Teams from 39 countries will take part in European Judo Championship

April 13, 2009 was the last day for those who would want to applicate for European Judo Championship that will take place in Tbilisi, Georgia. Teams from 39 European countries will challenge each other on 3 tatamis, in Tbilisi Sports Palace. Most of them already named their squads. According to Georgian Judo Federation almost all the major title holder sportsmen around the Europe will arrive.

For the title of European Champion 2009 will fight Olympic Champions Ole Bischoff (81 kg, Germany); Illias Illiadis (81 kg, Greece); Ihar Makarau (100 kg, Belarus);

World Champions: Ruben Houkes (60 kg, Netherlands); Guillaume Elmont (81 kg, Netherlands); Teddy Riner (+100 kg, France); Aleksandr Michailin (+100 kg, Russia);

European Champions: Ludwig Peischer (60 kg, Austria); Dirk Van Tichelt (73 kg, Belgium); Joao Neto (81 kg, Portugal); Henk Grol (100 kg, Netherlands); Robert Kravchik (81 kg, Polland); Daniel Hadfi (100 kg, Hungary); Ivan Pershin (90 kg, Russia); Andreas Tolzer (+100 kg, Germany); Armen Nazaryan (60 kg, Armenia); David Alarza (90 kg, Spain); Kiyoshi Uematsu (73 kg, Spain); Ariel Zeevi (100 kg, Israel); Miklas Ungvar (66 kg, Hungary).

Participant countries list

1. Albania

2. Armenia

3. Austria

4. Azerbaijan

5. Belarus

6. Belgium

7. Bulgaria

8. Croatia

9. Czech Republic

10.Estonia

11.Finland

12.France

13.Georgia

14.Germany

15.Great Britain

16.Greece

17.Hungary

18.Israel

19.Italy

20.Latvia

21.Lithuania

22.Luxembourg

23. Macedonia
24.Moldova

25.Montenegro

26.Netherlands

27.Norway

28.Poland

29.Portugal

30.Romania

31.Russia

32.Serbia

33.Slovak Republic

34.Slovenia

35.Spain

36.Sweden

37.Switzerland

38.Turkey

39.Ukraine

Georgian Judo Federation Press Center