On 21 February 2026, in Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) at the Arena Hotel Hills, the international ranking tournament Sarajevo Open 2026 – AETF Official Open took place, which is included in the official calendar of the All Europe Taekwon-Do Federation. The competition brought together 449 participants, including 261 athletes from 9 European countries, making this event an important stage of the international ranking and a test of the teams' level of preparation before the main tournaments of the season.
🌍 Teams from the following countries took part in the tournament: 🇦🇱 Albania, 🇦🇩 Andorra, 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina, 🇭🇷 Croatia, 🇳🇱 Netherlands, 🇷🇸 Serbia, 🇸🇮 Slovenia, 🇨🇭 Switzerland and 🇺🇦 Ukraine.
🇺🇦 Ukraine was represented at these prestigious international competitions by the Ivano-Frankivsk sports club Children and Youth Sports School No. 1 of the Regional Council 'Solovey Team', which fielded 16 athletes and represented our nation with honour on the international stage, demonstrating a high technical standard, grit and the true spirit of Taekwon-Do. The athletes train under the guidance of Honoured Coaches of Ukraine Oleh Solovey and Kateryna Solovey, as well as coaches Vitalii Solovey and Artur Kuzmin.
✅️ Team results in the forms division (patterns):
🥇 Svintsitska Bohdana — 1st place
🥇 Mukha Iryna — 1st place
🥈 Hryvnak Matvii — 2nd place
🥉 Hrytskaniuk Solomiia — 3rd place
🥉 Hohol Matvii — 3rd place
✅️ Results in the sparring division:
🥇 Tomenchuk Andrii — 1st place
🥇 Zubyk Zakharii — 1st place
🥇 Matviichuk Tymofii — 1st place
🥇 Pryimach Kyrylo — 1st place
🥇 Dasha Korolovych — 1st place
🥇 Artem Haienko — 1st place
🥇 Hrytskaniuk Solomiia — 1st place
🥈 Rozhanskyi Arsenii — 2nd place
🥈 Harbera Vlas — 2nd place
🥈 Denys Lypovetskyi — 2nd place
🥈 Iryna Mukha — 2nd place
🥉 Hohol Matvii — 3rd place
🥉 Sochavskyi Serhii — 3rd place
🥉 Heorhiieva Amaliia — 3rd place
🥉 Hryvnak Matvii — 3rd place
🏆 Following the tournament results, Iryna Mukha was recognised as the best senior female athlete, and Andrii Tomenchuk as the best junior male athlete. Solovey Team won 🥉 third place in the overall team standings, which is an outstanding result for a squad of 16 competitors at an international ranking event of this calibre.
🔹️This tournament served as an important preparatory stage for members of the national team of Ukraine and the final test event before the European Taekwon-Do Championships, to be held on 12–19 April 2026 in Maribor, Slovenia 🇸🇮. It was here that the athletes had the opportunity to test their readiness, refine tactical objectives, and gain essential international competition experience.
🔸️We thank the athletes, coaches, and parents for their dedicated work, support, and faith in the team!
🔹️Sincere thanks to the tournament organisers and the umpiring panel for the professional standard of the competition!
🔸️We thank the Armed Forces of Ukraine for the opportunity to represent our nation on the international stage 🙏🇺🇦
