A total of 14 European countries were qualified for the taekwondo competition of the 2012 London Olympic Games through the European Qualification Tournament, which wrapped up its three-day event in Kazan, Russia on Jan. 29, 2012.

Serbia, Slovenia and Spain grabbed three Olympic tickets through the European Qualification Tournament, while host Russia, Germany, Ukraine and Turkey clinched two tickets each. Seven countries won one ticket. They are Armenia, Finland, the Netherlands, Poland, Italy, Sweden, and France.

The third and final day of competition on Jan. 29 featured the women's -67kg, the women's +67kg and the men's -80kg.

In the men's -80kg wegiht category, Arman Yeremyan of Armenia took the first place to qualify his country for the first time for the taekwondo competition of the London Olympic Games.

Through the European Qualification Tournament, Serbia and Armenia were qualified for the taekwondo competition of the Olympic Games for the first time.

Through the WTF's six qualification tournaments, one world and five continental, which have determined 120 quota places, a total of 58 countries were qualified for the taekwondo competition of the 2012 London Olympic Games.

Taken into account the four automatically assigned tickets to the host country, Great Britain, the total qualified NOCs for the London Olympic Games stands at 59 with a total of 124 quota places.

Europe has reaffirmed its dominant position in taekwondo as its 18 member countries have secured 39 places out of 124 for the London Olympic Games, followed by Asia and the Pan American region with 14 qualified NOCs each for their respective 35 and 26 tickets. Africa came next with nine qualified NOCs for 16 tickets, compared with Oceania's four qualified NOCs for eight berths.