As per this still unofficial starting list, 29 couples have entered the 2016 PD European Standard. That is actually two more than in 2015 when the Championship was danced in Copenhagen, DEN. What has us - and many others - disappointed is that only two of last year's finalists will dance on Saturday. Team orders, we are told, keep them them away! Whether that is the sporting spirit we all profess to uphold ... Well, that is now up for debate.
BELLUCCI, FABIO - SUCHANKOVA, IVANA |
SLOVAKIA |
BEVILACQUA, MARCO - PEDERSEN, MONIKA |
ITALY |
BORODOV, EDUARD - VINOGRADOVA, SVETLANA |
RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
CAMARLINGHI, MARCO - MINASI, MARTINA |
ITALY |
CONGEDO, MARCO - LEZZA, SANDY |
ITALY |
CONTE, RICCARDO - FILIPPI, ELEONORA |
ITALY |
D'AVINO, SERGIO - MOLINARI, ROMINA |
ITALY |
FABREGA CALDERON, JORDI - POMAR CABALLERO, MARIA |
SPAIN |
GALLO, CHRISTIAN - GIOVA, LAURA |
ITALY |
HANS, ALLARD - BOKHOVE, DARJA |
NETHERLANDS |
ILARIONI, ALESSANDRO - SBARDELLA, AURORA |
ITALY |
LASZLO, CSABA - PALI, VIKTORIA |
HUNGARY |
LOURENCO, SERGIO - CERQUEIRA, CATIA |
PORTUGAL |
MARTINS, JOAO - MARTINS, SARA |
PORTUGAL |
MOLKOV, DENIS - OSYKO, NATALIA |
RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
MORALEDA, ALVARO - MENES, CRISTINA |
SPAIN |
MOSTERT, JAN WILLEM - KRAUS, KENDRA |
NETHERLANDS |
PARIS, FRANCESCO - DRIKER, NATALIA |
ISRAEL |
POLUSYTOK, RUSLAN - MASLO, NATALIYA |
UKRAINE |
POTOVIN, IGOR - SHEVELILOVA, DARIA |
RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
PRESNETSOV, VICTOR - NAM, VERA |
RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
ROGOVENKO, ANDREJS - VORONCUKA, ANNA |
LATVIA |
SADECKI, ANDRZEJ - NAWROT, KARINA |
POLAND |
SPADAFORA, MARCO - BILOTTI, EDVIGE MARIA |
ITALY |
TECCHIO, ALESSANDRO - TECCHIO, SABRINA |
ITALY |
TROVARELLI, LUIGI - TROVARELLI, SERENA |
ITALY |
TURKIV, ANDRIY - YAVDOSHYK, ALLA |
UKRAINE |
VALERI, EMANUEL - KEHLET, TANIA |
DENMARK |
VEZELIS, DONATAS - CHATKEVICIUTE, LINA |
LITHUANIA |