EUSA Magazine 2019-20

EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES

KICKBOXING CHAMPIONSHIP

ZAGREB, CROATIA

JULY 31-AUGUST 3, 2019

For the very first time, Kickboxing was included in the 2019

EUSA Championships, forming part of four sports making up

the 2019 Combat Championships alongside Karate, Judo and

Taekwondo, which took place in the Croatian capital Zagreb.

Over 1 300 participants were

involved across all four sporting

competitions, with Kickboxing

contributing 237 participants

from 101 universities and 20

different countries.

The main organiser of the event

was the Croatian Academic

Sports Association together

with the City of Zagreb as an

organisational partner and WAKO

European Kickboxing Federation

providing additional support.

Present on behalf of EUSA

was Executive Committee

representative Ms Ivana Ertlova,

Kickboxing Technical Delegate

Mr Romeo Desa and EUSA

Control Commission Chair Mr

Piotr Marzsal.

At the end of the fourth day

of action, it was the University

of Physical Education from

Hungary who emerged

victorious with five gold medals

as they took the honours in the

mixed team competition.

Finishing behind the Hungarians

was Charles University from

the Czech Republic, Ukraine’s

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