Today in the history: 7 November

Today at 7 November in 1998, Dutch team Kenamju won the European Club Cup. At Abensberg, the team of the famous coach Cor van der Geest beat French PSG Alliance 5-2. After four of the seven matches, the Dutch led by a decisive 4-0. Five years earlier, in 1993, Racing Club de France won the European Club Cup in Berlin by beating JC Frankfurt from Germany.

In 1976 Russian Alexandre Iatskevich became the 80 kgs European Junior Champion in Poland. Two years later, Iatskevich won his first of three European senior titles at 86 kgs. ‘Sasja’, born in Latvia, became an important head coach of the Belgium team. In 1976, the year of his breakthrough, he also won the World junior title at 86 kgs one month later.