posted Feb 17th, 2022 - The 4-way indoor winter season has been in full swing, and several countries are running their national indoor championships before the FAI Indoor World Cup 2022 takes place in April at Airspace in Charleroi, Belgium.

Most of the national indoor championships are not the qualification events for this year's indoor world cup, as there would not be much time between qualification and the FAI/ISC event in April. The indoor world meet of 2023 is the qualification goal for the recent events, just as last year's national outdoor championships were mostly the qualifiers for the FAI World Championship of Formation Skydiving in Eloy this October.

Czech Republic, Great Britain, Spain, Norway have already completed their indoor nationals, and the U.S. championships at Paraclete XP are scheduled for end of next week. Germany and France follow in March when NMP PCH HayaBusa and Arizona Airspeed will face each for the first time since January 2020 at the Shamrock Showdown outdoor competition.

The Paraclete XP Indoor Championship has been the only 4-way event in the world that carried on with the annual 4-way and 8-way competition in the last three years without much loss of participation, and this year's event will surely continue with the highest indoor turnout in the United States.

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FAI Indoor World Cup 2022			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Delegations		TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	Total	Avg
-	Airborne VDV	RU	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	IFS-Moscow	RU	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Quartet	RU	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	DanDelion WN	RU	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Bubbles	RU	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Airborne Forces Juniors	RU	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Airborne Yunarmiya	RU	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Aerokart Monaco Akdemie	FR	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	St Flow Weembi	FR	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Monaco Aerodyne	FR	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Once Pakoi	FR	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	France 4-way Women	FR	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Aerokart Monaco Akdemie	FR	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	HF Flying Circus	CZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	HF Cubs	CZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	HF Flying Rebels	CZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	HF Chameleons	CZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Arizona Airspeed	US	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	SDC Rhythm XP	US	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Skydive Midwest NEXT	US	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Meraki	UK	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	NFTO	UK	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Alola	UK	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Papea Masculino	ES	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Alakran	ES	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Windabona Angels	ES	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Amnesya	IT	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Synergy	IT	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Italy 4-way Women	IT	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Out of the Blue	NL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Chaotic Motion	NL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Fatal Four	NL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	NMP-PCH Hayabusa	BE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	ISR FireFlash	BE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Pro Team	FI	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Tribe	FI	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Echochamber Oceanside	SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Aurora	SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Skynamite	DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Piteraq	DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	So Pressao	BR	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	FlySpot Sky4Four	PL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Honey Badger	KR	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Flybox Playtika	IL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Equinox	LT	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Bronteroc	HU	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Windabona Black Mantis	AT	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Windwerk EOS	CH	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Grey = 4way Open, Magenta = 4way Women, Yellow = 4way Junior

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The FAI Indoor World Cup 2022 is the comeback event for international teams under the umbrella of the Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI - World Air Sports Federation) and its International Skydiving Commission (ISC).

The FAI Indoor World Meet 2019 at Weembi Lille was the last event before the corona virus crisis, and this year's world cup event in Charleroi seems to indicate that teams and competitors are ready for the restart.

The current list of pre-registered teams includes a total of 48 teams in 4-way Open, 4-way Women and 4-way Junior combined. The 48 teams plan to travel to Belgium coming from 20 different countries in the world, except for NMP PCH HayaBusa and ISR FireFlash, who have the shortest travel distances this year.

The number of 48 teams would be record participation since FAI/ISC adopted indoor competition in 2014 and held their first indoor world meet at the Hurricane Factory in 2015, with a total of 27 teams. The standing record for an indoor world cup are the 39 teams in the same three 4-way events at Flyspot in Poland in 2016.

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FAI Indoor World Cup 2016			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open		15,11,6		7,2,A		J,B,18,5		E,19,Q,3		8,P,21		12,L,O,C		G,20,F,16		10,D,22		N,9,K,4		14,M,17		Total	Avg
1	NMP PCH HayaBusa	BE	25	-2	32	-2	33		31	-2	24	-2	31	-3	32	-1	26		41		31		306	30.6
2	Weembi	FR	24	-3	30	-1	33		33		25	-1	33		31		26		36		31		302	30.2
3	France 4-way Open	FR	20	-3	27	-1	29		29		26		30		29		23		35		31		279	27.9
4	Qatar Tigers	QA	22		27	-1	27	-1	29		25		28		24	-1	21		36		27		266	26.6
5	Gryttjom Volo	SE	23		24	-2	24	-2	26		24		27		26		20		29	-1	25		248	24.8
6	Echochamber	SE	20	-1	27	-1	27		22	-1	20	-1	26		25		18		29		24	-1	238	23.8
7	XOTeam	RU	19	-1	24	-1	26	-1	25	-1	18	-3	24	-1	22	-2	19		28	-1	25		230	23.0
8	Sky Dragons	SI	18	-2	24		23		26		21		20	-2	23		18	-1	27		20	-3	220	22.0
9	ACM	UK	19		22		21		22		19		22		23		15	-1	26		22	-1	211	21.1
10	Bad Boys	CZ	19		23	-1	19	-2	22	-1	21		19	-2	22	-1	17		26		21	-2	209	20.9
11	Chimera	UK	19		22	-2	22		24		17	-3	19	-2	21	-2	18	-1	24	-2	22	-1	208	20.8
12	Energy	IT	17		21	-2	20	-1	23	-1	18	-1	21		23		16		23	-2	21		203	20.3
13	Jazz Republic	ZA	17		20	-1	17	-1	23		19		21		19	-1	18		25		22		201	20.1
14	Qatar Falcons A	QA	18		22		18	-1	21		19	-1	21	-1	22	-1	14	-3	22	-1	21		198	19.8
15	VAF Warriors	DK	17		20	-1	18	-2	22		18	-1	20	-1	20		18		21	-1	18	-1	192	19.2
16	Qatar Falcons B	QA	18		20	-1	17	-1	21	-2	20		21		17	-3	15	-1	25	-2	15	-5	189	18.9
17	Monaco	MC	15	-2	21		18	-1	20		14	-3	21		18	-1	15	-1	23		19		184	18.4
18	Sky4four	PL	19		19	-2	15	-2	22		19	-1	19		17	-3	10	-4	24		16	-4	180	18.0
19	Aladeen	HU	17		20	-1	16	-1	21	-1	16		20	-1	14	-4	12	-2	20	-2	21		177	17.7
20	HF Michels Chicks	CZ	18		21		18	-1	19		18	-1	17	-1	19	-1	15		9	-8	18	-1	172	17.2
21	Phoenix	UK	14		19		14	-2	13	-4	17		18		18		13	-2	20	-2	16		162	16.2
22	Equinox	LT	13	-1	18		7	-3	15	-2	16		16		17	-1	12		19	-1	17	-1	150	15.0
Rank	4-way Women		15,11,6		7,2,A		J,B,18,5		E,19,Q,3		8,P,21		12,L,O,C		G,20,F,16		10,D,22		N,9,K,4		14,M,17		Total	Avg
1	French Girls Weembi	FR	21	-2	29		31		30	-1	26		28	-2	26	-1	23	-1	34	-1	31		279	27.9
2	Volition	UK	22		25	-1	27		27		22	-1	23	-2	21	-2	20		31		24		242	24.2
3	NFTO	UK	20		26		26		26		20	-1	23	-1	22	-1	19		24	-1	21	-1	227	22.7
4	No Mercy	PL	18	-1	22		22		21	-1	14	-5	21		23		17		26		21		205	20.5
5	Flyspot Chicks	PL	17		20	-1	17	-1	20		19		18		20		14		22		18	-1	185	18.5
6	Team X	SE	15	-1	21		12	-3	22		17	-2	16	-4	18	-2	15	-1	21		17		174	17.4
7	CZ Ladies	CZ	12	-1	18		11	-2	17	-1	15	-1	16	-1	12	-2	13	-1	20		16		150	15.0
8	Vesce	SI	13	-2	17	-2	14	-1	16	-1	14	-1	13	-3	14	-2	10	-1	17		14		142	14.2
9	Not Your March	HU	11		15		11		12	-2	11		13		11	-1	9		15		13		121	12.1
Rank	4-way Junior		6,22		21,P,B		4,20		14,M,N		K,15,C		19,L,7		O,2,H		J,A,18		-		-		Total	Avg
1	AirDevils	CA	16	-1	22		16		24		21	-1	21		22		21		-		-		163	20.4
2	Aerokart Ak'demie 1	FR	17		21	-2	17		21		23	-1	18	-2	21	-2	21		-		-		159	19.9
3	Tunnel Vision	CA	16	-1	23		13	-2	21	-1	20	-1	17	-4	22		21		-		-		153	19.1
4	Aerokart Ak'demie 2	FR	16	-1	24		17		14	-2	22		19		19		18	-1	-		-		149	18.6
5	HF Junior Cubs	CZ	15		18	-3	13		17		18		16		14	-3	19		-		-		130	16.3
6	Aerokart Ak'demie 3	FR	13		18		12	-1	14	-1	14	-2	15		16		15		-		-		117	14.6
7	VossVind Girls	NO	11	-2	15	-1	11		15		13	-1	15		16	-1	13		-		-		109	13.6
8	HF Junior Flies	CZ	12	-1	10	-5	8	-2	13		11		10	-1	11	-3	9	-2	-		-		84	10.5

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The NSL News has successfully completed plans for live coverage from Belgium in April, thanks to the passionate support of several NSL News fans who donated to help cover the expenses, and to two more special and very passionate 4-way and R2G fans, Kamuran "Sonic" Bayrasli and his wife Donna, who run the Ranch Pro Shop together.

The NSL News preview of the FAI Indoor World Cup 2022 begins with the introduction of the preliminary 4-way delegations from the 20 different countries in the same three events, which will soon be followed by the NSL Power Rankings.

The overview of all currently pre-registered teams is showing that Russia is bringing the largest delegation to Belgium. The total of seven teams is not only the highest number in participation. The Russian 4-way teams will be medal contenders in all three events, and Bubbles are probably the top contender for indoor gold in 4-way Women.

The French delegation is in second place with five teams, and the 4-way Women lineup will try to defend the world's top spot of 2019. The Czech delegation includes the 4-way Junior world champions of 2019, HF Cubs, who will compete for new medals in 4-way Women. The U.S. delegation includes Arizona Airspeed, who will challenge NMP PCH HayaBusa for the 4-way Open Class top spot in the indoor world - with two former R2G members, who Kamuran "Sonic" Bayrasli will follow live online day and night...