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Dear Taekwondo Friends!
As President of the European Taekwondo Union I welcome you to the ETU webpages. Taekwondo has become a modern sport and as such we are obliged to use the communication means of the modern world. It is the goal of ETU to unite the European Taekwondo Federations and to serve all Taekwondo practitioners by providing a fast flow of information.
Therefore I do hope that using this pages will be helpful for you and that this will increase the speed of true unification of all European Taekwondo.
With best regards
Athanasios Pragalos, ETU President
In January 2013, ETU will organize the 1st ETU European Club Championships in Athens, Greece. During this championship all clubs affiliated to the ETU member national associations can participate with a team at these championships.
There will be fought in 8 weight categories (male and female) and each club can send one athlete per weight category to this event: In total 16 athletes plus max. 5 officials can be accredited.
ETU expects a total of 2.500 competitors to take part in this event. More information will follow soon!
The results of the European Senior Taekwondo Championships 2012 in Manchester are online:
Click here to go to the result page or select "Info + Results" and then "Results" from the left menu.
Today ETU president Pragalos together with WTF president Dr. Choue had a meeting with the Organizing Committee of the London 2012 Olympics. They were briefed on the taekwondo event in August and exchanged thoughts on the event. London is ready and the Olympics can begin!
ETU has reached an agreement with Lufthansa for special rates on flying to Athens for participating at the 16-21 Taekwondo Championships in June 2012:
Lufthansa German Airlines offers a comprehensive global route network linking major cities around the world. As an airline partner, Lufthansa offers special prices and conditions to participants, visitors, exhibitors and invited guests as well as employees of the Contracting Partner and their travel companions.
To make a reservation, please click on www.lufthansa.com/event-booking_en and enter the access code GRZEYB in the "Access to Event Booking" area.
This will open an online booking platform that will automatically calculate the discount offered or provide you with an even better offer if another promotional fare is available.
NOTE: Pop-ups must be enabled otherwise the booking platform window will not open.
Following the recent wrap-up of 9th WTF World Junior Taekwondo Championships and discussion within WTF Technical Committee, WTF has proposed to apply the Daedo PSS hit level attached at the 2012 European Senior Taekwondo Championships. This proposed hit level per size and weight have been come up as most appropriate after several tournaments.
See the proposed Hit level for Daedo protectors at the European Senior Taekwondo Championships here.
The European Taekwondo Championships for Juniors from 16 -21 years are held from June 14th until June 17th 2012 in Athens/Greece.
ATTENTION:
Deadline for application has been prolonged to June 1st 2012!
Place of event is:
METS SPORTS HALL
70 Markou Mousouri Str., Mets,
Athens, Greece
Weight Divisions: according to WTF Senior weight divisions
Ages for participants: born in 1992-1993-1994-1995-1996
Information about bank account:
Account number: 0108-40-000295-48
Name of the Bank: BANK of CYPRUS
Branch's address: EVROU STREET OFFICE, NICOSIA, CYPRUS
IBAN: CY06 0020 0108 0000 0040 0002 9548
SWIFT ADDRESS: BCYPCY2N
The actual ETU A-Class Poomse Ranking as listed on April 1st 2012 can be downloaded here.
The 2012 World University Taekwondo Champonships will take place in Pocheon (Kyonggi-do)/Korea from May 25th until May 30th. Hosted by the International University Sports Federation (FISU), about 1000 participants from 50 countries are expected to take part. Competitions will include Kyorugi as well as Poomsae.
The homepage of the event is: www.pocheon2012.org
More info can be attained by phone: +82-2-454-0380
or by mail: kdsung83@wpsi.co.kr or gyji392@wpsi.co.kr or zhirong74@pcs21.go.kr
The annual European Fair Play Awards are issued by EFPM under the patronage of the European Olympic Committees (EOC) and have been developed into a widely accepted and fully respected institution, aiming to the wide spreading and reinforcement of the Fair Play behavior and initiatives all over Europe.
These Awards are granted to National Fair Play Organizations, Sports Organizations or Educational Institutions, as well as to individuals.
The European Fair Play Awards are of two categories:
• The European Fair Play Plaque of Merit and Diploma
• The European Fair Play Diploma
In view of the above, the European Fair Play Movement invites all its Members, the European National Olympic Committees and the European Sports Organizations, to promote the good examples of fair play and tolerance and to submit their applications to the 2012 European Fair Play Awards.
Applications can be made for organizatrions or for individuals.
For more info click here.
According to an official notice from WTF there will be a change regarding the introduction of WTF GAL (WTF Global Athlete License):
The WTF Athlete License Card will be mandatory as of 1 January 2012 for WTF promoted championships only - until Jan. 2013.
ETU works closely with WTF in this matter and is eager to link the WTF GAL database to the competition management system of ETU. The GAL will ensure that all participants of tournaments are registered members of the Member National Assosiations and will lead the way to to a more efficient competition management process.
The next stages of implementation are currently planned and all relevant information will be published after the WTF Council Meeting in Egypt (April 2012).
More info about the Global Athlete License:
WTF Athlete License Info WTF Athlete License Rules WTF Athlete License Registration
Please note that the Registration Form is for Member National Associations only. Every MNA should determine a WTF GAL administrator who handles the registration (see Info and Rules).
ETU has published a list of criteria for those organizers who want to obtain ETU A-Class status for their 2012 poomsae tournament.
The document can be dowloaded here together with an application form for 2012 ETU Poomsae A-Class tournaments.
ETU President Pragalos has given an interview to Spanish Taekwondo media MAS Taekwondo. In this interview he speaks about the results of the ETU elections in Pafos, future goals of ETU and the close connection between European Taekwondo nations and WTF.
Click here to read the interview or
switch to MAS Taekwondo webpage.
PAPHOS – With a total of 44 votes received, Mr. Pragalos got re-elected as President of the European Taekwondo Union. During the General Assembly of the European Taekwondo Union, a total of 58 Member National Associations and ETU Officials were eligible to vote. Mr. Sahin, opponent of the re-elected president, received a total of 14 votes.
Not only the General Assembly elected its new president, but also 14 members of the Executive Council and 2 Cash auditors were elected. ETU Honorary President, Dr. Sun Jae Park presided over the General Assembly during the elections. The World Taekwondo Federation sent an observer in the person of Mr. Corbin Min. During the elections, Dr. Sun Jae Park appointed three other observers to make sure that all procedures were carried out according to the WTF Statutes.
On 7 October 2011, WTF President Dr. Chungwon Choue congratulated Mr. Pragalos on his victory. Mr. Pragalos on his turn informed Dr. Choue by letter on the continuous support he, but also the ETU Executive Council and ETU Member National Associations are giving to Dr. Choue and the World Taekwondo Federation as such.
Mr. Pragalos appointed already 3 Executive Council Members: - Mr. Adrian Tranter as Vice-president
- Mr. Kenneth Schunken as deputy Secretary-General
- Mr. Chakir Chelbat
The ETU ExCo decided about a new seeding system for tournaments at its meeting in Tbilisi. The new system is based on the Taekwondo Data database and will be employed for the first time at the European Taekwondo Junior Championships in Cyprus 2011.
For all competitors and coaches:
please download and study the Powerpoint presentation and explanation of the new seeding system here.
The Taekwondo Data database is now freely accessable for any user - no registration, no password. Feel free to search for international Taekwondo competitors and list all of their fights and results.
From next year on ETU will use seeding for the best four (A-Class tournaments) and the best eight (European Taekwondo Championships for Seniors) competitors to make sure that the best fighters will meet as early as in the quarter- or semifinals. Due to a contract with Taekwondo Data ETU has secured the costs for developing and maintaining the database.
Thanks to ETU and Peter Bolz and his team this service is now provided for free to the international Taekwondo community!
As announced before, the ETU board has decided that ETU will give out own Dan certificates starting from 2009. In their last meeting the board has now approved the rules for ETU Dan promotion.
You can download the ETU Dan Promotion Rules here.
Registration for ETU Dan can be done by clicking here
or click on the logo at the bottom.
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Find out the current top Taekwondo players of Europe by checking the ETU Ranking List! This ranking is compiled from the ETU A-Class tournaments - the high level Taekwondo events in Europe.
Click here to view the ETU Ranking List
On that page you find the Ranking List for 2010 and for former years (2007, 2008, 2009)
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