On behalf of the SANKER CUP Organizing Committee, we have the honor to invite You to the 13th International Karate Tournament "MINSK OPEN - SANKER CUP".

Tournament will be held at October 6-7, 2017 in the one of the best European sports complex "Minsk-Arena".

Registration for SANKER CUP 2017 is available from September 1 at and our site.

Mandates Commission and Referee seminar on the WKF karate rules will be held October 6, 2017 at"Victoria Olimp Hotel" (★★★★) (location):

• Referee seminar – 17:00 and further in Calgary Conference Hall.
• Mandates Commission – 15:00–19:00 in London Meeting Room.

Information on new rules of visa-free travel available at Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus website. The new rules introduce the visa-free entry through the border checkpoint at the Minsk National Airport and the visa-free stay in Belarus for up to 5 days for the citizens of 80 states. These are 39 countries of Europe, including the entire European Union, Brazil, Indonesia, the USA, Japan, and other countries.

The information concerning hotel booking, transfer, excursions you can get from the official partner of competitions – "Time Voyage Plus" Company (address: 19, praspiekt Pieramožcaŭ, Minsk, 220004, Republic of Belarus, contact person: Eugene Mihina, mobile phone: +375 29 112 58 52, e-mail: sanker-cup@t-v.by).

Event SANKER CUP 2017 at Facebook and Google+.

Invitation to the SANKER CUP 2017 and the Regulations of the tournament are available below (here).

The scheme of the competition area at "Minsk-Arena" velodrome is also available below.

SANKER CUP - is the one of the largest karate (WKF) competition in Eastern Europe. Western and Eastern teams traditionally take part in.

In the previous years SANKER CUP have given a good reception to karateka’s from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, China, Estonia, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova, Poland, Russia, Syria, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.

We will be glad to see You and Your team in Minsk on our event!

With best regards, Pavel Piatsko - Chairman of Association "Minsk Karate Federation".

You can also download invitation here and regulations (Russian only) here.

Velodrome schema:

Organizing Committee contacts:

• +375 29 614 6847, senko.club@gmail.com, minsk.karate@gmail.com (in English) - Elena.
• +375 29 611 7907, senko@bk.ru, minsk.karate@gmail.com (in Russian) - Pavel.