2026 European Karate Championship for Adults and Juniors J18

Batumi Sports Palace Location: Lado Asatiani N27, Batumi, Georgia  

Deadline for National Teams, Officials, Referees and others registration 06.04.2026

EC-2026 in Georgia also is the 1st selection for WC 2027 in Kata (Men and Women). 2nd selection will be at the EC-2026 in Latvia 3-4 of October.

Preliminary Schedule

07.05.2026 Thursday:

Arrival of Participants,Officials andcountry Delegations

13:30 –Referee Course registration:

All referee of categories EKO-C, B and A in both Kumite and Kata are welcome. New referees are also welcome and must have its countries highest national license and a recommendation from its Country Representative. The championship is held in two day and on 3 tatamis.

The Referee Course is compulsory for referees who apply for new or refresh license. Participation in referee uniform.

The course ends with a written test. For that you need a smart phone or a computer. The test is in English.

All rules, regulations and license validity to study can be downloaded from https://www.european-kyokushin.org / ,or https://ekoreferees.eu/ 

Referee application for the Referee Course and EC participationMust be done on www.ekoreferees.eu.

Registration of referees on https://kumitetechnology.com/en/tournament/268/ . This is for notification to the organizer.

New license is 50€ and refresh license is 25€, this can be paid by card or cash at the registration before the course.

14:00 –20:00 Referee Course:

Participate shall bring all documents (from EKO Homepage), be in referee uniform and with whistle. The theory test will be done online, bring a smart phone or laptop for internet connection (WiFIis provided)

08.05.2026 Friday:

10:00 – 18:00 Weight and Medical control;

10:00 – 15:00 EKO Committees and Board meetings;

16:00 – 18:00 Referee registration and meeting (participation in refereeuniform);

18:30 – 19:00 Coach registration and meeting (Coach participation fee: 40 Euro);All coaches must have a valid Coach Test from 2023, 2024 or 2025. The test is done online on an individual base. A link for this year’s test will be distributed in March to your Country Representative.

19:00 –19:30Draws;

20:00 –Official Welcome Reception on behalf of the Host Country, GFKNF, and the Ministry of Sport of Georgia.(By Invitation only! Dress Code –Official)

09.05.2026 Saturday: 1stChampionships Day

09:00–18:00 1stChampionships Day:

All categories Kata and Juniors J18 Kumite;

20:00EKO General Meeting

10.05.2026Sunday: 2ndChampionships Day

09:00 –18:00 2nd Championships day: Adults Kumite

20:00 Sayonara Party (18+)

11.05.2026 Monday:

11:00 – Check-out and Departure.

OFFICIAL HOTELS

GRAND BELLAGIO HOTEL & CASINO BATUMI

Opened: 2019

3 Lech and Maria Kaczynski St, Batumi, Georgia

White Sails Residential Hotel

Opened: 2020

5 Lech and Maria Kaczynski St Batumi, Georgia

100 € night/per person in SINGLE room;

60 € night/per person in TWIN (DBL)room;

55 € night/per person in TRIPLE room; with breakfast, including:

• 2 days transfers Hotel-Sport Palace-Hotel;

• Sayonara Party (For Adultsonly);

• Entrance to the competition venue, with the Accreditation Card.

Financial conditions:

• Accommodation, flight tickets, transportation and meals for all participants shall be covered byParticipating Country Organization or Club or participant himself;

• EKO participation fee - 80 € per each participant; - 40 € per each coach

All payments should be paid to EKO by bank transfer IBAN: NL78RABO0103302778 BIC Code: RABONL2U Bank: Rabobank Netherlands Stationsweg 5, 8911AG, Leeuwarden, Netherlands In name of: European Karate Organization

• Special accommodation and European Championships package price is valid for stay minimum 3 nights;

• The Official Hotel must be booked 06.02 - 06.04.2026 otherwise we cannot guarantee that there will be place;

• For staying in other hotels: Sayonara Party ticket-50 €;

• Airport Transfer: from/to Batumi International Airport - Official Hotel is Free;

• From/to Kutaisi (150 km.) or Tbilisi (400 km.) International Airport-Official Hotel is based on individual arrival/departure schedule and number of passengers

• Reservation for Hotel booking available from 06.02.2026;

• Deadline for hotel booking and final confirmation 06.04.2026

All Booking/Reservations and payments for accommodation and airport transfersshould be made directly to Trawellin' Ltd before06.04.2026

✓ Reservation for Hotel booking will be available from 06.02.2026

✓ Deadline for Hotel booking and final confirmation 06.04.2026

✓ All meetings, Weight and Medical Control, Referee Course and Sayonara Party will take place in the Official Hotel “Grand Bellagio Hotel Batumi”

Trawellin' Ltd, 4 Iakob Nikoladze Str, Tbilisi, 0179 Georgia Tel.: +/995 32/ 229 20 90;

Valerian Meunargiavalerian@trawellin.ge;account@trawellin.geTel.(Cell):+995577795379

Airport transfers and schedules: Zviad Zaalishvili -ziko_zaalishvili@hotmail.com+995 555 134 433