Editing Ultimate frisbee (section)

==Players associations==
In late December 1979, the first national player-run ultimate organization was founded in the United States as the [[Ultimate Players Association]] (UPA). Tom Kennedy was elected its first director. Before the UPA, events had been sponsored by the International Frisbee Association (IFA), a promotional arm of Wham-O.<ref name="wfdf1" />

The UPA organized regional tournaments and has crowned a national champion every year since 1979. [[Glassboro State College]] defeated the Santa Barbara Condors 19–18 at the first UPA Nationals in 1979.<ref name="wfdf1" />

In 2010, the UPA rebranded itself as [[USA Ultimate]].

The first European Championship tournament for national teams was held in 1980 in [[Paris]]. [[Finland]] won, with [[England]] and Sweden finishing second and third.<ref name="wfdf1" /> In 1981 the European Flying Disc Federation (EFDF) was formed.<ref name="wfdf1" /> In 1984 the [[World Flying Disc Federation]] (WFDF) was formed by the EFDF to be the international governing body for disc sports.<ref name="wfdf1" /> The first World Championships tournament was held in 1983 in Gothenburg, Sweden.

The [[European Ultimate Federation]] is the governing body for the sport of ultimate in Europe. Founded in 2009, it is part of the European Flying Disc Federation (EFDF) and of the [[World Flying Disc Federation]].

[[Ultimate Canada]], the national governing body in Canada, was formed in 1993. The first [[Canadian Ultimate Championships|Canadian National Ultimate Championships]] were held in Ottawa 1987.<ref name="Ultimate Canada">{{cite web |publisher=Ultimate Canada |url=https://canadianultimate.com/ |title=Ultimate Canada [home page] |work=CanadianUltimate.com |access-date=May 15, 2013}}</ref>{{full citation needed|date=September 2023|reason=Specific page needed. The organization's home page does not provide any information about championships in Ottawa in 1987, which is what it was cited for.}}

In 2006, ultimate became a [[British Universities & Colleges Sport|BUCS]] accredited sport at Australian and UK universities for both indoor and outdoor open division events.

The WFDF was granted full IOC recognition on 2 Aug 2015.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-33752105 |title='Ultimate Frisbee' recognised by International Olympic Committee |work=BBC News|date=August 2, 2015 }}</ref>  This allows the possibility for the organization to receive IOC funding and become an Olympic Game.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.si.com/more-sports/2015/08/02/ulimate-frisbee-international-olympic-committee-approval |title=Ultimate Frisbee recognized by International Olympic Committee |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] }}</ref>