The historical tournament has to date been organised outside Sinj only three times, and the Vukovar event drew the state leadership, including President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, new Parliament Speaker Gordan Jandrokovic, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic, a few cabinet ministers, Bosnian Croat leader Dragan Covic, as well as local authorities and some 5,000 spectators.
The Alka duke Ante Vucic said at the start of the race that Sinjska Alka tournament participants had arrived in Vukovar to pay tribute to the defenders of the town of Vukovar.