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

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

First qualification

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

Second qualification

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

Third qualification

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

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

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 Yes 1
 Australia Yes 1
 Azerbaijan Yes Yes Yes 3
 Bulgaria Yes 1
 Brazil Yes Yes Yes 3
 Canada Yes Yes 2
 China Yes Yes 2
 Chile Yes Yes 2
 Croatia Yes 1
 Egypt Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 9
 France Yes Yes Yes 2
 Georgia Yes 1
 Germany Yes Yes 2
 Hong Kong Yes 1
 Hungary Yes Yes 2
 Iran Yes Yes Yes Yes 4
 Italy Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 7
 Japan Yes Yes Yes 3
 Kazakhstan Yes Yes Yes Yes 4
 Kuwait Yes 1
 Morocco Yes Yes 2
 New Zealand Yes 1
 North Macedonia Yes 1
 Panama Yes 1
 Peru Yes 1
 Philippines Yes 1
 Spain Yes Yes Yes 3
 Switzerland Yes Yes 2
 Turkey Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 9
 Ukraine Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 5
 Serbia Yes 1
 Luxembourg Yes 1
 Tunisia Yes 1
 United States Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 12
 Uzbekistan Yes 1
 Venezuela Yes 1
Total: 36 NOCs 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 96

Men's events

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

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

  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.