posted Dec 31st, 2021 - Airspace in Charleroi, Belgium, was once again the host of the Belgian Indoor Nationals in December, the same time of the year when the previous events have taken place since 2017.

The inaugural 2017 event at Fly-In Liege was more than promising, as 21 teams competed in all four NSL categories (AAA - AA - A - RRR), including guest teams from other European countries. Liege and Charleroi are both located in the center of a very active skydiving region, very near the border between France and Belgium, with Weembi Lille and the skydiving center in Maubeuge just around the corner.

Teams from the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Germany regularly cross the open European borders, with visitors from even further away. Italian 4-way teams have competed at the Belgian Indoor Nationals, as well, since the first event was held in 2017. This year's leaderboard in Charleroi featured once again two teams from Italy.

However, the participation at the event was still heavily impacted by the implications of the corona virus crisis in Europe. The number of teams was down to six, after the record numbers in 2018 with 13 AAA and 8 AA Class teams in Charleroi, including the NMP PCH HayaBusa indoor world champions.

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Belgian Indoor Nationals 2019			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		15,16,18	F,2,11	K,14,21	7,E,O,N	H,1,B,M	L,A,C,4	17,22,8	D,12,19	6,5,13	9,G,10	Total	Avg
1	Weembi Unicorns	FR	19	24	22	39	36	31	22	26	25	28	272	27.2
2	Out of the Blue	NL	17	22	18	31	32	25	17	17	20	22	221	22.1
3	Falco	BE	17	21	17	28	28	22	16	19	19	21	208	20.8
4	Synergy	IT	13	18	17	26	26	18	13	18	13	19	181	18.1
5	Ayro	BE	16	18	13	27	27	16	13	16	16	17	179	17.9
6	JETMAX	BE	15	16	16	23	27	20	10	14	17	18	176	17.6
7	Stardust	BE	11	15	15	22	22	19	12	14	13	17	160	16.0
8	Trance-Ition	NL	12	17	15	21	17	17	11	14	14	17	155	15.5
9	Black Devils	BE	11	14	10	19	18	13	10	12	14	11	132	13.2
10	Gravity Abuse	BE	10	14	12	19	17	12	8	13	10	15	130	13.0
11	Vortex	UK	10	10	12	16	19	13	10	10	12	12	124	12.4

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Only AAA Class teams competed at the 2019 event in December, shortly after NMP PCH HayaBusa returned from the CISM World Championships in Wuhan, China, and the corona virus crisis began to leave its mark on the whole planet. Belgian did not hold indoor or outdoor championships in 2020, and this year's competition was a new attempt to attract 4-way teams back to the same location.

The FAI Indoor World Cup was originally scheduled for April 2021 at Airspace in Charleroi, and it was canceled and rescheduled the same way as the FAI Tanay Mondial 2020, which was eventually held in August this year.

The new event date for the indoor world cup in Charleroi is April 2022. The Belgian Indoor Nationals came obviously still a little bit too early for Belgian teams and visitors from other European countries, even though there has been a momentum for comeback events everywhere.

The same momentum will hopefully bring a new record number of 4-way teams to the indoor world cup in April.

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Belgian Indoor Nationals 2018			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		16,G,K,Q	D,20,H,3	2,9,P	5,19,7	22,10,8	B,21,6	L,18,A,N	J,14,C,17	12,F,15	M,O,E,11	Total	Avg
1	NMP-PCH Hayabusa	BE	40	35	39	32	21	31	35	31	30	43	337	33.7
2	Weembi Legion	FR	36	25	31	27	19	24	30	29	24	35	280	28.0
3	ISR FireFlash	BE	34	25	31	24	18	26	30	26	22	36	272	27.2
4	Airfource	DE	32	17	28	24	18	26	25	27	21	38	256	25.6
5	Team X	SE	28	23	26	20	16	24	24	22	21	29	233	23.3
6	JETMAX	BE	23	21	22	21	15	22	23	21	20	28	216	21.6
7	Out of the Blue Project 20+	NL	23	19	23	20	15	21	22	21	18	27	209	20.9
8	Voss Vind Girls	NO	21	20	21	19	15	19	20	19	17	29	200	20.0
9	Alakran	ES	19	19	22	19	15	16	21	19	17	30	197	19.7
10	Amnesya Academy	IT	17	15	19	19	14	16	20	19	20	28	187	18.7
11	Falco	BE	18	16	19	16	12	18	12	15	15	22	163	16.3
12	Crash Test Dummies	BE	21	11	16	13	10	17	15	14	15	24	156	15.6
13	Gravity Abuse	BE	13	13	16	14	10	14	15	14	14	17	140	14.0
Rank	AA Class		K,H,N,4	19,22	21,18	7,9	8,Q,F	M,J,11	6,L,A	20,2	G,D,P,14	B,D,C,15	Total	Avg
1	Ayro	BE	22	16	14	22	23	21	18	15	24	25	200	20.0
2	Synergy	IT	19	16	16	21	25	22	18	13	20	27	197	19.7
3	Stardust	BE	21	11	15	20	20	21	21	15	19	22	185	18.5
4	Phenix4Namure	BE	17	13	13	19	19	23	16	11	18	18	167	16.7
4	4Flux	BE	18	12	14	20	18	19	20	10	18	18	167	16.7
6	Aeropotam's	BE	18	12	11	21	19	18	19	12	15	16	161	16.1
7	One Hit Wonders	BE	16	10	8	15	15	17	15	10	16	14	136	13.6
8	Black Devils	BE	13	12	6	15	16	15	16	11	17	14	135	13.5

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NMP PCH HayaBusa - ISR FireFlash at the Belgian Indoor Nationals 2018

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The field of six teams earlier in December did not include any of the Belgian world class teams that have been impressing the 4-way world in the past years and generated a serious 4-way momentum in Belgium alone. NMP PCH HayaBusa and ISR FireFlash members are regularly coaching Belgian teams and competitors and keep their eyes on the progression of the new 4-way generations.

In fact, NMP PCH HayaBusa recently recruited their newest team member, Neal Willems, from this pool of new and young Belgian skydivers, as the NSL News reported on December 17th.

This year's winner in Belgium was actually a guest team, with a combination of team members from Belgium and the Netherlands. Bart Daenen is a member of the Dutch national 4-way team Out Of The Blue and competed with his own team at the FAI Tanay Mondial 2020.

Steven Lopes has been training and competing with Jetmax since the team was formed in 2013. Jetmax competed at each indoor championship since 2017 and also decided with all other missing teams to skip this year. Arne Vandendael has been coaching Belgian AA Class team High Voltage, who attended the event in Charleroi for the Belgian duel in this category.

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Belgian Indoor Nationals 2021			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		E,9,N,8	6,B,F,P	10,13,K	Q,20,7	4,C,G,12	1,21,3	M,14,D,18	11,17,L	19,22,H	2,5,J	Total	Avg
1	Airmax	BE	23	28	16	19	18	16	18	16	18	19	191	19.1
2	Synergy	IT	20	29	15	19	16	16	17	17	17	16	182	18.2
3	Phoenix	BE	19	25	16	16	15	15	16	14	16	15	167	16.7
Rank	AA Class		TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	Total	Avg
1	Garudas	BE	15	21	12	11	18	15	21	15	16	12	156	15.6
2	High Voltage	BE	18	20	12	12	12	13	18	13	12	11	141	14.1
3	Squadra Militare Femminile	IT	18	15	12	11	15	11	17	11	13	9	132	13.2

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