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European Yo-Yo Championship
Venue Theatre Archa
Location Prague,  Czech
Start date January 30, 2010

The European Yo-Yo Championship (EYYC) is a big competition where the best yo-yo players from Europe show off their skills. It's like the Olympics for yo-yo! The International Yo-Yo Federation (IYYF) organizes this event.

Winning at EYYC is a huge deal. It's one of four major yo-yo contests held each year around the world. If you win here, you get a special spot in the semi-finals of the yearly World Yo-Yo Contest. This means you're already halfway to becoming a world champion!

Yo-Yo Contests

In 2011, the EYYC had five main divisions where players could win a European title. These divisions test different styles of yo-yo play.

Who Can Play?

Most of the countries that take part in the EYYC are from Europe. However, sometimes countries outside of Europe are allowed to join. For example, countries like Armenia and Israel have competed.

The International Yo-Yo Federation (IYYF) decides which non-European countries can join. This usually happens if a country is very far from its own regional yo-yo competition. Or, if there isn't a big yo-yo contest in their part of the world.

Here are some of the countries that were allowed to compete in EYYC 2015:

Past Champions

Many talented yo-yo players have won titles at the European Yo-Yo Championship. Here you can see the winners, second-place, and third-place finishers for different categories over the years.

Championships

These are the main championship divisions where players compete for the top European titles.

1A

This division is for single yo-yo freestyle. Players perform amazing tricks with one yo-yo.

Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2010 Vashek Kroutil ( Czech Republic) Mateusz Ganc ( Poland) Lorenzo Sabatini ( Italy)
2011 Tomáš Bubák ( Czech Republic) Mateusz Ganc ( Poland) Grzegorz Wojcik ( Poland)
2012 Grzegorz Wójcik ( Poland) Vashek Kroutil ( Czech Republic) Mateusz Ganc ( Poland)
2013 Janos Karancz ( Hungary) Gregorz Wójcik ( Poland) Maxim Gruzintsev ( Russia)
2014 Carlos Braun ( Germany) Jan Hlinka ( Slovakia) Vilmos Zoltan Kiss ( Hungary)
2015 Jakub Dekan ( Czech Republic) Tal Mordoch ( Israel) Vilmos Zoltan Kiss ( Hungary)
2016 Tal Mordoch ( Israel) Konstantin Tudjarov ( Bulgaria) Jakub Dekan ( Czech Republic)
2017 Tal Mordoch ( Israel) Konstantin Tudjarov ( Bulgaria) Janos Karancz ( Hungary)
2018 Tal Mordoch ( Israel) Michael Malik ( Czech Republic) Kacper Pałatyński ( Poland)
2019 Kacper Pałatyński ( Poland) Tal Mordoch ( Israel) Michael Malik ( Czech Republic)

2A

This division focuses on two-handed looping tricks. Players use two yo-yos at once!

Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2010 Dave Geigle ( Germany) Jan Schmutz ( Switzerland) Ivo Studer ( Switzerland)
2011 Dave Geigle ( Germany) Jan Schmutz ( Switzerland) Ivo Studer ( Switzerland)
2012 Dave Geigle ( Germany) Jan Schmutz ( Switzerland) Luke Roberts ( United Kingdom)
2013 Dave Geigle ( Germany) Jan Schmutz ( Switzerland) Jan Bubák ( Czech Republic)
2014 Dave Geigle ( Germany) Matyáš Racek ( Czech Republic) Dominique Vionnet ( Switzerland)
2015 Jan Schmutz ( Switzerland) Matyáš Racek ( Czech Republic) Clément Bertaux ( France)
2016 Naoto Okada ( Germany) Jan Schmutz ( Switzerland) Matyáš Racek ( Czech Republic)
2017 Clément Bertaux ( France) Matyáš Racek ( Czech Republic) Andres "PAC" Pegam ( Germany)
2018 Matyáš Racek ( Czech Republic) Quentin Godet ( France) George Stoyanov ( Bulgaria)
2019 Huy Chan Chun ( United Kingdom) Matyáš Racek ( Czech Republic) Márk Németh ( Hungary)

3A

This division is for two-handed string tricks. Players use two yo-yos, but they perform tricks where the yo-yos stay on the string.

Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2010 Lorenzo Sabatini ( Italy) Ondřej Šedivý ( Czech Republic) Liam Devine ( United Kingdom)
2011 David Molnár ( Hungary) Lorenzo Sabatini ( Italy) Saska Särkilahti ( Finland)
2012 Michal Jaško ( Czech Republic) Lorenzo Sabatini ( Italy) Stephen Langley ( United Kingdom)
2013 Michal Jaško ( Czech Republic) Lorenzo Sabatini ( Italy) Stephen Langley ( United Kingdom)
2014 Michal Jaško ( Czech Republic) Stephan Kosintev ( Russia) Stephen Langley ( United Kingdom)
2015 Stephen Langley ( United Kingdom) Páll Valdimar Guðmundsson Kolka ( Iceland) Lorenzo Sabatini ( Italy)
2016 Stephen Langley ( United Kingdom) Lorenzo Sabatini ( Italy) Pall Valdimar Gudmundsson ( Iceland)
2017 Stephen Langley ( United Kingdom) Páll Valdimar Guðmundsson Kolka ( Iceland) Seva Golovin ( Czech Republic)
2018 Takuma Inoue ( Hungary) Páll Valdimar Guðmundsson Kolka ( Iceland) Lorenzo Sabatini ( Italy)
2019 Lorenzo Sabatini ( Italy) Páll Valdimar Guðmundsson Kolka ( Iceland) Stephen Langley ( United Kingdom)

4A

This division is for offstring yo-yo. Players throw the yo-yo completely off the string and catch it again. It's very tricky!

Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2010 Nandor Groger ( Hungary) Lorenzo Sabatini ( Italy) Luke Roberts ( United Kingdom)
2011 Nandor Groger ( Hungary) Lorenzo Sabatini ( Italy) Hybl Zdenek ( Switzerland)
2012 Lorenzo Sabatini ( Italy) Groger Nandor ( Hungary) Molnar David ( Hungary)
2013 Lorenzo Sabatini ( Italy) Molnar David ( Hungary) Quentin Godet ( France)
2014 Quentin Godet ( France) Lorenzo Sabatini ( Italy) Groger Nandor ( Hungary)
2015 Quentin Godet ( France) Lorenzo Sabatini ( Italy) Jeff Coons ( Germany)
2016 Naoto Okada ( Germany) Norbert Jenei ( Hungary) Quentin Godet ( France)
2017 Quentin Godet ( France) Lorenzo Sabatini ( Italy) Norbert Jenei ( Hungary)
2018 František Procházka ( Czech Republic) Lorenzo Sabatini ( Italy) Quentin Godet ( France)
2019 František Procházka ( Czech Republic) Quentin Godet ( France) Lorenzo Sabatini ( Italy)

5A

This division is for counterweight yo-yo. Players use a weight on the end of the string instead of attaching it to their finger.

Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2010 Petr Kavka ( Czech Republic) David Molnar ( Hungary) Peter Kison ( Slovakia)
2011 David Molnar ( Hungary) Alexey Nemchik ( Russia) Peter Kison ( Slovakia)
2012 Daniel Budai ( Hungary) David Molnar ( Hungary) Alexey Nemchik ( Russia)
2013 Ján Hlinka ( Slovakia) Daniel Budai ( Hungary) Maciek Cwynar ( Poland)
2014 David Molnar ( Hungary) Daniel Budai ( Hungary) Petr Kavka ( Czech Republic)
2015 David Molnar ( Hungary) Daniel Budai ( Hungary) Petr Kavka ( Czech Republic)
2016 David Molnar ( Hungary) Petr Kavka ( Czech Republic) Nicolas Záhorský ( Slovakia)
2017 Viktor Kollár ( Hungary) Petr Kavka ( Czech Republic) George Stoyanov ( Bulgaria)
2018 Takuma Inoue ( Hungary) Viktor Kollár ( Hungary) George Stoyanov ( Bulgaria)
2019 Petr Kavka ( Czech Republic) Viktor Kollár ( Hungary) Gábor Szilágyi ( Hungary)

AP

This division is for Artistic Performance. It's about how creative and entertaining the routine is, not just the difficulty of the tricks.

Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2012 inmot!on Ivo Studer ( Switzerland) Yoyo Elite Berkay Güleç ( Turkey) InTeam! Joe Greve ( Germany)
Jan Schmutz ( Switzerland) Ege Demir ( Turkey) Markus Wagner ( Germany)
Eren Ataş ( Turkey)
Gökten Uzuner ( Turkey)
Ömer Çelebi ( Turkey)
Rüçhan Akyüz ( Turkey)
2013 inmot!on Ivo Studer ( Switzerland) Burnin Berlin Andres Pegam ( Germany) Wolwes Farkas-Holpert Péter ( Hungary)
Jan Schmutz ( Switzerland) Dinh Bao Dang ( Germany) Farkas Bálint ( Hungary)
Jakub Kendzierski ( Poland)
Marc Freudenreich ( Germany)
Paul Klatt ( Germany)
2014 Sleeperz Robert Kučera ( Czech Republic) Burnin Berlin Andres Pegam ( Germany) No 3rd Place
Zdeněk Hýbl ( Czech Republic) Dinh Bao Dang ( Germany)
Jakub Kendzierski ( Poland)
Tina Assmann ( Germany)
Gesine Lent ( Germany)
2015 inmot!on Ivo Studer ( Switzerland) Yoyoboys Robert Kučera ( Czech Republic) No 3rd Place
Jan Schmutz ( Switzerland) Zdeněk Hýbl ( Czech Republic)

Spin Top

This division is for spin tops, which are similar to yo-yos but are spun on the ground or in the hand.

Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2010 Jan Dvorak ( Czech Republic) Jakub Konečný ( Czech Republic) Daniel Konečný ( Czech Republic)
2011 Jakub Konečný ( Czech Republic) Daniel Konečný ( Czech Republic) Jan Dvořák ( Czech Republic)
2012 Jakub Konečný ( Czech Republic) Tyler Young ( United States) Lorenzo Sabatini ( Italy)
2013 Daniel Konečný ( Czech Republic) Jakub Konečný ( Czech Republic) Tyler Young ( United States)
2014 Daniel Konečný ( Czech Republic) Tyler Young ( United States) Jakub Konečný ( Czech Republic)
2015 Jakub Konečný ( Czech Republic) Jan Kloubec ( Czech Republic) Daniel Konečný ( Czech Republic)
2016 Daniel Konečný ( Czech Republic) Jakub Konečný ( Czech Republic) Taka Hasegawa ( Japan)

Other Divisions

These divisions are also part of the competition but are not considered main championship titles. They often include special categories or age groups.

Open 1A

This is an open division for single yo-yo freestyle, allowing players from anywhere in the world to compete.

Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2010 Sebastian Brock ( United States) Jason Lee ( United States) Ryan Dembiec ( United States)
2011 Kōta Watanabe ( Japan) Kengo Kido ( Japan) Kentarō Kimura ( Japan)
2012 Peter Pong-Si Yee ( Hong Kong) Augie Fash ( United States) Paul Han ( United States)
2013 Kōta Watanabe ( Japan) Tyler Severance ( United States) Ricardo Marechal ( Brazil)
2014 Paul Kerbel (Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico) Marcus Koh ( Singapore

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Iori Yamaki ( Japan)
2015 Ryōsuke Iwasawa ( Japan) Simpson Wong Sheuk ( Hong Kong) Rodrigo Yokota ( Brazil)
2016 Gentry Stein ( United States) Paolo Bueno ( Brazil) Izuru Hasumi ( Japan)
2017 Evan Nagao ( United States) Andrew Maider ( United States) Colin Beckford ( United States)
2018 Yulin "Luckey" Li ( China) Ye Tong ( China) Ryōtarō Miura ( Japan)
2019 Keiran Cooper ( United States) Daniel Flaherty ( United States) Remy Baskin ( United States)

1A Junior

This division is specifically for younger players competing in the single yo-yo freestyle category.

Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2015 Kacper Pałatyński ( Poland) Matyáš Hronek ( Czech Republic) Ernest Wróbel ( Poland)
2016 Sebastian Holzkamp ( Germany) Lukáš Pánek ( Czech Republic) Alessandro Pulesel ( Czech Republic)
2017 Dan Boura Jakub Dolejš Kuba Velek

Trick Ladder

In this fun division, players try to complete a series of tricks in a specific order, like climbing a ladder of difficulty.

Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2010  ?  ?  ?
2011 Dan Souček ( Switzerland)  ?  ?
2012  ?  ?  ? 2013  ?  ?  ?
2014 Matěj Bělousov ( Slovakia)  ?  ?
2015 Veronika Kamenská ( Czech Republic)  ?  ?

1A Women’s freestyle

This division is specifically for female players competing in the single yo-yo freestyle category.

Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2012 Corli du Toit ( United Kingdom) Ann Connolly ( United States) Julia Gutowska ( Poland)
2013 Julia Aleksandra Gutowska ( Poland) Ann Connolly ( United States) Ekaterina L'gotina ( Russia)
2014 Jaslyn Shi ( Singapore

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Corli du Toit ( United Kingdom) Josefina Nešporová ( Czech Republic)
2015 Julia Aleksandra Gutowska ( Poland) Veronika Kamenská ( Czech Republic) Małgorzata Derkacz ( Poland)
2016 Tessa Piccillo ( United States) Veronika Kamenská ( Czech Republic) Ann Connolly ( Czech Republic)
2017 Veronika Kamenská ( Czech Republic) Karolína Záhrubská ( Czech Republic) Corli de Toit ( South Africa)
2018 Veronika Kamenská ( Czech Republic) Dominika Stanisławska ( Poland) Karolína Záhrubská ( Czech Republic)
2019 Veronika Kamenská ( Czech Republic) Dominika Stanisławska ( Poland) Kori Mirtse ( Hungary)
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