Karate at the 2022 World Games – Qualification

Karate at the 2022 World Games – Qualification This article details the qualifying phase for karate at the 2022 World Games. 96 quota places for the Games are entitled to the karatekas coming from their respective NOCs, based on the results at designated tournaments supervised by World Karate Federation. Each NOC could enter a maximum of eight karatekas (one in each division) of twelve event categories. Host nation United States of America has reserved a spot in each of all events.

Qualifying System

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The rule that a country can only have one competitor per category prevails throughout the qualification process.

First qualification

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3 Place per Category: Gold, Silver and the Bronze medal winner of the Senior World Championships 2021 at Dubai

Second qualification

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3 Place per Category: Three first positions in the World Karate Federation Ranking as per 1 March 2022.

Third qualification

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1 Place per Category: The person from the host country United States of America with the highest World Ranking as per 1 March 2022.

Fourth qualification

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1 Place per Category:The remaining total of 12 places are distributed by continental federation in the following sequence based on their World Ranking as per 1 March 2022.

  • 2 Athletes from the OKF (1 Male and 1 Female)
  • 2 Athletes from the UFAK (1 Male and 1 Female)
  • 2 Athletes from the PKF (1 Male and 1 Female)
  • 1 Athletes from the AKF (1 Male or 1 Female)
  • 1 Athletes from the EKF (1 Male or 1 Female), If pick 4 is male the pick 5 must be female and vice versa
  • 2 Athletes from the UFAK (1 Male and 1 Female), Cannot be from the same countries as pick 2
  • 2 Athletes from the PKF (1 Male and 1 Female), Cannot be from the same countries as pick 3

Qualification summary

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The following table summarises the outcome of qualification for the Karate at the 2022 World Games. Following athletes gained at least one quota place for Birmingham.[1][2][3]

NOC Men Women Total
Kata 60 kg 67 kg 75 kg -84 kg +84 Kata 50 kg 55 kg 61 kg 68 kg +68
  Algeria   1
  Australia   1
  Azerbaijan       3
  Bulgaria   1
  Brazil       3
  Canada     2
  China     2
  Chile     2
  Croatia   1
  Egypt                   9
  France       2
  Georgia   1
  Germany     2
  Hong Kong   1
  Hungary     2
  Iran         4
  Italy               7
  Japan       3
  Kazakhstan         4
  Kuwait   1
  Morocco     2
  New Zealand   1
  North Macedonia   1
  Panama   1
  Peru   1
  Philippines   1
  Spain       3
  Switzerland     2
  Turkey                   9
  Ukraine           5
  Serbia   1
  Luxembourg   1
  Tunisia   1
  United States                         12
  Uzbekistan   1
  Venezuela   1
Total: 36 NOCs 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 96

Men's events

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Male Kata
# Name of Athlete Country Continent Via
1 Ryo Kiyuna   JPN AKF World Championship
2 Damián Quintero   ESP EKF World Championship
3 Ali Sofuoğlu   TUR EKF World Championship
4 Gakuji Tozaki   USA PKF WKF Rank + Host
5 Mattia Busato   ITA EKF WKF Rank
6 Uki Ujihara    SUI EKF WKF Rank
7 Hector Cencion   PAN PKF Continental Representation
8 Roman Heydarov   AZE EKF Host - Sub.
Male Kumite -60 kg
# Name of Athlete Country Continent Via
1 Douglas Brose   BRA PAK World Championship
2 Angelo Crescenzo   ITA EKF World Championship
3 Abdel Ali Jina   MAR UFAK World Championship
4 Eray Şamdan   TUR EKF WKF Rank
5 Darkhan Assadilov   KAZ AKF WKF Rank
6 Abdullah Shaaban   KUW AKF WKF Rank - Sub.
7 Helassa Ayoub Anis   ALG UFAK Continental Representation
8 Frank Ruiz   USA PKF Host
Male Kumite -67 kg
# Name of Athlete Country Continent Via
1 Steven Da Costa   FRA EKF World Championship
2 Emil Pavlov   MKD EKF World Championship
3 Ali Elsawy   EGY UFAK World Championship
4 Yves Martial Tadissi   HUN EKF WKF Rank
5 Burak Uygur   TUR EKF WKF Rank
6 Vinicius Figueira   BRA PKF WKF Rank
7 Camilo Velozo   CHL PKF Continental Representation
8 Josue Hernandez   USA PKF Host
Male Kumite -75 kg
# Name of Athlete Country Continent Via
1 Dastonbek Otabolaev   UZB AKF World Championship
2 Abdalla Abdelaziz   EGY UFAK World Championship
3 Tom Scott   USA PKF World Championship + Host
4 Stanislav Horuna   UKR EKF WKF Rank
5 Luigi Busà   ITA EKF WKF Rank
6 Gábor Hárspataki   HUN EKF WKF Rank
7 Bahman Asgari   IRI AKF Continental Representation
8 Nurkanat Azhikanov   KAZ AKF Host - Sub.
Male Kumite -84 kg
# Name of Athlete Country Continent Via
1 Youssef Badawy   EGY UFAK World Championship
2 Fabián Huaiquimán   CHL PKF World Championship
3 Jessie Da Costa   FRA EKF World Championship
4 Zabihollah Pourshab   IRI AKF WKF Rank
5 Ugur Aktas   TUR EKF WKF Rank
6 Ivan Kvesic   CRO EKF WKF Rank
7 Nabil Ech Chaabi   MAR UFAK Continental Representation
8 Kamran Madani   USA PKF Host
Male Kumite +84 kg
# Name of Athlete Country Continent Via
1 Gogita Arkania   GEO EKF World Championship
2 Simone Marino   ITA EKF World Championship
3 Asiman Gurbanli   AZE EKF World Championship
4 Sajjad Ganjzadeh   IRI AKF WKF Rank
5 Jonathan Horne   GER EKF WKF Rank
6 Taha Tarek   EGY UFAK WKF Rank
7 Daniel Tielen   AUS OKF Continental Representation
8 Brian Irr   USA PKF Host

Women's events

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Female Kata
# Name of Athlete Country Continent Via
1 Sandra Sánchez   ESP EKF World Championship
2 Hikaru Ono   JPN AKF World Championship
3 Viviana Bottaro   ITA EKF World Championship
4 Sakura Kokumai   USA PKF WKF Rank + Host
5 Grace Lau   HKG AKF WKF Rank
6 Dilara Bozan   TUR EKF WKF Rank
7 Alexandrea Anacan   NZL OKF Continental Representation
8 Aya Hisham   EGY UFAK Host - Sub.
Female Kumite -50 kg
# Name of Athlete Country Continent Via
1 Miho Miyahara   JPN AKF World Championship
2 Shara Hubrich   GER EKF World Championship
3 Kateryna Kryva   UKR EKF World Championship
4 Serap Özçelik   TUR EKF WKF Rank
5 Moldir Zhangbyrbay   KAZ AKF WKF Rank
6 Junna Tsukii   PHL AKF WKF Rank
7 Yorgelis Salazar   VEN PKF Continental Representation
8 Eva Alexander   USA PKF Host
Female Kumite -55 kg
# Name of Athlete Country Continent Via
1 Ahlam Youssef   EGY UFAK World Championship
2 Trinity Allen   USA PKF World Championship + Host
3 Ivet Goranova   BUL EKF World Championship
4 Anzhelika Terliuga   UKR EKF WKF Rank
5 Valéria Kumizaki   BRA PKF WKF Rank
6 Tuba Yakan   TUR EKF WKF Rank
7 Kathryn Campbell   CAN PKF Continental Representation
8 Jennifer Warling   USA PKF Host
Female Kumite -61 kg
# Name of Athlete Country Continent Via
1 Jovana Preković   SRB EKF World Championship
2 Anita Serogina   UKR EKF World Championship
3 Alexandra Grande   PER PKF World Championship
4 Haya Jumaa   CAN PKF WKF Rank
5 Merve Çoban   TUR EKF WKF Rank
6 Yin Xiaoyan   CHN AKF WKF Rank
7 Giana Farouk   EGY UFAK Continental Representation
8 Sara Hostettler   USA PKF Host
Female Kumite -68 kg
# Name of Athlete Country Continent Via
1 Irina Zaretska   AZE EKF World Championship
2 Silvia Semeraro   ITA EKF World Championship
3 Alizée Agier   FRA EKF World Championship
4 Feryal Abdelaziz   EGY UFAK WKF Rank
5 Elena Quirici    SUI EKF WKF Rank
6 Gong Li   CHN AKF WKF Rank
7 Halyna Melnyk   UKR EKF Continental Representation
8 Skylar Lingl   USA PKF Host
Female Kumite +68 kg
# Name of Athlete Country Continent Via
1 María Torres   ESP EKF World Championship
2 Menna Shaaban Okila   EGY UFAK World Championship
3 Sofya Berultseva   KAZ AKF World Championship
4 Meltem Hocaoğlu   TUR EKF WKF Rank
5 Hamideh Abbasali   IRI AKF WKF Rank
6 Clio Ferracuti   ITA EKF WKF Rank
7 Chehinez Jemi   TUN UFAK Continental Representation
8 Cirrus Lingl   USA PKF Host

References

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  1. ^ "List of Quota Places by Qualification System" (PDF). wkf.net. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Sandra Sanchez: Golden farewell to a Kata legend". www.wkf.net. Retrieved 2022-07-10.
  3. ^ "Five-time The World Games medallist ANTONIO DIAZ: The affection that I have received from the Karate world is more important than all the medals". www.wkf.net. Retrieved 2022-07-10.
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