The 7th EUSA European Universities Karate Championship concluded on July 26th with the finals matches and the Closing Ceremony in Zabljak, Montenegro.

Almost 120 participants from 44 Universities took part in this year’s edition of the event which started on July 23.

Competition was divided in kata and kumite individual and team in both men and women categories. The most successful University in general order was Sarajevo University from Bosnia and Herzegovina while Turkish Istanbul Aydin University took second place in overall ranking.



During competition medals and awards were presented by Mr Felipe Santos, EUSA honorary member, Mr Patrik Perosa, EUSA Sports manager, Mr Veselin Vukicevic, Major of the Municipality of Zabljak, Mr Boris Sekulic, President of the Students Sports Association of Montenegro and Organizing committee and Mr Dragan Sakotic, President of Karate Federation of Montenegro.



During the closing ceremony, the EUSA flag was passed to representatives of Portugal, as next European Universities Karate Championship will take place in Coimbra, Portugal in 2017 and all athletes and teams are warmly welcomed to join the next EUSA Karate events.

Overview of the Champions – Gold medallists per category:



KATA
Team Men: University Donja Gorica (MNE)
Team Women: Istanbul Aydin University (TUR)
Individual Men: Luis Silva, University of Porto (POR)
Individual Women: Alexandra Feracci, University of Corsica (FRA)



KUMITE
Team Men: Technical University of Munich (GER)
Team Women: University of Sarajevo (BIH)
-60kg Men: Mario Kovacevic, University of Montenegro (MNE)
-67kg Men: Muhammet Alli Yilmaz, Marmara University (TUR)
-75kg Men: Recep Ersel Kocer, Istanbul Aydin University (TUR)
-84kg Men: Edin Bektas, University of Sarajevo (BIH)
+84kg Men: Jagoba Vizuete Fernandez, Catholic University San Antonio (ESP)
-50kg Women: Selva Nur Akkurt, Istanbul Ticaret University (TUR)
-55kg Women: Stella Holczer, Technical University Kaiserslautern (GER)
-61kg Women: Ana Raquel Lopes Simao, NOVA Lisbon University (POR)
-68kg Women: Anica Mijatovic, University of Montenegro (MNE)
+68kg Women: Meltem Hocaoglu, Marmara University (TUR)

For more information, please see the official website www.karate2015.eusa.eu.