French team still finished far ahead of Volition after a top performance that won the AAA Class bronze medals with the first 30+ average of an all-female team in history. However, the French team is very much aware of the British strength in 4-way Women and will be on high alert in Montreal.

The 4-way Women indoor world champions of 2015 will not try to defend the title. The Golden Knights discontinued after winning the first FAI indoor gold medals and also the outdoor gold medals a year later. As NMP PCH HayaBusa, the Golden Knights are the reigning 4-way indoor and outdoor world champions. The indoor title will now most likely go to France.

The French Weembi Girls with their current lineup have been defeated only by one 4-way Women team in their three years together - the Golden Knights. There will be no re-match opportunity, and Volition will be in the position of the challenger. Texas Crush has taken the 4-way Women slot in the U.S. delegation for Montreal after competing at the qualification event in April.

Parachute Montreal Fuzion will try to get as close as possible to the teams in the two top spots on home turf, while HF Chicks from the Czech Republic and No Mercy from Poland are in the hunt of the Canadian team and the bronze medal position. Both teams are from the hosting locations of the previous FAI events in 2015 and 2016.

FAI Indoor World Meet 2017			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Women - Power Rankings		TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	Total	Avg
1	French Weembi Girls	FR	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2	Volition	UK	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3	Parachute Montreal Fuzion	CA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4	No Mercy	PL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5	HF Chicks	CZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
6	Team X	SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
7	Texas Crush	US	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
8	Not Your March	HU	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
9	China 4-way Red	CN	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-