The World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF), following a review by the Rules Sub-Committee, has announced an updated set of the Rules of Ultimate and Championship Appendix for 2021-2024. The WFDF Board of Directors have approved these changes and the new rules come into effect on 1 January 2021.
The WFDF Ultimate Rules Sub-Committee has introduced a number of changes aimed at producing better flow of play, fairer outcomes, and a closer alignment with the USA Ultimate rule set, with the additional goal of enabling self-officiating to work as effectively as possible.
“Self-officiation is an integral part of Ultimate, so having a clear and concise set of Rules is critical,” said Rueben Berg, chair of the WFDF Rules Sub-Committee. “This update to the Rules of Ultimate provides greater clarity around some key aspects of the game, as well as including some changes to ensure fairer outcomes, that will hopefully assist in the self-officiation process.”
Rueben continued, “I encourage all players to learn and understand the changes we have introduced. We have a wealth of resources available on rules.wfdf.sport to assist players with rules knowledge.”
WFDF would like to thank the efforts of those across the globe who have helped contribute to putting this latest update together.
Please find the 2021 versions of the rules, the track changes versions and a summary of changes here:
WFDF Rules of Ultimate 2021-2024
WFDF Rules of Ultimate 2021-2024 – Track changes
WFDF Rules of Ultimate 2021-2024 – Appendix v1
WFDF Rules of Ultimate 2021-2024 – Appendix v1 Track changes
Additional resources are available here: rules.wfdf.sport