MONTPELLIER - Last weekend the European Judo Championships took place in Montpellier, France. Judo Belgium sent twelve judokas to this EJU European Championship. This time it was not a success for the Belgians. Almost all Team Belgium judokas were eliminated in the preliminary round. Two judokas, Matthias Casse (JV) and Jorre Verstraeten (JWB), were able to advance to the podium. However, both just missed out on a medal and finished in fifth place. Below is an overview of the matches.
Match Day 03.11
Ellen SALENS (-48kg/Judoschool Merelbeke/JV)
Round 1: Defeat vs. Katharina Menz (GER)
Lois PETIT (-48kg/Top Niveau Tournai/JWB)
Round 1: Defeat vs. Leyla Aliyeva (AE)
Amber RYHEUL (-52kg/Kon. Ieperse JC Neko/JV)
Round 1: Bye
Round 2: Defeat vs. Reka Pupp (HUN)
Mina LIBEER (-57kg/Judoschool Merelbeke/JV)
Round 1: Defeat vs. Veronica Toniolo (ITA)
Jorre VERSTRAETEN (-60kg/RJC IGW/JWB) – 5th PLACE
Round 1: Bye
Round 2: Victory vs. Salih Yildiz (TUR)
Quarter-Final: Defeat vs. Ramazan Abdulaev (AIN)
Repechage: Victory vs. Andrea Carlino (ITA)
Bronze: Defeat vs. Romain Valadier Picard (FRA)
Match Day 04.11
Abdul Malik UMAYEV (-73kg/JC Visé/JWB)
Round 1: Bye
Round 2: Defeat vs. Hidayat Heydarov (AZE)
Matthias CASSE (-81kg/JC Fudji Yama Boom/Schelle/JV/1 WRL) – 5th Place
Round 1: Bye
Round 2: Victory vs. Edi Sherifovski (MKD)
Round 3: Victory vs. Timur Arbuzov (AIN)
Quarter-Final: Defeat vs. Wachid Borchashvili (AUT)
Repechage: Victory vs. Mykhailo Svidrak (UKR)
Bronze: Defeat vs. Alpha Oumar Djalo (FRA)
Jarne Duyck (-81kg/JC Ingelmunster/JV)
Round 1: Victory vs. José Maria Mendiola Izquieta (ESP)
Round 2: Defeat vs. Bearach Gleeson (IRL)
Match Day 05.11
Vicky VERSCHAERE (-78kg/JC Evergem/JV)
Round 1: Bye
Round 2: Defeat vs. Alina Boehm (GER)
Karel FOUBERT (-90kg/JC Olympia Brugge/JV)
Round 1: Defeat vs. Nemanja Majdov (SRB)
Sami CHOUCHI (-90kg/JC La Chenaie/JWB)
Round 1: Victory vs. Jamal Petgrave (GBR)
Round 2: Defeat vs. Alexis Mathieu (FRA)
Toma NIKIFOROV (-100kg/Topsport Defensie/JV)
Round 1: Victory vs. George Udsilauri (GER)
Round 2: Defeat vs. Matvey Kanikovskiy (AIN)
