Helmut Roland
Kölcsey Centre in Debrecen / Hungary also set the stage for the 2017 WDSF Professional Division European Championship Standard. 23 couples from 10 nations had come this special event. Benedetto Ferruggia - Claudia Köhler won all five dances in the final. Runners-up position was given to Donatas Vezelis - Lina Chatkeviciute from Lithuania. Csaba László - Viktoria Páli from Hungary won the bronze medal.
Copenhagen Open 2015 set the stage for WDSF PD European Championship Standard on February 14th at "Tivolis" Congress-Center. 27 couples of WDSF PD from 13 countries had come to compete for the title. Again the rivals from the amateur division, Benedetto & Claudia from Germany and Emanuel & Tania from Denmark competed for the title, now in Professional Division. Read more about the fascinating European Championship in Copenhagen ...
This year`s European Championship Standard of the Professional Division of WDSF was held on November 2nd in Leipzig / Germany. "Glashalle" in Leipzig is a special location for events due to the very specific atmosphere. 25 professional couples from 14 countries joined the competition. The acting world champions standard of WDSF Professional Division, Mirko Gozzoli - Edita Danuite from Lithuania win the title ahead of countryman Donatas Vezelis - Lina Chatkeviciute who achieve runner-up position.