posted Jun 27th, 2023 - The NSL Power Rankings in 4-way Open of the FAI Outdoor World Cup 2023 in Voss, Norway, needed a few adjustments, after more information became available. 18 teams were listed on the 4-way Open Class leaderboard when the previous NSL Power Rankings were posted on June 22, and the number has gone up to 22 at this point in time.

Three more Dutch teams have joined national 4-way Open Class team Out Of The Blue, and Italy will be represented this time, as well. There was no 4-way Open Class team from Italy at the FAI Outdoor World Championship 2022, after a perfect record of participation at outdoor world championships since 1985.

The implications of the corona virus crisis were probably the reason for the absence of a team at the FAI Tanay Mondial in 2021. Italy did not recover with a 4-way Open Class team at the FAI Outdoor World Championship 2022, and the return of Amnesya to international outdoor competition at the FAI World Cup in Voss, Norway, is a promising indication for the next outdoor world championship in Israel 2024.

The Dutch delegation of four teams now matches the maximum number of teams in 4-way Open that the U.S. delegation consists of. Amnesya is the only 4-way Open Class team from Italy, and one more team is registered for the 4-way VFS event.

FAI Outdoor World Cup 2023			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total	Avg
Rank	NSL Power Rankings 4-way Open		TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	Total	Avg
1	Arizona Airspeed	US	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2	France 4-way Open	FR	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3	NMP PCH HayaBusa	BE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4	Qatar Tigers	QA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5	Papea	ES	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5	Amnesya	IT	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5	SDC Rhythm XP	US	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5	Skydive Midwest NEXT	US	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
9	Airbus Illertissen Oceanside	DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
9	Agera	NO	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
9	Out Of The Blue	NL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
12	Lightspeed XP	US	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
12	Qatar Cheetahs	QA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
12	Qatar Lions	QA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
15	Aurora	SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
15	Chaotic Motion	NL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
15	Sequenz	DK	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
15	Whitefish	AU	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
15	Lux	NL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
20	Deep n Filthy	UK	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
20	4Reigners	UK	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
20	4igami	NL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Yellow: National 4-way Open Class teams

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Amnesya at the Italian Outdoor Nationals 2022

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Participation of Italian 4-way Open Class teams at FAI World Championships of Formation Skydiving since 1985

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Amnesya have the potential to be one of the two top contenders for the European bronze medals in 4-way Open. They will challenge the Spanish national team, Papea, who finished behind Chimera in 6th place at the FAI Outdoor World Championship 2022. Chimera have no adequate 4-way Open Class successor yet in Great Britain and for the outdoor world cup, which brings Amnesya in contention for the European bronze medals.

The Italian team takes the position of Echochamber Oceanside who had finished one single point behind Papea in Eloy last year. The Swedish team was expected to battle once again with Papea, this time for the 5th place and for the European bronze medals at the same time.

However, Echochamber is not representing Sweden in Norway. Aurora takes the place in 4-way Open and will not be able to challenge Papea as Echochamber have done. Aurora will probably try to get as close as possible to the Top 10 positions, which alone is a very challenging task, considering the visitors from abroad, U.S. team Lightspeed XP, and the two well trained teams from Qatar with their new lineups.

Sweden with Aurora will make the Top 10 of the European nations, where the 8th place could be the new ranking position after the completion of the outdoor world cup. Echochamber and Aurora have been on the same leaderboards at every single meet of the eight events that Aurora attended since 2018, including the FAI Indoor World Cup 2022, and excluding only world championships where only one national team represents the country.

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		295	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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Echochamber Oceanside - Aurora at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2022 - Footage Courtesy of FAI/ISC/Airspace Charleroi

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It will be the second time that Aurora represent Sweden at an FAI event. They traveled from Sweden to Germany for the FAI Outdoor World Cup 2017, together with another Swedish team, C4, who won the internal duel. Sweden did not make the Top 10 of the European countries, as C4 finished in 11th place of the nations rankings.

It was not the same Aurora lineup in Saarlouis 2017. Current members Filippa Ebersjö, Åsah Helenius, and Zoltan Hubsch competed in Germany, with Markku Glans on camera. Former Team X member Bodil Almberg joined the team in 2019. Bodil Almberg still has more international competition experiences than her Aurora team mates.

Team X competed for Sweden in 4-way Women at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2016 and missed the bronze medals a year later at the FAI Indoor World Championship 2017. Team X finished 4th again at the FAI European Indoor Championship 2018 and eventually won FAI bronze medals in 4-way Women at the FAI Outdoor World Championship 2018. Team X then posted the team's highest meet average (24.3) at the FAI Indoor World Championship 2019. Echochamber competed at the same international FAI events in 4-way Open that Team X attended in 4-way Women. This time, Bodil Almberg will not meet Echochamber in Norway, and she represents Sweden for the first time in 4-way Open.

FAI Outdoor World Cup 2017			1		2		3		4		Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		L,O,F,K,11		C,3,7		13,2,G		1,17,20		Total	Avg
1	NMP PCH HayaBusa	BE	35	-1	26	-1	21		20	-1	102	25.5
2	RealFly-Sion	FR	35		26	-1	20		20	-1	101	25.3
3	SDC Rhythm XP	US	33		24		20		16	-2	93	23.3
4	Black Cat	RU	26	-4	24	-1	17	-3	18	-2	85	21.3
5	bUSA Defiance	US	26	-1	22		16		17		81	20.3
6	Airbus	DE	27	-1	21		17		15		80	20.0
7	Espoir Saumur Weembi	FR	25	-2	19	-2	16		18		78	19.5
8	Papea Masculino	ES	26		19		12	-1	14		71	17.8
8	ISR FireFlash	BE	24	-1	18	-1	14		15		71	17.8
8	Barguzin	RU	24	-1	15	-3	17		15		71	17.8
11	Airheads Realfly	CH	24		20		13	-1	13		70	17.5
12	AtomiX YUU	DE	19	-2	19		13		15		66	16.5
12	eX3MO	IT	23	-1	17		12		14		66	16.5
12	Espoir Maubeuge Weembi	FR	24		17		12	-1	13	-1	66	16.5
15	Chimera	UK	21	-1	16	-1	14	-1	13		64	16.0
15	Kinetix	AU	22		17		13		12	-1	64	16.0
17	Tanay Wolves	RU	22		16		14		11	-1	63	15.8
18	Antimatter	UK	19		14	-1	13		13		59	14.8
19	NeVa	DE	20		15		11		11	-1	57	14.3
20	Out of the Blue	NL	18		14	-1	12		12		56	14.0
21	Team C4	SE	17	-1	14		12		11		54	13.5
22	Flyspot Sky4four	PL	18		14	-1	9	-1	11		52	13.0
22	Eros	UK	16		14		11	-1	11		52	13.0
24	Aurora	SE	15	-3	11	-1	11		11		48	12.0
25	Airvengers	AT	16	-1	12		10		9		47	11.8
26	Tyanno4us Rex	UK	11	-1	11	-2	8	-1	10		40	10.0
26	Atmosfera G4	PT	12	-1	10		9		9		40	10.0
28	Yingyang	UA	10	-2	12		9		6	-2	37	9.3
28	TNT	RO	13		11		6		7	-1	37	9.3
30	Tulpar	TR	8	-2	8		9		7		32	8.0
30	Cyprus	CY	12		9		6		5		32	8.0