Team Haunted Woods
The Haunted Woods Yooyuball team subscribes to the old saying "defense wins championships," and has built its team to shut down forwards and force mistakes which create easy scoring opportunities for them, requires plenty of discipline and determination from the other team to defeat them. The Haunted Woods won the Altador Cup of 2006.
With the retirement of veteran defender Chelo Binay in 2007, it was questioned whether the defensive unit of the team would be as good as last years. If the playing of newcomer Autrey Fulse was any indication, Haunted Woods fans with hopes of back-to-back titles wouldn't need to worry. However, the favourites going into last year's tournament were Altador, Faerieland, and Mystery Island, so it's uncertain how the year would go. A disappointment to Haunted Woods fans was a drop from a championship to 7th, then continuing a gradual slide from grace with a 8th in '08 and 10th in '09. But in 2010, in hope of stopping their loosing skid, they added a new Centre Defender "Brains" Mortigan. However, they in fact did worse than the previous year, finishing 12th.
The team crawled back up from the wreckage in Altador Cup VI, and though they weren't quite able to reach second tier, the team stayed strong to push up one spot to 11th. The team was defeated by Shenkuu but won against Brightvale.
Altador Cup VII was a rough year for the Haunted Woods, with their Yooyuball record being quite weak. In fact, in their 24 matches, only once did they win Yooyuball. However, their side-game ability was much better, which enabled them to push up the rankings yet again to 9th place.
2013 was the lucky year for Team Haunted Woods. Altador Cup VIII was probably the best Cup for Haunted Woods in 5 years. They swept many teams and as the tournament went on they kept getting even better. However, they're performances were only average, and so they finished 9th in a tie with Team Maraqua. In the next year an old veteran who helped to achieve the Cup in the first year, Wan Dirx decided to retire from Yooyuball. He made this decision for the better of the Team, and to clear his place for new young energy. Fans noted that he will always be remembered as a legendary defender. His replacement is Crade Talvos, a Wraith Draik.
Roster
Team positions are as follows (bolded notes the Team Captain):
Year | Goalkeeper | Left Defender | Right Defender | Left Forward | Right Forward |
2006 | Fanetti | Krell Vitor | Chelo Binay | Wan Dirx | Zo Junior |
Year | Goalkeeper | Left Defender | Centre Defender | Right Defender | Centre Forward |
2007 | Fanetti | Krell Vitor | Autrey Fulse | Wan Dirx | Zo Junior |
2008 | |||||
2009 | |||||
2010 | "Brains" Mortigan | ||||
2011 | |||||
2012 | |||||
2013 | |||||
2014 | Crade Talvos |
Final Standings
Year | Result |
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2006 | 1st |
2007 | 7th |
2008 | 8th |
2009 | 10th |
2010 | 12th |
2011 | 11th |
2012 | 9th |
2013 | 9th (tie) |
Altador Cup | |
Altador Cup I · Altador Cup II · Altador Cup III · Altador Cup IV · Altador Cup V · Altador Cup VI · Altador Cup VII · Altador Cup VIII · Altador Cup IX · Altador Cup X | |
Staff Tournaments
Altador Cup I · Altador Cup V · Altador Cup VI · Altador Cup VII · Altador Cup VIII · | |
Teams
Altador · Brightvale · Darigan Citadel · Faerieland · Haunted Woods · Kiko Lake · Krawk Island · Kreludor · Lost Desert · Maraqua · Meridell · Moltara · Mystery Island · Roo Island · Shenkuu · Terror Mountain · Tyrannia · Virtupets · Jelly World | |
Games
Yooyuball · Slushie Slinger · Make Some Noise · Shootout Showdown |