EUROPEAN ELITE SEMI-FINALS DRAW

 

 

Please click here for Friday’s semi-final schedule at the European Championships in Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Brendan Irvine, Kurt Walker and Joe Ward are in last-four action against England, Ukraine and Italy.

The Irish trio are guaranteed at least bronze.

Thursday is a rest day at the tournament.

The semi-finals will be decided Friday, June 23rd, with the finals scheduled to begin at 2pm (Irish time) Saturday.

Irvine, Walker, Ward and Sean McComb qualified for the World Championships in Hamburg, Germany in August/September after reaching the quarter-finals in the Ukraine.

European Elite Men’s Championships Kharkiv, Ukraine June 14th/25th

June 16th

(Last 32)

64kg Sean McComb (Ireland) beat Erik Agateljan (Czech Republic) 5-0

June 17th:

Last 32

56kg Kurt Walker (Ireland) beat SeverianeChildaze (Georgia) 5-0
69kg Steven Donnelly (Ireland) lost to Sergei Sobylinski (Russia) 0-5

June 18th

Last 32

60kg Pat Mongan (Ireland) lost to Artur Bril (Germany) 0-5
75kg Emmet Brennan (Ireland) beat Bartosz Golebiewski (Poland) 3-2

June 19th

Last 16

52kg Brendan Irvine (Ireland) beat Bathuhan Citfci (Turkey) 5-0
60kg Sean McComb (Ireland) beat Vitaly Dunaystev (Russia) 3-2
91kg+ Dean Gardiner (Ireland) lost to Viktor Vykhryst (Ukraine) TKO2

June 20th

Last 16

56kg Kurt Walker (Ireland) beat Tayfur Aliyev (Azerbaijan) 4-1
75kg Emmet Brennan (Ireland) lost to Kamran Shakhsuvarly (Azerbaijan) 0-5
81kg Joe Ward (Ireland) beat Matus Strnisko (Slovakia) 5-0
91kg Darren O’Neill (Ireland) lost to Ramazazaqn Musilimov (Ukraine) 1-4

June 21st

Q/Finals

52kg Brendan Irvine (Ireland) beat Gabriel Escobar (Spain) 5-0
56kg Kurt Walker (Ireland) beat Raffaele Di Serio (Italy) 3-1
64kg Sean McComb (Ireland) lost to Luke McCormack (England) 2-3
81kg Joe Ward (Ireland) beat Sean Lazzerini (Scotland) 5-0

June 23rd

S/Finals

52kg Brendan Irvine (Ireland) v Dean Farrell (England)
52kg Dmytro Zamatev (Ukraine) v Panev Asenov (Bulgaria)
56kg Kurt Walker (Ireland) v Mykola Butsenko (Ukraine)
56kg Peter McGrail (England) v Jose Quilles (Spain)
81kg Joe Ward (Ireland) v Valentino Manfredo (Italy)
81kg Damir Plantic (Croatia) v Muslim Gadzhimagomedov (Russia)

Irish squad

52kg – Flyweight – Brendan Irvine (St Pauls) (Bronze, at least)

56kg – Bantamweight – Kurt Walker (Canal) (Bronze, at least)

60kg – Lightweight – Patrick Mongan (Olympic)

64kg – Light-welter – Sean McComb (Holy Trinity)

69kg – Welterweight – Steven Donnelly (All Saints)

75kg – Middleweight – Emmett Brennan (Glasnevin)

81kg – Light-heavy – Joe Ward (Moate) (Bronze, at least)

91kg – Heavyweight – Darren O’Neill (Paulstown)

91+kg – Super-heavy – Dean Gardiner (Clonmel)

High-Performance Director/Head of Delegation: Bernard Dunne

Head Coach: Zaur Antia

Coaches: Dmitry Dimitruc, Jimmy Payne, Eoin Pluck

Physio: Seamus Caffrey

Doctor: Jim Clover

Strength & Conditioning: John Cleary

Performance Analysis: Alan Swanton