Vancouver Furious George
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Furious George is an elite-level men's ultimate
Ultimate (sport)
Ultimate is a sport played with a 175 gram flying disc. The object of the game is to score points by passing the disc to a player in the opposing end zone, similar to an end zone in American football or rugby...

 club team based in Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...

, British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. Formed in 1995 the team sought to "put Vancouver, BC on the map of Ultimate," according to the team's official website.http://furiousultimate.com/history.html

They were the open champions at the 2002, 2003 and 2005 UPA
Ultimate Players Association
USA Ultimate is a not-for-profit organization that serves as the governing body of the sport of Ultimate in the United States....

 Club Championships.
They also won the Canadian Ultimate Championships
Canadian Ultimate Championships
Canadian Ultimate Championships also known as CUC is an annual Ultimate Frisbee tournament organised by Ultimate Canada and the player association of the city where the championships are held.-Current Championships:...

 in 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2007 and 2011.

Furious won gold for Canada in 1998, 2004 and 2008 at the WFDF
World Flying Disc Federation
The World Flying Disc Federation is the international governing body for flying disc sports, with responsibility for sanctioning world championship events, establishing uniform rules, setting of standards for and recording of world records...

 World Ultimate Championships,

as well as comprising half of the gold medal co-ed Canadian National Team at the 2001 World Games
World Games
The World Games, first held in 1981, are an international multi-sport event, meant for sports, or disciplines or events within a sport, that are not contested in the Olympic Games...

 in Akita, Japan.
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