posted May 1st, 2022 - A total of five teams from across the Atlantic Ocean competed at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2022, all of them in the 4-way Open Class. The NSL News featured the three U.S. teams of the most successful delegation in this category earlier, with Arizona Airspeed as the winner.

The other two teams traveled to Belgium coming from Brazil (INIT-Y, So Pressao), and the country's indoor and outdoor champions of INIT-Y were in the middle of the battle for the precious Top 10 spots, as the NSL News reported on April 8th.

It does not happen very often that teams from across the Atlantic Ocean travel to FAI/ISC indoor or outdoor world cups in Europe. The countries usually send their national teams to the world championships every other year, while the world cups do not receive the same attention.

Two U.S. teams competed in Germany at the outdoor world cup of 2017, and no 4-way Open Class teams from the American continent attended the indoor world cup in 2016 (Poland) or the outdoor events in 2015 (Netherlands), 2013 (Bosnia/Herzegovina), 2011 (Germany), 2009 (Czech Republic), 2007 (Russia). Five teams at the indoor world cup in Charleroi is a new participation record from overseas teams in Europe.

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FAI Indoor World Cup 2022			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open		O,18,14		L,C,F,9		1,J,H,19		3,E,P,Q		20,7,16		2,13,8		17,D,6		N,22,A,G		12,5,11		M,21,4		Total	Avg
1	Arizona Airspeed	US	29		54	-3	35		41		29		25		39		37		27		30		346	34.6
2	Aerokart Monaco Akdemie	FR	25	-1	58		28	-3	39	-2	25		25		33		32		24		28	-2	317	31.7
3	NMP-PCH Hayabusa	BE	23	-1	54	-1	30	-1	38	-2	26		23		32		31	-1	24		28	-1	309	30.9
4	ISR FireFlash	BE	22	-1	41	-4	27	-2	36		22	-1	21		31		28		21	-1	27		276	27.6
5	Skydive Midwest NEXT	US	22		44		28		30	-2	20	-1	22		26	-1	27		20	-1	24		263	26.3
6	HF Flying Circus	CZ	21	-1	39	-3	27	-2	33	-1	20	-2	21		28	-1	27	-1	21		23	-2	260	26.0
7	Meraki	UK	19	-1	43		25	-1	30	-1	23		20		26		27		20		24		257	25.7
8	Papea Masculino	ES	20	-1	41	-1	26	-2	31		21	-1	17	-2	25	-1	27	-1	21		24		253	25.3
9	SDC Rhythm XP	US	20		39	-2	25		31		17	-2	20		25	-1	22		18	-2	24		241	24.1
10	Out of the Blue	NL	20		39	-2	25		30		17	-2	19		27		23		18	-1	22		240	24.0
10	Echochamber Oceanside	SE	19	-1	43		24	-1	31		18	-2	17	-1	26		23		17	-2	22		240	24.0
12	Once Pakoi	FR	18		36	-2	24		31		19		18		24	-1	24		19		24		237	23.7
13	St Flow Weembi	FR	21		37		25		26	-1	19		19		23		25		19		22		236	23.6
13	Amnesya	IT	17	-1	33	-7	25		29	-1	21		19		24	-1	25		19		24		236	23.6
15	INIT-Y	BR	20	-2	39	-2	24	-1	22	-4	23		18	-1	27	-2	27		14	-3	20	-4	234	23.4
15	Windabona Black Mantis	AT	18	-1	39	-2	25		29		21		18	-1	25		23	-2	14	-2	22		234	23.4
17	Bronteroc	HU	19		41		24		31		19		15	-3	22	-2	24		18	-1	20	-2	233	23.3
18	Chaotic Motion	NL	17	-2	35	-1	23		29		18		18		23		22		19		19	-1	223	22.3
19	Ayro	BE	18	-1	35	-1	22		25	-1	18		17		24		22		17		21		219	21.9
20	Aurora	SE	18		37	-1	23		24	-2	17	-1	17		22	-2	20		17		22		217	21.7
21	Windabona Angels	ES	18	-1	34	-4	20	-1	25	-1	18		17		24		18	-2	18		22		214	21.4
22	Synergy	IT	19		35		22	-1	25	-1	14	-5	17		24		21	-1	16	-2	19		212	21.2
23	Alakran	ES	16	-2	33	-3	24		25	-1	19		18		20	-1	14	-5	14	-2	22		205	20.5
24	So Pressao	BR	15	-1	30	-5	20	-2	25	-1	16		16		21		22	-1	17		22		204	20.4
25	Equinox	LT	14	-4	34		21	-2	25		19		14	-1	21		16	-3	15	-1	22		201	20.1
26	Shaka	UK	17		29		20		22		14	-1	15		17	-2	18		13	-2	19		184	18.4
27	Monaco Aerodyne	FR	16	-1	23	-4	19		21		16		15	-1	18	-1	18		13	-1	18		177	17.7
28	Phoenix	BE	15	-2	27	-2	21		20		13	-4	15		17	-2	17	-1	14	-1	17	-1	176	17.6
29	Flyboys	IL	16		26	-3	16	-3	16	-4	15	-2	14	-1	20	-1	16	-2	12	-1	19	-1	170	17.0

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INIT-Y and So Pressao at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2022 - Footage Courtesy of FAI/ISC/Airspace Charleroi

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The three U.S. teams (Arizona Airspeed - Skydive Midwest NEXT - SDC Rhythm XP) placed in the Top 10, while INIT-Y from Brazil lost the last open spot to SDC Rhythm XP in the last two rounds on the third day and ended up in 15th place, six points behind Echochamber Oceanside and Out Of The Blue.

So Pressao had their own battle on the crowded 4-way Open Class leaderboard with Alakran from Spain and Equinox from Lithuania.

A third team from Brazil, Netunos, had competed earlier this year in the Advanced Class competition of the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2022 and took the 1st place in this category as a guest team. The 19.3 average would have taken the 7th place on the 4-way Open Class leaderboard.

All three teams from Brazil have competed regularly in Brazil's tunnel league, last time in September 2021. Outdoor events are next, in the United States as well as in Brazil...

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Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2022			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		F,9,4	G,8,A,C	22,10,J	11,D,6	N,3,M,H	20,P,Q,L	12,17,B	18,2,13	E,7,14	5,19,K	Total	Avg
1	Arizona Airspeed	US	39	37	26	29	40	37	31	25	33	33	330	33.0
2	XPG4	US	30	25	16	24	32	28	20	20	26	25	246	24.6
3	Skydive Midwest NEXT	US	27	27	18	24	32	29	18	20	24	22	241	24.1
4	Bobba Fat XP	US	28	24	19	23	31	24	21	19	25	23	237	23.7
5	SDC Rhythm XP	US	27	27	19	21	28	28	20	19	27	20	236	23.6
6	Golden Knights	US	33	27	16	21	26	29	22	18	21	19	232	23.2
7	Netunos MB	BR	24	20	13	20	23	24	17	13	22	17	193	19.3
8	Lucky Chris Take 2	US	24	22	15	18	22	21	14	15	19	18	188	18.8
9	Dallas Dynasty	US	21	19	12	15	21	16	13	13	17	17	164	16.4
10	Sloppy Seconds	US	23	17	10	16	18	15	14	12	18	15	158	15.8
11	Three Men and a Katie	US	19	18	13	14	17	16	14	12	18	15	156	15.6
12	Lucky Sam	US	19	14	12	15	17	14	10	11	13	10	135	13.5
13	Platinum XP	US	14	15	11	14	15	13	12	10	14	12	130	13.0
14	4-min Call	US	15	12	9	11	12	12	11	8	11	10	111	11.1

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Netunos at the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2022

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