An awards broadcast for both years premiered on YouTube, and opened with a message from EJU President Sergey Soloveychik.

Some of the awards were presented to the winners in-person, while others featured a video message from the recipient.

Clarisse Agbegnenou of France claimed the Best European Female Judoka award for both 2019 and 2020 as the world number one in the under-63-kilogram division triumphed in five competitions across the two years, winning at two European Championships and earning gold at the World Championships for a third consecutive year in Tokyo in 2019.

Agbegnenou's victory at the World Championships in Budapest earlier this year means she is now a five-time European and five-time world champion.

The 2020 under-100kg European champion Peter Paltchik of Israel won Best European Male Judoka gong for the same year, while Georgia's Lukhumi Chkhvimiani won the 2019 award after clinching gold at the European Games in Minsk and the World Championships during that year.

Judo competition at the 2019 European Games doubled as the European Championships.

Hungarian over-100kg fighter Richard Sipocz claimed the Best European Junior Male Judoka for 2020 after finishing first in the European Junior Championships and Under-23 European Championships.

Andrea Stojadinov of Serbia won the Best European Junior Female Judoka award for the same year as she became European junior champion in the under-48kg category and also finished second in the senior European Championships.

The awards for 2019 went to Georgia’s men's under-90kg fighter Lasha Bekauri and Eteri Liparteliani of the women's under-57kg division. 

The pair were European and world junior champions in that year.

France, currently ranked third in the world senior rankings, won the sole award for Best European Mixed Team,

The EJU awards also recognise the achievements of coaches, with Russian Khasanbi Taov and Maarten Arens of The Netherlands the Best European Men’s Coach for 2020 and 2019 respectively.

Larbi Benboudaoud of France won the award for Best European Women’s Coach in both years.

For the Most Progressive Referee, Mathieu Bataille of France and Roberta Chyurliya of Italy earned the male and female awards for 2020 in that order, with Russian Vasily Smolin and Czech Hana Safarikova winning for the year prior.

Best European Event went to the European Championships held during the European Games in Minsk for 2019 and the European Championships in Prague for 2020, with the Portuguese Judo Federation and Croatian Judo Federation both claiming honours as Organiser of the Year.

Awards were also available for contributions to education.

The Royal Spanish Judo Federation won Best Education Event for its Kata and Veteran European Championships in 2019, while a Judo School League test event in Madrid earned the 2020 award.

Best Education Seminar went to the Andalusian Judo Federation for its support of the Improve Your Club project in 2019, and Luxembourg Judo Committee for its role in organising the Improve Your Club seminar in St Avold in 2020.

The International Judo Federation’s support for the EJU education project earned it the Education Award for Contribution to the Development of Education for 2019.

2020’s award went to educators and officials Joyce Malley, Nicolas Gilon, Maurizio Calderini, Pedro Gonçalves, Wolfgan Dax-Romswinkel, Vitaly Makarov and Sergio Oliveira for their involvement in the online festival and education training sessions.

The Social Inclusion awards went to Tycho Van Der Werff - a Dutch coach and special needs specialist - for 2019 and for the following year to Stockholm’s IK Sodra judo club.

Attilio Sacripanti claimed the 2019 Scientific Award, with 2020’s award going to the Swedish Judo Federation and the research group of Dalarna University.

A plaque of appreciation for the work in the EJU Medical Commission was awarded to Dr Pavel Chekeres for 2019, and Dr Peter Smolders and Dr Zurab Kahabrishvili for 2020.

Seven special awards in appreciation of support and collaboration with the EJU in 2019 were also presented.

These went to Ippon-Shop, Ippon Technologies, Fox Fly Film, Green Hill, Official Backnumber, Daedo and DanRho.

The broadcast concluded with four plaques of appreciation awarded to Dr Hans-Paul Kutschera, Laurent Commanay, Peter Frese and Ernesto Perez.