The AIGA Champions League Turkey Qualifier 2024 took place on March 3rd and 4th, 2024 and Team Euro Trash delivered some incredible results to secure their place in the final tournament next year. This was the first of four qualifying rounds that are going to take place across the year and if this event was anything to go by then this should be a fantastic year for AIGA. It was pretty clear that it was going to be action-packed from the start, as all 8 teams had put together fantastic lineups that included several elite competitors. Although there was plenty of talented grapplers representing every team, Team Euro Trash were the early favorites thanks to the presence of several ADCC Trials winners.
Although they were the favorites coming into it, not many people would have predicted just how dominant Team Euro Trash would be on their way to the final. They registered a clean sweep of 7 straight victories in the first round against Knights Martial Arts and the semi-final wasn’t much different, as they beat Team France 6-1. While they won almost all of their matches by submission, Dagestan Combat Club had a slightly different path to the final. Almost all of their matches were won on points or by decision and it was a grueling series of tough battles over both days, as they beat Team Italy 5-2 in the opening round and Presion & Diamantes 6-1 in the semi-final.
Team Euro Trash finished off their fantastic run of results at the AIGA Champions League Turkey Qualifier 2024 with another series of wins, beating Dagestan Combat Club 6-1 with 3 submissions. Their captain Jed Hue led the team well by winning all 3 of his matches, as did Ashley Williams and Marcin Maciulewicz too. It was Mateusz Szczecinski and Eoghan O’Flanagan who stood out the most though, as they submitted all 3 of their opponents. The final two team-members both put in great performances too, as Shay Montague only competed twice but won both matches by submission while Sam McNally went 1-2 with a pair of incredibly close decision losses.
AIGA Champions League Turkey Qualifier 2024 Results
Quarter-Finals
Team Euro Trash vs Knights Martial Arts
Sam McNally defeats Abdallah Jaweesh via Submission – Heel Hook
Marcin Maciulewicz defeats Matheus Felipe via Decision – 2 to 1
Eoghan O’Flanagan defeats Ahmed Abdullah Aljehani via Submission – Armbar
Jed Hue defeats Dominic Klingher via Decision – 2 to 0
Mateusz Szcecinski defeats Jafar Tamimi via Submission – Rear-naked Choke
Shay Montague defeats Raed Shhaltough via Submission – Triangle Choke
Ashley Williams defeats Abdelmajid Faouri via Submission – Kneebar
Team Euro Trash defeats Knights Martial Arts 7-0 and progresses to semi-finals
Honey Badgers vs Team France
Pierre Manzo defeats Luis Alonso via Submission – Rear-naked Choke
Bilal Benhammed defeats Ozgur Hanay via Submission – Triangle Armbar
Reda Mebtouche defeats Esteban Arce via Submission – Kneebar
Yigit Hanay defeats Ali Gherbi via Decision – 3 to 0
Julian Espinosa defeats Anthony De Oliveira via Submission – Heel Hook
Benjamin Sehic defeats Yunus Dahkhilghov via Submission – Kimura
Team France forfeits under 60kg match due to not having a competitor available
Team France defeats Honey Badgers 4-3 and progresses to semi-finals
Fight Scout vs Presion & Diamantes
Arturo Lois defeats Veselin Dukov via Submission – Rear-naked Choke
Alexis Torres defeats Vladi Zapryanov via Submission – Straight Ankle-lock
Brayan Peynado defeats Vladislav Genov via Submission – Aoki Lock
Martin Gonzalez defeats Belmir Ahmespanic via Submission – Armbar
Jean Luca Maltese defeats Kristian Popov via Submission – Triangle Americana
Francisco Iturralde defeats Boris Tonev via Submission – Triangle Choke
Milos Gajic defeats Adrian Garza via Decision – 1 to 0
Presion & Diamantes defeats Fight Scout 6-1 and progresses to semi-finals
Dagestan Combat Club vs Team Italy
Ramazan Gasratov defeats Francesco Bartolotta via Decision – 1 to 0
Loris Zanolini defeats Khabib Altuev via Submission – D’arce Choke
Shamil Magomedov defeats Alberto Agostini via Decision – 2 to 1
Kamil Guseynov defeats Matia Florena via Decision – 3 to 0
Marat Kurbanov defeats Manuel Pilato via Submission – Kneebar
Bruno Ammadeo defeats Mazhid Kuramov via Submission – Guillotine
Surkhay Asadulaev defeats Matteo Patrone via Decision – 2 to 1
Dagestan Combat Club defeats Team Italy 5-2 and progresses to semi-finals
Semi-Finals
Team Euro Trash vs Team France
Jed Hue defeats Pierre Manzo via Submission – Kneebar
Mateusz Szczecinski defeats Nicolas Filipponi via Submission – Rear-naked Choke
Anthony de Oliveira defeats Sam McNally via Decision – 1 to 0
Ashley Williams defeats Ali Gherbi via Submission – Heel Hook
Eoghan O’Flanagan defeats Reda Mebtouche via Submission – Reap
Marcin Maciulewicz defeats Benjamin Sehic via Submission – Kneebar
Team France forfeits under 60kg match due to not having a competitor available
Team Euro Trash defeats Team France 6-1 and progresses to final
Presion & Diamantes vs Dagestan Combat Club
Jean Luca Maltese defeats Kamil Guseynov via Submission – Triangle Choke
Marat Kurbanov defeats Ivan Leyva via Decision – 1 to 0
Khabib Altuev defeats Alexis Torres via Decision – 2 to 0
Muhammad Dzharbaev defeats Irvin Peynado via Decision – 2 to 0
Ramazan Gasratov defeats Francisco Iturralde via Decision – Judge’s Decision
Gadjimurad Alibekov defeats Arturo Lois via Decision – 3 to 0
Artur Agashirinov defeats Pedro Rodrigues via Submission – Kimura
Dagestan Combat Club defeats Presion & Diamentes 6-1 and progresses to final
Final
Team Euro Trash vs Dagestan Combat Club
Ashley Williams defeats Gadjimurad Alibekov via Decision – 1 to 0
Shay Montague defeats Khabib Altuev via Submission – Straight Ankle-lock
Mateusz Szczecinski defeats Muhammad Dzharbaev via Submission – Rear-naked Choke
Jed Hue defeats Ajnutdin Zainalhanov via Decision – 1 to 0
Artur Aghashirinov defeats Sam McNally via Decision – 1 to 0
Marcin Maciulewicz defeats Kamil Guseynov via Disqualification – Strike
Eoghan O’Flanagan defeats Eldar Sayidov via Submission – Heel Hook
Team Euro Trash defeats Dagestan Combat Club 6-1 and wins the final match!
End Results From AIGA Champions League Turkey Qualifier 2024: Team Euro Trash Wins Place In Finals
The full AIGA Champions League Turkey Qualifier 2024 event replay, including all of the above results, is available to watch on FloGrappling.
