Results from Riga
For the second time in a row, Marius-Andrei Balan / Nina Bezzubova (Schwarz-Weiß-Club Pforzheim) won the WDSF World Open Latin tournament, thus relegating Armen Tsaturian / Svetlana Gudyna from Russia to second place. Maxim Stepanov / Emma-Leena Koger (Schwarz-Weiß-Club Pforzheim) finished eigth as runners-up tot he final. 57 couples participated in total. Arthur Ankerstein / Vivien Kreiter (1. ...
by Tobias Hock
Victory in Rimini
Stefan Leschke/Leila Kessler won their first World Ranking List tournament in the Senior I Latin section. In the Youth Latin section, Karols Arturs Junelis/Kristina Kretz reached the final and were ranked on the fifth place. At the WDSF World Open Latin tournament, Marius Iepure/Otlile Mabuse reached the semi final and finished ninth out of 82 couples.
by Tobias Hock
Results from Mallorca
At the fourth Mallorca Dance Sport Challenge, numerous German couples participated in the various WDSF tournaments that were held there, among others the World Championship Senior II Standard (see news below). At the Senior I Standard tournament, Kim and Silke Bartels reached the second place in the final. Oliver Wöstenfeld/Martina Bruhns also reached the final and were ranked on the seventh plac...
by Tobias Hock
Runner-up in Ukraine
Ivo Lodesani/Cathrin Hissnauer were the only German couple taking part in the World Open Standard tournament in Uzhgorod (Ukraine). They were runner-up to the final and finished seventh of 41 couples, mostly from Eastern Europe.
Results from Verona
In their second start in total and the first international one, Philip Deisler/Stephanie Meindl were successful: As the only German couple, they reached place 13 in the semi final of the WDSF International Open Standard tournament in Valeggio Sul Mincio (Verona, Italy). 53 couples from 11 countries took part. Erik Kem/Lisa Rykovski also were successful: They were ranked second in the WDSF Open Yo...
More results from Zevenbergen - updated
As usual, the reports from Zevenbergen are as numerous as successful: In the WDSF International Open Standard tournament, Daniel Radu/Anne Weber reached the third place. Second German couple in the final with eight couples were Sascha Wakup/Ann-Katrin Bechtold, who finished seventh. Danylo Yerokhin/Alina Schehimi were ranked 11th in the semi final. Correction: The winners were disqualified aft...
Third World Champion title in a row for Heinz-Josef & Aurelia Bickers
144 Senior II Standard couples took part in the World Championships at the "Mallorca Dance Sport Challenge". Five German couples reached the round of 24, in the semi final, three of them were left, and in the final, there were still two German couples. Bernd & Sandra Ketturkat reached the final for the first time and finished sixth. Heinz-Josef & Aurelia Bickers won the World Championships for the...
Results from Zevenbergen
Michael Feld/Heide Glaser were ranked second in the WDSF Senior II Standard tournament in Zevenbergen, Netherlands. Rolf & Iris Pernat followed on the third place, Detlef Krebs/Andrea Peters on the fifth. Guenther & Antje Nagel were the fourth German couple in the final and finished sixth. In the WDSF International Open Standard tournament, Daniel Radu/Anne Weber reached the third place. Second G...
Vadim & Maria in the final of the European Youth 10-Dance
Vadim Lehmann/Maria Kleinschmidt reached the 5th place in the final of the European Championships. The competition was conducted in Kishinev, Moldavia. "Great! They're happy" was the short, but surely fitting comment of German Sports Director Michael Eichert. Final 1. Alexandru Birca/Ekaterina Vyalshina, MOL 2. Anton Lan-Viri/Anna Ilina, RUS 3. Mihai-Vlad Paraschiv/Illes Olandra-Aniels, ROM 4. Ni...
Balan/Bezzubova in the final in Seoul
The WDSF Latin tournament in Seoul started with 60 couples. Marius-Andrei Balan/Nina Bezzubova showed themselves in perfect form and just had to give in to the winners Timur Imamentdinvo/Ekaterina Nikolaeva (Russia). Andrey Gusev / Elizaveta Cherevichnaya (Russia) reached the third place.