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Turkish Open 2018 report
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- Published on Tuesday, 10 April 2018 22:27
3rd International Turkish Open Kickboxing Tournament in memory of Alperen Atabay was held in PGS Kremlin Palace Hotel, Antalya, Turkey from 5th to 8th April 2018. The tournament has 2353 participants from 27 countries and 4 continents. This year’s event became one of the biggest in the world, with highest number of participants in ring sports and with one of the few highest overall. The event started with opening speeches of Mr. Salim KAYICI, President of Turkish Kickboxing Federation and WAKO Europe Vice President and Mr. Roy BAKER, President of WAKO Europe.
Antalya Province Vice Governor Mrs. Canan HANÇER BAŞTÜRK, Sports Vice General Director Mr. Ömer Altınsoy, Antalya Sports & Youth Provincial Vice Director Associate Professor Burhanettin Hacıcaferoğlu were present at the event. Athlete with down syndrome Yücel Mehmet ASA performed kickboxing demonstration. Participants also raised WhiteCard to support Peace through Sport. Starting from next year, Turkish Open will give out money awards. Thanks to everyone who participated or contributed in this event.
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Serbia Open 2018 - report
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- Published on Tuesday, 27 March 2018 11:16
Serbia Open European Kickboxing Cup, 17-18th March 2018, Belgrade
Disciplines: K-1 Rules, Kick light
Serbia Open European Kickboxing Cup was a successful event.
The participation of 257 competitors from 69 clubs, once again confirmed the interest in this Cup. The best WAKO competitors in the ring K-1 discipline gathered in Belgrade. There was also a competition in Kick light tatami discipline.
During the Cup the Sportdata electronic scoring system was used, thus simplifying, accelerating and transparently showing the scoring quality.
At any moment, the audience could have an insight into the status of the scoreboard on the screens next to the ring.
The final bouts picked up for the Gala evening show expressed the whole beauty of this sport.
The audience was able to enjoy the 13 matches, among which competed the WAKO World champions as well as the participants of the World Games.
Of all participating countries, Serbia resulted the first one, with 44 gold, 52 silver and 64 bronze medals. The host country had also the highest number of registered participants (160), and in the final order moved farther away from the other medal winners.
The second nation in terms of success was Bosnia and Herzegovina (gold 6, silver 5, bronze 4) and third one was Slovakia (gold 6, silver 4, bronze 3).
Some numbers:
12 nations
69 teams
257 competitors
1500 spectators at the gala evenin
BALKAN OPEN 2018 - OFICIAL REPORT
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- Published on Monday, 26 March 2018 11:39
Dear WAKO friends,
Balkan Open 2018 held in Tešanj 24.03.2018 /Bosnia and Herzegovina,participation number of entries 707,number of clubs 96,number of countries 15.
WAKO supervizor Mr.Srđan Bugarčić, Leader Competition Mr.Rodeo Deša.
Delegate Competition Kickboxing Federation Bosnia and Herzegovina Mr.Nermin Bašović.
Chief judge Neđo Bratić,Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Competition held on 4 tatamis and 2 ring.Event was heald in a sport atmosphere.
Balkan Open 2018 another great WAKO event has been successfully organised traditionaly 10 times.Top level of organisation has shown that,year after year this signification tournament has improved in every way-from sports,competing,overality and organisation to hospitality.
Both female and male kickboxers has shown high quality in their performances and presented all the beauty of sport to big crowd of spectators.
By this we would like to show our respect and thank to Promotor,Mr.Alija Ogrić
Balkan Open was attended by Mr.Vladimir Sitar President WAKO Balkan Kickboxing Union, Mr.Romeo Deša Advisor to President IF WAKO,Mr.Srdjan Bugarčić General Secretary WAKO Europe, Mr.Dejan Mitrovski President Kickboxing Federation Makedonia,Mr.Tomislav Bilandžić President Kickboxing Federation Croatia,Mr.Dragutin Papović President Kickboxing Federation Bosnia and Hercegovina.
Minister of economy of Zenica-Doboj Canton ,mayor town of Tešanj with your associates, and Mr.Alija Ogrić Vice President WAKO Balkan Kickboxing Union.
Minister of economy of Zenica-Doboj Canton was open tournament.Balkan Open 2018 partipacipated competitors from Austria, Slovenia, Hungary, Slovakia, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Moldavia, Makedonia, Montenegro, Danish, Grece, Izrael, Poland and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Best team in the ring disciplines WAKO Makedonia team and tatami discipline Team Masaru/Bulgaria.
The judges made a very good job,and a lot of thanks goes to them
We thank all participants for coming.
See you next year…
The official results of the Balkan Open 2018 was heald 24.03.2018 in
www.balkanopentesanj.com
Alija Ogrić Vice President WAKO Balkan Kickboxing Union
WAKO GRAND PRIX BIH 2018
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- Published on Monday, 26 February 2018 22:45
Dear WAKO friends,
Another great WAKO event has been successfully organised in Sarajevo, capitol of Bosnia and Herzegovina. This time WAKO GRAND PRIX BIH 2018 hosted over 530 competitors of all ages from 78 clubs representing 6 countries. Top level of organisation has shown that, year after year this significant tournament has improved in every way - from sports, competing, overall quality and organisation, to hospitality.
Both female and male kickboxers has shown high quality in their performances and presented all the beauty of our sport to big crowd of spectators.
By this we would like to show our respect and thank to Promoter, Mr Nermin Basovic and "KICKBOXING ACADEMY Ilidza” for his great job.
More info on:
facebook.com/kickboxing.ilidza
http://grandprixbih-sarajevo.c
See you next year!
Karlovac Open 2018 - Successful European Cup
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- Published on Tuesday, 20 February 2018 17:25
In the period from 9 to 11 February 2018 European Cup "Karlovac Open 2018." was held in Karlovac, which brought together 1866 competitors from 28 countries and 177 clubs. The competition was held under the patronage of the President of the Republic of Croatia, the Croatian Olympic Committee, the Croatian Central State Office for Sport and with support from local community and organized by the Croatian kickboxing Federation and Kickboxing club "Tigar" as executive organizer (Mr. Zoran Cicvara)
The competition was held in two sports halls in order to achieve the highest quality. In the big sports hall there were fights in the tatami disciplines (Point Fighting, Light Contact, Kick Light and Musical Forms), while in the another sport hall a competition was held in ring disciplines (Low Kick, Full Contact and K-1).
On the first day of the competition, on Friday, February 9, team battles and musical forms were held, followed by an evening gala event in which the selected contestants in the 8 fight fought for the special and very attractive kickboxing belts.
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Winners in gala's fights were:
|
1. FULL CONTACT -60 |
RANDALL TENNESSEE |
WALES |
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2. FULL CONTACT -67 |
LICHERI GIACOMO |
ITALY |
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3. K-1 -63,5 |
CEGURCO VLADISLAV |
MOLDOVA |
|
4. K-1 -71 |
RADULOVIĆ NOVAK |
SERBIA |
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5. K-1 -75 |
SAKAS LOAI |
ISRAEL |
|
6. FULL CONTACT -60 |
JOHN DALTON |
WALES |
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7. LOW KICK -81 |
MAĐERIĆ MATIJA |
CROATIA |
|
8. K1 -81 |
BASARA ROBERT |
CROATIA |
On the second day of the competition, on Saturday, February 10, a lot of competition (in point fighting) was held in the city sport hall, while at the same time a fights in ring disciplines was held in the gymnasium hall - qualifications in all ring disciplines.
On the third day of the competition on Sunday February 11 were held in the city sport hall of the light contact and Kick light disciplines, while the finals of all categories in the ring disciplines were held in the smaller gymnasium sport hall.
The competition ended without any serious injury, which can be thanked to very high-quality judges - more than 70 judges and referees from almost all participated countries (chief referee for tatami sports was Gina Englehardt from Netherland and chief referees for ring sports were Zoran Šimurina from Serbia and Tomislav Novosel from Croatia) who have done their job at a very high level of professionalism. The WAKO organizing committee that arrived in Karlovac has prepared the competition program so well that, despite a very large number of competitors and fights, each day the competition ended around 8 pm.
Participants:
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ARMENIA |
2 |
|
AUSTRIA |
77 |
|
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA |
83 |
|
BULGARIA |
122 |
|
CHINESE TAIPEI |
2 |
|
CROATIA |
502 |
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DENMARK |
7 |
|
FINLAND |
4 |
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FYR OF MACEDONIA |
10 |
|
GEORGIA |
1 |
|
GERMANY |
33 |
|
GREECE |
29 |
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HUNGARY |
386 |
|
ISRAEL |
85 |
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ITALY |
142 |
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KYRGYZSTAN |
6 |
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MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF |
10 |
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POLAND |
19 |
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PORTUGAL |
2 |
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RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
8 |
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SERBIA |
44 |
|
SLOVAKIA |
4 |
|
SLOVENIA |
189 |
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TUNISIA |
2 |
|
UKRAINE |
9 |
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UNITED KINGDOM |
74 |
|
UNITED STATES |
4 |
|
WALES |
10 |
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TOTAL |
1866 |
Medal statistics - by countries:
| Rank: | COUNTRY | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
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1 |
HUNGARY |
HUN |
65 |
67 |
92 |
224 |
|
2 |
CROATIA |
CRO |
52 |
47 |
97 |
196 |
|
3 |
ITALY |
ITA |
31 |
22 |
19 |
72 |
|
4 |
SLOVENIA |
SLO |
28 |
21 |
38 |
87 |
|
5 |
BULGARIA |
BUL |
27 |
13 |
23 |
63 |
|
6 |
AUSTRIA |
AUT |
13 |
17 |
11 |
41 |
|
7 |
UNITED KINGDOM |
GBR |
9 |
16 |
18 |
43 |
|
8 |
GERMANY |
GER |
6 |
8 |
8 |
22 |
|
9 |
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA |
BIH |
5 |
13 |
14 |
32 |
|
10 |
ISRAEL |
ISR |
5 |
1 |
11 |
17 |
Medal statistic - by clubs:
| Rank | Team | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 |
KIRALYTEAM KICKBOXING ACADEMY |
HUN |
26 |
14 |
17 |
57 |
|
2 |
MASARU |
BUL |
18 |
6 |
13 |
37 |
|
3 |
TEAM LOMBARDIA |
ITA |
15 |
13 |
11 |
39 |
|
4 |
DEBRECZENI TEAM |
HUN |
14 |
7 |
17 |
38 |
|
5 |
TIGAR KARLOVAC |
CRO |
11 |
8 |
18 |
37 |
Golden Glove 2018 report
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- Published on Wednesday, 31 January 2018 18:56
The 13th edition of the Golden Glove - an international event and a must for local kickboxing lovers - was held on January 20th and 21th in the new Zoppas Arena, near the city of Conegliano.
The Arena housed 8 squares and a giant screen that projected images from the previous editions, and staged numerous competing fighters - about 85 clubs and 1000 entries - the half of which were international athletes from a dozen of foreign countries.
The Wako Europe Cup Golden Glove 2018 - an event supported by the World Association of Kickboxing Organizations - was arranged by the Europe Center One club in association with the Venetian Regional Committee of FIKBMS - the Italian Federation - and with the help of ZenShin, an association from Mareno di Piave.
The competitions started on Saturday with 15 K1 matches, a style that was staged for the first time in this Europe Cup. The day continued with the Light Contact and the KickLight divisions, and with the Tag Team in the evening. Sunday was dedicated to the individual Point Fighting, to the amazing Grand Championship, and the TopTen Kombat Zone tournament shows.
The opening ceremony stirred deep emotions, with the drums and the flag-wavers of the association "Dama Castellana" (Lady of the Castle), who preceded the entry of referees and children holding the signs of the participating nations (Italy, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Holland, Slovenia, Ukraine, United Kingdom). The President of FIKBMS, Donato Milano, proudly expressed the importance of pairing culture and sport: “When sport is combined with culture and tradition, success is assured, as Italy has a history that must be remembered, and sport is part of it”.
“What a show is this Golden Glove! - the promoter of the event Raffaele Di Paolo said enthusiastically - year after year it is growing in numbers, awards, quality and number of styles. The amazing staffs involved have excellently managed the registrations, allowing to carry out the competition within the scheduled time, thus providing serenity and concentration to fighters and coaches!”
The TopTen Kombat Zone, a competition at the highest level, saw the knockout of top fighters from all over Europe. After an exciting performance, the Italian fighters Riccardo Albanese (Fire Generation Team) and Martina Rossi (HMD Italy Team) won the belt, the original handmade Murano glass trophy, and the cash prize.
The Men Grand Championship was also amazing and displayed a podium dominated by the Hungarian Kiraly Team - composed by the Veres brothers (Richard and Roland) - the Slovenian athlete Kolander Tadei, and Riccardo Albanese (third place).
Italy won the highest place of the podium in the Women Grand Championship thanks to Martina Rossi (HMD Italia Team), and the third place with Deborah De Vita (KBA Team).
At the end of these two days of amazing challenges, the President of the Europe Center One club, Luca Terrin, proud of his staff, told us: "We are already devising new ideas for the next year. This competition is constantly growing and we are confident that the National Federation is keeping an eye on an event that for years has been attracting to Italy formidable top fighters. Meeting high level athletes and coaches help us improve, and I would like to thank all teams and referees for their contribute, and our main sponsor, TOP TEN Italia, that provided the equipment to set up a wonderful arena and gifted each winner with a beautiful pair of gloves”.
The competition was sponsored by CONI (the Italian Olympic Committee) of Veneto, the Province of Treviso and the Municipality of Conegliano. The next edition of the Wako European Cup Golden Glove 2019, is already in progress.
All results can be found on www.sportdata.org
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