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Did You Know...

... that Spain's national team Papea gets ready for the next 5th place battle?

5th place in Tanay 2021: Papea
posted Feb 12th, 2023 - The Spanish 4-way teams completed their national indoor championships at Windoor Barcelona on Saturday. Papea, Spain's national indoor and outdoor national team in 4-way Open since 2017, finished with a new team record average, despite a slow competition draw for the ten rounds.

Papea is also Spain's military CISM team, as the NSL News mentioned in the past, and they can usually be found at the same 4-way events where NMP PCH HayaBusa and Qatar Tigers compete at the same time. The consistency of the current lineup has lifted the ranking positions for Spain at the recent international FAI/ISC events to a reliable presence in the Top 10.

Miguel Antonio Gomez Rivas, José Carlos González Herrera, Christian Molto Gonzalez and Oscar Marsal have been training and competing for Papea since 2020. Miguel Antonio Gomez Rivas and Christian Molto Gonzalez were together in the same lineup since 2017. José Carlos González Herrera replaced Oscar Garcia in 2020 for the current lineup.

The Spanish CISM management has also been supporting a second Papea lineup that Oscar Marsal first trained and competed with, before he was recruited for the national team. The second Papea team finished with a new team record average at the national indoor championships, as well.

Spanish Indoor Nationals 2023
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total Avg
Rank AAA Class G,N,18,4 3,K,M,J 10,O,2 8,E,F,A 12,17,14 13,5,D C,Q,21,20 6,B,9 16,11,1 19,7,15 Total Avg
1 Papea 1 24 31 21 30 19 24 25 33 23 25 255 25.5
2 Windabona Alakran 19 27 20 31 18 22 22 29 21 19 228 22.8
3 Papea 2 20 23 21 28 19 21 18 24 19 20 213 21.3
4 Windabona Angels 17 19 16 25 15 16 19 23 14 15 179 17.9
5 Windabona Angels Chicas 15 20 14 20 12 15 15 21 11 15 158 15.8
6 Falling Stones 10 13 10 14 7 12 10 16 6 10 108 10.8
7 Mamma Mia 9 10 6 11 6 7 10 13 5 7 84 8.4
Rank A Class P,H,D 21,F M,19 9,4 6,A 7,B G,L,Q 2,C O,8 K,N,E Total Avg
1 Magyx 12 9 9 6 10 11 6 6 6 8 83 8.3

Papea 1 and Papea 2 at the Spanish Indoor Nationals 2023 - Video Footage Courtesy of Windoor Barcelona
6th place in Eloy 2022: Papea
Both military Papea teams train and compete indoors and outdoors. The national 4-way team had finished in 5th place at the FAI Tanay Mondial in August 2021 and confirmed one of the positions right behind the currently four best 4-way nations in the world with the 6th place at the FAI Outdoor World Championship 2022.

The previous Papea lineup of 2018 had finished in 14th place with a 15.3 average at the FAI Outdoor World Championship 2018 in Australia. Spain's last civilian 4-way team had placed 18th at the FAI Dubai Mondial 2012.

Both Spanish teams behind Papea's top team still managed to win or tie a few rounds at the national indoor championship. Windobona Alakran, the most improved team of the event, split the military lineups once again on the leaderboard, as they had done at the Spanish Outdoor Nationals 2021. This time, the civilian team split the two Papea lineups, despite the well improved performance of the second Papea lineup. Alakran try to get as close as possible to Spain's national 4-way indoor and outdoor team, while Papea 2 put pressure on the 4-way civilians.

FAI Outdoor World Meet 2022
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total Avg
Rank 4-way Open Top 10 20,16,B P,D,21,13 17,K,11 E,A,19,22 2,9,M C,14,F,12 3,6,18 4,10,1 8,Q,O,H 5,7,J Total Avg
1 Arizona Airspeed US 21 -1 28 27 27 31 23 21 20 32 31 261 26.1
2 NMP-PCH Hayabusa BE 20 -1 25 -2 21 23 28 20 -2 19 17 29 26 228 22.8
3 Qatar Tigers QA 19 -2 23 -1 22 -1 21 -1 26 18 17 -1 17 28 28 219 21.9
4 France 4-way Open FR 19 23 -1 22 23 27 20 -1 18 15 -1 20 -5 27 -1 214 21.4

5 Chimera UK 16 21 -2 19 19 -1 18 -5 18 -1 16 14 -1 23 -1 24 188 18.8
6 Papea Masculino ES 17 -1 20 -1 18 -1 21 21 -2 18 15 15 21 -1 20 -3 186 18.6
7 Echochamber Oceanside SE 14 -1 21 19 19 20 -1 17 16 15 24 -1 20 -1 185 18.5
8 Airbus Oceanside Illertissen DE 16 18 -2 19 16 -1 20 -1 13 -3 15 14 19 -2 22 -1 172 17.2
9 Agera FS 2022 NO 16 16 -2 17 -1 17 18 -1 15 15 13 -1 18 -3 21 166 16.6
9 4Astrophe CA 15 -1 20 19 15 -2 21 15 15 -2 14 16 -3 16 -2 166 16.6


Chimera - Papea - Echochamber at the FAI World Meet 2022 - Video Footage Courtesy of FAI/ISC and OmniSkore!HD
Spain's 4-way teams at FAI World Championships of Formation Skydiving since 1985
21.3 indoor average: Papea farm team
Alakran and Papea both had competed at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2022, where the Spanish CISM team claimed a Top 10 spot, as well. Without the presence of ISR FireFlash and Skydive Midwest NEXT, Papea would have taken the 6th place.

Only one team will compete for each country at the upcoming indoor world championship in April, and Papea will most likely at least try to defend the 6th place of the outdoor world championship, after the 14th place of the previous lineup at the last indoor world championship in Weembi Lille 2019.

It will be a challenging task though, as the same four top teams in Eloy last year are still too far away at indoor competition, and there will be other well prepared national teams from other countries. British 4-way team Meraki will probably be just as competitive for the British delegation as Chimera was in Eloy, and they had also finished ahead of Papea in Charleroi last year.

Czech national team HF Flying Circus won bronze medals at the European indoor championship of the same event, ahead of Meraki and Papea both. It seems like the next exciting battle for the 5th place is coming up soon, and Papea will be a part of it.

FAI Indoor World Cup 2022
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total Avg
Rank 4-way Open - Top 10 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

Papea at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2022 - Footage Courtesy of FAI/ISC/Airspace Charleroi
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