Karlovac Open 2018 – Successful European Cup

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:

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:

Medal statistics – by countries:

Medal statistic – by clubs: