The 2nd European Open Category Championships were held in Wroclaw, Poland on the 23rd of November 2002. Altogether 71 competitors from 13 countries, including 20 medallists of World and European Championships took part in the event. The following countries participated: Armenia, Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, Holland, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Ukraine, Yugoslavia.
The tournament was played in the new built Sports Hall "Orbita" and gathered 2800 spectators. EKKO President Antonio Pinero and General Secretary Andre Drewniak together with representative of Polish Ministry of National Defence officially opened the championships.
Winner of the Men Open Category became the actual Superheavy Weight European Champion (Varna) - Tomasz Najduch from Poland. Winner of the Women Open Category became Agnieszka Sypien from Poland. In kata: the former European Champion from Spain - Javier Lezkano and actual World Champion Raluca Jianu from Romania confirmed their leadership again.
Main judge was EKKO President shihan Antonio Pinero.