Now less than a year away from the 2022 ADCC Championships, the first official qualifying event is set to take place. The ADCC European, Middle East and African Trials (“European Trials”) take place on Saturday, September 18. As one of the few qualifying events for the prestigious ADCC Championships, it has attracted many of the best competitors from Europe, the Middle East, and Africa that have not yet placed at Championship.
Among that list of competitors are a number of recognizable names. Former Danaher Death Squad member and multiple-time Who’s Number One veteran Oliver Taza is competing in the 77kg division and should be an early favorite to take home gold. Taza was a 2017 European Trials winner and is a two-time ADCC veteran. He is set to compete on short notice the following week at the WNO Championships.
A pair of 2019 European Trials winners are also in action again. Mraz Avdoyan, who won the 99kg division in 2019 but was unable to compete at the ADCC Championships, returns again to the 99kg division. And in the heavyweight divsion, Mateusz Juskowiak will look to win another trials and put up a better showing at the championships than he did in 2019, when he was bounced in the first round after losing to former ADCC champion Orlando Sanchez.
Finally, a number of Polaris veterans are set to compete. That includes three-weight Polaris champion Ashley Williams at 66kg, new black belt and fan favorite Jed Hue, and four-time veteran Ross Nicholls.
How to watch: The ADCC European Trials will air live on FloGrappling (subscription required).
Below is the complete list of competitors for the ADCC European Trials (h/t FloGrappling):
| -65.9kg | |
| Igor Dziubałtowski | Academia Gorila / Tomaszów Mazowiecki |
| Šimon Klein | SAI CLUB Martin Slovakia / Martin |
| Alan Wiąk | Dragon`s Den / Ze Radiola Poland / Marga Radom |
| Kamil Wilk | Zenith BJJ / Fit Fabric Łódź |
| Mohammed-Moazzam Abid | Oxy / Stavanger |
| Max Corteggiano | Bittan Academy / Paris |
| Gairbeg Ibragimov | Universal Fighters / Russia |
| Zaur Akhmedov | Universal Fighters / Russia |
| Camilo Petkoff | Forrer Martial Arts Academy / London |
| Cameron Donnelly | Rio Grappling Club / Higher Level |
| Grzegorz Bigdoń | Artfight / Rzeszów |
| Bruno Amaddeo | Matrix Jiu Jitsu / Germany |
| Tuomas Kokkonen | . / Helsinki |
| Ernest Kolek | Dragon`s Den / Ze Radiola Poland / Warszawa |
| Martin Rapčan | Sportovní klub Pretorian / Pardubice |
| Nino Ondris | Free Fight Club Detva / Ružiná |
| Boris Tonev | Brasa CTA / Brasa Levski Sofia |
| Marius-Mihai Bodoasca | Daos Bucuresti / Bucuresti |
| Stefan Biddles | Bermuda MA / Leicester |
| David Weintraub | Vitor Shaolin BJJ / New York, NY |
| Mateusz Okurowski | Dragon`s Den / Ze Radiola Poland / Białystok |
| Daniel De-Groot | Checkmat / Rotterdam |
| Radosław Modzelewski | Zenith Łódź / Zenith BJJ |
| Jack Sear | London Grapple / London |
| Yaroslav Blazhko | ZR Team Ukraine / Kropyvnytskyi |
| Daniele Santisi | Dunamis JJ / Milano |
| Sean-Paul Stewart | Mnbjj / Glasgow |
| Sam Mc-Nally | East Coast Jiu-Jitsu Academy / Dublin |
| Alexandro Fuchs | Gracie Berlin / Berlin |
| Konstantinos Lampos | Pirates Headquarters / Athens |
| Joel Amador | Lilius barnatt martial arts / malaga |
| Manuel Rodríguez | Crazy Team / Sevilla |
| Souksavanh Khampasath | Yoda fight school / Angers |
| Chris Rossiter | Berserker`s Team / Poland |
| Spac Marius-Florin | Ribeiro jiu jitsu / Bucuresti |
| Omri Haviv | Soul fighters israel / Netanya |
| Christian Zecchetto | Tribe Jiu Jitsu Italia / Brunico |
| Alessio Sacchetti | La Superba luta livre Italia / Genoa |
| Vincenzo Bussolotti | Lilius barnatt martial arts / Málaga |
| Mazhid Kurakhov | Agate / Makhachkala |
| Ashley Williams | Draig / Swansea |
| Tom Lahaye | Yoda fight school / Longuenée-en-Anjou |
| Laimonas Stancikas | Smauglys / Vilnius |
| Afif Khan | Stark Jiu Jitsu / Checkmat Stockholm |
| Thiago Abud | Unity Jiu Jitsu / New York |
| Anthony De-Oliveira | Streetfight Training Academy / Bordeaux |
| Robert Eklöv | Team leites / stockholm |
| Korkmaz Ali | Urban team / Paris |
| Guillaume Prada | Barbosa / Paris |
| -76.9 kg | |
| Mateusz Flaga | ZR Team UK / Rzeszów |
| Jakub Najdek | Checkmat / Poznań |
| Paweł Jaworski | Husaria / Mława |
| Mateusz Binięda | Berserker`s Team / Szczecin |
| Justus Göschel | Academia Gorila / Wroclaw |
| Liam Alpäng | Dynamix Fight Sports / Nacka Strand |
| Natan Jakuszewski | Rio Grappling Club / Otmuchów |
| Davis Asare | Oxy / Stavanger |
| Ilias Charalampopoulos | Phoenix jiu jitsu Gr / Greece |
| Nicolas Renier | NRFight / Paris |
| Rafał Farjaszewski | Academia Gorila / Koszalin |
| Mateusz Szczeciński | Academia Gorila / Koszalin |
| Seweryn Mańkowski | Academia Gorila / Koszalin |
| Oliver Götze | Fennec Jiu Jitsu / Magdeburg |
| Thomas Stoll | Team-Choco and Matrix Jiu-Jitsu / Heidelberg |
| Natan Sap | Grappling Kraków / Kraków |
| Ceban Dumitru | ON-TOP / Republic of Moldova |
| William Tregart | Checkmat / Arte Suave Copenhagen |
| Curelaru Sebastian | Daos Bucuresti / Bucuresti |
| Omer Emanoely | Checkmat / Checkmat Cohen brothers |
| Anders Svalsten | Stark Jiu Jitsu / Stockholm |
| Hejraat Rashid | ZR Team UK / London |
| Petr Mynář | SWAG / Brno |
| Bartosz Łukaszewicz | Piranha Grappling Team Gdynia / Gdynia |
| Chris Peters | Icon BJJ Norwich / Norwich |
| Dimitris Delis | FAZ FORCA team / Greece |
| Pier Chiapoe | Cohab / SANTIAGO |
| Jan Stach | SWAG / Brno |
| Marek Hromadka | SWAG / Lovčica – Trubín |
| Sven Heising | Chimp Gym Düsseldorf / Düsseldorf |
| Roman Nepota | ZR Team Ukraine / Kropyvnytskyi |
| Filipponi Nicolas | NRFight / Paris |
| Nico Pulvermüller | BJJ Globetrotter / Ulm |
| Konstantinos Belegratis | Efl mma Team / Athens |
| Phillip Schweigel | Gracie Berlin / Berlin |
| Gyula Szabó | Carlson Gracie Team Hungary / Budapest |
| Fabian Benz | GFTEAM / Berlin |
| Tom Maenurm | Estum Jiu-Jitsu / Tallinn |
| Jed Sang-Hue | Elite Jiu-Jitsu / London |
| Marcus Phelan | East Coast Jiu-Jitsu Academy / Dublin |
| Błażej Turowski | Gracie Barra / Kołobrzeg |
| Johnny Frachey | NRFight / Saint-Michel-sur-Orge |
| Marko Ančić | Infinity BJJ Split / Croatia, Split |
| Nikolas Mavrommatis | Renzo Gracie Nicosia / Nicosia |
| Konsta Koivisto | GB Gym / Helsinki |
| Magomed Dzharbaev | Agate / Makhachkala |
| Carson Coles | Gracie Barra Westbury / Bristol |
| Mirza Hamzabegovic | Jiu Jitsu Sloboda Tuzla / Tuzla |
| Antonin Le-Moal | Yoda fight school / Angers |
| James Baker | New Ground JJA / BELFAST |
| Thomas Barry | Draig / Swansea |
| Jamie Dicks | Draig / swansea |
| Yalcin Sucu | Gracie Barra Westbury / Bristol |
| Maximillian Armstrong | Gracie Barra Westbury / Bristol |
| Mustafa Kilic | Combat Brothers / Breda |
| Matias Pahkala | Oulun kamppailuklubi / Oulu |
| Tomas Smirnovas | Smauglys / Vilnius |
| Oliver Taza | New Wave / Montreal |
| Daniel Niszczota | Dragon`s Den / Ze Radiola Poland / Warszawa |
| Ross Nicholls | London Grapple / London, UK |
| David Sharp | Mnbjj / Lycans Kilmarnock |
| Aleksi Niittymies | Tampereen Ju-jutsukoulu / Tampere |
| Raza Abbas | Cicero costha / Paris |
| David Muscat | Checkmat / London |
| Raoul-Jurgen Audhoe | Tatsujin Dojo / Amsterdam |
| -87.9kg | |
| Marcin Maciulewicz | Aligatores fight club Warszawa / Warszawa |
| Michał Kaczmarek | Berserkers Team Aligatores / WARSZAWA |
| Stefan Nowacki | Academia Gorila / Koszalin |
| Piotr Fręchowicz | Berserker`s Team / Aligatores |
| Krzysztof Kubit | Grappling Kraków / Kraków |
| Adam Niedźwiedź | Silesian Cage Club / katowice |
| Łukasz Pawlina | Aligatores Fight Club / Warszawa |
| Otto Kuikka | Helsingin Paini-Miehet / Helsinki |
| Luke-Michael Griffith | BJMMA / Johannesburg |
| Kieran Davern | SBG Tullamore / Ireland |
| Tuomas Simola | Lahden Gentai / Hilti BJJ Lahti |
| Manuel Pilato | La Superba luta livre Italia / Savignano sul Rubicone |
| Niklas Stolze | Fennec Jiu Jitsu / Magdeburg |
| Antonios Arvanitakis | CHOKE LUTA LIVRE / Athens |
| Thomas Loubersanes | STRONG PEOPLE / Toulouse France |
| Eoghan O’flanagan | New School BJJ / London |
| Paweł Nędzi | Berserker`s Team / Szczecin |
| Konrad Olszewski | Zenith BJJ / Piranha Gdynia Grappling Team |
| Daniel Skibiński | ANKOS MMA / Lubon |
| Mateusz Mazur | Berserker`s Team / Szczecin |
| Benjamin Hills | Next Generation / Next Generation |
| Jack Dolan | SBG Tullamore / SBG Tullamore |
| Owen Livesey | Carlson Gracie Hull / Hull |
| Peter Robson | Paraestra UK / Poole |
| Mathieu Boccia | Gracie Barra / Asniere Sur Seine |
| Antonio Stanic | Atos / Vienna |
| Alexander Meffert | Chimp Gym Düsseldorf / Düsseldorf |
| Oleksii Makhrinskiy | ZR Team Ukraine / Kyiv |
| Christian Lohrmann | Arena Aschaffenburg / Aschaffenburg |
| Janis Riekstins | ZR Team UK / London |
| Joosep Kivastik | BJJ Globetrotter / Võimla |
| Alberto Gonzalez-Ortiz | Crazy Team / Sevilla |
| Saar Shemesh | Soul fighters israel / Israel |
| Simon Immerstrand | Stark Jiu Jitsu / Stockholm |
| Florentin Fischer | BJJ Team Worblental / Bern |
| Dimitrios Margaritopoulos | Phoenix jiu jitsu Gr / Brahami, Agios Dimitrios |
| Abdulsamed Hakic | Jiu Jitsu Sloboda Tuzla / Tuzla |
| Arthur Scheibel | Alliance / Bremen |
| Lukas Pelakauskas | Smauglys / Vilnius |
| Danielius Grėbliūnas | Smauglys / Vilnius |
| Felipe Mota | Oxy / Sola |
| Jonathon Maflin | Draig / SWANSEA |
| Ilias Akhtar | Carlson Gracie Cyprus / Lemesos |
| Jules Pere | London Grapple / LONDON |
| Kasparas Strazdas | KMC Smauglys / Vilnius |
| Necip-Fazil Zuhel | Oxy / Stavanger |
| Adrian Bartosiński | OCTOPUS ŁÓDŹ / Łódź |
| Pierre Manzo | JIU JITSU FAMILY / ÉPINAL |
| -98.9kg | |
| Michał Paczkowski | Berkut Arrachion Olsztyn / Olsztyn |
| Łukasz Matułajtis | Berserker`s Team / OLSZTYN |
| Łukasz Michalec | BJJ Gdynia / BJJ GDYNIA |
| Patryk Wysocki | Checkmat / Poznań |
| Wojciech Wilk | Berserker`s Team / SZCZECIN |
| Daniel Ladero | Lilius barnatt martial arts / malaga |
| Dawid Drobina | Dragon`s Den / Ze Radiola Poland / Forca Brava Opole |
| Angelis Christou | CHOKE LUTA LIVRE / ATHENS |
| Samuel Kvarzell | Stark Jiu Jitsu / Stockholm |
| Mraz Avdoyan | Matrix Jiu Jitsu / Germany |
| Dominik Olszewski | Grappling Kraków / Kraków |
| Samuel Karas | Fightgym Bánovce / Bánovce nad bebravou |
| Philippe Geyer | BJJ Team Basel / Basel |
| Jiří Novotný | Snapdown Fight Academy / Olomouc |
| Eleftherios Pagkalos | Pirates Headquarters / Athens |
| Alex-Edward Raus | BJJ Globetrotter / Võimla |
| Mikk Salk | BJJ Globetrotter / Võimla |
| Borys Borysenko | Intelligent Team Ukraine / Kyiv |
| Fernando Mera-Gijon | Crazy Team / Badajoz |
| Julian Stonjek | Kamikaze BJJ / Bochum |
| Avraham Ibragimov | Soul fighters israel / Netanya |
| Thomas Bracher | Gracie Barra / Sutton coldfield |
| Marat Kurbanov | Agate / Makhachkala |
| Adam Nabawy | NRFight / Paris |
| Zaid Sami | Knights JJ / Amman |
| Matteo Parolin | Tribe Jiu Jitsu Italia / Brunico |
| Reinier De-Ridder | Combat Brothers / Breda |
| Perttu Tepponen | Hilti Bjj / Tampere |
| Daniel Holý | Jungle BJJ / Prague |
| Ou Santana | aam / lille |
| +99kg | |
| Andrzej Iwat | Złomiarz Team / Gdańsk |
| Heikki Jussila | Helsingin Paini-Miehet / Helsinki |
| Kevin Nohr | Fennec Jiu Jitsu / Magdeburg |
| Mateusz Juskowiak | Murowana Goślina Team / Murowana Goślina |
| Frederic Vosgröne | Carlson Gracie London / london |
| Aki Teräväinen | Tampereen Ju-jutsukoulu / Tampere |
| Łukasz Janeczek | Academia Gorila / Rybnik |
| Jan Vlastník | Sportovní klub Pretorian / Pardubice |
| Claudiu-Andrei Patru | Daos Bucuresti / Bucuresti |
| Aleksandar Radjen | Nippon BJJ Club / Vienna |
| Enzo Pioppo | Ribeiro jiu jitsu / Toulouse |
| Benjamin Šehić | Knights JJ / Sarajevo |
| Khaliqui Jamal | Yoda fight school / Angers |
| Andrei Sakovich | . / Minsk |
| Mukhammed Kerimov | Agate / Makhachkala |
| -60kg | |
| Gamila Kanew | ZR Team UK / Greifswald |
| Linda Káčerová | SWAG / Brno |
| Marianna Jurkiewicz | Academia Gorila / warszawa |
| Helen Harper | Checkmat / Hampshire |
| Peyton Letcher | Renzo Gracie / Cape Town |
| Martina Zola | 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu / london |
| Adrianna Wojarska | Copacabana / Kielce |
| Anna Berg | Gracie Barra / Lidköpings budoklubb |
| Martyna Kapuścińska | Berserker`s Team / szczecin |
| Amanda Schurtz | East Coast Jiu-Jitsu Academy / DUBLIN |
| Melissa Benedini | Luta Livre Italia / USIL |
| Ellen Oberbach | Combat Club Bonn / Bonn |
| Antonia Markou | Phoenix jiu jitsu Gr / Brahami, Agios Dimitrios |
| Ashley Bendle | Draig / Swansea |
| Olena Herman | ADCC Ukraine / Харьков |
| Lillie-Mae Northover | Gracie Barra Westbury / Bristol |
| Marie Kennedy | SBG Tullamore / Tullamore |
| +60kg | |
| Slávka Holubjaková | SAI CLUB Martin Slovakia / Martin |
| Aleksandra Warczak | Złomiarz Team / Gdańsk |
| Weronika Rot | United Kings Jiu Jitsu / United kings jiujitsu Stargard |
| Irina Pauchun | Academia Gorila / Warszawa |
| Scarlett Anstiss-Liljefors | Jujutsu Klubben Samurai / Dynamix Fighting Sports |
| Magdalena Loska | Copacabana / Warszawa |
| Nia Blackman | Checkmat / London |
| Kateryna Stepanova | ADCC Ukraine / Харьков |
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