Georgia dominates first day European Cup in Prague

At the European Cup for Juniors in Prague, 436 competitors from 32 countries are fighting this weekend. The tournament is supported by the City of Prague and was opened by the deputy mayor of the City of Prague.

The men’s categories on... Read more

Prague looking forward to European Junior Cup

This weekend Prague is the centre for many judoka in the age category under 20 years. The European Cup for juniors will be held in the Czech capital.

More than 30 countries and approximately 440 athletes have subscribed for the event. This... Read more

Ukraine and Netherlands show of at European Cup in Cetniewo

Ukraine won three categories today at the second day of the European Junior Cup in Cetniewo, Poland. Two women took the title; Olena Petrechenko (U70kg) and vice European U20 Champion Ivanna Makukha (U78 - pictured). In the men’s division Dmytro... Read more

Mongolia and Korea take majority of the medals at World Cup in Ulaanbaatar

Ye-Sul Hwang (KOR-U70), Tsedevsuren Munkhzaya (MGL-U63) and Khashbaatar Tsagaanbaatar (MGL-U66) prolonged last year's titles at the IJF Chinggis Khan World Cup in Ulaanbaatar. Korea and Mongolia both shared five titles, but Korea was represented... Read more

Poland collect most medals at European Cup but doesn't lead the tally

At the first day of the European Cup for Juniors in Cetniewo Poland, twenty countries fought for the medals. At the event, cherishing a long history, Kazakhstan, Romania and The Netherlands won two gold medals.

Host country Poland collected... Read more

Preview European Junior Cup in Cetniewo

Saturday the EJU European Cup for Juniors will take place in Cetniewo.
The tournament has a long history of famous medalists.
Previous Champions were successful judoka like Morgane Ribout (FRA), Hedvig Karakas (HUN), Romy Tarangul (GER),... Read more

IOC member addresses seminar in Japan

Patrick J. Hickey has become an international ambassador of the Jigoro Kano Foundation. Hickey who served on the EJU as treasurer in the past has had this honour.
International Olympic Committee member Hickey is a black belt in judo and honorary... Read more

Hungary takes the gold in medal tally in Paks

At day two of the European Junior Cup in Paks in Hungary it was the Ukraine taking two gold medals in a field of 7 different winning countries. Artem Bulyga won gold U73kg and Olena Petrechenko was responsible for the second gold for Ukraine in... Read more

Romania and Hungary impress in Paks at European Junior Cup

Romania took three out of eight medals at the first day of the Junior European Cup in Paks, Hungary. Especially the men’s heavyweight’s dominated. In the U100kg category it was Lorand Samel (ROU) who took the gold. Samel won the U17, U20 and... Read more