Qualification for Baku 2015 European Games Karate

Karate competition in Baku 2015 European Games will start in two months (13-14 June).

The 1st European Games will be held in Baku (Azerbaijan) and will be the inaugural edition of the European Games, an international multi-sport event for athletes representing the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) of Europe. It will feature over 6,000 athletes from 50 NOCs competing in 20 sports. Karate events will consist of 10 ind. kumite events and 2 ind. kata events. Europe’s best performing athletes – 48 men and 48 women – will showcase their talents on the strikingly beautiful tatami of Crystal Hall in Baku.

Men’s categories: Kumite -60kg, -67kg, -75kg, -84kg, +84kg and kata

Women’s categories: Kumite -50kg, -55kg, -61kg, -68kg, +68kg and kata

Qualification places was determined based on rankings during the 50th European Championships (Istanbul, Turkey). Each category will have a total of 8 athletes. Six of them qualified among the first 6 places were awarded to the first six of the ranking of European championships (first seven, in case an athlete from Azerbaijan was among the first six). One place is then allocated to Azerbaijan as the host country and the 8th place is allocated to universality. You can have more information about qualification on eurolympic.org: http://www.eurolympic.org/images/baku-sports/Karate.pdf

Please find below the list of competitors that qualified in the EKF Senior Championships in Istanbul. Very soon the allocation of universality places will be decided as well.

FEMALE

KATA

1. Sandra Sanchez Jaime ESP198 SPAIN
2. Dilara Bozan TUR713 TURKEY
3. Jasmin Bleul GER289 GERMANY
4. Veronika Miskova CZE213 CZECH REPUBLIC
5. Sandy Scordo FRA170 FRANCE
6. Vlatka Kiuk CRO187 CROATIA

1. Bettina Plank AUT191 AUSTRIA
2. Alexandra Recchia FRA241 FRANCE
3. Duygu Bugur GER286 GERMANY
4. Serap Ozcelik TUR238 TURKEY
5. Monika Berulec CRO2097 CROATIA
6. Kateryna Kryva UKR277 UKRAINE

-55 kg

1. #1 Emilie Thouy FRA308 FRANCE
2. #2 Tuba Yakan TUR2023 TURKEY
3. #3 Jennifer Warling LUX124 LUXEMBOURG
4. #4 Cristina Ferrer Garcia ESP275 SPAIN
5. #5 Branka Arandjelovic SRB160 SERBIA
6. #6 Jelena Kovacevic CRO166 CROATIA

-61 kg

1. Lucie Ignace FRA309 FRANCE
2. Ana Lenard CRO231 CROATIA
3. Ingrida Suchankova SVK263 SLOVAKIA
4. Irene Colomar Costa ESP251 SPAIN
5. Merve Coban TUR542 TURKEY
6. Tjasa Ristic SLO224 SLOVENIA

-68 kg

1. Alisa Buchinger AUT190 AUSTRIA
2. Elena Quirici SUI202 SWITZERLAND
3. Marina Rakovic MNE169 MONTENEGRO
4. Cristina Vizcaino Gonzalez ESP244 SPAIN
5. Vassiliki Panetsidou GRE211 GREECE
6. Hafsa Seyda Burucu TUR335 TURKEY

+68 kg

1. Masa Martinovic CRO203 CROATIA
2. Meltem Hocaoglu TUR308 TURKEY
3. Helena Kuusisto FIN176 FINLAND
4. Nadege Ait Ibrahim FRA228 FRANCE
5. Ivanna Zaytseva RUS348 RUSSIA
6. Hana Antunovic SWE171 SWEDEN

MALE

KATA

1. Damian Hugo Quintero Capdevila ESP173 SPAIN
2. Mehmet Yakan TUR314 TURKEY
3. Vu Duc Minh Dack FRA165 FRANCE
4. Mattia Busato ITA322 ITALY
5. Tural Baljanli AZE206 AZERBAIJAN
6. Christopher Rohde DEN146 DENMARK
7. Pasi Hirvonen FIN129 FINLAND

-60 kg

1. Luca Maresca ITA329 ITALY
2. Sofiane Agoudjil FRA202 FRANCE
3. Evgeny Plakhutin RUS381 RUSSIA
4. Matias Gomez Garcia ESP311 SPAIN
5. Marko Antic SRB183 SERBIA
6. Emil Pavlov MKD261 FYR OF MACEDONIA

-67 kg

1. Niyazi Aliyev AZE196 AZERBAIJAN
2. Burak Uygur TUR492 TURKEY
3. Danil Domdjoni CRO176 CROATIA
4. Manuel Rasero Ruiz ESP221 SPAIN
5. Yves Martial Tadissi HUN175 HUNGARY
6. Steven Dacosta FRA412 FRANCE
7. Ricardo Giegler GER300 GERMANY

-75 kg

1. Rafael Aghayev AZE133 AZERBAIJAN
2. Noah Bitsch GER242 GERMANY
3. Luigi Busa ITA192 ITALY
4. Ruslans Sadikovs LAT157 LATVIA
5. Erman Eltemur TUR301 TURKEY
6. Logan Da Costa FRA332 FRANCE
7. Illya Nikulin UKR183 UKRAINE

-84 kg

1. Nello Maestri ITA228 ITALY
2. Aykhan Mamayev AZE222 AZERBAIJAN
3. Kenji Grillon FRA251 FRANCE
4. Ugur Aktas TUR331 TURKEY
5. Alvin Karaqi RKS2013 KOSOVO
6. Georgios Tzanos GRE190 GREECE
7. Yaroslav Horuna UKR239 UKRAINE

+84 kg

1. Slobodan Bitevic SRB123 SERBIA
2. Enes Erkan TUR198 TURKEY
3. Martin Nestorovski MKD218 FYR OF MACEDONIA
4. Jonathan Horne GER227 GERMANY
5. Filipe Reis POR183 PORTUGAL
6. Spyridon Margaritopoulos GRE127 GREECE

Fuente:World Karate Federation