Hardcourt bike polo in 2009

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BFF Paris 2009 (Paris, France, 17-18 October 2009)

VEloveLO hardcourt bike polo tournament (Paris, France, 12 September 2009)

2009 Hardcourt Bike Polo World Championship (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 5 & 6 September 2009)

2009 North American Hardcourt Bike Polo Championship (Seattle, Washington, USA, 8 & 9 August 2009)

2009 European Hardcourt Bike Polo Championship (London, UK, 1 & 2 August 2009)

1^st C.P.C.V. hardcourt bike polo tournament (Paris, France, 3 May 2009)

1^st hardcourt bike polo Rouen Tournament (Rouen, France, 12 April 2009)

1^st hardcourt bike polo Paris Championship (Paris, France, dated 6 April 2009)

2009 Paris B.F.F. Tournament (17-18 October 2009)

The 2^nd edition of the Paris Bicycle Film Festival Tournament held in the 4^th district of Paris 17 & 18 October 2009. 36 teams were registered for this week-end. Those teams came not only from different French regions (Rhônes-Alpes, Normandy and Ile-de-France) but also from various European countries (Germany, Spain, Italy, United Kingdom, Switzerland). Even some American and Canadian players were there!

Poloholica vs Mancho Polo

The Paris BFF Tournament started with a qualifying round on Saturday 17, where 36 teams were divided in 6 groups of 6 teams each. Only the 4 first teams on each group were qualified for the double elimination round played on Sunday 18.

This tournament has been won by the 2009 European Champions, L’Equipe (Genève, Switzerland), which came from the loser's bracket, facing in final Apologies Accepted (Paris, France) who had sent in the loser's bracket Los Poloholics Toros (Munich, Germany) before the final and Malice International (London, U.K.) before the semi-final.

Tournoi VEloveLO (12 September 2009)

The "VEloveLO" hardcourt bike polo tournament has been held in Paris 4 in the frame of the opening of the new cycling track "Morland - Hôtel de ville".

For some absolute beginners such as Cyril (Dans ta gueule, Puceau !) or Ludovic Laurent (Les Béliers de Gervais-Lilas), it was time to start to play hardcourt bike polo. For those who had not a team and who wanted to try hardcourt bike polo, some initiatic games were played between some matches of the tournament.

Luis & Nick

Rank of the VEloveLO tournament

1/ les Marteaux Players
2/ Dans ta gueule, Puceau !
3/ the Fabulous French Fuckers
4/ Swallen Members
5/ the Saucy Lobstarz
6/ Ulyss3
7/ Les Béliers de Gervais-Lilas
8/ Les Cyclotrons
9/ la Pam
10/ L'Equipe Sans Nom

2009 Hardcourt Bike Polo World Championship

Organised by the Philly Bike Polo, this first Hardcourt Bike Polo World Championship has been held 5 & 6 September 2009 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. 48 teams played this world championship: 10 from Europe (France, Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom), 38 from North America (Canada, USA).

Ranking of the 2009 Hardcourt Bike Polo World Championship

1/ Team Smile (Seattle, Washington, USA)

2/ Balls Deep (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)

3/ Faceless Emotion (New York City, New York, USA)

4/ Wisconsin A (Wisconsin, USA)

5/ Mallets of Mayhem (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) and RVA (USA?)

7/ Mad Bike Polo (Madison, Wisconsin, USA) and NYC/Philly (USA)

9/ all other 40 teams...

2009 North American Hardcourt Bike Polo Championship

Organised by the "206" Seattle Bike Polo, this first North American Hardcourt Bike Polo Championship has been held 8 & 9 August 2009 in Seattle, Washington, USA. 35 teams played this championship.

Ranking of the 2009 North American Hardcourt Bike Polo Championship

1/ Team Smile (Seattle, Washington, USA)

2/ Balls Deep (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)

3/ Beaver Boys (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA)

4/ DD Booster Club (New York City, New York, USA)

5/ Mallets of Mayhem (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)

6/ Ken (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)

7/ Skid and Destroy (Portland, Oregon, USA)

8/ Bob’s Your Uncle (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)

9/ Rampant Murder Cake (Chicago, Illinois, USA)

10/ Poloreo (Seattle, Washington, USA)

11/ all other 25 teams...

2009 European Hardcourt Bike Polo Championship

Organised by the London Bike Polo, this first European Hardcourt Bike Polo Championship has been held 1 & 2 August 2009 in London. More than 30 teams played, coming from Germany, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, the U.K. and Switzerland.

Writting all matches results would be a heavy work. Just have a look at the following pictures, you'll know everything you may know about scores:

Ranking of the 2009 European Hardcourt Bike Polo Championship

1/ L’Equipe (Geneva, Switzerland)
2/ Malice International (London, UK)
3/ Poloholics Toros (Munich, Germany)
4/ Discordia - Dans ta gueule, Puceau ! (Paris, France)
5/ Cosmic3 (London, UK)
6/ Fabulous French Fuckers (Paris, France)
7/ BAD Polo (London, UK)
8/ Bärlin (Berlin, Germany)
9/ Rotten Apples (London, UK)
10/ Zombie United (London, UK)
11/ Fixa Club (Barcelona, Spain)
12/ Netto Superstars (Manchester, UK)
13/ The Toffs (Oxford, UK)
14/ Les Débutantes (Paris, France)
15/ Candy Colored Clowns (Karlsruhe, Germany)
16/ Fen Boy 3 (?) et MoM (Karlsruhe, Germany)
18/ No Polo.No Talk (London, UK)
19/ Dreipracht (Karlsruhe & Francfort, Germany)
20/ DBAA (Rouen, France)
21/ Mallet Force (Berlin, Germany) et Skidheadz (Barcelona, Spain)
23/ La French Cavalry (Paris, France) et Poloholics Anonymous (Munich, Germany)
25/ Drof Ox Flailer 3 (Oxford, UK), Blood, Sweat and Beers (Manchester, UK) et Rock ‘n’ Rollin Fixie Rider Club (Paris, France)
28/ Team Sparton (Lyon, France) et Downham Allstars (?)
30/ Broken Legs (Rouen, France)
31/ 3 Less Horses (Oxford, UK) et Cambridge 2 (Cambridge, UK)

2009 C.P.C.V. Tournament

Organised by the Panamessagers, this tournament had for frame the 1^st Bike Messengers Paris Championship and was played 3 May 2009 in the (empty) fountain of the Palais de Tokyo in Paris (France).

16 teams, including a team from London, England (la Schmoove), three teams from Rouen, Normandy (the Broken Legs, les Jupettes, Don't Be An Asshole) and two teams from the French Cycling Federation (la Pame for the Panamessagers and the Rams (Béliers in French) of Gervais-Lilas for the E.S. Gervais-Lilas), played this hardcourt bike polo tournament. Some teams were made with women, as the Jupettes and the Anglophones.

This tournament was played under the double elimination rules: a team losing for the first time had a second chance to play until the second and definitive defeat in the resit group.

Results of matches

1^st round	1^st resit round
Dans ta gueule, Puceau ! / les Broken Legs : 5 - 0 les Marteau Players / Rock'n'Rollin' : 5 - 0 les Béliers de Gervais-Lilas / les Anglophones : 5 - 1 les F.G.F. / la Polo Rocket : 5 - 2 la Pame / les Jupettes : 5 - 0 D.B.A.A. / Polochistolo : 5 - 0 la Schmoove / X-rated : 5 - 0 V.A.F. / Cyclotron : 5 - 0	les Broken Legs / Rock'n'Rollin' : 4 - 1 les Anglophones / X-rated : 5 - 0 les Jupettes / Cyclotron : 2 - 1 la Polo Rocket / Polochistolo : 5 - 0 Rock'n'Rollin', X-rated, Cyclotron and Polochistolo eliminated because of 2 defeats.
2^nd round	2^nd resit round
Dans ta gueule, Puceau ! / les Marteau Players : 2 - 1 les F.G.F. / les Béliers de Gervais-Lilas : 5 - 1 la Pame / D.B.A.A. : 2 - 1 la Schmoove / V.A.F. : 5 - 1	V.A.F. / les Broken Legs : 3 - 2 les Anglophones / D.B.A.A. : 5 - 1 les Béliers de Gervais-Lilas / les Jupettes : 5 - 1 les Marteau Players / la Polo Rocket : 3 - 1 Les Broken Legs, les Jupettes, D.B.A.A. and la Polo Rocket eliminated because of 2 defeats.
	1/8^th of resit round
	V.A.F. / les Anglophones : 5 - 4 les Béliers de Gervais-Lilas / les Marteau Players Les Anglophones and les Marteaux Players eliminated because of 2 defeats.
1/4 of final	1/4 of resit final
les F.G.F. / Dans ta gueule, Puceau ! : 5 - 1 La Schmoove / la Pame : 5 - 1	Dans ta gueule, Puceau ! / V.A.F. : 5 - 0 les Béliers de Gervais-Lilas / La Pame : 5 - 3 La Pame et V.A.F. eliminated because of 2 defeats.
semi-final	semi-resit final
les F.G.F. / la Schmoove : 5 - 2	Dans ta gueule, Puceau ! / les Béliers de Gervais-Lilas : 5 - 2 Les Béliers de Gervais-Lilas eliminated because of 2 defeats.
Final	Resit final
les F.G.F. / Dans ta gueule, Puceau ! : 5 - 3	Dans ta gueule, Puceau ! / la Schmoove : 5 - 1

2009 C.P.C.V. tournament rank

1/ les F.G.F. - Franco-Greek Fuckers (Ile-de-France)

2/ Dans ta gueule, Puceau ! (Ile-de-France)

3/ la Schmoove (England)

4/ Les Béliers de Gervais-Lilas (Ile-de-France)

5/ La Pame (Ile-de-France) & V.A.F. - Venez Avec vos Femmes (Ile-de-France)

7/ Les Anglophones (United States of Paris) & les Marteaux Players (Ile-de-France)

9/ Les Broken Legs (Normandy), les Jupettes (Normandy), D.B.A.A. - Don't Be An Ashole (Normandy) & la Polo Rocket (Ile-de-France)

13/ Rock'n'Rollin' (Ile-de-France), X-rated (Ile-de-France), Cyclotron (Ile-de-France) & Polochistolo (Ile-de-France)

2009 Rouen Tournament

Organised by the Broken Legs team, the first hardcourt bike polo Rouen tournament has been played on the St-Exupéry stadium in Rouen (Normandy, France) on 12 April 2009 by 16 teams from the United States, the United Kingdom and France in the frame of the "Happy Wheels" Urban Culture Festival of Canteleu (Normandy, France).

Rank of the 2009 Rouen Tournament

1/ Seattle Super Stars (United States of America)
2/ Bad Polo (United Kingdom)
3/ Fabulous French Fuckers (France)
4/ Dans ta gueule, Puceau ! (France)

Rank of other teams on the right picture.

Another video on Seine-Maritime.TV.

2009 Paris Championship

The first urban bike polo Paris Championship (teams with 3 players, games on hardcourt) is hled from 1 February and 1 May 2009 at the Champ de Mars or Petit Palais, Paris, France.

Each of the 8 registered teams play 3 matches against the other teams. The first team who scores 5 goals wins the match. Each victory gives 1 point. The winner of the Paris Championship will be the team who will have won the biggest number of matches.

Results of played games

*Matches times*	*Matches*	*Scores*
1 - 15 February 2009	Marteau Players - Broken Legs	5 - 0 ; 5 - 0 ; 5 - 1
	Béliers de Gervais-Lilas - V.A.F.	5 - 0 ; 5 - 2 ; 5 - 2
	Fabulous French Fuckers (F.F.F.) - Pame	5 - 0 ; 5 - 1 ; 5 - 0
	Dans ta gueule, Puceau ! - Polo Rocket	5 - 1 ; 5 - 0 ; 5 - 0
15 February - 1 March 2009	Marteau Players - V.A.F.	5 - 2 ; 5 - 0 ; 5 - 2
	Dans ta gueule, Puceau ! - La Pame	5 - 1 ; 5 - 0 ; 5 - 1
15 mars - 29 mars 2009	Béliers de Gervais-Lilas - Broken Legs	5 - 0 ; 5 - 1 ; 5 - 0
29 March - 12 April 2009	Béliers de Gervais-Lilas - La Pame	5 - 0 ; 5 - 0 ; 5 - 1

2009 urban bike polo Paris Championship rank

ranks	teams	Pts	PG	WG	LG	G+	G-	GA
1	Béliers de Gervais-Lilas	9	9	9	0	45	6	+ 39
2	Dans ta gueule, Puceau !	6	6	6	0	30	3	+ 27
3	Marteau Players	6	6	6	0	30	5	+ 25
4	Fabulous French Fuckers (F.F.F.)	3	3	3	0	15	1	+ 14
5	Polo Rocket	0	3	0	3	1	15	- 14
6	V.A.F.	0	6	0	6	8	30	- 22
7	Broken Legs	0	6	0	6	2	30	- 28
8	La Pame	0	9	0	9	4	45	- 41

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