Clapham (8th seeds)
Clapham are a London-based team that we have played many times over the past few years. They are currently the no.1 team in Europe and have travelled to the USA for the past couple of seasons to gain more experience of playing at an 'Elite' level - i.e. a standard of Ultimate that we aspire to but have yet to get near. They are an exceptional squad and will be unhappy to finish anywhere lower than semi-finals. On an aside, one of their starting O line players is Cian O'Morain, arguably the best Ultimate player Ireland has ever produced. He'll be the sunburnt fair-haired chap looking like he should be playing Gaelic Football.
Mephisto (17th seeds)
Mephisto hail from Montreal in the French-speaking area of Canada, Quebec, making them quebecois. They are the 3rd best Open team from Canada having finished behind Furious George and Phoenix at last years CUC. Canadian Ultimate is one of the powerhouses worldwide, along with US Ultimate, and their teams tend to perform well in all divisions of all international competitions. They tend to be fast, aggressive and athletic. Mephisto will likely be an excellent team.
KFUM Orebro are a Swedish team of whom we know very little. They are the only team to play at this World Championships who also competed at the very first World Club Championships 25 years ago. Last year they finished 23rd of 24 teams at the European Club Finals. Swedish Ultimate has always enjoyed a powerful presence in European Ultimate with their Open national team currently the silver medalists since 2011. Orebro will provide further tough opposition yet being the 3rd seeds in the group they will be the team we will be targeting the most.
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