Masternak Wins, Durkacz Advances. Wiktorzak Stopped by Injury
The appearances of the Polish team in today’s European qualifying tournament for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games were brief. Starting with the final bout, Mateusz Masternak (91 kg) defeated the tough Slovak David Michalek by RSC late in the first round after his opponent suffered an injury. In his next bout, the Pole will face Bulgaria’s Radoslav Pantaleyev.
The fight between Sebastian Wiktorzak (81 kg) and Estonia’s Stiven Aas ended in almost exactly the same way. Unfortunately, it was the Pole who left the ring as the loser. Wiktorzak won the first round, but paid for it with an injury and a cut above his right eye. At the start of the second round, following a medical consultation, the referee sent him back to his corner and declared the 20-year-old Estonian the winner.
Damian Durkacz (63 kg) is one step away from Olympic qualification. The Pole was scheduled to box Portugal’s Farid Walizadeh, who is of Afghan origin, but his opponent failed to appear at the weigh-in. The pupil of coach Ireneusz Przywara therefore advanced to the last 16. There, he will cross gloves with the methodical Hungarian Milan Fodor. If he defeats him, he will be able to celebrate securing his Olympic ticket.
ELIMINATION BOUT RESULTS [March 15, 2020 – winners listed first]
63 KG
Gabil MAMEDOV (Russia) – Lasha GURULI (Georgia) 5-0
Alexandros TSANIKIDIS (Greece) – Jasin Ljama (North Macedonia) RSC 2
Yaroslav KHARTSYZ (Ukraine) – Paolo DI LERNIA (Italy) 5-0
Milan FODOR (Hungary) – Semjon KAMANIN (Estonia) 5-0
Damian DURKACZ (Poland) – Farid WALIZADEH (Portugal) WO.
Nikolai TERTERYAN (Denmark) – Shpetim BAJOKU (Kosovo) ABD 3
Tugrulhan ERDEMIR (Turkey) – Kastriot SOPA (Germany) 5-0
Enrico LACRUZ (Netherlands) – Ahmad SHTIWI (Israel)
Abdelkarim SABOUNDJI (Belgium) – Rexildo ZENELI (Albania)
Georges BATES (Ireland) – Leon DOMINGUEZ BECERRA (Spain) RSC
Javid CHALABIYEV (Azerbaijan) – Kiril RUSINOV (Bulgaria) 4-1
Alexandru PARASCHIV (Moldova) – Michal TAKACS Michal (Slovakia) 5-0
81 KG
Paul-Andrei ARADOAIE (Romania) – Blagoy NAYDENOV (Bulgaria) RSC 3
Stiven AAS (Estonia) – Sebastian WIKTORZAK (Poland) RSC 2 (injury)
Liridon NUHA (Sweden) – Peter TALLOSI (Hungary) 5-0
Emmet BRENNAN (Ireland) – Radenko TOMIC (Bosnia and Herzegovina) RSC 2
Uke SMAJLI (Switzerland) – Polyneikis KALAMARAS (Greece) 4-1
Gor NERSESYAN (Armenia) – Karel HOREJSEK (Czech Republic) 5-0
Luka PLANTIC Luka (Croatia) – Umar DZAMBEKOV (Austria) 3-2
Mikhail DAUHALIAVETS (Belarus) – Paulius ZUJEVAS (Lithuania) 5-0
Ziad EL MOHOR (Belgium) – Andrei CHIRIACOV (Moldova) 4-1
Gazimagomed JALIDOV (Spain) – Artjom KASPARIAN (Netherlands) 3-2
Imam KHATAEV (Russia) – Gaetan NTAMBWE (France) RSC
Simone FIORI (Italy) – Krenar ALIU (Finland) 5-0
Stepan HREKUL (Ukraine) – Ibragim BAZUEV (Germany) 4-1
91 KG
Wilfried FLORENTIN (France) – Nikolajs GRISUNINS (Latvia) 5-0
Mucahit ILYAS (Turkey) – Rauf RAHIMOV (Azerbaijan) 5-0
Aziz Abbes MOUHIIDINE (Italy) – Dzemal BOSNJAK (Bosnia and Herzegovina) 3-2
Konstiantyn PINCHUK (Israel) – Tadas TAMASAUSKAS (Lithuania) 4-0
Serhiy HORSKOV (Ukraine) – Toni FILIPI (Croatia) 3-2
Narek MANASYAN (Armenia) – Adam HAMORI (Hungary)
Victor SCHELSTRAETE (Belgium) – Ahmed HAGAG (Austria)
Emmanuel REYES PLA (Spain) – Cristian-Rizvan FILIP (Romania) 5-0
Kirill AFANASEV (Ireland) – Nikoloz BEGADZE (Georgia) 4-1
Mateusz MASTERNAK (Poland) – David MICHALEK (Slovakia) RSC 1 (injury)
