posted Nov 24th, 2025 - The first NSL News update of the military CISM World Championship 2025 on November 19thmentioned that there was still the potential of a battle for medals, even though NMP PCH HayaBusa did not not have any serious opposition any longer without the participation of Golden Knights and Qatar Tigers.

Three rounds were almost completed at that point in time, and the Belgians were 19 points ahead of Germany in 2nd place. The German Bundeswehr 4-way team were only three points ahead of Turkiye (76 - 73), and the Czech team did not have a score for Round 3. Spain's national team in 4-way Open, Papea, had lost seven points due to the insufficient camera angle in the first two rounds and began catching up beginning in Round 3.

The next two completed rounds were showing that the expected battle behind NMP PCH HayaBusa is in full swing. Germany and Turkiye try to fend off Papea from Spain, who have won or tied the highscores for all rounds after the unfortunate beginning of the competition. At the same time, Germany's 3-point lead over Turkiye has shrunk to one single point. In fact, only Germany's 27-pointer in Round 2 is still the team's foundation for maintaining the 2nd place, and even the team from the Czech Republic is still within reach of the medal positions behind NMP PCH HayaBusa. Three more rounds is enough time for any of the same four teams to reach one of the two available slots on the CISM podium.

CISM Military 2025			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Male		M,14,Q,D	M,B,P,2	M,E,H,18	M,K,F,16	M,J,22,R	M,O,G,17	M,A,L,19	M,1,C,N	Total	Avg
1	NMP PCH HayaBusa	BE	28	33	34	-	-	-	-	-	95	31.7
2	Germany	DE	23	27	26	-	-	-	-	-	76	25.3
3	Türkiye	TR	24	27	22	-	-	-	-	-	73	24.3
4	Czech Republic	CZ	19	27	-	-	-	-	-	-	46	23.0
5	Papea	ES	18	21	29	-	-	-	-	-	68	22.7
6	Brazil	BR	21	23	22	-	-	-	-	-	66	22.0
7	Austria	AT	19	21	23	-	-	-	-	-	63	21.0
8	Korea	KR	14	24	23	-	-	-	-	-	61	20.3
9	Morocco	MA	14	21	22	-	-	-	-	-	57	19.0
10	Kuwait	KW	17	19	18	-	-	-	-	-	54	18.0
11	Bahrain	BH	14	21	17	-	-	-	-	-	52	17.3
12	Denmark	DK	15	18	14	-	-	-	-	-	47	15.7
13	Italy	IT	6	18	19	-	-	-	-	-	43	14.3
14	Latvia	LV	7	11	6	-	-	-	-	-	24	8.0

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Germany (DE) - Türkiye (TR) at the CISM World Championship 2025

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The competition videos include Round 5, and they are showing the Bundy of FAI/ISC's Block 12 (Bundy - Bundy) as a Random Formation (R). NMP PCH HayaBusa members Dennis Praet and Neal Willems had explained during NSL Live Talk on November 19th that dive pool and rules of the CISM 4-way events are different compared to the FAI/ISC rules and regulations.

Block 12 is not a part of the CISM competition draw, and neither is the Caterpillar or the complete Block 15. The Cat of Block 15 used to be a Random Formation in the CISM dive pool.

NMP PCH HayaBusa have extended their lead from 19 points after Round 3 to 31 points after Round 5, while the four teams behind have moved closer to each other. Germany, Turkiye and Papea were separated by eight points after Round 3, and six points are left of the advantage for Germany over Papea, currently in 4th place. NMP PCH HayaBusa finished the eight CISM rounds last year with a 33.4 average. David Grauwels was in the active lineup by then, and new member Ray Lodens was on the bench. There is a very good chance for the current lineup to get even closer to last year's meet average after Round 8. The remaining three rounds have the potential to generate more 30+ scores.

CISM Military 2025			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Male		M,14,Q,D	M,B,P,2	M,E,H,18	M,K,F,16	M,J,22,R	M,O,G,17	M,A,L,19	M,1,C,N	Total	Avg
1	NMP PCH HayaBusa	BE	28	33	34	35	28	-	-	-	158	31.6
2	Germany	DE	23	27	26	30	21	-	-	-	127	25.4
3	Türkiye	TR	24	27	22	31	22	-	-	-	126	25.2
4	Papea	ES	18	21	29	31	22	-	-	-	121	24.2
5	Czech Republic	CZ	19	27	24	26	20	-	-	-	116	23.2
6	Brazil	BR	21	23	22	25	20	-	-	-	111	22.2
7	Korea	KR	14	24	23	25	15	-	-	-	101	20.2
8	Austria	AT	19	21	23	21	14	-	-	-	98	19.6
9	Morocco	MA	14	21	22	25	16	-	-	-	98	19.6
10	Kuwait	KW	17	19	18	22	14	-	-	-	90	18.0
11	Bahrain	BH	14	21	17	19	11	-	-	-	82	16.4
12	Denmark	DK	15	18	14	17	13	-	-	-	77	15.4
13	Italy	IT	6	18	19	7	15	-	-	-	65	13.0
14	Latvia	LV	7	11	6	10	10	-	-	-	44	8.8

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Papea (ES) - Czech Republic (CZ) at the CISM World Championship 2025

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