European 2014: day 2 crowns Meregali, Tibbling, Ventura; watch highlights video

The European 2014 is half way done.

The Friday of competitions in Lisbon, Portugal, brought the crowd to its feet and crowned three talented fighters in special.

Gessica Ventura is the big champion of the blue belt female open class. The Alliance/Mario Reis athlete defeated Zafeiria Panagiotarakou 2-0 in the final. Fearless, Ventura ended the gold medal decider with her right shoulder out of the socket.

Hanna Tibling is the purple belt adult female open class champion. She defeated Katrien Verheeke 5-0 in the final. Tibling also won the heavyweight.

Nicholas Meregali is the purple belt open class champion. In his debut in the rank, Meregali also won the medium-heavy division. In the absolute, the Alliance /Mario Reis athlete defeated Diego Ramalho (GB) with a katagatami in the final.

After two days of competition, the teams standings is:

Adult Male

1 – Alliance – 46

2 – Nova União – 27

3 – Brasa Caio Terra – 19

Adult Female 

1 – CheckMat – 36

2 – Alliance – 27

3 – Roger Gracie Academy – 24

Masters 

1 – Alliance – 37

2 – Icon Jiu-Jitsu Team – 33

3 – Gracie Barra – 33

Novice

1 – Icon Jiu-Jitsu Team – 42

2 – CheckMat – 38

3 – Roger Gracie Academy – 31

Here’s a video with the highlights of day 2 in Lisbon.

This Saturday, on day 3, brown belts and black belts come into action.

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For the complete results of the day, go to ibjjf.com.