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The 1st World Goju-Ryu Karate Championship came to an end. It is now time to preserve its memory and to work to assure that the next edition to be held in Cape Town (South Africa) in 2013 might achieve what this edition couldn’t. To aim the best for Goju-Ryu is the main goal of World Goju-Ryu Karate Federation and we are sure that this gathering project will grow inside our common family.

In brief, and for explanation to those who might not know us yet, we must say that on an European level, European Goju-Ryu Karate Group (since 1993 European Goju-Ryu Karate-Do Federation - www.egkf.net), exists since 1983 and on a World basis since 2006 (although the ideia was presented early in 2003, during the 11th European Goju-Ryu Championship for Seniors, held in Elvas [Portugal] by Sensei Marcello Tiberi, chosen this year as Honorary Pres-ident of WGKF). Nevertheless we must say that WGKF, the World Goju-Ryu Karate Federation (www.wgkf.net), is not a typical federation; in fact our ONLY goal is to meet on a sporting level and for one competition, ONLY of Ka-rate Goju-Ryu.

We believe that this project will give new impetus to our style which has recently been neglected and is currently at risk of being increasingly less considered, even though it is the oldest of all Karate styles and the most practiced in the world.

To our members we ask not to change any school loyal-ties, or masters but merely to comite themselves to:

- Organize a Kata and Kumite National Competition once a year in their own countries;

- To invite all known Dojo’s which belong to any Goju-Ryu School and operating in every Federation, or none. There will be no restrictions because nobody will be asked to change Goju-Ryu School or Federation, but simply to meet with all other dojo’s for competition. We intend to organize the event in this way with the aim of calling this competition National and OUT-RIGHT, a competition in which everybody will be able to take part with the only exception of those schools who do not have any competitive athletes to present.

Whoever wins this competition will be able to call himself OUTRIGHT National Champion even if, as is evident, only for the Goju-Ryu style. There will be no better athlete in any country that year. This is a major distinction which

nobody has ever had, as in individual countries, and on a global level, there are at least 4 or 5 Federations. How can an athlete currently call him/herself the best in his/her Karate category when in the same one there can al-ready be 4 or 5 other champions of Goju-Ryu Karate from their own Federations? Today, thanks to our Group this problem has been overcome. Whoever wins is certainly going to be the best in their category, in their country, in their continent and/or in the world for Goju-Ryu Karate and can proudly assume that he is the best within its cat-egory within its style. Looking almost an obvious idea if we look at it we will clearly notice the difference to the actual status quo.

As previously said it is now time to preserve the memory of the great event that was our Firts World Championship and that is the main task of current World of Goju maga-zine. Again a long lasting dream to be published on-line but also posible to obtain by subscription in the tradition-al printing form.

Hopefully, with the help of all, we can make out of it a din-amic publication for our style issues and to gain a future stable periodicity.

Here it is then for your comments, atention and future cooperation.

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Honorary PresidentMarcello Tiberi

Executive 2010 / 2016

Humberto Nuno de Oliveira

President

Vice-Presidents

Africa Asia Oceania

Lilian Katan Alvin Oon Lye Horst Nehm Dennis May

General-Secretary Treasurer

Jiri Bocek Pieter Harms

Europe

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Official Results

1st World Goju-Ryu Karate Federation

Cadets, Junior, Senior and Masters

World Championship

Cascais (Portugal) 30.09 - 03.10.2010

KATA INDIVIDUAL

A. Cadets

Kata Cadet Female

1st - KOPEČNÁ, Veronika Czech Republic

2nd - RAPOSO, Rute Portugal

3rd - MORATA, Margarita Spain

3rd - SANTOS, Mª.Teresa Portugal

Kata Cadet Male

1st - GRANDE, Francesco Italy

2nd - BASTOS, Miguel Portugal

3rd - RIZZO, Riccardo Italy

3rd - SCHINKE, Maximillian Germany

B. Juniors

Kata Juniors Female

1st - CARDOSO, Patrícia Portugal

2nd - ZIDKOVA, Katerina Czech Republic

3rd - MISKOVA, Veronika Czech Republic

3rd - STOJANOVIC, Sara Austria

Kata Juniors Male

1st - KONSTANTINOS, Thomos Germany

2nd - RODRIGUES, Rui Portugal

3rd - DEL PRETE, Manuel Italy

3rd - IMRISEK, Karel Czech Republic

C. Seniors

Kata Seniors Female

1st - IŠTVÁNKOVÁ, Veronika Czech Republic

2nd - MOTA, Joana Portugal

3rd - DOROGI, Andrea Hungary

3rd - KURZ, Franziska Germany

Kata Seniors Male

1st - MÍČEK, Vladimír Czech Republic

2nd - HRUBÝ, Michal Czech Republic

3rd - BUDELLI, Matteo Italy

3rd - VIEIRA, André Portugal

D. Masters

Kata Masters Female > 35

1st - MORENO, Maite Spain

2nd - MOSTERT, Cisna South Africa

3rd - MUNSAMY, Vicky South Africa

3rd - SERRA, Mª. João Portugal

Kata Masters Female > 46

1st - LUNGO, Simonetta Italy

2nd - BALDELLI, Anna Grazia Italy

3rd - KATAN, Lilian South Africa

3rd - THAJER, Ellisabeth Austria

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Year 1 / nº 1Kata Masters Male > 35

1st - RUBICONDI, Rossano Italy

2nd - SERRA, António Portugal

3rd - BIAGIONI, Stefano Great Britain

3rd - PRINS, Angelo South Africa

Kata Masters Male > 46

1st - ROVERSI, Mario Italy

2nd - BRETTHAUER, Andreas Germany

3rd - CARDOSO, Paulo Portugal

3rd - KLIPFEL, Peter South Africa

KUMITE

INDIVIDUAL

A. Cadets

Kumite Cadet Female < 54

1st - ZAVATZKA, Daniela Slovakia

2nd - GYÖRIVÁNYI, Renáta Hungar

3rd - MICHAL, Pokrass Canada

3rd - KOPEČNÁ, Veronika Czech Republic

Kumite Cadet Female > 54

1st - STEPANENKO, Karolina Ukraine

2nd - ROTTEWERT, Denise Germany

3rd - KRYSTANTOS, Samanta Canada

3rd - LEVEY, Melissa South Africa

Kumite Cadet Male < 52

1st - KARPOV, Vadim Russia

2nd - KALIEV, Bolat Russia

3rd - DERZSI, Tamas Hungary

3rd - VARGA, Daniel Hungary

Kumite Cadet Male < 57

1st - VIRGA, Peter Hungary

2nd - LUCESCU, Andrei Romania

3rd - DERZSI, Andras Hungary

3rd - TRASTULLI, Alessandro Italy

Kumite Cadet Male < 63

1st - SZABO, Daniel Austria

2nd - SHCHUKA, Evgeniy Belarus

3rd - MAKHMUDOV, Oleg Russia

3rd - DOROGI, László Hungary

Kumite Cadet Male < 70

1st - UFIMTSEV, Daniil Russia

2nd - SEMENIKHINE, Vadim Canada

3rd - AYOUB, Mohammed Palestine

3rd - RAMOS, Henrique Portugal

Kumite Cadet Male > 70

1st - RUTKEVICH, Maskim Belarus

2nd - VOROBEL, Adam Slovakia

3rd - TUNIK, Alexander Russia

3rd - ZYAT’KOV, Denis Russia

B. Juniors

Kumite Juniors Female < 48

1st - DUARTE, Rita Portugal

2nd - ROHIT, Sholene Fiji

3rd - PARAU, Madalina Romania

3rd - FAN YEN HSIEN, Clohe Singapore

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Kumite Juniors Female < 53

1st - NEUMANN, Jessey Germany

2nd - GOGOT, Francesca Romania

3rd - HUISKEN, Mirijam Germany

3rd - LACKOVA, Simona Slovakia

Kumite Juniors Female < 59

1st - FOLDESIOVA, Lenka Slovakia

2nd - SCHWARTZOVA, Zuzana Slovakia

3rd - BUCHINGER, Alisa Austria

3rd - HOERNER, Marianne Germany

Kumite Juniors Female >59

1st - TATOSOVA, Patricia Slovakia

2nd - TATÁROVÁ, Dominika Slovakia

3rd - ALMEIDA, Ana Portugal

3rd - REITER, Nathalie Austria

Kumite Juniors Male < 55

1st - ASABIN, Ilya Russia

2nd - KADOCHNIKOV, Alexander Russia

3rd - BADIN, Andrei Romania

3rd - DUTA, Gini Romania

Kumite Juniors Male < 61

1st - LOUREIRO, Manuel Portugal

2nd - YAVORSKYY, Volodymyr Ukraine

3rd - PLACHUTIN, Evegeniy Russia

3rd - BODROV, Nikolaj Latvia

3rd - VAN DER MERWE, Danté South Africa

Kumite Juniors Male < 68

1st - BUKREJS, Andrejs Latvia

2nd - ADIGAMOV, Denis Canada

3rd - BRUNI, Daniele Italy

3rd - SAMMER, Christoph Austria

Kumite Juniors Male < 76

1st - KORINNYY, Vadym Ukraine

2nd - LIESKOVSKÝ, Adam Slovakia

3rd - ANTONYAN, Arutyun Russia

3rd - ELBERS, Pascal Germany

Kumite Juniors Male > 76

1st - SOLTYS, Robert Slovakia

2nd - SANKOVSKIY, Evgeny Russia

3rd - COELHO, Rui Portugal

3rd - PRIOR, Robert Great Britain

C. Seniors

Kumite Seniors Female < 50

1st - LOPEZ, Estela Spain

2nd - SAVITSKAYA, Anna Russia

3rd - VLAIC, Iuliana Romania

3rd - KOVÁČIKOVÁ, Lucia Slovakia

Kumite Seniors Female < 55

1st - VOJTIKEVIČOVÁ, Jana Slovakia

2nd - SANDU, Stefania Romania

3rd - PANAIT, Cristina Romania

3rd - SEMANÍKOVÁ, Viktória Slovakia

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Year 1 / nº 1Kumite Seniors Female < 61

1st - NITU, Claudia Romania

2nd - PAKOSTA, Eva Austria

3rd - BARRANCO, Katya Spain

3rd - BOBKOVÁ, Karolína Czech Republic

Kumite Seniors Female < 68

1st - ABERER, Natascha Austria

2nd - MIREA, Alexandrina Romania

3rd - DRAGONI, Serena Italy

3rd - SHEROZIA, Inga Russia

Kumite Seniors Female > 68

1st - ČERNÁ, Mária Slovakia

2nd - CAVALLERIN, Monica Italy

3rd - NIGGL, Rebecca Germany

3rd - OOSTHUIZEN, Lo-Anne South Africa

Kumite Seniors Male < 60

1st - MACKO, Peter Slovakia

2nd - POKORNY, Stefan Austria

3rd - CHAPANIAN, Zoyrasvok Russia

3rd - FEDOTOV, Grigoriy Belarus

Kumite Seniors Male < 67

1st - POPA, Paul Romania

2nd - RUBIO, Roberto Spain

3rd - YAROTSKIY, Andrey Russia

3rd - FEDRO, Jan Slovakia

Kumite Seniors Male < 75

1st - MOREIRA, Nuno Portugal

2nd - SILVA, Pedro Portugal

3rd - MAUCH, Franz Austria

3rd - MEISTER, Karl German

Kumite Seniors Male < 84

1st - ALIEV, Alexander Russia

2nd - FARMADIN, Klaudio Slovakia

3rd - KRYLOVSKYY, Denys Ukraine

3rd - HARNIČÁR, Andrej Slovakia

Kumite Seniors Male > 84

1st - REICH, Tomáš Czech Republic

2nd - ANTON, Olesko Russia

3rd - GRINEVICH, Andrey Belarus

3rd - HABERKERN, Enrico Germany

D. Masters

Kumite Masters Female < 1.60

1st - MUNSAMY, Vicky South Africa

2nd - MOSTERT, Cisna South Africa

3rd - SOUSA, Stela Portugal

3rd - SARMENTO, Miriam East Timor

Kumite Female > 1.61

1st - SIMION, Ioana Romania

2nd - THAJER, Elisabeth Austria

3rd - PANDEY, Sahliega South Africa

3rd - CASEIRO, Ludmila Portugal

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Kumite Masters Male < 1.70

1st - ARENA, Andrea Italy

2nd - SARMENTO, Carlos Portugal

3rd - WILLIAMS, Christopher South Africa

3rd - VILALONGA, José Portugal

Kumite Masters Male > 1.71

1st - KRAEMER, Christian Germany

2nd - SANTOS, Carlos Portugal

3rd - FERREIRA, Jimmy South Africa

3rd - DVOŘÁK, David Czech Republic

KATA TEAM

A. Juniors

Kata Juniors Team Female

1st - PORTUGAL Portugal

(Cardoso, Patrícia / Santos, Mª. Teresa / Raposo, Rute)

2nd - CZECH REPUBLIC Czech Republi

(Miskova, Veronika / Zidkova, Katerina / Kopecna, Veronika)

3rd - GERMANY Germany

(Boehrer, Lena / Woerthmueller, Shanna / Szimon, Julia)

3rd - SOUTH AFRICA South Africa

Kata Juniors Team Male

1st - GERMANY Germany

(Gedhun, David / Gedhun, Robin/ Schinke, Maximillian)

2nd - ITALY Italy

(Crocioni, Gianluigi / Schiantella, Mattia / Del Prete, Manuel)

3rd - HUNGARY Hungary

(Derzsi, Tamás / Derzsi, András / Varga, Dániel)

3rd - SOUTH AFRICA South Africa

(Reid, Robert / Roelofse, Nemo / Belcher, Damian)

B. Seniors

Kata Seniors Team Female

1st - Germany Germany

(Kurz, Franziska / Kurz, Karolin / Kurz, Julia)

2nd - Italy Italy

(Rellini, Ilaria / Tentellini, Elisa / Bianchi, Martina)

3rd - Czech Republic Czech Republic

(Istvankova, Veronika / Misková, Veronika / Zidková, Katerina)

3rd - Switzerland Switzerland

(Rebeyrol, Joelle / Rebeyrol, Rachel / Binggeli, Corina)

Kata Seniors Team Male

1st - Czech Republic Czech Republic

(Hrubý, Michal / Mícek, Vladimír / Imrísek, Karel)

2nd - Italy Italy

(Budelli, Matteo / Crocioni, Piergiorgio / Del Prete, Manuel)

3rd - Portugal Portugal

(Pereira, Pedro / Vieira, André / Rodrigues, Francisco)

3rd - South Africa South Africa

C. Masters

Kata Masters Team Male

1st - Portugal Portugal

(Sarmento, Carlos / Júlio, José / Vilalonga, José)

2nd-- New Zealand New Zealand

3rd- India India

(Dalvi, Ganesh / Wagh, Prakash / Labade, Kaila)

3rd - Malaysia Malaysia

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Year 1 / nº 1KUMITE TEAM

A. Cadets

Kumite Cadet Team Female

1st - Canada Canada

(Michal, Pokrass / Krystantos, Samantha)

2nd - Portugal Portugal

3rd - New Zealand New Zealand

3rd - Singapore Singapore

Kumite Cadet Team Male

1st - Hungary Hungary

(Derzsi, Tamás / Derzsi, András / Varga, Dániel / Virga, Péter)

2nd - Belarus Belarus

(Rutkevich, Maksim / Shchuka, Evgeniy / Pavlushenko, Artem)

3rd - Portugal Portugal

3rd - Russia Russia

(Tunik, Alexander / Zyat’kov, Denis / Ufimtsev, Daniil)

B. Juniors

Kumite Juniors Team Female

1st - Slovakia Slovakia

(Tátošova, Patrícia / Schwartzová, Zuzana / Tatárová, Dominika)

2nd - Germany German

(Huisken, Mirijam / Neumann, Jessy / Hoerner, Marianne / Ma-ckert, Larissa)

3rd - Portugal Portugal

3rd - South Africa South Africa

(Reinach, Nina / Hendricks, Tharwah / Zaayman, Anuschka)

Kumite Juniors Team Male

1st - Latvia Latvia

(Lupiks, Maksims / Bukrejs, Andrejs / Bodrovs, Nikolajs)

2nd - Russia Russia

(Ignatiev Sergey / Antonian, Arutin / Sankovski, Evgeniy / Pla-chutin, Evgeniy / Kadochnikov, Alexander)

3rd - Portugal Portugal

3rd - Spain Spain

C. Seniors

Kumite Seniors Team Female

1st - Romania Romania

(Nitu, Claudia / Panait, Cristina / Mirea, Alexandrina / Sandu, Stefania / Stefan, Madalina)

2nd - Russia Russia

(Ptukhina, Yulia / Savitskaya, Anna / Volnyanskaya, Natalia / Sherozia, Inga)

3rd - Austria Austria

(Plank, Bettina / Pakosta, Eva / Aberer, Natascha / Buchner, Ge-orgia)

3rd - Italy Italy

(Bianconi, Daniela / Cataluffi, Giullia / Dragoni, Serena / Caval-lerin, Monica)

Kumite Seniors Team Male

1st - Russia Russia

(Aliev, Alexander / Yarotskiy, Andrey / Mihailovskiy, Sergey / Olesko, Anton / Martsenkevich, Andrey)

2nd - Romania Romania

(Popa, Paul / Chiabei, Marius / Budui, Ciprian / Dinu, Paul / Iancu, Traian / Iancu, Emil / Ionita, Cosmin)

3rd - Austria Austria

(Pokorny, Stefan / Mauch, Franz / Stangl, Günther / Mayer, Jean--Marc / Koza, Michael / Fuchs, Dominik / Süssenbacher, Patrick)

3rd - Czech Republic Czech Republic

(Burget, Milan / Koci, Vojtech / Panácek, Jiri / Reich, Tomás / Kocí, Jan / Dvorák, David)

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Medal Roll of the

1st World Goju-Ryu Karate Championship

Country Gold Silver Bronze Total

Slovakia 8 5 5 18Portugal 6 9 15 30Russian Federation 5 7 9 21Italy 5 5 7 17Germany 5 3 9 17Czech Republic 5 3 7 15Romania 4 5 5 14Austria 2 3 8 13Hungary 2 1 6 9Spain 2 1 3 6Ukraine 2 1 1 4Latvia 2 2South Africa 1 2 1 18Belarus 1 2 2 5Canada 1 2 2 5New Zealand 1 1 2Fiji 1 1Great Britain 2 2Singapore 2 2East Timor 1 1India 1 1Malaysia 1 1Palestine 1 1Switzerland 1 1

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Meet our Champions

Kata Individual Cadet FemaleKOPEČNÁ, Veronika

Kata Individual Cadet MaleGRANDE, Francesco

Kata Individual Junior FemaleCARDOSO, Patrícia DOB: 24.05.1994 / OportoDojo: Centro de Karate Goju-Ryu do Porto; since Nov. 2000Coach: José CarvalhoFour times all styles Portuguese Champion / 3rd place 36th Euro-pean Championship (2008/2009)

Kata Individual Junior MaleKONSTANTINOS, Thomos

Kata Individual Senior FemaleIŠTVÁNKOVÁ, Veronika

Kata Individual Senior MaleMÍČEK, Vladimír

Kata Individual Masters Female > 35MORENO, Maite

Kata Individual Masters Female > 46LUNGO, Simonetta

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Kata Individual Masters Male > 35RUBICONDI, Rossano

Kata Individual Masters Male > 46ROVERSI, Mario

Kumite Individual Cadet Female < 54ZÁVATZKÁ, DanielaD.O.B.: 14.12.1994 /KošiceDojo: KK Union Košice, since 2001Coach: Mr. Peter BozogáňMulti Slovak Champion

Kumite Individual Cadet Female < 54STEPANENKO, Karolina

Kumite Individual Cadet Male < 52KARPOV, Vadim

Kumite Individual Cadet Male < 57VIRGA, Péter

Kumite Individual Cadet Male < 63SZABO, Daniel

Kumite Individual Cadet Male < 70UFIMTSEV, Daniil

Kumite Individual Cadet Male > 70RUTKEVICH, Maskim

Kumite Individual Junior Female < 48DUARTE, Rita

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NEUMANN, JesseyKumite Individual Junior Female < 53

Kumite Individual Junior Female < 59FOLDESIOVÁ, LenkaD.O.B.: 12.01.1994 / Nitra, Dojo: Farmex Nitra, since 2000Coaches: Mr. Klaudio & Rudolf Farmadin1st EKF Championships Paris 2009, Multi Slovak Champion

Kumite Individual Junior Female > 59TÁTOŠOVÁ, Patricia

Kumite Individual Junior Male < 59ASABIN, Ilya

Kumite Individual Junior Male < 61LOUREIRO, Manuel ReisDOB: 02.07.1993 / OportoDojo: Academia Zen; since Set. 1998Coach: Mr. Alberto von Doellinger RamosNational all styles Portuguese champion -61 (2010)

Kumite Individual Junior Male < 68BUKREJS, AndrejsyD.O.B.: 01.01.1993 / RigaDojo: , since 2000Coach: Mr. Aleksandr Nakonecnijs3rd place – kumite 7 th Youth, Ca-dets & Junior EGKF Championship 2010 in Graz

Kumite Individual Junior Male < 76KORINNYY, Vadym

Kumite Individual Junior Male > 76ŠOLTÝS, RóbertD.O.B.: 30.06.1993 / BanskáBystricaDojo: CMK Banská Bystrica, since 1999Coach: Mr. Jozef Poliak8th EKF Championships Izmir 2010, Multi Slovak Champion

Kumite Individual Senior Female < 50LOPEZ, Estela

Kumite Individual Senior Female < 59VOJTIKEVIČOVÁ, JanaD.O.B.: 18.9.1990 / ŽilinaDojo: RAPID Bratislava, since 2003Coach: Mr. Ján Longa3rd WKF Championships Morocco 2010, Multi Slovak Champion

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Kumite Individual Senior Female < 61NITU, Claudia

Kumite Individual Senior Female < 68ABERER, Natascha

Kumite Individual Senior Female > 68ČERNÁ, Mária

Kumite Individual Senior Male < 60MACKO, PeterD.O.B.: 12.08.1982 / BratislavaDojo: TEKDAN Bratislava, since 1989Coach: Mr. Daniel Líška3rd EKF Championships Tallin 2008, 2nd World University Cham-pionships New York 2006

Kumite Individual Senior Male < 67POPA, Paul

Kumite Individual Senior Male < 75MOREIRA, Nuno

Kumite Individual Senior Male < 84ALIEV, Alexander

Kumite Individual Senior Male > 84REICH, Tomáš

Kumite Individual Masters Female < 1,60MUNSAMY, Vicky

Kumite Individual Masters Female > 1,60SIMION, Ioana

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Kumite Individual Masters Male < 1,70ARENA, Andrea

Kumite Individual Masters Male > 1,70KRÄEMER, Christian

Kata Juniors Team Female

Kata Juniors Team Male

Kata Seniors Team Female

Kata Seniors Team Male

Kata Masters Team Male

Kumite Cadet Team Female

Cardoso, Patrícia / Santos, Mª. Teresa / Raposo, Rute

Gedhun, David / Gedhun, Robin/ Schinke, Maximillian

Kurz, Franziska / Kurz, Karolin / Kurz, Julia

Hrubý, Michal / Mícek, Vladimír / Imrísek, Karel

Sarmento, Carlos / Júlio, José / Vilalonga, José

Krystantos, Samantha / Michal, Pokrass

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Kumite Cadet Team Male

Kumite Juniors Team Female

Kumite Juniors Team Male

Kumite Seniors Team Female

Kumite Seniors Team Female

Nitu, Claudia / Panait, Cristina / Mirea, Alexandrina

Sandu, Stefania / Stefan, Madalina

Lupiks, Maksims / Bukrejs, Andrejs / Bodrovs, Nikolajs

Tátošova, Patrícia / Schwartzová, Zuzana / Tatárová, Dominika

Derzsi, Tamás / Derzsi, András / Varga, DánielVirga, Péter

Aliev, Alexander / Yarotskiy, Andrey / Mihailovskiy, Sergey / Olesko, Anton / Martsenkevich, Andrey