The 5th European Iaido Championships (5EIC)
Tournaments
- 1.
- Promoting Organization: European Kendo Federation (EKF)
- 2. Hosting Organization: Deutscher Kendobund e. V. (DKenB)
- 3. Technical Assistant:
- International Kendo Federation (FIK)
- 4. Place and Venue:
- Sportschule Sachsenwald
Wentorf, Germany
Events & Term: July 26 (Saturday), 1997
| Date | Events |
| July 26 (Saturday) |
Mudan Individual Championship |
| Shodan Individual Championship | |
| Nidan Individual Championship | |
| Sandan Individual Championship | |
| Yondan Individual Championship | |
| Godan Individual Championship | |
| Team Championship |
80 players from 8 countries were participated.
FIK Official and Instructors:
- 1. Vice President:
- Alain Ducarme
- 2. Instructor:
- Hakuo Sagawa, Hanshi 9 Dan
- 3. Instructor:
- Tetsuhiro Sekiyama, Kyoshi 7 Dan
- 4. Instructor:
- Tadahiko Morita, Renshi 6 Dan
Results
Mudan Individual
| 1st Place | Alex Wennström | Sweden |
| 2nd Place | Chris Beque | Belgium |
| 3rd Place | Bernd Klüsener | Belgium |
| Eric H. Schipper | Netherlands |
Shodan Individual
| 1st Place | Svensson | Sweden |
| 2nd Place | Raili (Bükk, Parkkonen) Salminen | Sweden |
| 3rd Place | Alain De Burghgraeve | Belgium |
| Gavin Stafford Murray-Threipland | United Kingdom |
Nidan Individual
| 1st Place | Martin Seyffert | Germany |
| 2nd Place | Martin Lindgren | Sweden |
| 3rd Place | Ulrike Denzlein | Germany |
| Jehan Demuynck | Belgium |
Sandan Individual
| 1st Place | Angela Weichmann | Germany |
| 2nd Place | Dr Heinz Beck | Germany |
| 3rd Place | Sofie Winkhaus | Germany |
| Adrianus A.G Schiebroek | Netherlands |
Yondan Individual
| 1st Place | Hubert Schmitz | Germany |
| 2nd Place | Alan John Lee-Nash | United Kingdom |
| 3rd Place | Enrico Fongaro | Italy |
| Udo Schneeweiß | Germany |
Godan Individual
| 1st Place | Henrik Engelkes | Sweden |
| 2nd Place | Jean Armand Martin Resch | United Kingdom |
| 3rd Place | Rudi Müller | Germany |
| Adrianus Frits Van De Wijngaart | Netherlands |
Team
| 1st Place | Sweden | |
| 2nd Place | Germany | |
| 3rd Place | United Kingdom | |
