posted Oct 5th, 2021 - Brazil's national championships took place in September, as well, and the participation was just as limited as it has been in other countries in the two years of the corona virus crisis.

However, a smaller number of teams did not make the event less exciting, as it has also happened in several other countries. The situation in Brazil was even more interesting due to the changes on the top level that the NSL News reported earlier this year.

The update from Brazil on July 29th was related to the July competition of the Brazilian Tunnel League, where two lineups of the long-standing 4-way champion team CTR Optimum surprised the attending teams and the audience both.

In fact, even three of the CTR Optimum members of the last two years did not know that there would be a second lineup, Optimum Prime, with a lineup that included their CTR team mate André Ferraz, who won the indoor competition together with his wife Juliana Sé and Pedro Ushizima, both former CTR Optimum members. Deborah Schroeder, who had also competed for CTR Optimum once, completed the lineup.

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Brazilian Outdoor Nationals 2021		1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class	5,6,21		22,O,M,12		7,1,H		17,20,8		A,3,Q,4		J,13,F,11		19,D,10		15,C,L,9		K,B,14,P		E,2,18		Total	Avg
1	INIT-Y	16		13		17	-1	14		16	-1	18	-1	17		17		21		14	-1	163	16.3
2	Cometas	13		14	-1	15	-1	15		16		18		14	-2	16	-3	16	-2	14	-1	151	15.1
3	Netunos	12	-1	14		18		10	-1	15		17		16		13	-3	18		12	-2	145	14.5
4	Paradocks	9	-1	12		12		11	-2	11		13		11		13		13		11	-1	116	11.6
5	Supersonics	9		10	-1	10	-1	7	-1	9	-1	11		9		11		11		9		96	9.6
6	Anima	7		8		10		8		6	-2	10		9		8	-2	10		9		85	8.5

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INIT-Y and Cometas at the Brazilian Outdoor Nationals 2021

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The same NSL News update pointed out that this situation could become even more interesting if Optimum Prime decided to compete at the national outdoor championships, as well.

CTR Optimum members George Narita, Jorge Neto and Alisson Vargas began quickly to look for slot candidates in a lineup without team founder André Ferraz. They found Ricardo Pereira, who had trained and competed with Go Fly between 2018 and 2020.

There was not much time for training between the indoor meet in July and the national outdoor championships in September. There was also another top contender who did not have to deal with personnel changes. The military CISM team Cometas have been training the civilian 4-way dive pool in the past years, as well, and they increased their performance level consistently.

The male lineup of the Brazilian CISM delegation eventually finished as the runner-up at last year's national outdoor championships and were expected to challenge CTR Optimum for the top spot next time.

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Brazilian Outdoor Nationals 2020		1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class	20,17,12		4,M,8		G,13,J,C		11,9,7		Q,D,2,10		5,E,N,19		K,L,O,B,16		1,A,18		F,21,6		H,15,14		Total	Avg
1	CTR Optimum	14		16		18	-3	19		13	-2	20		23		16		17		13	-1	169	16.9
2	Cometas Men	14		17		18		17		15		7		16		15		17		13		149	14.9
3	Netunos	11		14		17		14		15		10	-1	16		14		14		12		137	13.7
4	Catadao Prime	10		12		16		14		12		13		15	-1	11	-1	13	-1	9	-1	125	12.5
5	Paradocks	8	-1	14		15		12	-1	11		12		13		13		14		12		124	12.4
6	Cometas Women	7		11		13		11		10		11		11	-1	9	-1	11	-1	7	-1	101	10.1
7	Anima	8		9		12		11		10		9		11	-1	9		12		9		100	10.0

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CTR Optimum and Cometas at the Brazilian Outdoor Nationals 2020

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It turned out that André Ferraz did not take his Optimum Prime lineup to the national outdoor championships, and the Cometas increased their performance and scoring level only slightly (14.9 - 15.1) since last year's event.

It was not enough to take the top spot away from the new CTR Optimum lineup with Ricardo Pereira, who changed their team name to INIT-Y. The short time period for the new lineup must have been very productive, as INIT-Y came back on a very similar scoring level where CTR Optimum had maintained the top spot in the past years.

Cometas finished with a new team record average (15.1) while INIT-Y's 16.3 average was very close to the average level of the previous CTR Optimum lineup. In fact, CTR Optimum have posted only one 17+ average in a 10-round meet in the team history. The new lineup with Ricardo Pereira have a very promising starting point.

Cometas remained in striking distance of the top position and even won two rounds. However, it was a 12-point difference to INIT-Y at the end, and Netunos in 3rd place were closer to the 2nd place than Cometas were to the winner. Netunos posted a new team record average, as well.

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Brazil Tunnel League July 2021		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class	1,L,12	18,16,13	4,7,17	G,14,9	O,19,K,2	E,10,M,15	5,F,22	C,J,21,Q	Total	Avg
1	Optimum Prime	19	19	22	26	22	20	20	24	172	21.5
2	CTR Optimum	20	20	19	22	18	26	19	24	168	21.0
3	So Pressao	19	16	19	21	20	20	18	26	159	19.9
4	Netunos	17	15	16	22	18	20	17	26	151	18.9
5	Azul Do Vento	12	10	15	17	14	16	15	20	119	14.9
6	Plano B	11	12	13	16	16	16	14	18	116	14.5
7	Anima	13	10	12	16	14	14	14	15	108	13.5
8	Matrix	12	9	12	11	12	10	8	14	88	11.0
Rank	AA Class	G,O,K,E	A,H,11	21,9	P,14,N	15,L,J	F,6,Q	B,7,D	C,18,M	Total	Avg
1	Falcoes	25	19	19	17	17	20	24	20	161	20.1
2	Breakfast	19	15	15	16	13	16	17	14	125	15.6
3	UVASDM	18	11	14	15	5	14	14	14	105	13.1
Rank	A Class	G,14	H,L,N	F,O,Q	P,J,K	15,B	C,9	A,7	D,E,L	Total	Avg
1	Mineours	19	27	36	30	21	31	29	36	229	28.6
2	SDA	18	26	39	33	20	27	25	28	216	27.0
3	Foo Flyers	13	18	29	24	16	20	22	25	167	20.9
4	Superqu4dra	14	17	29	26	14	19	18	20	157	19.6
5	Nice Birds	15	17	23	20	14	19	17	18	143	17.9
6	Falcoes Feminino	13	17	26	21	9	20	14	17	137	17.1

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