No former champions finished in the top twenty.

France became the champions and Kastelli finished in 5th place.

He won the champion of 2005 Copa do Brasil and finished as the 15th in the second division.

It was the first time in 23 years that the champions and the runners-up had finished level on points.

Last season's champions The Wednesday finished bottom after losing thirteen games in a dreadful season.

At the 2009 World Championships, the defending champion finished only seventh.

Since then, the champion has finished either 6-1 (2010) or 7-1 (2011, 2012, 2013).

The defending Eastern Conference champions finished 2-6 in the exhibition season.

The defending champion finished in seventh, and retired from athletics for a second time afterwards.

Long minutes after the defending champion finished came the second big surprise of the day.