5th European Universities Karate Championship

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina: July 22 - 25, 2011

The 5th European Universities Karate Championship was held between July 21 and 24, 2011 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, with competitions and official ceremonies held at the Sportshall of the 5th/Sports school in Dobrinja in Sarajevo.

Medallists

The opening ceremony was attended by the Minister of Culture and Sport Mr Salmir Kaplan; Minister of Education Mr Damir Mašić; Sarajevo councilman and BIH Sports Federation President Mr Branislav Crnogorac; President of University Sports Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Mr Omer Stambolić; EUSA Executive Committee Member Mr Kemal Tamer, EUSA Technical Delegate Mr Rajko Vujošević and other sports representatives and guests.

Opening of the Championship

The championship, which was officially opened by the Minister of Culture and Sport Mr Salmir Kaplan, was well-attended also by the visitors and fans throughout the event.

Participating teams

78 university teams took part in the men's and women's competitions in four categories (Kata and Kumite - Men and Women); with competitors in individual events as well, coming from 23 European countries.

Matches

The 2011 champions and medalists became:

MEN:

Male Kata Team

1	University of Linz	Austria
2	University Mediterranean	Montenegro
3	Erciyes University	Turkey
3	University of Gießen	Germany

Male Kumite Team

1	Universityof Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina
2	Ss. Cyril and Methodius University Skopje	FYR of Macedonia
3	Lviv State University of physical culture	Ukraina
3	University Donja Gorica	Montenegro

Male Kata Individual

1	Matej Urík	Universities of Slovakia	Slovakia
2	Jan Urke	University of Gießen	Germany
3	Andre Vieira	Polytechnic Institute of Porto	Portugal
3	Mijat Vojvodic	University Mediterranean	Montenegro

Male Kumite Individual –60kg

1	EdinMuslic	Universityof Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina
2	Alexander Heimann	University DHfPG Saarbrücken	Germany
3	Oleh Filipovych	Lviv State University of physical culture	Ukraine
3	Paulo Gonçalves	University of Minho	Portugal

Male Kumite Individual –67kg

1	ThomasKaserer	University of Linz	Austria
2	Jozo Dabovic	University Donja Gorica	Montenegro
3	Mikel LafuenteMoreno	Universidad Del Pais Vasco	Spain
3	Andrii Mokrynchuk	Lviv State University of physical culture	Ukraine

Male Kumite Individual –75kg

1	Stanislav Horuna	Lviv State University of physical culture	Ukraine
2	Ivo Cvetkovski	Ss. Cyril and Methodius University Skopje	FYR of Macedonia
3	Nermin Potur	Universityof Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina
3	Illya Nikulin	Lviv State University of physical culture	Ukraine

Male Kumite Individual –84kg

1	AlenKupusovic	Universityof Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina
2	Stojan Tasevski	Ss. Cyril and Methodius University Skopje	FYR of Macedonia
3	HeinrichLeistenschneider	University of Regensburg	Germany
3	Ognen Gruevski	Ss. Cyril and Methodius University Skopje	FYR of Macedonia

Male Kumite Individual +84kg

1	Calum Robb	British Universities & Colleges Sport	United Kingdom
2	Almir Cecunjanin	University Donja Gorica	Montenegro
3	Martin Nestorovski	Ss. Cyril and Methodius University Skopje	FYR of Macedonia
3	Zharko Arsovski	Goce Delcev University	FYR of Macedonia

Team medallists

WOMEN:

Female Kata Team

1	University of Montenegro	Montenegro
2	St. Kliment Ohridski University-Bitola	FYR of Macedonia
3	Erciyes University	Turkey
3	Universidad Del Pais Vasco	Spain

Female Kumite Team

1	Lviv State University of physical culture	Ukraina
2	University Mediterranean	Montenegro
3	University of Montenegro	Montenegro
3	Universities of Slovakia	Slovakia

Female Kata Individual

1	Sandra Sánchez Jaime	Universidad de Castilla-la Mancha	Spain
2	Vlatka Kuik	Universityof Zagreb	Croatia
3	Katarína Longová	Comenius University	Slovakia
3	Biserka Radulovic	University of Montenegro	Montenegro

Female Kumite Individual –50kg

1	MateaRatkovic	Universityof Zagreb	Croatia
2	Desireé Christiansen	University WG Hamburg	Germany
3	Vesna Bezgovsek	University of Ljubljana	Slovenia
3	Meri Radicevska	Ss. Cyril and Methodius University Skopje	FYR of Macedonia

Female Kumite Individual –55kg

1	Suzana Mirkovic	University of Montenegro	Montenegro
2	Jana Vojtikevicová	Comenius University	Slovakia
3	Stella Holczer	TU Kaiserslautern	Germany
3	Anzhelika Terliuga	Lviv State University of physical culture	Ukraine

Female Kumite Individual –61kg

1	Alice Goudie	British Universities & Colleges Sport	United Kingdom
2	Dagmara Kubinská	Universities of Slovakia	Slovakia
3	Justyna Paczkowska	Pomeranian Medical University Szczecin	Poland
3	Natasha Stefanovska	Ss. Cyril and Methodius University Skopje	FYR of Macedonia

Female Kumite Individual –68kg

1	Maria Weiss	University of Bayreuth	Germany
2	Marina Rakovic	University Mediterranean	Montenegro
3	Kaup Stephanie	University of Austria	Austria
3	Ana-Marija Celan	Universityof Zagreb	Croatia

Female Kumite Individual +68kg

1	MasaMartinovic	Universityof Zagreb	Croatia
2	Zuzana Kubalová	Slovak University of Technology	Slovakia
3	Claudia Leffler	Universityof Erlangen-Nürnberg	Germany
3	Dragana Konjevic	University Mediterranean	Montenegro

More information about the championship can be found at the official website of the event www.5-eukc.com.ba. The next EUC Karate will be held in 2013 in Budapest, Hungary.

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