The kickboxing event at the World Games 2017 was held at the Orbita Hall in Poland.[1][2] For the first time, kickboxing was included in the World Games 2017 as an invitational sport.[3]
| Kickboxing at the 2017 World Games | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Venue | Orbita Hall |
| Dates | 26–27 July 2017 |
| Competitors | 95 from 31 nations |
Events edit
- Light welterweight (60-63.5 kg)
- Welterweight (63.5–67 kg)
- Light middleweight (67–71 kg)
- Middleweight (71–75 kg)
- Light heavyweight (75–81 kg)
- Cruiserweight (81–86 kg)
- Heavyweight (86–91 kg)
- Super heavyweight (+91 kg)
Qualifying criteria edit
Qualifications for the World Games 2017 were held at the WAKO Continental Championships that were organized by each WAKO Continental Federation/ Confederation as follows:
- WAKO African Championships in Morocco (December 2016)
- WAKO Pan American Championships (27 -30 October 2016)
- WAKO European Championships (22-29 October 2016)
- WAKO Asian Championships (1-9 August 2015) and (October 2016)
To ensure that all Continents will be represented by the best athletes in each weight class, athletes will be selected as follows:
- From WAKO Europe: 4 athletes.
- From WAKO Pan America: 1 athletes.
- From WAKO Asia: 1 athlete
- From WAKO Africa: 1 athletes
The remaining one place in each weight class will be split evenly to 6/6 as follows:
- WAKO Asia: 6 Weight classes
- WAKO Pan America: 6 Weight classes.[4]
Qualification edit
The following tournaments were used as qualification tournaments for kickboxing at the 2017 World games:
- Africa
The African Kickboxing Championships 2016 (K1 Rules style) which was held from the 21 to 25 December 2016 in Rabat, Morocco, served as qualification of African Kickboxing Confederation Athletes for 2017 World Games.[5]
- Asia
The 2015 and 2016 Asian Kickboxing Championships acted consecutively, as stage one and stage two for the Asian qualifications of the 2017 World games. Stage one was held from the 1st till the 9th of August 2015 in Pune, India.[6]
The 2016 Asian Kickboxing Championships K1 Rules (stage two of the qualifications) were held over three days in Cheongju, Korea during October 2016, by the Asian Kickboxing Confederation (WAKO Asia) on the occasion of the Cheongju World Martial Arts Masterships with the participation of 16 member federations which competed in 12 weight categories.[7]
- Europe
The European championships which was held from the 23 to 30 October 2016 in Maribor, Slovenia, was part of the K1 WAKO qualifying system for The World Games 2017.[8]
- Pan America
The Pan American championships were held in Cancun, Mexico, from October 26 to 29, 2016. The event was the Pan American qualifications for the World Games organized by the International World Games Association (IWGA) in July 2017, in Wroclaw, Poland.[9] The American Continent has the right for 18 vacancies in 12 official categories at K1 Rules (8 for men and 4 for women) for the IWGA World Games 2017.
Venue edit
The Orbita Hall located in Wroclaw hosted martial arts during The World Games 2017.[10]
Participating nations edit
Austria (2)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
Brazil (5)
Bulgaria (2)
Canada (2)
China (1)
Croatia (4)
Czech Republic (2)
France (1)
Great Britain (1)
Iran (6)
Israel (1)
Italy (3)
Jordan (2)
Kazakhstan (2)
Kyrgyzstan (1)
Mauritius (1)
Mexico (2)
Moldova (4)
Morocco (8)
Netherlands (1)
Poland (11)
Russia (7)
Serbia (6)
Slovakia (4)
Sweden (1)
Tajikistan (1)
Tunisia (1)
Turkey (3)
Ukraine (5)
United States (4)
Medalists edit
Men edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Light welterweight −63.5 kg |
 UkraineOrfan Sananzade |
 SerbiaAleksandar Konovalov |
 CroatiaMuhamet Deskaj |
| Welterweight −67 kg |
Serbia Slobodan Mijailović |
 CanadaJason Hinds |
 PolandWojciech Kazieczko |
| Light middleweight −71 kg |
Ukraine Vitalii Dubina |
 BulgariaBogdan Shumarov |
 IsraelItai Gershon |
| Middleweight −75 kg |
 FranceZakaria Laaouatni |
Poland Michał Ronkiewicz |
 RussiaDatsi Datsiev |
| Light heavyweight −81 kg |
Serbia Aleksandar Menković |
Bulgaria Aleksandar Petrov |
 United StatesOmar Boyd |
| Cruiserweight −86 kg |
Poland Dawid Kasperski |
 Bosnia and HerzegovinaMesud Selimović |
 IranOmid Nosrati |
| Heavyweight −91 kg |
Russia Igor Darmeshkin |
Poland Mateusz Pluta |
 MoldovaPavel Voronin |
| Super heavyweight +91 kg |
 TurkeyHamdi Saygılı |
Ukraine Roman Holovatiuk |
Poland Michał Turyński |
Women edit
Medal table edit
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poland | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Serbia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Ukraine | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Russia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Turkey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 |  Czech Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 | Bulgaria | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 |  Slovakia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Mexico | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 |  China | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Croatia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Iran | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Israel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Moldova | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Morocco | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (20 entries) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 | |
References edit
- ^ "Qualifications". theworldgames.org. Archived from the original on 2016-08-03. Retrieved 2017-02-05.
- ^ "Sports program Wrocław 2017". theworldgames2017.com. Retrieved 2017-02-05.
- ^ "Kickboxing". wakoweb.com.
- ^ "Information about World Games 2017".
- ^ "African Qualifications2016".
- ^ "Asian qualifications 2015".
- ^ "Asian qualifications 2016".
- ^ "WAKO EC Maribor 2016 - Wako European".
- ^ "9º Pan-American Kickboxing Championships - Cancun is ready".
- ^ "World games 2017 - Orbita Hall".