Both champions dominated the game clearly and won their matches with scores 1-0. The fatigue caused by the long tournament and the wet swamp was clearly visible during the matches, but the champions were in just a little bit better shape than the opposing teams. The victory of Telinekataja put an end to the russian team Sputnik’s championship streak.

 

This year’s championships were played over two days instead of previous years’ three. According to Kimmo Kyhälä, manager of Ukkohalla, the players enjoyed the change. “We received a lot of positive feedback of the shortened way of play, so we plan to continue doing things in this manner next year as well. All in all, the championships went smoothly and the event grows more and more interesting internationally every year, so we can start building next years’ championships in truly good spirits”, said Kyhälä while waiting for the award ceremony to begin.

 

Business

Adventure

 

Hobby women

 

Hobby men

      1. Hörstin Hönkäys

      2. SSC Kilpentti

      3. SST-Kalunpoika

 

Competition women

Competition men

 

Mixed

International colors were brought to the championships by over 400 international players from Norway, Spain, Russia, Germany, France and Holland, among others. Several international news crews were also spotted at the swamp, such as media crews from Russia, news agency Reuters and Discovery channel, who help spread swamp soccer’s joyful message around the world.

Registration for 2010 championships begins on Monday at the suopotkupallo.fi website www.suopotkupallo.fi. 2010 championships are held 16.-17.7.