The 19th European Kendo Championships (19EKC)
Tournaments
- 1. Promoting Organization:
- European Kendo Federation (EKF)
- 2. Hosting Organization:
- Hungarian Kendo, Iaido & Jodo Federation
- 3. Technical Assistant:
- International Kendo Federation (FIK)
- 4. Place and Venue:
- National Stadium Complex
Budapest, Hungary
Events & Term: April 23 (Friday) – April 25 (Sunday), 2004
| Date | Events |
| April 23 (Friday) |
Junior Individual Championship |
| Senior Female Team Championship | |
| April 24 (Saturday) |
Senior Male Team Championship |
| April 25 (Sunday) |
Senior Female Individual Championship |
| Senior Male Individual Championship |
262 competitors from 28 countries were participated.
FIK Officials and Instructors:
- 1. Vice President:
- Alain Ducarme
- 2. Secretary General:
- Jun Takeuchi
- 3. Instructor:
- Hideo Kobayashi, Hanshi 8 Dan
- 4. Instructor:
- Osamu Asano, Kyoshi 8 Dan
- 5. Instructor:
- Tadashi Haga, Kyoshi 8 Dan
Click here for photos of Championships !
Results
Men Individual
| 1st Place | Fabrizio Mandia | Italy |
| 2nd Place | Jan Ulmer | Germany |
| 3rd Place | Jörg Sengfelder | Germany |
| José Castro Rabadán | Spain | |
| Fighting Spirit | Axel Diebold | France |
| Gábor Erdélyi | Hungary | |
| Björn Gustavsson | Sweden | |
| Guillaume Sicart | France |
Ladies Individual
| 1st Place | Barbara Király | Hungary |
| 2nd Place | Clémence Garcia | France |
| 3rd Place | Aurélia Blanchard | France |
| Aranka Sipos | Hungary | |
| Fighting Spirit | Jana Ziegelheimová | Czech Republic |
| Mia Susanna Raitanen | Finland |
Junior Individual
| 1st Place | Roberto Kumpf | Germany |
| 2nd Place | Jawad Zailachi | Belgium |
| 3rd Place | Dragoș Ștefan Crăciun | Romania |
| Gábor Babos | Hungary | |
| Fighting Spirit | Lisa Van Laecken – Koga | Belgium |
| Constantin Viebranz | Germany |
Men Team
| 1st Place | France | |
| 2nd Place | Finland | |
| 3rd Place | Italy | |
| Spain | ||
| Fighting Spirit | Andrey Solodovnikov | Russia |
| Jan Cílek | Czech Republic | |
| Wesley Haeke | Belgium | |
| Tibor Bárány | Hungary | |
Ladies Team
| 1st Place | Hungary | |
| 2nd Place | Germany | |
| 3rd Place | Finland | |
| France | ||
| Fighting Spirit | Jovana Lujic | Serbia |
| Birgit Ecker | Austria | |
Photos for Championships
Opening Ceremony
Wadaiko Demonstration
Nippon Kendo Kata
Ladies Team 1st Place
Men Individual 1st Place, Italian Team
Hungarian Team
