On 3 February in Kyiv, the qualifying tournament for the Ukrainian HMB national team for the World Championship «Battle of the Nations» took place — this year held in Rome. Participants from many Ukrainian clubs competed in 5 vs 5 and 21 vs 21 divisions.

Our club fielded three 5 vs 5 teams this year, and — for the first time — a full 21 vs 21 line-up made up of Knyaz Club fighters (Kharkiv) and the «Knyaz-Akra» branch (Sumy).

Based on the qualifying results, our top five took 2nd place, while in 21 vs 21 we finished third.