posted Jul 4th, 2019 - The June meet of the World Tunnel League offered interesting international leaderboards, with teams from Finland, Brazil and the United States.

The rankings were set after the completion of Round 8, even though the Finnish and U.S. teams added two more rounds. The teams of the Brazilian Tunnel League were scheduled for only eight rounds for their competition at iFLY Sao Paulo.

The meet in Sao Paulo attracted eleven of the 23 teams who posted scores on the June leaderboards. The field of AAA Class teams in Sao Paulo included a guest team from neighboring Paraguay, the Adventure Flyers, at their first indoor competition.

CTR Optimum, Brazil's national 4-way team of the past years, won the second indoor meet at iFLY Sao Paulo this year, which was once again organized by CTR Optimum's André Ferraz, one of the original team members. CTR Optimum posted their first scores in 2005 and has competed for Brazil at international events ever since.

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World Tunnel League - June 2019			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		K,18,A,16	H,L,C,5	B,17,3	7,M,9	11,Q,13	1,21,6	20,E,G,12	N,4,2	O,22,D,J	14,F,15	Total	Avg
1	Pro Team	FI	23	34	28	36	24	22	23	23	24	24	213	26.1
2	CTR Optimum	BR	21	28	21	34	19	19	20	20	-	-	182	22.8
3	Syrjähyppy	FI	19	29	22	31	17	18	18	17	22	20	171	21.3
4	Just4Fun	FI	18	26	19	31	17	17	16	18	22	19	162	20.3
5	Só Pressão	BR	17	23	21	26	18	17	16	17	-	-	155	19.4
6	CTR Storm	BR	13	17	20	27	16	17	17	16	-	-	143	17.9
7	North Force	BR	19	21	16	22	13	14	15	16	-	-	136	17.0
8	Harpia	BR	15	17	18	21	16	16	15	13	-	-	131	16.4
9	Amitie	BR	13	20	16	21	13	13	13	11	-	-	120	15.0
10	Adventure Flyers	PY	11	17	14	21	11	11	13	13	-	-	111	13.9
11	Anima	BR	11	17	14	21	12	11	12	8	-	-	106	13.3
12	SCZ ZEUS	US	6	15	12	15	10	13	13	10	11	10	94	11.5
13	Breja Team	BR	11	11	10	16	11	10	9	10	-	-	88	11.0

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CTR Optimum finished the most recent meet with a very special and unusual number. The 22.8 average is the third consecutive time with the same score after meet completion and matches the team's results at iFLY Sao Paulo in December 2018 and April 2019. The series of 22.8 averages began after the same lineup had come back from the FAI World Meet 2018 in Australia.

The Brazilian team even matched their outdoor numbers, as well. The 16.4 average in Australia was identical with the 16.4 that CTR Optimum had posted at their national championships in July last year.

Brazil's national 4-way team ended up in 2nd place on June's World Tunnel League leaderboard, as another national team finished with a new team record average. The NSL News reported on June 22nd that the Pro Team from Finland had posted a 26.1 average after all ten rounds.

However, CTR Optimum's third 22.8 average matches their own team record, as well, and the next opportunity comes up at the last indoor meet of the Brazilian tunnel league season in October.

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World Tunnel League - June 2019			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AA Class		Q,1,18	H,L,C,A	B,J,K,P	7,M,9	11,13	21,6	20,E,G	N,4,2	O,22,D	14,F,15	Total	Avg
1	FurtheranZe 2.5	US	14	24	26	19	12	13	16	14	14	15	138	16.7
2	SCZ FurtheranZe XP	US	14	24	20	20	10	13	13	14	14	14	128	15.6
3	Ote	FI	10	24	23	18	13	12	10	10	13	14	120	14.7
4	SCZ ZEUS	US	11	14	20	19	13	14	13	11	12	-	115	14.1
5	Evolucao	BR	11	20	25	16	8	9	11	8	-	-	108	13.5
6	SCZ ZEUS 2.0	US	10	15	15	14	8	14	12	12	14	11	100	12.5
7	Hermannin Nuorisoseura	FI	11	18	23	16	7	9	8	10	10	10	102	12.2
8	4K	FI	7	16	22	16	9	10	7	11	11	11	98	12.0
9	RJ Revolution	BR	9	15	19	16	6	11	7	8	-	-	91	11.4
Rank	Rookie		B,K,A	H,L,C	J,P,E	M,G,O	Q,N,D	F,B,H	E,G,K	N,A,L	O,D,J	C,P,M	Total	Avg
1	FurtheranZe 3.0	US	16	16	14	17	19	17	12	12	19	18	160	16.0

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Finland's Pro Team and CTR Optimum had never been on the same leaderboard before the June meet of the World Tunnel League. Both have competed at FAI world meets and other international meets, but never at the same events.

CTR Optimum competed for Brazil at the FAI World Meet 2006 in Germany and in Maubeuge 2008. Finland did not have a team in Germany, and the Tigers competed for the country in Maubeuge.

The Brazilian team missed Menzelinsk 2010, where the Pro Team attended their first world meet. CTR Optimum was back for the FAI Mondial 2012 in Dubai, where the Silver Knights competed for Finland. The Tigers were back for Finland at the FAI World Meet 2014 without a team from Brazil in Prostejov.

Neither Finland nor Brazil had 4-way teams at the FAI World Meet 2016 in Chicago before CTR Optimum's current lineup traveled to Australia last year, and the Pro Team did not. However, the Finnish team already confirmed their plans for Tanay 2020, and CTR Optimum will probably qualify once again at the upcoming national outdoor championships. The world meet in Russia could become the first live encounter between both teams...