Karate at the 2015 European Games

Karate at the 2015 European Games
Venue	Crystal Hall, Baku
Dates	13–14 June
Competitors	96 (48 men, 48 women) from 38 nations

Karate competitions at the 2015 European Games in Baku were held from 13 to 14 June 2015 at the Crystal Hall complex in Baku. The competition consisted of twelve events, six in each gender - two Kata or technique events, and ten weighted kumite or combat events.

Qualification

Main article: Karate at the 2015 European Games – Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee will be allowed a maximum of 1 competitor per event. Each event will consist of eight competitors

Qualification will be based on the 2015 European Karate Championships between 19 and 22 March 2015 in Istanbul, Turkey; the first six finishers in each event qualify for the European Games. Hosts Azerbaijan will be awarded an entry in each event. In addition, 12 'Universality' places will be allocated, one in each event, to ensure a spread of nations can compete.

Medalists

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual Kata	Damián Quintero  Spain	Mattia Busato  Italy	Mehmet Yakan  Turkey
Kumite -60 kg	Firdovsi Farzaliyev  Azerbaijan	Luca Maresca  Italy	Emil Pavlov  Macedonia
Kumite -67 kg	Burak Uygur  Turkey	Steven Da Costa  France	Niyazi Aliyev  Azerbaijan
Kumite -75 kg	Rafael Aghayev  Azerbaijan	Luigi Busà  Italy	Erman Eltemur  Turkey
Kumite -84 kg	Aykhan Mamayev  Azerbaijan	Michail Georgos Tzanos  Greece	Uğur Aktaş  Turkey
Kumite +84 kg	Enes Erkan  Turkey	Jonathan Horne  Germany	Martin Nestorovski  Macedonia

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual Kata	Sandra Sánchez  Spain	Sandy Scordo  France	Dilara Bozan  Turkey
Kumite -50 kg	Serap Özçelik  Turkey	Bettina Plank  Austria	Alexandra Recchia  France
Kumite -55 kg	Emily Thouy  France	Jelena Kovačević  Croatia	Ilaha Qasimova  Azerbaijan
Kumite -61 kg	Lucie Ignace  France	Merve Çoban  Turkey	Ana Lenard  Croatia
Kumite -68 kg	Irina Zaretska  Azerbaijan	Alisa Buchinger  Austria	Marina Raković  Montenegro
Kumite +68 kg	Maša Martinović  Croatia	Meltem Hocaoğlu  Turkey	Ivanna Zaytseva  Russia

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Azerbaijan)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Azerbaijan*	4	0	2	6
2	Turkey	3	2	4	9
3	France	2	2	1	5
4	Spain	2	0	0	2
5	Croatia	1	1	1	3
6	Italy	0	3	0	3
7	Austria	0	2	0	2
8	Germany	0	1	0	1
	Greece	0	1	0	1
10	Macedonia	0	0	2	2
11	Montenegro	0	0	1	1
	Russia	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		12	12	12	36

Participating nations

•  Albania (1)
•  Austria (2)
•  Azerbaijan (12)
•  Belarus (1)
•  Belgium (1)
•  Bulgaria (1)
•  Croatia (6)
•  Cyprus (1)
•  Czech Republic (1)
•  Denmark (1)
•  Finland (2)
•  France (10)
•  Georgia (1)
•  Germany (5)
•  Greece (3)
•  Hungary (1)
•  Iceland (1)
•  Ireland (1)
•  Italy (4)
•  Kosovo (1)
•  Latvia (1)
•  Luxembourg (1)
•  Macedonia (2)
•  Montenegro (1)
•  Netherlands (1)
•  Norway (1)
•  Poland (1)
•  Portugal (1)
•  Romania (1)
•  Russia (2)
•  Serbia (3)
•  Slovakia (1)
•  Slovenia (1)
•  Spain (7)
•  Sweden (1)
•  Switzerland (1)
•  Turkey (11)
•  Ukraine (3)

External links

• Official website