On behalf of the SANKER CUP Organizing Committee, we have the honor to invite You to the 16th International Karate Tournament "MINSK OPEN - SANKER CUP 2020".

Tournament will be held at October 9-11, 2020 at the athletics arena of the Institution "Republican Center for Olympic Athletics Training" (direct link to the location on the official website).

Registration for SANKER CUP 2020 will be available from August 1 at and our site.

Mandates Commission and Referee seminar on the WKF karate rules will be held October 9, 2020 at the following address: 111, Kalinoŭskaha str. (location):

• Referee seminar – 17:00 and further, athletics arena.
• Mandates Commission – 15:00–20:00, conference hall of the athletics arena.

Information on rules of visa-free travel available at Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus website. The 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 30 days for the citizens of 74 states.

The information concerning hotel booking, transfer, excursions you can get from the official partner of competitions – "Time Voyage" LTD (address: 2, Tolbukhina Str. Business center TIME, office 1317, Minsk 220012, Republic of Belarus, contact person: Veronika, mobile phone: +375 29 345 95 07, e-mail: sanker-cup@t-v.by).

Event SANKER CUP 2020 at Facebook.

Invitation to the SANKER CUP 2020 is available below (here).

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, Nepal, 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".

MINSK OPEN - SANKER CUP 2019 results available.

For the attention of the MINSK OPEN - SANKER CUP 2019 participants. Below you can find the schedule for 12.10.2019.

ATTENTION!!! Athletes need to come at least 40 minutes prior to the specified time in the regulations of the categories. All possible measures will be taken to expedite the process. Awarding of the winners will be held during the process.

Draws will be available after the Mandates commission.

Organizing Committee of the MINSK OPEN - SANKER CUP 2019 decided to stop registration for the Tournament on 08.10.2019 at 12:00.

After this time, registration requests will not be accepted.

Teams whose registration requests are accepted will be able to register their athletes or make changes after the specified time.

We apologize, but otherwise the tournament can not be conducted in one day.

On behalf of the SANKER CUP Organizing Committee, we have the honor to invite You to the 15th International Karate Tournament "MINSK OPEN - SANKER CUP".

Tournament will be held at October 11-12, 2019 in the one of the best European sports complex "Minsk-Arena".

Registration for SANKER CUP 2019 available from September 1 at and our site.

Mandates Commission and Referee seminar on the WKF karate rules will be held October 11, 2019 at the following address: 5, Frunze Str. (location, driving directions from the Velodrome), entrance from the Rumyantseva Str.:

• Referee seminar – 17:00 and further, office 314 - 3rd floor.
• Mandates Commission – 15:00–19:00, conference hall - 2nd floor.

The tournament is officially a part of the program of the festival "Japan Autumn in Belarus", conducted by the Japan Embassy in the Republic of Belarus.

Information on rules of visa-free travel available at Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus website. The 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 30 days for the citizens of 74 states.

The information concerning hotel booking, transfer, excursions you can get from the official partner of competitions – "Time Voyage" LTD (address: 2, Tolbukhina Str. Business center TIME, office 1317, Minsk 220012, Republic of Belarus, contact person: Veronika, mobile phone: +375 29 345 95 07, e-mail: sanker-cup@t-v.by). Offers on accomodation are available here.

Event SANKER CUP 2019 at Facebook.

Invitation to the SANKER CUP 2019 is 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, Nepal, 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".

Online-registration for the Minsk Open - SANKER CUP 2019 will be available from September 1 to October 10, 2019 at our site or .

If you have never registered on www.sportdata.org or are having difficulties with registration, please check out the video tutorials (video in English, a brief descriptions of the registration process with the illustrations in Russian are given here - instructions were written few years ago, but has not lost relevance, scroll page down to the mark "КРАТКАЯ ИНСТРУКЦИЯ:", to view images in full size it is necessary to click on them).

If you do not have time to register your team until October 10, but would like to participate in the tournament - please contact the Organizing Committee

Questions relating to the necessity of registration athletes in the older age categories without fail should be coordinated with the Organizing Committee of the tournament. You will not be able to register such athlete in the senior age category - only Secretary of the tournament can do this (after agreement). To avoid confusion, please do not change the date of birth of the athletes.

Organizing Committee contacts:

• +375 29 6146 847, senko.club@gmail.com, minsk.karate@gmail.com (in English) - Elena.
• +375 29 6117 907, senko@bk.ru, minsk.karate@gmail.com (in Russian) - Pavel.