World Freshwater Angling Championships

The World Freshwater Angling Championships is a freshwater angling competition. Participating countries fish in teams of six with titles awarded to the team with the highest aggregate weight and for the highest individual weight. Since its inception in 1954, the competition has been staged on rivers, canals and still waters. Currently (2013), the championships have not been held outside of Europe. In 1992, Dave Wesson, an Australian, became the only non-European to win the title.^[1]

Championship results

Year	Venue	Individual Champion	kg/lbs	Team Champions	Points
1954	Düsseldorf, West Germany	Vigarani, Italy	2.467 kilograms (5.44 lb)	England	50
1955	Reading, England	Maill, France	2.448 kilograms (5.40 lb)	Luxembourg	69
1956	Paris, France	Cerfontaine, France	1.541 kilograms (3.40 lb)	France	39
1957	Belgrade, Yugoslavia	Mandell, Italy	8.780 kilograms (19.36 lb)	Italy	23
1958	Huy, Belgium	Garroit, Belgium	8.780 kilograms (19.36 lb)	Belgium	29
1959	Neuchatel, Switzerland	Tesse, France	6.386 kilograms (14.08 lb)	France	71
1960	Gdańsk, Poland	Tesse, France	2.000 kilograms (4.409 lb)	Belgium	36
1961	Merseburg, East Germany	Le Gouge, France	3.120 kilograms (6.88 lb)	East Germany	44
1962	Lac de Garde, Italy	Tedesco, Italy	3.615 kilograms (7.97 lb)	Italy	21
1963	Wormeldange, Luxembourg	Billy Lane, England	4.570 kilograms (10.08 lb)	France	57
1964	Isola dei Pescatori, Italy	Fontanet, France	5.395 kilograms (11.89 lb)	France	6
1965	Galati, Romania	Tesse, France	3.227 kilograms (7.11 lb)	Romania	22
1966	Martham Ferry, England	Guiheneuf, France	5.742 kilograms (12.66 lb)	France	8
1967	Dunaújváros, Hungary	Isenbaert, Belgium	9.880 kilograms (21.78 lb)	Belgium	12
1968	Fermoy, Ireland	Grebenstein, West Germany	3.218 kilograms (7.09 lb)	France	18
1969	Bad Oldesloe, West Germany	Robin Harris, England	4.462 kilograms (9.84 lb)	Netherlands	17
1970	Berg, Netherlands	Van Den Eynde, Belgium	4.084 kilograms (9.00 lb)	Belgium	8
1971	Peschiera del Garda, Italy	Bassi, Italy	3.913 kilograms (8.63 lb)	Italy	6
1972	Prague, Czechoslovakia	Levels, Netherlands	9.310 kilograms (20.53 lb)	France	12
1973	Chalon-sur-Saône, France	Michiels, France	3.681 kilograms (8.12 lb)	Belgium	10
1974	Ghent, Belgium	Richter, West Germany	5.016 kilograms (11.06 lb)	France	18
1975	Bydgoszcz, Poland	Ian Heaps, England	10.234 kilograms (22.56 lb)	France	23
1976	Varna, Bulgaria	Bassi, Italy	8.296 kilograms (18.29 lb)	Italy	7
1977	Ehnen, Luxembourg	Mainil, Belgium	3.941 kilograms (8.69 lb)	Luxembourg	16
1978	Vienna, Austria	Fougeat, France	1.561 kilograms (3.44 lb)	France	14
1979	Saragossa, Spain	Heulard, France	2.155 kilograms (4.75 lb)	France	14
1980	Mannheim, West Germany	Kremkus, West Germany	16.990 kilograms (37.46 lb)	West Germany	7
1981	Luddington, England	David Thomas, England	1.190 kilograms (2.62 lb)	France	25
1982	Newry, Northern Ireland	Kevin Ashurst, England	0.820 kilograms (1.81 lb)	Netherlands	20
1983	Amersfoort, Netherlands	Kremkus, West Germany	0.820 kilograms (1.81 lb)	Belgium	9
1984	Yverdon, Switzerland	Bobby Smithers, Ireland	0.820 kilograms (1.81 lb)	Luxembourg	28
1985	Florence, Italy	David Roper, England	6.405 kilograms (14.12 lb)	England	16
1986	Strasbourg, France	Wever, Netherlands	3.940 kilograms (8.69 lb)	Italy	27
1987	Coimbra, Portugal	Clive Branson, Wales	2.500 kilograms (5.51 lb)	England	9
1988	Damme, Belgium	Fougeat, France	7.060 kilograms (15.56 lb)	England	50
1989	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	Tom Pickering, England	15.450 kilograms (34.06 lb)	Wales	48
1990	Maribor, Yugoslavia	Bob Nudd, England	2.665 kilograms (5.88 lb)	France	6
1991	Szeged, Hungary	Bob Nudd, England	12.215 kilograms (26.93 lb)	England	44
1992	Enniskillen, Northern Ireland	Dave Wesson, Australia	8.820 kilograms (19.44 lb)	Italy	94
1993	Coruche, Portugal	Barros, Portugal	6.945 kilograms (15.31 lb)	Italy	49
1994	Nottingham, England	Bob Nudd, England	8.500 kilograms (18.74 lb)	England	92
1995	Lappeenranta, Finland	Jean, France	6.405 kilograms (14.12 lb)	France	23
1996	Peschiera del Garda, Italy	Alan Scotthorne, England	3.940 kilograms (8.69 lb)	Italy	36
1997	Velence, Hungary	Alan Scotthorne, England	19.711 kilograms (43.46 lb)	Italy	56.5
1998	Zagreb, Croatia	Alan Scotthorne, England	9.726 kilograms (21.44 lb)	England	61
1999	Toledo, Spain	Bob Nudd, England	54.110 kilograms (119.29 lb)	Spain	34
2000	Firenze, Italy	Falsini, Italy	?	Italy	37
2001	Paris, France	Ballabeni, Italy	?	England	68
2002	Coimbra, Portugal	Blasco, Spain	?	Spain	52.5
2003	Madunice, Slovakia	Alan Scotthorne, England	?	Hungary	55
2004	Willebroek, Belgium	Walter, Hungary	?	France	70
2005	?, Finland	Guido Nullens, Belgium	?	England	64
2006	Rio Mondego, Portugal	Tamas Walter, Hungary	10.105 kilograms (22.28 lb)	England	61
2007	Lake Velence, Hungary	Alan Scotthorne, England	?	Italy	57
2008	Spinadesco Canal, Italy	Will Raison, England	?	England	74
2009	Lage Vaart Canal, Netherlands	Igor Potapov, Russia	?	Slovakia	39
2010	Ciudad Real, Spain	Meis Frank, Luxembourg	?	England	40
2011	Ostellato Ferrara, Italy	Andrea Fini, Italy	?	Italy	21
2012	River Morava, Czech Republic	Sean Ashby, England	?	Poland	30
2013	Zarenski Canal, Warsaw, Poland	Didier Delannoy, France	?	England	22^[2]
2014	Dubrava Canal, Croatia	Goran Radovic, Serbia	?	Netherlands	38^[3]
2015	Sava River, Slovenia	Yuri Siptov, Russia	36.939 kg	Italy	37^[1]

Championship records

Team competition	Individual competition	Highest individual weight
France 15 1954, 1959, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1990, 1995, 2004	Alan Scotthorne 5 1996, 1997, 1998, 2003, 2007	Bob Nudd 1999, 54.110 kilograms (119.29 lb)

References

1 2 World Freshwater Angling Championships tables Retrieved 30 October 2013
↑ World Angling Championships 2013 Retrieved 30 October 2013
↑ World Angling Championships 2014 Retrieved 16 September 2014

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