posted Jun 11th, 2020 - The United States were apparently the only country in the Formation Skydiving competition world with a completed national indoor championship this year. As the NSL News reported on June 9th, the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2020 generated two different national 4-way indoor teams (Arizona Airspeed, XPG4) compared to the U.S. outdoor delegation (SDC Rhythm XP, Aviatrixx).

Other countries will have to find their own ways how to determine the national indoor teams for the upcoming FAI events. The selection for the FAI Mondial 2020 in Tanay in August next year was done the same way in the countries where the NSL News received information from. The qualified teams after the national championships in 2019 will still compete for their countries in Russia a year later.

The situation could be different for the indoor events. FAI/ISC have scheduled a world cup and a world meet within a time period of six months. The FAI Indoor World Cup in Charleroi, Belgium, was originally scheduled for April this year and has been rescheduled for October. The FAI Indoor World Meet at the Hurricane Factory in Slovakia is still planned for April 2021.

The qualification for the indoor world cup in Belgium is probably not different compared to previous FAI events, when national indoor championships of the previous year were usually the qualification events.

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German Indoor Nationals 2019			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		21,22,G	E,M,Q,A,11	19,7,14	P,10,O,15	H,4,2	B,1,F,J	13,3,5	6,17,C	18,N,20	9,12,16	Total	Avg
1	Jochen Schweizer Arena Airfource	DE	23	38	26	27	25	37	21	28	24	23	272	27.2
2	Oceanside AtomiX/Skydive-Hildesheim	DE	21	34	22	22	24	32	21	26	20	21	243	24.3
3	Skynamite FSZ Saar	DE	19	29	16	20	21	31	19	20	15	21	211	21.1
4	Piteraq	DE	15	29	19	20	15	33	19	19	19	19	207	20.7
5	No Limits	RU	16	28	19	17	17	28	19	20	18	15	197	19.7
6	Hoo Lee Shit	DE	16	23	17	18	18	26	14	19	16	19	186	18.6
7	NeVa FSZ Saar	DE	16	22	17	16	17	27	17	17	14	16	179	17.9
8	Wintertunnel	DE	16	23	14	16	14	26	13	16	9	16	163	16.3
9	SkymaxX	DE	13	22	15	13	14	22	10	14	12	14	149	14.9
10	4 xmpl	DE	13	17	14	14	14	23	13	13	11	15	147	14.7
11	HorschD - FSZ Saar	DE	13	20	15	12	11	21	13	14	11	16	146	14.6
12	Airgrips	DE	13	21	13	14	14	22	13	11	10	12	143	14.3
13	4Motion - Eisenach	DE	10	17	12	10	10	17	9	9	10	11	115	11.5

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The qualification for the indoor world meet six months later could become more complicated if any national indoor championships still take place this year. Skydiving centers and windtunnels are in the process of reopening very soon, which is probably the first step on the way to hosting Formation Skydiving competitions again.

There could be a long time period of almost two years between an indoor qualification event early in 2019 and the indoor world meet in April 2021. As for the outdoor situation in the United States, there could even be a new national championship event before the world meet actually takes place. SDC Rhythm XP, Aviatrixx and Airspeed XP8 qualified for the FAI World Meet in 2021 at the USPA Nationals 2019, while the next USPA Nationals will take place this November at Skydive City.

The German skydiving federation (DFV) has already made the call on the easier part of this topic and copied the decision for outdoor competition - at least for the FAI Indoor World Cup in October this year. The NSL News reported on May 5th that Germany "confirmed the current national teams for the FAI Mondial Tanay 2020 next year". Oceanside AtomiX (4-way Open), Skynamite (4-way Women) and Airbus (8-way) will travel to Russia in August 2021. The qualified German teams after last year's indoor championship are selected for the rescheduled indoor world cup in October, as they all met the required qualification averages.

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FAI Indoor World Meet 2019			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open		M,K,D,14		Q,4,5		P,E,9,15		3,N,G,2		6,1,8		F,12,11		13,22,J		H,L,B,18		O,20,A,17		21,7,19		Total	Avg
1	NMP-PCH Hayabusa	BE	39		36		42		35		27		32		29		42	-1	38		31		351	35.1
2	Weembi High Rollers	FR	38	-2	33	-1	44		32	-1	27		29	-1	26	-2	47		37		31		344	34.4
3	Arizona Airspeed	US	39		33		40		30		27		29		24	-3	39		33		27		321	32.1
4	Qatar Tigers	QA	34		30	-2	36		29		22	-3	27	-1	28		36		32		28		302	30.2
5	Airheads	CH	35		28	-1	33	-2	29		25		27		24	-1	36		30		25	-1	292	29.2
6	Black Cat	RU	34		29		39	-1	29		25		22	-2	25	-1	36	-1	26	-3	22	-2	287	28.7
7	Echochamber	SE	34		27	-1	35		26	-1	22	-2	25		20	-5	35		26	-3	24	-1	274	27.4
8	ACM Weembi	UK	32	-1	28		32	-2	26	-1	20	-1	24		19	-2	35		26		25		267	26.7
9	Airfource	DE	33	-3	22	-1	33	-1	25		22	-1	23		20	-3	35	-2	25	-1	24	-1	262	26.2
10	HF Flying Circus	CZ	31		26		28	-1	23		24		22		18	-2	33		19	-5	23		247	24.7
11	Pro Team	FI	27	-2	24		30		23		23		22		22		30		23	-3	22	-1	246	24.6
12	Monaco Indoor Skydive Team	MC	27	-1	21		27	-2	23		20		22		21		29		21		21		232	23.2
13	FlySpot Sky4Four	PL	27	-1	23		28	-1	23		19	-2	20	-1	20		29		21	-1	21	-1	231	23.1
14	Papea Masculino	ES	28	-2	23		26	-1	16	-3	21	-1	20	-1	21		30	-1	23	-2	22		230	23.0
15	Out of the Blue	NL	24		22		27		19	-1	19		19		18		27		24		20	-1	219	21.9
16	H40	IE	22	-1	19		23		17		18		17	-1	17	-1	24		20		19		196	19.6
17	Skydive University Slovakia	SK	23	-2	19		23	-1	17	-2	18		17	-1	14	-3	22		19		17	-2	189	18.9
18	Magic 4	LT	26		15	-1	19	-5	15	-2	17		16	-3	17	-1	21		-		-		146	18.3

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It becomes more complicated for the FAI Indoor World Meet 2021 in Slovakia. DFV President Henning Stumpp, member of Martial Ferre's 8-way indoor team Veloce QRF, said that a new qualification will be required for the indoor world meet in 2021.

The German indoor championship was originally scheduled for March 2020. The event was canceled just minutes before teams would enter the flying chamber for Round 1. The indoor situation was very interesting in Germany, as the reigning outdoor champion, Oceanside AtomiX, would have serious competition at the indoor event.

In fact, Airfource represented Germany at the previous indoor world meet at Weembi Lille in 2019. A new Airfource lineup, with Airbus 4-way member Thomas Mack in the lineup, was ready to challenge the AtomiX outdoor champions in March.

The last-minute cancellation of the indoor championship leaves the indoor slot for the next world meet open. There are neither any plans for rescheduling the indoor nationals nor other adequate events that could be used for a new qualification. DFV President Henning Stumpp will deliberate over the situation with the national coaches and then come to a conclusion. The NSL News will follow up on the topic.

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Wind Games 2020			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		Q,F,6,14		1,13,4		8,J,15		O,9,D,5		21,A,P,H		N,C,20,12		7,G,K,19		10,16,22		17,E,11		M,B,3,L		Total	Avg
1	NMP-PCH Hayabusa	BE	32	-1	29		28	-1	44	-3	45		29		35		25		34		47		348	34.8
2	Arizona Airspeed	US	34		24	-1	29		45	-2	41		29		34	-1	23		34		39	-1	332	33.2
3	SDC Rhythm XP	US	33		25		27	-1	44	-1	41		26		30	-3	23		30	-2	41	-2	320	32.0
4	IFS-Moscow	RU	27	-3	20	-3	25	-2	45	-2	36	-1	25	-1	30	-1	23		29	-2	33	-5	293	29.3
5	ISR FireFlash	BE	30		23		26		39		36		22	-1	27	-2	20		29		29	-4	281	28.1
6	Weembi Unicorns	IT	28		23		26		42		36		23		29		20		22	-4	26	-3	275	27.5
7	NFTO	UK	28		21		22		38		36		21		27	-1	18		24	-3	32	-1	267	26.7
8	Echochamber	SE	28		21		22		37		35		21	-1	23	-2	19		26		29	-4	261	26.1
9	Nephtys Weembi	FR	26		19	-1	20	-1	35		32		22		26	-1	19		22	-2	32	-1	253	25.3
10	Oceanside AtomiX	DE	25	-2	21		19	-2	31	-1	31		19		27		17	-1	22	-1	31		243	24.3
11	Out of the Blue	NL	25		19		21		31	-2	29	-1	18		25		17	-1	24		16	-7	225	22.5
12	Blue Steel	FI	24		18		20		29		26	-1	20		24		15	-1	21		27	-1	224	22.4
13	Windobona Black Mantis	AT	27		18	-1	21		27	-3	27		19	-1	24		17		21		19	-5	220	22.0
14	Papea	ES	22		19		21		29	-1	27	-2	19		21	-2	17		22		19	-5	216	21.6
15	Lucky Boys	HU	20	-2	18	-1	20		28	-1	27		18		23		17	-3	18	-3	24		213	21.3
16	Voss Vind Girls	NO	22	-1	19	-1	21		28	-1	27		16	-1	14	-3	17	-1	21		22	-3	207	20.7
17	3 Boys 1 Girl	FR	21		16		18		27		26		17		19		15	-1	19	-2	24		202	20.2
18	Realfly Fire	CH	23		16	-3	18	-2	25	-1	28	-1	13	-2	23		17		19		19	-4	201	20.1
19	Windobona Angels	ES	21		16	-1	17	-2	26		26	-1	17		21		15		17	-1	20	-4	196	19.6
20	Standby	IT	20		13	-3	16		22		24		12	-1	19	-2	12	-1	15	-1	23	-1	176	17.6
21	Equinox	LT	22		17		15	-1	20	-2	21	-3	16		17	-2	13		12	-2	16	-3	169	16.9

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