Juszczenko’s debut a success. The White and Reds defeated Serbia

Iwan Juszczenko, who was born in Ukraine and most recently worked with Azerbaijan’s women’s national team, made a successful debut as coach of the senior national team. The young Polish team under his guidance defeated Serbia 14-4 yesterday in Toruń, with the visitors competing in an experimental lineup.

The points for the White and Reds were scored by Jarosław Iwanow (56 kg), Damian Durkacz (64 kg), Łukasz Niemczyk and Filip Wąchała (both 69 kg), Bartosz Gołębiewski (75 kg), as well as Dawid Kopacz and Michał Soczyński (both 91 kg). Soczyński recorded the most valuable triumph. In the second round, he stopped Serbia’s reigning champion and 2017 silver medalist, Miljan Stevović.

POLAND – SERBIA 14-4 [Toruń, September 28, 2018 – winners listed first]

56 KG: Jarosław Iwanow – Nikola Boljkovac 3-0
64 KG: Damian Durkacz – Jovan Stevanović 3-0
69 KG: Łukasz Niemczyk – Lazar Stanojević 3-0
69 KG: Filip Wąchała – Vladimir Gubaš 3-0
69 KG: Nikola Živanović – Karol Łapawa 3-0
75 KG: Bartosz Gołębiewski – Stefan Čolović 3-0
81 KG: Saša Milovac – Maciej Haba 3-0
91 KG: Michał Soczyński – Miljan Stevović RSC 2
91 KG: Dawid Kopacz – Darko Stanković 3-0