The AIGA Champions League Turkey Qualifier 2024 is scheduled to take place from March 2nd to 5th, 2024 and the lineups have just been confirmed for all eight teams competing at the event. They will all be battling it out to earn a spot in the next edition of the AIGA Champions League where the promotion has been able to put together a $1,000,000 prize for the winning team. Although there are elite competitors in every single team competing in the tournament, only one of them will be able to qualify. This is just the first of four qualifying events that will take place in different locations around the world in 2024, with a total of five places available in the finals.
Each team has had to field a minimum of 7 competitors so that they have at least one person in every weight class, but they do have the option of bringing one alternate for each weight class as well. This means that some teams have more competitors than others, but the only advantage this gives them is the ability to rest some of their competitors or safeguard against forfeiting a match due to injury. Although it’s too early to tell yet, Euro Trash appears to be the favorite to win the tournament as they have four ADCC veterans in their lineup.
AIGA Champions League Turkey Qualifier 2024 Lineups
Euro Trash
Under 60kg: Shay Montague
Under 65kg: Sam McNally
Under 70kg: Ashley Williams
Under 70kg: Tomas Tovey
Under 76kg: Mateusz Szczecinski
Under 83kg: Jed Hue
Under 91kg: Eoghan O’Flanagan
Over 91kg: Marcin Maciulewicz
Fight Scout
Under 60kg: Vladi Zapyranov
Under 65kg: Milos Gajic
Under 70kg: Boris Tonev
Under 76kg: Mark Ancic
Under 83kg: Vladi Genov
Under 91kg: Belmir Ahmespahic
Over 91kg: Kristian Popov
Team France
Under 60kg: Sacha Marguerite
Under 65kg: Anthony De Oliveira
Under 70kg: Ali Gherbi
Under 70kg: Mehdi Mansouri
Under 76kg: Bilal Benhammed
Under 76kg: Nicolas Filipponi
Under 83kg: Pierre Manzo
Under 91kg: Reda Mebtouche
Over 91kg: Benjamin Sehic
Over 91kg: Mehdi Temarra
Presion & Diamentes
Under 60kg: Alexis Torres
Under 65kg: Demian Balderrama
Under 65kg: Arturo Luis
Under 70kg: Jesus Magana
Under 70kg: Adrian Garza
Under 76kg: Irvin Peynado
Under 76kg: Francisco Iturralde
Under 83kg: Davis Asare
Under 83kg: Brayan Peynado
Under 91kg: Martin Gonzalez
Under 91kg: Ivan Leyva
Over 91kg: Jean Luca Maltese
Over 91kg: Javier Zaruski
Honey Badgers
Under 60kg: Farhad Bagirov
Under 65kg: Julian Espinosa
Under 70kg: Yigit Hanay
Under 76kg: Nadir Imamaliyev
Under 76kg: Talha Umar
Under 76kg: Ozgur Hanay
Under 83kg: Luis Alonso
Under 91kg: Esteban Arce
Over 91kg: Hakan Karadag
Team Italy
Under 60kg: Loris Zanolini
Under 60kg: Stefano Bui
Under 65kg: Matteo Patrone
Under 65kg: Marco Galli
Under 70kg: Alessio Sacchetti
Under 70kg: Marco Zamboni
Under 76kg: Francesco Bartolotta
Under 76kg: Nicola Guglielmo
Under 83kg: Alberto Agostini
Under 83kg: Martin Moiraghi
Under 91kg: Manuel Pilato
Under 91kg: Alessandro Pannella
Over 91kg: Niccolo Menchetti
Over 91kg: Alessandro Speziali
Knights Martial Arts
Under 60kg: Raed Shhaltough
Under 65kg: Abdallah Jaweesh
Under 70kg: Abdelmajid Faouri
Under 70kg: Abdallah Naba
Under 76kg: Asslan Nakhwa
Under 76kg: Jafar Tamimi
Under 83kg: Shane Curtis
Under 83kg: Ahmed Aljehani
Under 91kg: Said Mishal
Over 91kg: Zaid Sami
Over 91kg: Mohammad Tajqah
Dagestan Combat Club
Under 60kg: Khabib Atluev
Under 60kg: Kurban Gadzhiev
Under 65kg: Surkay Asadulaev
Under 65kg: Artur Agashirinov
Under 70kg: Kurban Kadiev
Under 70kg: Gadzhimurad Alibekov
Under 76kg: Muhammad Dzharbaev
Under 76kg: Ramazan Gasratov
Under 83kg: Marat Gafurov
Under 83kg: Eldar Sayidov
Under 91kg: Marat Kurbanov
Under 91kg: Mukhamed Urusov
Over 91kg: Kamil Guseynov
Over 91kg: Bilyal Kurbabagamaev
AIGA announced the full lineups for each of the 8 teams competing in the AIGA Champions League Turkey Qualifier 2024 in a series of posts to their official Instagram account:
