Regarding the European Team selection for the World Weight Category Championships, IKO Honbu has made careful consideration based on recommendations and the fighters performance and potential. The following fighters will be invited to participate for the European Team at the Championships:

* Light Weight:
1. Moczydlowski Piotr (Poland)
2. Gogonel Lucjan (Romania)

*Middle Weight:
1. Kostov Emil (Bulgaria) - Pre-selected
2. Stoian Nicolae (Romania)
3. Sypien Sylwester (Poland)

*Heavy Weight:
1. Habraszka Krzysztof (Poland)
2. Banasik Piotr (Poland)
3. Estensoro Pablo -  one extra spot approved by IKO Honbu

*Super Heavy Weight:
1. Artur Hovanisian (Armenia)
2. Rodrigues Alexandre (France)
3. Najduch Tomasz (Poland)

Two official Managers will be appointed to serve for the European Team.

     Approximately 1 hour transmission from the 4th European Kyokushin Karate Championships was broadcasted on Eurosport TV on 28 February.

 

According to the official website, EUROSPORT is the most widely available channel in Europe, reaching over 95 million homes and 250 million viewers in 54 countries! Incredibly, over 96% of Eurosport's viewers can watch their favourite sports in their native language. Programs are simultaneously broadcasted in the following 18 European languages: German, English, Dutch, French, Spanish, Swedish, Finnish, Danish, Czech, Russian, Hungarian, Polish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Norwegian, Turkish and Greek.

     On February 8th a new board of Norwegian Kyokushin Karate Organization has been chosen.

New president is Shihan Lars Hogquist (5 dan)
e-mail: lars.hogquist@c2i.net
tel.: +47 67 90 68 60
mob.: +47 90 73 94 73
website: www.nkk.as
address: Roykaas terrasse 112, 1476 Rasta, NORWAY

     During the  European Championships in Warsaw 1 hour TV coverage was recorded. It included the most important events of the championships. Commentator was shihan Lesław Samitowski from Chicago and TV presenter was Mr. A. Kwiatek from Tele 5.
     The coverage was shown on Polish digital platform Tele 5 on November 29^th (Monday) and repeated on 30^th November (Tuesday). Also short reports on Polish TV stations: TVP2, TVP3 and TVN have been shown.

Organiser of the Championships is preparing the DVD, which will be available to buy in the next few weeks.