History of WUGC
The WFDF World Ultimate & Guts Championships are currently held every 4 years. Qualifying events in each country typically occur in the year prior to the World Championships.
In 1983, the first World Ultimate & Guts Championship was held in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Related events include:
- WFDF World Club Ultimate Championships, where multiple 'club' teams from each country can qualify to attend, also held every four years but staggered by two years from the World Championships.
- WFDF World Junior Ultimate Championships, also held every four years and staggered by 2 years from the World Championships.
- World Games - Ultimate was first included as a medal sport in the 2001 World Games in Akita, Japan.
| Year | Host | Ultimate | Guts | |||||
| Open | Women | Junior Open | Junior Women | Master | Mixed | Open | ||
| 1983 | Gothenburg, Sweden | USA | USA | Finland | - | - | - | Sweden |
| 1984 | Luzern, Switzerland | USA | Finland | Sweden | - | - | - | USA |
| 1986 | Colchester, UK | USA | USA | Sweden | - | - | - | Sweden |
| 1988 | Leuven, Belgium | USA | USA | Sweden | - | Sweden | - | Sweden |
| 1990 | Oslo, Norway | USA | USA | Sweden | - | USA | - | USA |
| 1992 | Utsunomiya, Japan | Sweden | Japan | Chinese Taipei | - | USA | - | USA |
| 1994 | Colchester, UK | USA | Sweden | USA | - | - | - | Chinese Taipei |
| 1996 | Jonkoping, Sweden | USA | Sweden | Sweden | - | Sweden | - | Chinese Taipei |
| 1998 | Blaine, MN, USA | Canada | USA | USA | - | Canada | Canada | Chinese Taipei |
| 2000 | Heilbronn, Germany | USA | Canada | Sweden | USA | USA | USA | Chinese Taipei |
| 2004 | Turku, Finland | Canada | Canada | USA | Canada | USA | USA | Japan |
| 2008 | Vancouver, Canada | Canada | USA | USA | Japan | USA | Canada | USA |
More information on the history of WFDF, Ultimate and Guts can be found on the
WFDF website.