posted Dec 8th, 2025 - The dramatic and unfortunate Papea story at the CISM World Championship was covered earlier by the NSL News, most recently on November 28th. The last three rounds of the meet were canceled due to the weather conditions in Qatar, which halted Spain’s national team’s strong recovery after the first two rounds in 4-way Male. Competition stopped after Round 5 of the scheduled eight rounds, leaving Papea just outside the medals in 4th place.

Among all military teams competing in Qatar, Papea and NMP PCH HayaBusa were likely in the greatest hurry to return home, with indoor events on their schedules only days after the award ceremony in Doha. Switching from outdoor to indoor competition is generally easier than the opposite, but jet lag affects both directions alike. The time difference between Qatar and Western Europe is eight hours.

For NMP PCH HayaBusa members Neal Willems and Ray Lodens, the post-CISM schedule was less demanding. They were able to enjoy competing with various teams at the ISR Grand Prix 2025, which primarily serves Dutch teams as a combined national indoor championship. Belgium had already completed their national indoor championship in February, where the new HayaBusa lineup secured another 4-way indoor title with a 26.2 average. For Ray Lodens, it was his first national indoor gold, followed by his first Belgian outdoor title at the BENELUX Championship 2025 and then CISM gold.

CISM Military 2025			1	2	3	4	5	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	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 at the CISM World Championship 2025

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The situation was different for Spain’s Papea 4-way team, who had just as little time as the two HayaBusa members to process the outcome of the CISM meet. Spain’s national indoor championship took place the same weekend Neal Willems and Ray Lodens were competing in Roosendaal—only days after all of them had returned from Qatar.

For Papea, winning the national indoor championship was essential to maintain their status as Spain’s national 4-way Open Class team. However, as in Belgium, Papea face little domestic opposition. Earlier this year, HayaBusa’s new lineup won the Belgian indoor title by 60 points over Ayro (262–202). Papea similarly dominated, finishing 39 points ahead of Windabona Angels just after returning from the CISM outdoor event.

Although transitioning from outdoor to indoor competition is generally easier than the reverse, Papea still had to cover the full FAI/ISC dive pool and unpredictable sequences at the national indoor championship. Even so, they remained comfortably ahead of their competitors. The current lineup has not yet returned to their form from the FAI Indoor World Championship 2025 in April, which was to be expected. They now have four months to prepare for the Indoor World Cup at Weembi Lille and aim to surpass their 25.5 average. Their team record is a 27.4 average, achieved at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2024 in China.

Spain Indoor Nationals 2025		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class	5,13,E	G,9,O,20	1,21,6	14,L,D,C	10,22,Q	P,3,B,17	H,N,12,A	7,2,16	K,19,M,4	F,8,J,15	Total	Avg
1	Papea	26	24	21	29	21	25	25	20	20	23	234	23.4
2	Windabona Angels	19	20	20	23	15	21	21	17	20	19	195	19.5
3	Magyx Alumilux	14	14	13	15	10	12	15	14	15	15	137	13.7
4	Valkirias Windabona	11	16	12	15	11	11	13	11	13	14	127	12.7
5	Aston Martin	8	12	11	11	9	9	11	6	10	10	97	9.7
6	Arkeo	7	8	5	4	5	6	6	8	5	3	57	5.7

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Papea at the FAI Indoor World Championship 2025 and the FAI Indoor World Cup 2024

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