European Club Championships - Champions League - Belgrade, Serbia
The European Club Championships in Belgrade (SRB) could not have ended any better from a Serbian perspective. Home team OJK Belgrade beat Aris Judo Club (GRE) 3:0 in the men’s Champions League final. Filip DJINOVIC (+90), Alberto GAITERO MARTIN/ESP (-66) and Jorge CANO GARCIA (-73) scored the points for the…
9 December 2023European Club Championships - Champions League - Belgrade, Serbia
The Queen anthem echoed through the Stark Arena in Belgrade: “We are the champions, my friends, no time for losers…” The Paris Saint-Germain Judo women’s team have won the Champions League for the first time. The PSG ladies defeated their compatriots from JC Pontault Combault 3:0 in the final, with…
9 December 2023European Club Championships - Champions League - Belgrade, Serbia
It remains a single Champions League victory for Teddy RINER (FRA), at least for the time being. The long-awaited first success with Paris Saint-Germain will not materialize. That was already clear by midday on Saturday. The French team lost 3-1 to OJK Belgrade in the European Club Championships semi-final, the…
9 December 2023European Club Championships - Champions League - Belgrade, Serbia
The supposed Champions League men’s dream final between RED STAR BELGRADE (SRB, including European and former world champion Nemanja Majdov) and PARIS SAINT GERMAIN JUDO (FRA, with superstar Teddy Riner and Georgian Olympic champions Lasha SHAVDATUASHVILI and Lasha BEKAURI) will not take place. That was eventually clear by 13:30 on…
9 December 20231976 OG Montreal medallist in Belgrade
Saturday morning in Belgrade’s Stark Arena started with the well-known shout of HAJIME. The best women’s and men’s teams of the old continent, consisting of five competitors, are competing for the top spot at this year’s edition of the Champions League. It didn’t take long for us to notice some…
9 December 2023European Club Championships - Champions League - Belgrade, Serbia
The most emotional moment at Friday’s EJU gala after the 75th anniversary congress in BELGRAD (SRB) had an Austrian-Moldovan connection. The EJU Fair Play Award of the (past) year was presented to the world number one and newly crowned European champion Denis VIERU (-66/MDA). At the Austrian national league final…
8 December 2023European Club Championships - Champions League - Belgrade, Serbia
Teddy RINER, 34, has already experienced a lot in his career: 3 Olympic victories (2 x individual/+100, 1 x Mixed-Team), 11 World Championship and 4 European Championship titles, an incredible winning streak of 154 fights in a row, the French superstar has also won the Champions League – with his…
7 December 2023European Club Championships - Champions League - Belgrade, Serbia
With the up and coming European Club Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, let’s take a look at the four representing teams of the host nation. RED STAR JUDO CLUB Judo Club Red Star is the oldest of the host clubs, founded in 1955 and has been operating within the Red Star…
6 December 2023European Club Championships - Champions League - Belgrade, Serbia
When you talk about JUDO SERBIA, you can’t get past Aleksandar KUKOLJ. The 32-year-old, who has a university degree in economics, was runner-up at the 2021 World Championships, European Champion in 2017, two-time Olympian, three-time Grand Slam winner (including Tokyo), founded his own Judo club, the Kukolj Team, four years…
6 December 2023
European Club Championships - Champions League