On February 9th an International Match 'Europe vs Poland' took place in Wroclaw (Poland) on occasion of the ending of a sport's carrer of 3-time European and 7-times Polish Champion - Sylwester Sypien. The event was opened by the President of Wroclaw.
In the tournament participated: current world open weight vice champion Jan Soukup (Czech Republic), 3 time world champion Ewa Pawlikowska (Poland), brown medalist of world championships Zurine Eciolaza (Spain), several time European champions: Alejandro Navarro (Spain), Tomasz Najduch (Poland), Javier Lezcano (Spain), Krzysztof Habraszka (Poland) and Piotr Moczydłowski (Poland), as well as European championships medalist: Pablo Estensoro (Spain), Nicolae Stoian (Romania), Michal Krzak (Poland) and Karol Ciesluk (Poland). After many equal fights the Polish team defeated the European team 13:11.
Shihan Andre Drewniak was the main judge. The fights were judged by: E. Konstancia (Holland), L. Lezcano (Spain), W. Munzer (Germany), M. Kubek (Austria), S. Urbanczyk (Germany), J. Czerniec (Poland) and W. Stolarczyk (Poland). Technical judges were: Shihan W. Roj (Poland) and sensei E. Urbanczyk (Poland) as well as sensei B. Lubos (Poland).
The match was organised by Wroclaw 'Masutatsu Oyama' Kyokushin Karate Club led by sensei Jacek Lamot.